JP3203089U - Navigation stick structure - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a navigation stick structure for avoiding a lost child when walking out of a visually impaired person and improving safety. A navigation stick structure includes a stick body A and a control circuit B. A pole portion 1 of the stick body A is provided with a strip-shaped LED 13, a grip 14 is provided at the top end, and a detection member is provided at the front end. 21. The control circuit B includes a microprocessor unit, a GPS module, a voice processing unit and speaker 24, a Bluetooth module, etc., and when used, the destination is set by voice, and the GPS module is searched and navigated to make it accurate by voice. Announcing and navigating the correct walking route, scanning the front of the grip for obstacles when walking, and avoiding the user by voice, buzzer, vibration, etc. And strip at night It turns on the ED warning. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a navigation stick structure, and in particular, can achieve the purpose of navigating visually impaired people, and can detect obstacles, and at night, a striped LED is lit to form a warning action, thus allowing visually impaired people to go out. The present invention relates to a navigation stick structure that can avoid a lost child during walking and can improve safety.

A visually handicapped person cannot judge the road condition and direction by seeing with eyes like a healthy person because of a visual obstacle.
In recent years, protection of physically handicapped people has been emphasized socially, and visually impaired people's guidance blocks have been installed on the sidewalks, and the support system for visually handicapped people has been enhanced.

However, when a visually handicapped person goes to a certain destination, he / she must keep asking people around him, except based on his judgment.
But if you can't walk on the right route, it's not only cumbersome but also very dangerous.
In addition, when walking visually impaired, hold a walking stick with your hand, take the walking stick forward, and walk while checking if there is an obstacle. This is not only cumbersome, but before the walking stick hits the obstacle. It can hit, and a walking stick can hit a nearby person.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described drawbacks of conventional walking sticks for the visually impaired. In view of the recent development of smart products, the present applicant has developed a navigation stick structure that has a navigation and obstacle detection function and lights a strip LED at night to constitute a warning action.

JP 2004-290442 A

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is that it can achieve the purpose of navigating visually impaired people, can detect forward obstacles during walking, lights up strip LED at night, constitutes a warning action, and thus visually It is an object of the present invention to provide a navigation stick structure that can avoid a lost child when a disabled person goes out and walk and that can improve safety.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides the following navigation stick structure.
The navigation stick structure includes a stick main body and a control circuit installed on the stick main body. A strip-shaped LED is provided on the pole portion of the stick main body, a grip is provided on the top end, and a grip front end is provided on the front end of the grip. The detection circuit is installed, and the control circuit includes a microprocessor unit, a GPS module, a voice processing unit and a speaker, a Bluetooth module, and the like. After searching and navigating, the purpose of navigating visually impaired persons is achieved by transmitting the correct walking route to the user by means of voice, buzzer sound, vibration, etc., and at the time of walking by the detection member at the front end of the grip Scan for obstacles ahead and check When detecting the presence of an object, audio, buzzer sound, transmitted to avoid the user by methods such as vibration, at night, by lighting the strip LED, constitutes a warning action.
In this way, it is possible to avoid getting lost when walking out for visually impaired people, and to improve safety,
Pole portion of the navigation stick structure, the upper pole member, the pole body in the installation is fitted on the upper pole member, a lower pole body to be installed is fitted to intermediate pole member includes,
The upper pole body and the middle pole body are provided with a plurality of stereotactic holes arranged at intervals,
Steel balls are installed on the middle pole body and the lower pole body,
The steel balls are inserted into stereotaxic holes at different positions of the upper pole body and the middle pole body, thereby making it possible to adjust the length of the middle pole body and the lower pole body,
The detection member having the navigation stick structure includes an ultrasonic or infrared detection member.

  The navigation stick structure of the present invention can achieve the purpose of navigating visually impaired people, and can detect forward obstacles when walking, and lights up a strip-shaped LED at night to constitute a warning action, thus visually impaired people. It is possible to avoid getting lost during walking and to increase safety.

It is a three-dimensional view of the present invention. It is structural drawing of this invention pole part. It is a block chart of this invention circuit. It is a use state figure of the present invention. It is a use state figure of the present invention.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

1, 2 and 3 are a three-dimensional view of the present invention, a pole part structure diagram, and a circuit block chart.
As shown in the drawing, the present invention includes a stick main body A and a control circuit B installed on the stick main body A.
The stick main body A is provided with a pole portion 1, and the pole portion 1 is made of a translucent material and includes an upper pole body 11 and a lower pole body 12 fitted to the upper pole body 11.
The upper pole body 11 is provided with a plurality of localization holes 111 arranged at intervals, and the lower pole body 12 is provided with a sleeve 121.

A spring 122 and a steel ball 123 are inserted into the sleeve 121, whereby the steel ball 123 has elasticity.
The length of the lower pole body 12 can be adjusted by fitting the steel balls 123 into the localization holes 111 at different positions of the upper pole body 11.
A strip-shaped LED 13 is installed inside the pole portion 1, and a grip 14 is installed at the top end.

