A student project aims to build a system that converts visual input into audio signals to help the blind or visually impaired navigate. The project's objectives are to develop a prototype device that uses image processing and computer vision techniques to detect objects and hazards, and converts that visual information into audio cues. The system would integrate technologies like image segmentation, enhancement, and 3D modeling with an acoustic interface to describe a user's surroundings. A Pandaboard single-board computer with OpenCV is used to process images from a webcam in real-time and translate them into audio descriptions for visually impaired users.
This was one of my Diploma in Engineering Projects.
It's a Voice controlled Home Automation System which works with the Internet. Which means you can control your home appliances from anywhere.
I did the Presentation for the Home Automation System. I was also one of the core team members who made it happen.
Here are the complete powerpoint slides.
Thank You
Recently more & more hearing impaired people started using sign language. There are about 70 million people in the whole World that are not able to speak (dumb). A dumb person makes communication with other people using their motion of the hand or expressions. . Sign language helps the dumb people to make communication like normal people. The sign language translator which has been already developed uses a glove fitted with sensors that can interpret the 16 English letters in American Sign Language (ASL). Accelerometers and flex sensors are used in this system which increases its overall cost. We proposed a solution as a prototype called as “smart glove-for speech impaired people” which will translate sign language into text. It will help dump and deaf people to express their thoughts in more convenient way. As a sign language we have used traditional finger movements with contact switch wrapped around the user’s fingers. An IR transmitter receiver pair, HT12E and HT12D IC and, Arduino (Micro Controller) board helps transmitting data to PC. Moreover, use of contact switches reduces the system’s overall cost.
Keywords: - Arduino, HT12E IC & HT12D IC, IR transmitter receiver, contact switch.
This was one of my Diploma in Engineering Projects.
It's a Voice controlled Home Automation System which works with the Internet. Which means you can control your home appliances from anywhere.
I did the Presentation for the Home Automation System. I was also one of the core team members who made it happen.
Here are the complete powerpoint slides.
Thank You
Recently more & more hearing impaired people started using sign language. There are about 70 million people in the whole World that are not able to speak (dumb). A dumb person makes communication with other people using their motion of the hand or expressions. . Sign language helps the dumb people to make communication like normal people. The sign language translator which has been already developed uses a glove fitted with sensors that can interpret the 16 English letters in American Sign Language (ASL). Accelerometers and flex sensors are used in this system which increases its overall cost. We proposed a solution as a prototype called as “smart glove-for speech impaired people” which will translate sign language into text. It will help dump and deaf people to express their thoughts in more convenient way. As a sign language we have used traditional finger movements with contact switch wrapped around the user’s fingers. An IR transmitter receiver pair, HT12E and HT12D IC and, Arduino (Micro Controller) board helps transmitting data to PC. Moreover, use of contact switches reduces the system’s overall cost.
Keywords: - Arduino, HT12E IC & HT12D IC, IR transmitter receiver, contact switch.
The Smart Home Automation made by using Arduino and Cayenne as IoT middleware to control and monitor through a mobile app and the web from anywhere at anytime.
The system configured to send SMS and Email notification due to the reaction of smoke, temperature, magnetic door, PIR motion sensors.
Health monitoring is the major problem in today’s world. Due to lack of proper health monitoring, patient suffer from serious health issues. There are lots of IoT devices now days to monitor the health of patient over internet. Health experts are also taking advantage of these smart devices to keep an eye on their patients. With tons of new healthcare technology start-ups, IoT is rapidly revolutionizing the healthcare industry.
Here in this project, we will make an IoT based Health Monitoring System which records the patient heart beat rate and body temperature and also send an email/SMS alert whenever those readings goes beyond critical values. Pulse rate and body temperature readings are recorded over ThingSpeak and Google sheets so that patient health can be monitored from anywhere in the world over internet. A panic will also be attached so that patient can press it on emergency to send email/sms to their relative
Automatic plant monitoring system have recently attracted tremendous interest due to the potential application in emerging technology. More importantly, this technique have improved and may be used to enhance the performance of existing techniques or to develop and design new techniques for the growth of plants . This project will shows the new source for watering the plants in the farms which is reducing the man power . This system will ensure that plants will be monitered without direct influence of men. For designing this system electronic devices like arduino ,sensors (pressure ,soil moisture) and servo , relay , display are used . we mainly introduced automatic watering of plants which shows much efficiency for watering plants compared to other techniques used which facilitates more effective multi-type harvesting the farms and clarifies a mechanism for realizing multi-functional practices in farms using electronic devices.
