International Journal of Engineering Research

P. V. Abhishek ¹, H. G. Manjunatha ¹, P. B. Sudarshan ¹, K. P. Varun Reddy ¹, H. Girish ¹

Affiliations
1 School of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Cambridge Institute of Technology, Bangalore, IN

Abstract

Here is implemented a home navigation system, which comprises of a wheelchair which works on the inputs such as gesture commands via an android phone through Bluetooth and navigates according to command. It can be used by an elderly or physically challenged person to move inside the home without any difficulty. It is also equipped with obstacle avoidance technique, where the person may not be able to provide proper command at the right time. This project is to develop a wheel chair control which is useful to the physically disabled person with his hand gesture recognition using Acceleration technology. It is wheelchair which can be controlled by simple hand gestures. It employs a sensor which controls the wheelchair hand gestures made by the user and interprets the motion intended by user and moves accordingly. In Acceleration we have Acceleration sensor. When we change the direction, the sensor registers values are changed and that values are given to microcontroller. Depending on the direction of the Acceleration, microcontroller controls the wheel chair directions like LEFT, RIGHT, FRONT, and BACK.

Keywords

Microcontroller, Accelerometer Sensor, Hand Gesture, Bluetooth.

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