GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

COIMBATORE,THADAGAM ROAD

Smart Assistive Shoes and Stick

for Visually Impaired People
GUIDE
Prof. A.S. WINCY PON ANNAL, M.E.,MISTE.,

By,
Pavithradevi.S (1616139)
Priyadharshini.K (1616L06)
Sabeetha .G (1616L07)
Vinothini. A (1616L12)
Introduction
• According to World Health Organization, approximately 39 million
people in the world are blind.
• India is now home to the world’s largest number of blind people. Of
the 39 million people across the globe who are blind , over 15 million
are from India.
• In India, advance technologies and equipment for blind people are
less in number.
Abstract
• The main objective of this project is to provide an acoustic assistance
to the blind people.
• Presently, blind people use a white stick as a tool for directing them
when they move or walk.
• Here, shoes which can serve as a blind stick are to be developed,
which will be more efficient and helpful than the conventional one.
• This project consist of smart shoes and smart stick that alerts visually
impaired people through voice alert and pre-recorded messages.
 Methodology
Shoe module

IR SENSOR 1 IR SENSOR 2

BLUETOOTH
ARDUINO NANO BUZZER
MODULE

BATTERY
Shoe module

• It consists of two IR sensors, to sense the directions(front and right)in

which the obstacle is present.
• The signal from the sensor is given to Arduino nano. After compiling,
it sends the signal to the stick module via Bluetooth.
• According to microcontroller output, the pre-recorded voice message
(left or right) is buzzed through the speaker.
Circuit diagram for shoe module
Stick module

VOLTAGE BATTERY
CONVERTER

ULTRASONIC
ARDUINO UNO BUZZER
SENSOR

IR SENSOR
 Stick module
Phase 1:
• The signal from shoe module is decoded and the appropriate
pre-recorded voice messages is selected by the processor.
Commands are given to the speaker.

Phase 2:
• The knee level obstacles are sensed by the ultrasonic sensor.

• The processor gives command to the speaker.

Circuit diagram for stick module
 Component details
Arduino Nano(ATmega328)
• Arduino nano is small and portable, it is
developed by arduino.cc in Italy, based on
Atmega328 .
• It comes with an operating voltage of
5V,however the input voltage can vary from
7V to 12V.
• It contains 14 digital pins and 8 analog pins,
each of these digital and analog pins are
assigned with multiple functions but their
main function is to be configured as input
and output.
• Flash memory is 16KB or 32KB that all
depends on the ATmega board.
Arduino uno(Atmega328)
• The arduino Uno is a microcontroller
board based on the ATmega328.

• Arduino is an open source prototyping ,it

has 14 digital input/output pins (of which
6 can be used as PWM outputs), 6 analog
inputs , 16 MHz crystal oscillator.

• There is a power jack, using which an

external regulated power supply in the
range of 7V-12V can be supplied.
IR sensor(IR323/H0-A)
• The infrared sensor is a light –sensitive
optoelectric component with a
spectral sensitivity in infrared wave
length range 850nm-50µm.

• Detection distance is 2-30 cm and the

detection angle is 35 degree.

• Its operating voltage is 3-5V DC.

Ultrasonic sensor(HC-SR04)
•Ultrasonic sensor is a device which measures
the obstacles from distance 2 cm to 20cm.

•Ultrasonic sensor emits an ultrasound at

40000Hz which travels through air and if there
is an object or obstacle on its path it will
bounce back to the module.

•It is not affected by sunlight or black

materials.

•It comes complete with ultrasonic transmitter

and receiver.
Bluetooth module(HC-05)
•The Bluetooth module is an easy to use
bluetooth SPP (Serial Port Protocol) module ,
designed for transparent wireless serial
connection setup.

•Bluetooth module provides switching mode

between master and slave mode which
means it can be used either for receiving or
transmitting data.

•It uses blue core external single chip with

CMOS technology.
Bluetooth voice recorder(ISD1820)
•Bluetooth voice record module is
based on ISD1820 , which is a multiple
message record /playback device .

•It offers true single chip voice

recording, no volatile storage, and
playback capability of 8 to 20 seconds.

•It can be controlled both manually or

by MCU
Benefits:
Accurate detection of obstacles of left, right and front side.
Very convenient for the users independence and confidence.
Low cost.
Low power consumption.
Simple to use.
Less accidents will be accrued from the blind people.

Limitation:
Not water proof
Recognition of objects
 Future scope

• GPS can help blind peoples to source and destination route

information.

• GPS can help to find the shortest and best path as accordingly to
Google map based on real time coordinates.

• From the shoes connected with GPS the exact position of the blind
person can be easily determined.
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