As Digital Still Cameras (DSC) become smaller, cheaper and higher in resolution, photographs are increasingly prone to blurring from shaky hands. Optical image stabilization (OIS) is an effective solution that addresses the quality of images, and is an idea that has been around for at least 30 years. It has only recently made its way into the low-cost consumer camera market, and will soon be migrating to the higher end camera phones. This paper provides an overview of common design practices and considerations for optical image stabilization and how silicon-based MEMS dual-axis gyroscopes with their size, cost and performance advantages are enabling this vital function for image capturing devices
The Smart Home Automation made by using Arduino and Cayenne as IoT middleware to control and monitor through a mobile app and the web from anywhere at anytime.
The system configured to send SMS and Email notification due to the reaction of smoke, temperature, magnetic door, PIR motion sensors.
Health monitoring is the major problem in today’s world. Due to lack of proper health monitoring, patient suffer from serious health issues. There are lots of IoT devices now days to monitor the health of patient over internet. Health experts are also taking advantage of these smart devices to keep an eye on their patients. With tons of new healthcare technology start-ups, IoT is rapidly revolutionizing the healthcare industry.
Here in this project, we will make an IoT based Health Monitoring System which records the patient heart beat rate and body temperature and also send an email/SMS alert whenever those readings goes beyond critical values. Pulse rate and body temperature readings are recorded over ThingSpeak and Google sheets so that patient health can be monitored from anywhere in the world over internet. A panic will also be attached so that patient can press it on emergency to send email/sms to their relative
Automatic plant monitoring system have recently attracted tremendous interest due to the potential application in emerging technology. More importantly, this technique have improved and may be used to enhance the performance of existing techniques or to develop and design new techniques for the growth of plants . This project will shows the new source for watering the plants in the farms which is reducing the man power . This system will ensure that plants will be monitered without direct influence of men. For designing this system electronic devices like arduino ,sensors (pressure ,soil moisture) and servo , relay , display are used . we mainly introduced automatic watering of plants which shows much efficiency for watering plants compared to other techniques used which facilitates more effective multi-type harvesting the farms and clarifies a mechanism for realizing multi-functional practices in farms using electronic devices.
As Digital Still Cameras (DSC) become smaller, cheaper and higher in resolution, photographs are increasingly prone to blurring from shaky hands. Optical image stabilization (OIS) is an effective solution that addresses the quality of images, and is an idea that has been around for at least 30 years. It has only recently made its way into the low-cost consumer camera market, and will soon be migrating to the higher end camera phones. This paper provides an overview of common design practices and considerations for optical image stabilization and how silicon-based MEMS dual-axis gyroscopes with their size, cost and performance advantages are enabling this vital function for image capturing devices
Un grupo de alumnos de 6º del CEIP FÉLIX RODRÍGUEZ DE LA FUENTE ha realizado una presentación sobre algunos jardínez de Murcia capital para darlos a conocer a los amigos de Neiva (Colombia).
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9. A project to build a system that
converts visual input into audio signals
which may lead to a practical product
to help the blind or visually impaired
navigate
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10. Technological Objectives
The main objective is to obtain a device for the whole Visually Impaired
(V.I.) community- totally blind, partially sighted, and people in a situation
of progressive loss of vision.
To integrate the developments of image segmentation, image
enhancement, 3D Real World perception, audio representation of space
into a unique basic prototype with the purpose of assisting visually
impaired people in mobility in outdoor spaces.
To develop new ways of interfacing with V. I. people- to develop an
acoustic interface (Ear-plugs for presentation) for the blinds.
To develop a system able to calculate a person’s head orientation in a
static and dynamic situation.
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11. Technological Objectives
To integrate the 3D modelling system and the intelligent system for the
detection of risks and obstacles
To integrate in a common platform all the data acquired from the
environment from different sources- artificial vision system, 3D Real World
Recognition System.
To finally develop a prototype which can be commercialised
During the project a simple device able to make a direct transformation
from the acquisition system into an acoustic representation will be created
as a final product
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12. Gadgets/Technology for V.I. Person 12
Brainport Vision Device
Electric lollipop that allows blind people to 'see'
using their tongue
Converts images captured by a tiny camera into
a series of electrical tingles, which can be felt on
the tongue
Nerves then send these messages to the brain,
which turn the tingles back into pictures
Costs around 6000 Pounds ( 5 Lakh INR)
13. Gadgets/Technology for V.I. Person
Devices that alert you when a pot of liquid begins to boil
Gadgets that make a sound when a cup or container you're pouring liquid
into is nearly full
Knives with an adjustable guide to help you cut slices of even thickness
Tactile watches and alarm clocks
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15. Cyborg / Bionics
An organism “to which exogenous components have been added for the
purpose of adapting to new environments”.
Recent meaning of the term bionics refers to merging organism and
machine.
This approach results in a hybrid system combining biological and
engineering parts, which can also be referred as a cybernetic organism
(cyborg).
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18. What is Image Processing?
