• Shivakumar.J
• Prajwal.R
• Shivraja.M
• Dr.Lakshmikanth.S

Visually impaired persons find themselves challenging to go out independently. There are millions of visually impaired or blind people in this world who are always in need of helping hands. For many years the white cane became a well-known attribute to blind person’s navigation and later efforts have been made to improve the cane by adding remote sensor. Blind people have big problem when they walk on the street or stairs using white cane, but they have sharp sensitivity. The electronic walking stick will help the blind person by providing more convenient means of life. The stick consists of 3 ultrasonic sensors, one camera, RF receiver and an earphone. The ultrasonic sensors are used for obstacle detection. The camera is used for text and object recognition. The RF module is used to find the stick when misplaced or dislocated. Thus, it works as a virtual eye for blind people. The output will be from an earpiece.

Raspberry pi, Ultrasonic sensors, Image processing, RF Transmitter and Receiver.

"VOICE BASED ELECTRONIC WALKING CANE FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED USING RASPBERRY PI AND IMAGE PROCESSING", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.79-84, May 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRCR06017.pdf

"VOICE BASED ELECTRONIC WALKING CANE FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED USING RASPBERRY PI AND IMAGE PROCESSING", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp79-84, May 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRCR06017.pdf