With the increase in population, usage of vehicles is also increasing at an
alarming rate. People working round the clock and earning handsome amounts usually
prefer four-wheelers to ease their journey from one location to another location. But
this ease has now created a lot of problems as now more traffic jams can be seen than
before and traveling time is again increasing for people bound with deadlines. So, now
people have moved from four-wheelers to either two-wheelers or by foot. Also, while
traveling to unknown places and roads, GPS is a must nowadays. But on two-wheelers,
it is tough to use GPS on mobile phones. Moreover, the shoe is the necessity of life and
when it comes to a blind person shoes can help to protect from pebbles and roads but
obstacles cannot be avoided. So, we are trying to make it more convenient for blind
people as well, so that with the help of sensors in front of shoes he/she will be indicated
with vibrations to avoid the obstacles in the path. we are trying to make it more
efficient by using new technology i.e., Smart shoe where information of path is
retrieved from Google navigation database, and accordingly, the instructions are sent to
the sensors installed in the shoes to take turns (i.e., U-Turn, left, right, etc.). All this can
be achieved by interfacing the Bluetooth sensor placed in shoes and it would give
signals to 4 sensors placed in four directions in shoes and when to take any specific
turn it would vibrate. Also, this signal is provided to the Bluetooth sensor from a
mobile application which will be connected to the Google navigation database.
Keywords: Bluetooth, Microcontroller, Navigation Database, Sensors, Smart
Shoe, Ultrasonic Sensor, Vibration Motor.
