Abstract: Vision is a beautiful gift to human beings by GOD. Vision allows people to perceive and
understand the surrounding world. Till date blind people struggle a lot to live
their miserable life. In the presented work, a simple, cheap, friendly user,
virtual eye is designed and implemented to improve the mobility of both blind
and visually impaired people in a specific area. The presented work includes a
wearable equipment consists of head hat,
mini hand stick and foot shoes to help the blind person to navigate
alone safely and to avoid any obstacles that may be encountered, whether fixed
or mobile, to prevent any possible accident. The main component of this system
is the ultrasonic sensor which is used to scan a predetermined area around
blind by emitting-reflecting waves. The reflected signals received from the
barrier objects are used as inputs to Arduino microcontroller. The
microcontroller carry out the issued commands and then communicate the status
of a given appliance or device back to the earphones using SD Card Technology.
The system is cheap, fast, and easy to use and an innovative affordable
solution to blind and visually impaired people in third world countries.
Keywords: Ultrasonic Sensors, Arduino Microcontroller, SD Card, Headphone.