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People with limited mobility like elderly, physically challenged, vision impaired and orthopedic patients need support to move around. They depend on walking sticks or other such devices. Even if they fall accidently, it is difficult for them to seek for help. Automatically assessing such a situation and alerting their near and dear ones will be an ideal solution to this problem. In case of emergency, it is preferred that they stay connected to their family members and friends. To address this issue, we can add intelligence in the walking stick and walking stick will act as an IoT device. This paper aims to develop basic infrastructure for IoT-based walking stick, on which further sensors and analytics can be extended seamlessly.
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Nagarajan, S., Dessai, S. (2020). IoT-Based Walking Stick. In: Kadambi, G., Kumar, P., Palade, V. (eds) Emerging Trends in Photonics, Signal Processing and Communication Engineering. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 649. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3477-5_16
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