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http://dx.doi.org/10.9708/jksci.2014.19.11.167

Situation-awareness White Cane Using a Mobile Device  

Jeon, Dong-Hee (Division of Computer & Information Engineering, Dongseo University)
Jeon, Jun-Uk (Division of Computer & Information Engineering, Dongseo University)
Beak, Hwa-Hyeon (Division of Computer & Information Engineering, Dongseo University)
Moon, Mi-Kyeong (Division of Computer & Information Engineering, Dongseo University)
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Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information / v.19, no.11, 2014 , pp. 167-173 More about this Journal
Abstract
A white cane is used by many people who are blind or visually impaired. The studies and developments in the field of smart electronic white cane have been progressed to improve walking safety of the visually handicapped person. In this paper, we describe a situation-awareness white cane which support and guide walking of the visually handicapped person by giving information of surrounding situation through connection of a white cane and a mobile device. There are easily accessible buttons in the situation-awareness white cane. These buttons is connected with the mobile device by blue-tooth, so by pushing these buttons, the visually handicapped person can receive sound-guidance. As a result, the visually handicapped person can walk more safely by getting more information of situation.
Keywords
visually handicapped person; White-cane; Situation-awareness; Smart mobile device;
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