Assistive infrared sensor based smart stick for blind people

Abstract

Blind people need some aid to feel safe while moving. Smart stick comes as a proposed solution to improve the mobility of both blind and visually impaired people. Stick solution use different technologies like ultrasonic, infrared and laser but they still have drawbacks. In this paper we propose, light weight, cheap, user friendly, fast response and low power consumption, smart stick based on infrared technology. A pair of infrared sensors can detect stair-cases and other obstacles presence in the user path, within a range of two meters. The experimental results achieve good accuracy and the stick is able to detect all of obstacles.