Under the guidance Of Presented By

Chandana.K.S (1SK07EC011)
Prof. M.V. Jyothi Swathi K.N (1SK07EC055)
Dept of ECE Shalini B (1SK07EC046)
Govt.S.K.S.J.T.I Bhaskar.V (1SK07EC010)

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 Introduction
 Available technologies
 Statement of the problem
 Objective
 Overall architecture
 Advantages
 Limitations
 Future enhancement
 Conclusion
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  According to WHO
estimation around 2.6% of
the world population are
visually impaired.
 One of the difficulty they
face everyday is finding their
way.
 What happen if a blind is in
trouble while he is on the
Fig: Global estimation of visual impairment road?
by WHO region
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 Currently blind consumers
can choose from four GPS
products:
1. Talking Signs
2. Smart Canes
3. Sonar vision glasses
4 SWAN systems
On Going Research In Various
Universities

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 These devices cannot inform a blind traveller
about drop-off on the sidewalk or a rise in
elevation.
 cannot determine ordinary obstacles.
 cannot guarantee safety for a blind traveller.
 These devices are hand held.
 More expensive.

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 To design and develop a small, simple, wearable
and affordable guidance system for the poor blind.
 To develop navigation device which is capable of
detecting any obstacles.
 To develop energy efficient wearable device.
 To develop GPS based navigation device with
audio guidance in local language.

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 We designed wearable RF-based guidance system
in which a main controller collects GPS signals and
ultrasound signals from sensors attached to sub
stations and provide appropriate directions to the
blind person.

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 Ultrasonic
Head set Voice sensor3
or processin
speaker g chip
Microcontroll Receiver
er Decoder 433.92M
Hz
MAX232
GPS
Receiver
Convert
Receiver
er Decoder
315MHz

keypad

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 TRANSMITTER
ENCODER 315/433.92 MHz
PIN2 HT640 PIN2
DATAOUT AD11 DOUT DATA ANT
PIN8
PIN1 PIN4
ULTRASONIC
SENSOR1

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 GPS receiver
 Microcontroller
 Sensors
 Transmitters and receivers
 Encoders and decoder
 MAX 232
 Single chip voice recorder

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  GPS is a space-based
global navigation satellite
system (GNSS)
• 24+ satellites
• 20,200 km altitude
• 55 degrees inclination
• 12 hour orbital period
• 5 ground control stations
• Each satellite passes over
a ground monitoring
station every 12 hours
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1 Satellite 2 Satellites

3 Satellites

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  65 channels to acquire and track
satellites simultaneously
 Tracking sensitivity reaches -161
dBm
 Accuracy 5m CEP
 Operable at 3.6V-6V
 Both of RS232 and UART interface
at CMOS level
 Small form factor of 32 mm W x
32 mm Lx 8 mm H
 Mountable without solder process
 6 pins wafer connector

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  The AT89C52
Microcontroller 8 bit
computer
 8KB in-system
programmable flash memory
 4v to 5v operation range
 Full duplex UART serial
channel.
 Eight interrupt sources
 take over the control of
entire system
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  Operates From a Single 5-V
Power Supply With 1.0-F
Charge-Pump Capacitors
 Operates Up To 120 kbit/s
 Two Drivers and Two
Receivers
 ±30-V Input Levels
 Low Supply Current . . . 8 mA
Typical
 Applications
 − TIA/EIA-232-F, Battery-
Powered Systems,
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  HT640
 Operating voltage: 2.4V~12V
 Low power and high noise
immunity CMOS technology
 Low standby current
 Built-in oscillator needs only
5% resistor
 Easy interface with an RF or
infrared transmission media
 Minimal external components

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 HT648L
 Operating voltage: 2.4V~12V
 Capable of decoding into 18 bits
of information
 8~18 address pins, 0~8 data pins
 Built-in oscillator needs only a
5% resistor
 Valid transmission indictor
 Easily interface with an RF or an
infrared
 Minimal external components

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  TXC1
 315/433.92 MHz
 The TXC1 is an ASK
transmitter module .
 The TXC1 is operates at
315/433.92 MHz
 Voltage 2.2-5.5v, Icc
10mA
 Data rate 300-10k bps

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  RXC1
 A radio receiver, that
receives its input from an
antenna
 Uses filters, amplifiers,
demodulators and
decoders.
 The receiver system's
frequency is
315/433.92Mhz.

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  Power voltage: DC 6-
12V
 quiescent current: less
than 2 m A
 Output level: high 5V
 Output level: low 0V
 Sensing angle: no greater
than 15 deg
 Sensing distance: 2mm-3
meters.
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  non volatile storage
 back ability for 40 to 60
seconds
 easy to use so there is no need
to program or develop it.
 In our project we use Random
Access 8 fixed duration
messages mode.
 play back can be made
randomly in any of the
selected messages.

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 Keil micro-vision 3
 Proload
 Hyper-terminal.

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 System
On

N
Is GPGGA fix o
data detect by
GPS receiver?

Interrupt from
Y the sensor
e
Extract position
s information
Skip the first 9 characters of GPGGA.
Read next 24 characters of GPGGA which represent
Latitude and Longitudinal components of position Stop the execution of
the main program

Display the position

information on LCD Go to the
corresponding Interrupt
Service Routine
Play voice
message
If the position Y relate
match e with Come back to the main
zone_1 s zone_1 program

N
o
Play voice End
Y message
If the position relate
e
match zone_n with
s
zone_n
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 3 boards : 1. Main station
2. sub station 1
3. sub station 2
 All 3 systems are wearable.
 The main station placed in pocket.
 Substation 1 is placed in the hand for the detection of pit, man
hole, and obstacle.
 Sub station 2 is placed on the knee for the detection of sideway
moving or stationary obstacle.
 Person wearing this system moved in a pre-defined path.
 Destination is selected through keypad, the audio information
is provided from system and also display in LED.

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 Wearable device
 Audio guidance system in local language.
 It can be used for outdoor applications.
 Cost effective
 Capable of detecting obstacles and pit detection.

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 GPS system can't use it indoor building or closed
area.
 The storage capacity of APR9600 voice recorder is
relative small .
 GPS system is not very accurate.

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 A combination of GPS and RFID technology could
be successful in the future.
 This system can also be used to provide bus route
information.
 This system can also be designed to give route
information of hole city.
 Instant changes in path can also be given with the
GSM technology.

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 In this project we designed a wearable audio system for
the blind to travel easily without asking anyone and it
also provides an information about obstacles through
audio signals.

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