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    Volume 3, Issue 5, May 2013 ISSN: 2277 128X

    International Journal of Advanced Research in


    Computer Science and Software Engineering
    Research Paper
    Available online at: www.ijarcsse.com
    Voice Operated Intelligent Wheelchair
    Ms. S. D. Suryawanshi Mr. J. S. Chitode Ms. S. S. Pethakar
    Electronics Department Electronics Department Electronics Department
    Bharati Vidyapeeth University Bharati Vidyapeeth University Bharati Vidyapeeth University
    India. India. India.

    Abstract — Powered wheelchairs with the standard joystick interface are unable to control by many people. A voice
    controlled wheelchair can provide easy access for physical disabled person who cannot control their movements
    especially the hands. The powered wheelchair depends on the motor control and drive system which consists of ARM
    Processor LPC2138 and DC Motor. Once the voice recognition system recognizes the voice commands in comparison
    to the prestored memory, the respective coded digital signals would be sent to ARM Processor which then controls the
    wheelchair accordingly.

    Keywords— Powered wheelchair, Voice Recognition system, joystick, prestored memory

    I. INTRODUCTION
    The goal of this smart wheelchair project is to enhance an ordinary powered wheelchair using sensors to perceive the
    wheelchair's surroundings, a speech interface to interpret commands. Intelligent wheelchair will play an important role in
    the future welfare society. The use of intelligent wheelchair encourages the view of the machine as a partner rather than
    as a tool. The population of people with disabilities has risen markedly during the past century. As the data come from
    the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), two distinct trends have contributed to the increasing overall prevalence of
    disability: a gradual rise, due largely to demographic shifts associated with an aging population, as well as a rapid
    increase that is due to health impairments and accidents. Many individuals have problems to use a conventional
    wheelchair. A recent clinical survey indicated that 9%-10% of patients who received power wheelchair training found it
    extremely difficult or impossible to use it for their activities of daily living, and 40% of patients found the steering and
    maneuvering tasks difficult or impossible. These people, suffering from motor deficits, disorientation, amnesia, or
    cognitive deficits, are dependent upon others to push them, so often feel powerless and out of control. Intelligent
    wheelchair has the potential to provide these people with effective ways to alleviate the impact of their limitations, by
    compensating for their specific impairments. In particular, robotic wheelchairs may help in maneuvering a wheelchair
    and planning motion. Recently, research of assistant robots is also emerging field of robotic applications.

    II. Overview of the intelligent wheelchair:


    IR Sensor

    Tyre
    1
    Voice
    RS
    Recogniti Microcontro DC
    on 23 ller Based Motor
    System 2 Wheelchair interfa Tyre
    ce 2

    Fig1 Block Diagram of voice operated intelligent wheelchair

    In our project, voice recognition system is used as user interface. The block diagram of the intelligent wheelchair with
    motor drive and control system is shown in figure 1.
    Here we are making a speech recognition based wheel chair for patients. The patients who cannot walk and have to use a
    wheel chair can navigate the wheel chair by their voice. Here we are using the voice recognition using pattern recognition
    in MATLAB s/w.

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    First the patient has to mount the wheel chair. Then the patient can give voice commands via a head phone. These
    commands are processes in the MATLAB s/w and according signals are then sent to the µc on board the wheel chair.
    We have made a motorized miniature model of the wheel chair .The wheel chair is operated by 2 DC motors. The µc
    operates these DC motors and controls the wheel chair accordingly. The voice commands are: Forward, Reverse, Left,
    Right, stop.
    III. Speech Recognition Using Matlab (based on Pattern recognition)

    Input Data Patter Featu Add Input Data Patte Feat Find
    Decomp n re Record Decomp rn Match
    ure
    Audi osition Extra Extra to Audio osition Extra Extr in
    o ction ction Databa
    ction Datab
    se actio
    ase
    n

    Fig2 Procedure for Speech Feature’s Extraction. Fig3 Procedure for Speech Recognition