In electrical engineering and computer science, image processing is any form of signal
processing for which the input is an image, such as a photograph or video frame; the
output of image processing may be either an image or, a set of characteristics or
parameters related to the image.
Most image-processing techniques involve treating the image as a two-dimensional
signal and applying standard signal-processing techniques to it.
In other words it is basically the transformation of data from a still or video camera
into either a decision or a new representation.
All such transformations are done for achieving some particular goal. The input data
may be a live video feed, the decision may be that a face has been detected, and a new
representation may be conversion of a color image into a gray scale image.
19. Our Innovation
Locating everyday items using Image-Video Processing.
Detection of potential hazards (location and motion of objects, persons,
obstacles).
Face Detection and Tagging.
Text to Speech Conversion.
Color Detection
Detecting and analyzing in-front objects (living and non-living) and
perform operations on them.
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20. Approach
We are using OpenCV with Panda Board for this application.
Interfacing OpenCV and Panda Board along with webcam to generate real
time images.
Coding to find distance of objects or any obstacle and provide output as
an audio signal.
Provide with inbuilt images and search for them. Coding to match the
images and provide the respective name of object as sound signal.
Advance further to develop for general usage amongst people.
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21. Advantage & Disadvantage
Advantage
Detection of known objects if they are lost.
Can read newspaper, books, or rather any reading material.
Can easily detect color and hence can be useful in various scenarios.
Face Detection and Face tagging mode.(He can easily know person and can
also save new face)
Most of the software are freeware, so cheap in cost.
Disadvantage
A fully-assembled device (Panda Board + Webcam) is to be carried for all the
operations.
Bulkier in comparison to Mobile.
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22. Hardware/Software
The Panda Board is a low-power, low-cost single-board
computer development platform based on the Texas
Instruments OMAP4430 system on a chip (SoC). It is a community
supported development platform.
The Panda Board ES is a newer version based on the OMAP4460 SoC, with
the CPU and GPU running at higher clock rates. Like its predecessor, it is a
community supported development platform. We are working with Panda
Board ES.
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24. Pandaboard Overview
OMAP4 (Cortex-A9) CPU based open development platform.
OMAP4430 Application processor
1GB low-power DDR2
Display HDMI v1.3 Connector (Type A) to drive HD displays, DVI-D Connector,
3.5" audio in/out and HDMI Audio out
Full size SD/MMC card
Built in 802.11 & Bluetooth v2.1+EDR
On board 10/100 Ethernet
Expansion: 1xUSB OTG, 2xUSB HS host ports, General purpose expansion
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25. What OS does Pandaboard support?
Debian
Ubuntu
Android
Fedora
Sabayon
Xubuntu
Angstrom
26. OpenCV
OpenCV grew out of an Intel Research initiative to advance CPU-intensive
applications.
The intent behind OpenCV was to provide a platform that a student can
readily utilize for developing applications, instead of reinventing the basic
functions from scratch.
27. Why use OpenCV?
It is free.
It is fast.
Good documentation in the form of documentation, tutorials, user groups,
forums etc.
Lot of pre-built functions and algorithms to get a head start.
There is an active development on interfaces for other languages like
Ruby, Python, Matlab etc.
Pretty fast.
28. License
OpenCV is released under a BSD license, it is free for both academic and
commercial use.
There are only a few algorithms inside it that may have been patented and
those are not free.
36. Using MATLAB
inbuilt function
Using our own
algorithm, we applied
linear differentiator. It
works fast and is more
efficient in
comparison to
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37. Application
This project is applied mainly in the commercial field of helping visually
impaired people with lower eyesight or completely BLIND
Industrial applications can be devised and enhanced like robots and
machineries
Concept can be used for Autonomous Cars
For Security, Identifying and Tracking
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38. Projects Implemented
1. Capturing Image using hand gesture and uploading it directly to Google Drive (Internet needed)
2. Face Detection and Person Identity Detection for running lifetime of prog
3. Optical Character Recognition
4. Cartoonifying Real Time Images
5. Colour Detection and Diff Sound for Diff Colour
6. Ball Detection
7. Head Pose Estimation
8. Augmented Reality based Position Change Tracking
9. Combined Project of OpenGL and OpenCV for Image Operation
10. Number Recognition in real-time
11. Text to Speech Synthesis using C++
12. Kinect with WINDOWS
13. Kinect with Ubuntu
14. Sound Marking
39. References
A collaborative European project CASBliP, or Cognitive Aid System for
Blind People
Andhajan Mandal, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Electric lollipop that allows blind people to 'see' using their tongue-
Brainport Vision Device
OMAP4460 Pandaboard ES System Reference Manual
Neil Harbisson-
http://www.ted.com/talks/neil_harbisson_i_listen_to_color.html
AMTS-www.amts.co.in
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