iWalk:intelligent walking stick for visually impaired subjects

• Main Authors: Olanrewaju, Rashidah Funke, Mohd Radzi, Muhammad Luqman Azzaki, Rehab, Mariam
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: 10.1109/ICSIMA.2017.8312000 2018
• Subjects: T Technology (General); T10.5 Communication of technical information; TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/61390/1/61390_IWalk%20Intelligent%20walking%20stick%20for%20visually_complete.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/61390/2/61390_IWalk%20Intelligent%20walking%20stick%20for%20visually_scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/61390/; http://icsima.ieeemy-ims.org/17/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Visually impaired people find great difficulty in moving around freely without a human guide, especially in a new terrain. iWalk is an intelligent walking stick specially designed for visually disabled individuals to improve and ease navigation. iWalk uses ultrasonic and water sensors to detect obs...