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White Cane Navigation Using Arduino Uno

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Intelligent Communication, Control and Devices

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Visually disabled people have always been looked at sympathetically by the society. According to a count around 87% men and 91% women are visually impaired or weak in India alone [1] along with this, globally the estimated count rises as high as 285 million [2]. Our research aims at solving their problem of navigation to a certain extent. This research has been proposed to introduce a device which will help the blind to reach their destination accurately with the help of Google Maps. It proposes a Bluetooth-enabled white cane to help the people reach their destination. The Google Maps API navigation is used and is implemented through an Arduino to navigate the visually disabled via buzzing sensations.

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  1. College of Information Technology, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India

    Mohd. Faizan Khan & Ankita Kumar

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  1. Mohd. Faizan Khan
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  1. Institute of Robotics Technology (R&D), University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

    Rajesh Singh

  2. Department of Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

    Sushabhan Choudhury

  3. Department of Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

    Anita Gehlot

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Khan, M.F., Kumar, A. (2018). White Cane Navigation Using Arduino Uno. In: Singh, R., Choudhury, S., Gehlot, A. (eds) Intelligent Communication, Control and Devices. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 624. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5903-2_177

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