Project Description
Using WalkAssist, a person with vision related disorders can easily detect obstacles upfront and find out how far away are they using familiar sound. Unlike other smart cane or similar products which boast to provide flexibility of movement but result in scratching surrounding surfaces, potential fall hazard etc., WalkAssist Strap enables no hassle of carrying or forgetting the so-called smart cane. WalkAssist is designed to be a wearable-electronic walking aid which can be worn just like a necklace or strapped around an arm, lower-leg, chest or like a waist-belt.
Typical Use-case
How It Works
As seen in the figure the person walking in a typical house-hold needs to avoid or know if there are objects nearby or how far are they. The project is divided into the three modules each designed to do a specific task. First module ensures system is up-and-running and initlizes the start of the detection engine. Second module is the detection engine which uses an optimized algorithm to know the object-type, distance, and alert urgency. Third module analyzes the data gathered over-time and does its analysis on improving the detection variables for environment adaptation, optimizing power consumption by turn on / off the various power related mode prolonging battery life etc.
