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A Study on Apply of Smart Sensors for Wheelchair Balancing Control

휠체어 균형 조정을 위한 스마트 센서의 적용에 관한 연구

  • Ma, Linh Van (School of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Cho, Young-bin (School of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Kim, Jinsul (School of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Chonnam National University)
  • ;
  • 조영빈 (전남대학교 전자컴퓨터공학과) ;
  • 김진술 (전남대학교 전자컴퓨터공학과)
  • Received : 2018.07.02
  • Accepted : 2018.07.17
  • Published : 2018.08.31
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Abstract

Due to un-balancing weight allocation on the wheelchair the existing wheelchair system are faced with the risk of flipping or falling when a wheelchair goes up to a hill. In to order to be safer during riding the wheelchair, in this paper, we proposed a real-time new solution using the integrated Gyro Sensor and Tilt Sensor for controlling the balance. Because the typical property of wheelchair is for the special user who meets the difficulty in moving on foot the maintain the balance of wheel-chair systems have become important and helpful. In our method, we calculate the seat angle using information from Tilt Sensor. However, due to the law of inertia when a wheelchair is moving there is a deviation in the output value of Tilt Sensor. Therefore, we have to optimize the value of the angle by utilizing the acceleration that is the output of the Gyro Sensor. We took the advantages by using the combination of Gyro and Tilt sensors. Moreover, we also solved the consumption issue of the whole system. Through various experimentations with usage of ZigBee sensor module, the power consumption for the balancing system is reduced significantly.

휠체어에 대한 균형을 맞추지 못하는 체중 배분으로 인해 기존의 휠체어 시스템은 휠체어가 언덕으로 올라갈 때 뒤집히거나 떨어질 위험에 직면합니다. 이 논문에서는 휠체어를 타는 동안보다 안전하기 위해 통합 된 자이로 센서와 틸트 센서를 사용하여 균형을 제어하는 실시간 새 솔루션을 제안했습니다. 휠체어의 전형적인 특성은 발을 움직이는 데 어려움을 겪는 특수 사용자를위한 것이기 때문에 휠체어 시스템의 균형을 유지하는 것이 중요하고 도움이되었습니다. 우리의 방법에서는 경사 센서의 정보를 이용하여 시트 각을 계산한다. 그러나 휠체어가 움직이는 관성의 법칙으로 인해 틸트 센서의 출력 값에 편차가 있습니다. 따라서 자이로 센서의 출력 인 가속도를 이용하여 각도 값을 최적화해야합니다. Gyro 센서와 Tilt 센서의 조합을 사용하여 이점을 얻었습니다. 또한 전체 시스템의 소비 문제도 해결했습니다. ZigBee 센서 모듈을 사용하여 다양한 실험을 통해 밸런싱 시스템의 전력 소비가 크게 줄어 들었습니다.

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Supported by : Korea Small and Medium Business Administration, IITP(Institute for Information & communications Technology Promotion)

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