Design and Prototyping of an Electronic Cane for an Indoor Guide System for the Blind
Context: Blindness is a physical-sensory disability that limits the ability of affected people to carry out daily-life activities and deteriorates their quality of life. It is estimated that there are 296.000 blind people throughout the Colombian territory. Method: This article presents the develo...
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| author | Arnaldo Andres Gonzalez Gomez Yesid Díaz Gutiérrez Wilson David Flórez Barboza |
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| description | Context: Blindness is a physical-sensory disability that limits the ability of affected people to carry out daily-life activities and deteriorates their quality of life. It is estimated that there are 296.000 blind people throughout the Colombian territory.
Method: This article presents the development of an electronic baton that works with a system of guiding lines and information points, together with an application for mobile devices. This research is based on the quantitative method, seeking to investigate the characteristics of the device in terms of its use. A descriptive investigation is performed which can be classified as ex post facto.
Results: As a result, a device is developed which can guide a blind person to their destination in closed areas, although the time used for movement is greater compared to a journey with human assistance.
Conclusions: There are solutions aimed at guiding a blind person in closed spaces that achieve this goal, although they require bulky hardware, which prevents the dimensions of the device from resembling those of the walking sticks normally used as a tool by the blind population. This limits the natural use of this kind of devices. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4cbf110d59bd42c28694106eec8f3eac2022-12-21T19:23:05ZspaUniversidad Distrital Francisco José de CaldasIngeniería0121-750X2344-83932020-10-0125342543610.14483/23448393.1695612715Design and Prototyping of an Electronic Cane for an Indoor Guide System for the BlindArnaldo Andres Gonzalez Gomezhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1609-7516Yesid Díaz Gutiérrezhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3525-3537Wilson David Flórez Barbozahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4940-4626Context: Blindness is a physical-sensory disability that limits the ability of affected people to carry out daily-life activities and deteriorates their quality of life. It is estimated that there are 296.000 blind people throughout the Colombian territory. Method: This article presents the development of an electronic baton that works with a system of guiding lines and information points, together with an application for mobile devices. This research is based on the quantitative method, seeking to investigate the characteristics of the device in terms of its use. A descriptive investigation is performed which can be classified as ex post facto. Results: As a result, a device is developed which can guide a blind person to their destination in closed areas, although the time used for movement is greater compared to a journey with human assistance. Conclusions: There are solutions aimed at guiding a blind person in closed spaces that achieve this goal, although they require bulky hardware, which prevents the dimensions of the device from resembling those of the walking sticks normally used as a tool by the blind population. This limits the natural use of this kind of devices.https://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/reving/article/view/16956electronic caneindoor guidemobile applicationvisual impairment |
| spellingShingle | Arnaldo Andres Gonzalez Gomez Yesid Díaz Gutiérrez Wilson David Flórez Barboza Design and Prototyping of an Electronic Cane for an Indoor Guide System for the Blind Ingeniería electronic cane indoor guide mobile application visual impairment |
| title | Design and Prototyping of an Electronic Cane for an Indoor Guide System for the Blind |
| title_full | Design and Prototyping of an Electronic Cane for an Indoor Guide System for the Blind |
| title_fullStr | Design and Prototyping of an Electronic Cane for an Indoor Guide System for the Blind |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design and Prototyping of an Electronic Cane for an Indoor Guide System for the Blind |
| title_short | Design and Prototyping of an Electronic Cane for an Indoor Guide System for the Blind |
| title_sort | design and prototyping of an electronic cane for an indoor guide system for the blind |
| topic | electronic cane indoor guide mobile application visual impairment |
| url | https://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/reving/article/view/16956 |
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