    Pattern recognition aims to classify data (patterns) based on either a priori knowledge or on statistical
    information extracted from the patterns. The patterns to be classified are usually groups of measurements or observations,
    defining points in an appropriate multidimensional space. This in contrast to pattern matching, where the pattern is
    rigidly specified. A complete pattern recognition system consists of a method that gathers the observations to be
    classified or described; a feature extraction mechanism that computes numeric or symbolic information from the
    observations, and a classification or description scheme that does the actual job of classifying or describing observations,
    relying on the extracted features. The classification or description scheme is usually based on the availability of a set of
    patterns that have already been classified or described. This set of patterns is termed the training set and the resulting
    learning strategy is characterized as supervised learning. Learning can also be unsupervised, in the sense that the system
    is not given an a priori labelling of patterns, instead it establishes the classes itself based on the statistical regularities of
    the patterns. The classification or description scheme usually uses statistical approach. Statistical pattern recognition is
    based on statistical characterizations of patterns, assuming that the patterns are generated by a probabilistic system. A
    wide range of algorithms can be applied for pattern recognition, from very simple Bayesian classifiers to much more
    powerful neural networks. An intriguing problem in pattern recognition yet to be solved is the relationship between the
    problem to be solved (data to be classified) and the performance of various pattern recognition algorithms (classifiers).

    IV. Wheelchair operation


    When the voice is detected, the wheelchair can be controlled to move in that direction by giving commands to the
    wheelchair. These commands are transferred to the wheelchair using electrical signals which are used the drive the left or
    right motor of the wheelchair. There are basically two motors connected to the left and right wheels of the wheelchair.
    The electrical signals are transferred to these motors using some hardware ports, called the communication ports.
    Generally, the communication port is the parallel port. There are some basic predefined pins of this parallel port which
    accept the commands given to the wheelchair in the form of electrical signals. For the purpose of demonstration of
    wheelchair movement using eye motion, a wheelchair model is designed in this project, which works on batteries. This
    model of wheelchair is shown in Fig. 3 below.

    Fig4: Model of Wheelchair

    Four wheels are used in the wheelchair for proper balancing. The movement of wheels is controlled by DC motors
    which are attached to the wheelchair. Two wheels located on left side of the wheelchair are controlled by one motor and
    similarly the wheels on the right side are controlled by the second motor.
    The other circuitry built into the wheelchair includes the transmitter and receiver circuits and the obstacle detection
    circuit. It involves two IR signal emitters which emit IR signals continuously when some obstacle appears in front of the
    wheelchair, these IR signals are obstructed, and reflected back. These reflected signals are then detected by the IR sensor

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    present just at the side of the emitters. As the IR signals are detected, a circuit is connected to the buzzer, and the buzzer
    beeps. At the same time, signal is transmitted back to the voice recognition system so as to stop the wheelchair.

    V. Results:

    Fig 5: Storage for voice commands

    Fig 6: Accepting the fresh command

    Fig 8: Comparing the fresh command with stored commands.

    Fig 8: Wheelchair

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    VI. Conclusion
    The motor drive and control system of the prototype intelligent wheelchair has been presented. The proposed ARM
    Processor based voice operated intelligent wheelchair would bring more convenience for the disabled people. The
    technology can also enhance safety for users who use ordinary joystick-controlled powered wheelchairs, by preventing
    collisions with walls, fixed objects, furniture and other people.

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    [3] J.Z. Yi, Y.K. Tan, Z.R. Ang,’ Microcontroller Based Voice-Activated Powered Wheelchair Control’ ACM 2007
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    [4] L. Fehr, W. Edwin Langbein, and S.B. Skaar, ‘Adequacy of Power Wheelchair Control Interfaces for Persons with
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    [5] Yasunari Obuchi, Multiple-Microphone Robust Speech Recognition Using Decoder-Based Channel Selection,
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