2012 - Europe Direct Iasi

EUROINVENT 2012
environment and converts it into voice version to transmit
to audible earphone used by the person. In this way, the
person will be guided for any nearby convenience,
restaurants, public service centers, etc, through vocal
guidance worked by his/her cane.
Visually-handicap-leading walking block with REF card
built into it allows a visually-impaired person to use this
cane installed with non-contact REF card reader system to
detect/transmit all information collected from the walking
block to the person by sound, without making actual
contact with the cane to the block. Either wired or
wireless, the converted voice information will be audible
to the person through earphone and guide him with the
surrounding information and directions.
Direction guidance can be provided to visuallyhandicapped
people using REF card (Bar code) built-in
electric walking blocks. The person uses his walking cane
in which its grounding tip is installed with REF card
reader that links to such walking blocks to channel
information detected into sound (guide voice) and
transmits to the person through earphone. Transmission of
information is wire-wireless and the guiding system
effectively provides various information of surrounding
services and guidance to directions.
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