Diseño de un bastón electrónico para las personas con discapacidad visual

Abstract

The following research project has as its main theme the design of a prototype of an electronic cane for visually impaired people in the city of Portoviejo. To do this we wanted to check what materials we would use to make it and how much it would cost to make an intelligent cane, we also thought it would be a very good idea to do it because it would help people. The method used to achieve these objectives is called design thinking, which is a method based on 5 steps, among them are empathize, define, devise, prototype and test. But this method could not be used without people to help us test or test the cane, it is because of that, that we highlighted the help of the inclusion unit of the Technical University of Manabi, who very kindly lent themselves to the help of the development of the cane and to meet the goal. In the end, a functional cane was developed for the visually impaired. In addition, we defined the costs for the development of the cane, which was surprisingly low in relation to other types of intelligent canes, and that will serve if in the future we wanted to mass produce it, it would be a very favorable and affordable cost of development and finally we also defined the components with which the type of electronic cane was developed.