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An Innovative Tongue Controlled E-Wheel Chair For Physically Challenged

09-04-2015
9th April 2015

- Prof.Amutha Shanmugam, AP(Sr.Gr.)/IT, PSREC, Sivakasi

An Innovative Tongue Controlled E-Wheel Chair For Physically Challenged

A batch of final year students studying in B.E Electronics and Communication Engineering at P.S.R Engineering College Sivakasi, designed an innovative E-wheel chair for physically challenged and aged persons. The students, Mr N. Neerkaathalingam, Mr. R. Madhusudhan and Mr. R. Thirupathi have successfully completed the project under the guidance of Mr. K. Raja, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering.

The innovative E- Wheel Chair is working under the principle of Electro Magnetic induction. The unique feature of the E- Wheel chair is to monitor the health condition likes Heart Beat Rate and Body Temperature of the person who is operating the E-Wheel chair.

A mini-magnet is placed at their tongue, which operates the four magnetic sensors fitted in the headset. The function of this vehicle can be controlled by just moving the tongue in the desired direction.

For example, if the person needs to move the vehicle in forward direction, he just needs to move his tongue towards forward sensors placed on the headset. If he moves his tongue to the left side, the vehicle will turn to the left side, likewise for all directions.

The sensor readings are transmitted via Radio Frequency to the PIC microcontroller. The master controller controls the driver circuit of the motor which is fixed in the vehicle.

The health condition of the person is monitored by Pulse sensor and Temperature sensor which are placed inside the E-Wheel chair. The pulse sensor continuously monitors the heart beat rate of the person and the temperature sensor monitors the body temperature. If any abnormal condition is detected by the sensors, then an alert message will be send automatically to the pre-stored mobile number stored in the memory by GSM Technology.

The operation of this vehicle requires only 12V battery. The Laboratory model of this vehicle cost around Rs.16,000. The developed model can be extended in future such as poster rotation, solar storage for power saving, prolong battery life to travel long distances, Monitoring user location through Google Maps and Wandering in the garden etc.,

We thank the support rendered by the Managing Trustee Thiru.R.Solaisamy, Principal B.G.Vishnuram , Head of Department (ECE) and Faculty Members.


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