Please view the posters presented at the 19th Annual City Tech Faculty and Student Research Poster Session below. You can click on each poster to enlarge it and view the PDF version under the poster abstract.
We thank all presenters for sharing their innovative and informative research with the City Tech community and beyond!
16-Integration of Raspberry Pi with White Cane to Assist the Visually Impaired
There are at least 2.2 billion people in the world who have near or distant visual impairment according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO). According to the Perkins School for the Blind, only 2% to 8% of blind people use white canes. This is because 90% of them have accidents when using walking sticks. We have Implemeted a system to help the visually-impaired upgrading the white cane by implementing four essential elements: An electrical-setup employing a simple computer board (Raspberry Pi), connected to an HC-SR04 ultrasonic distance sensor that measures the distance to an object using ultrasonic sound waves, and voice feedback that alerts the owner of nearby objects with a speaker. Finally, a Raspberry Pi Camera for real-time object detection using a deep learning algorithm “YOLO” is integrated into our system The elements in the white cane are situated in the blind spots that cause accidents to the owner. View or download a PDF version of this poster.
