BLD GLASSES

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  Amount of blind people increasing over the years

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  front view

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  side view

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  Speaker

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  back view

Inspiration

Our inspiration came from one of our own teammate experiences as Allen Thomas mentions, “I was walking in a room and then because I didn’t notice, I accidentally hit myself against the table then I started wondering, how would day to day life be like to blind people?” It really impacted the idea to our mind, how we could help them have an easier life. In fact, there's about 36 million blind people and over the years, blindness has increased, and their struggles have gotten risen. That's why we have decided to develop a new technology that would assist blind people in navigating or reading.

What it does

The BLD Glasses helps blind people navigate everyday environments. These glasses have a ultrasonic sensor that can be used to tell the distance in-between you and the object in front of you. The built-in speaker can be used to tell you on where you need to go and whether you can pass through the road or anything that you might need. Future applications could include these glasses telling you where to go with a built in GPS as well as reading Braille with camera recognition, and will use the speaker for those who are recently blind or struggling to understand Braille.

How we built it

This design was built with Autodesk: Inventor, using our critical thinking to the test, wondering where to put the cameras, speakers...etc. We also used C++ to program it, where all the magic started. As for the code it was used Arduino's documentation for SerialMonitor and audio output to create an Arduino file that detects distance from a hc-sr04 ultrasonic sensor and sends an audio output to a buzzer.

Challenges we ran into

Some challenges that we ran into are struggling with the having camera recognition seeing the patterns with Braille, as well for the speakers. Another problem was coming up with the design, where we would place the parts, while still looking neat and not messy square box in the head, making it comfy and not in an awkward position. Coming up with an idea, that would help blind people was also one of the struggles we had. Figuring what language, we were going to use for the coding.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

The accomplishments that we are proud of is finishing the design, where all the stuff is placed, as well as for the code. Designing the presentation, where all the things of information is, the accessories we put in, the idea, and the placements. Making a simpler code, than originally anticipated.

What we learned

Some things we learned is a new way to help blind people, using this high advanced technology. We also learned new things about blind people and their every-day life and struggles and how to code with an Arduino. Our team discussed the pros and cons of different types of technology and how to use them. It was concluded by understanding how we can use these technology, BLD Glasses, to help the blind community.

What's next for BLD GLASSES

1. Make it world-wide, working with major companies.
2. Smaller mechanism.
3. Creating a more complex code for less bugs.

Built With

• arduino
• c++
• ide
• inventor