  The control circuit B is installed in the grip portion of the stick main body A. The control circuit B includes a microprocessor unit 2, a detection member 21 connected to the microprocessor unit 2, a sound processing unit 22, a GPS module 23 and a speaker 24, a vibration motor 25, A Bluetooth module 26, a drive unit 27, and setting buttons 28 and 28a are provided.

Thereby, the sound processing unit 22 is connected to the microphone 221, and the drive unit 27 is connected to the strip-shaped LED 13 installed in the pole portion 1.
In addition, the detection member 21 is installed at the front end of the grip 14, and the microphone 221, the speaker 24, and the setting button 28 are exposed at appropriate positions of the grip 14.
The detection member 21 is an ultrasonic or infrared detection member.

A navigation stick structure is configured by a combination of the above-described components.
When a visually handicapped person uses, a destination is set by voice through a Bluetooth headset or microphone 221, and through a search and navigation of the GPS module 23, a voice is accurately transmitted to the user through a Bluetooth headset or speaker 24. Tell the walking route.
In this way, the purpose of navigating the visually impaired person is achieved, and at the time of walking, the detection member 21 at the front end of the grip 14 is scanned for an obstacle ahead.

  When the presence of an obstacle is detected, the user is advised to avoid it by voice, beep sound or vibration of the vibration motor 25, and when walking at night, the strip unit LED 13 is turned on by the drive unit 27 to constitute a warning action. Thus, visually impaired persons are not lost when they go out, and safety is improved.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, which are the state-of-use diagrams of the present invention, and FIG. 1 and FIG. The control circuit B is turned on by the setting button 28.

It constitutes at least the following functions.
1. The user tells the destination to the Bluetooth headset 3, and when the Bluetooth module 26 of the control circuit B receives it, the microprocessor unit 2 interprets it, drives the GPS module 23, searches for the destination, The navigation is started, and an accurate route to the destination is transmitted to the Bluetooth headphones 4 by the Bluetooth module 26. After hearing the information, the user walks based on instructions (straight ahead, forward right turn, etc.) Therefore, visually impaired persons can avoid getting lost when they go out. When the Bluetooth Siphone 3 is not used, the user inputs sound through the microphone 221 and outputs sound through the speaker 24 (the current location is the intersection of Zhongxiao East Road and Keelung Road, etc.).

  2. When the user walks, the detection member 21 at the front end of the grip 14 is scanned for an obstacle 4 in the front, the presence of the obstacle 4 is detected, and after reading by the microprocessor unit 2, the Bluetooth earphone 3 or Through the speaker 24, the user is told to avoid it by voice (an obstacle in the front, an obstacle in the front right, an obstacle in the left front, etc.) or a beep sound. Or it tells a user to avoid by the vibration of the vibration motor 25, avoids the collision with the obstacle 4, and going out of a visually handicapped person becomes safer.

  3. When the user walks at night, after reading with the microprocessor unit 2 by the setting button 28 or the sound setting (similar to the setting of the destination), the strip-shaped LED 13 is turned on by the drive unit 27 and a warning action is performed. The striped LED 13 has a function to adjust the brightness based on the surrounding light rays, so that it is brighter the darker, and thus the visually impaired person can go out at night more clearly. It will be safe.

  4). When the user walks in an environment where there are many people, input the voice such as “I'm sorry, please pass me through” with the Bluetooth headset 3 or the microphone 221, and output the sound with a decibel larger than the speaker 24. Call on people to give way. This function can be recorded in advance by the user's voice and stored in the microprocessor unit 2 and is turned on by the setting button 28 or voice when necessary.

  5. In an emergency (falling down, encountering a robbery, etc.), the setting button 28a is pressed, a loud alarm sound (shi-shi sound, etc.) is emitted from the speaker 24, and the strip-shaped LED 13 constitutes a high-intensity flash (red light) And attract the attention of those who go around, and achieve the purpose of the support.

Summing up the above, the present invention configures a navigation stick structure by associating a stick main body on which a strip-like LED is installed with a control circuit, a detection member, a GPS module, and the like installed on the stick main body.
As a result, the walking stick achieves the purpose of navigating visually impaired people, and can detect forward obstacles when walking, and at night, the strip LED is lit to form a warning action, thus allowing visually impaired people to go out. It will not get lost and safety will be improved.

  The names and contents of the present invention described above are only used for explaining the technical contents of the present invention, and do not limit the present invention. All equivalent applications based on the spirit of the present invention, parts (structures) conversion, replacement, and quantity increase / decrease shall be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

  The present invention has the novelty that is a requirement for utility model registration, has sufficient progress compared to similar products of the past, has high practicality, meets the needs of society, and has a very high industrial utility value. large.

A Stick body B Control circuit 1 Pole part 11 Upper pole body 111 Localization hole 12 Lower pole body 121 Sleeve 122 Spring 123 Steel ball 13 Strip LED
14 Grip 2 Microprocessor unit 21 Detection member 22 Audio processing unit 221 Microphone 23 GPS module 24 Speaker 25 Vibration motor 26 Bluetooth module 27 Drive unit 28 Setting button 28a Setting button 3 Bluetooth earphone 4 Obstacle

Claims (3)

The navigation stick structure has a stick body and a control circuit.
The stick body is provided with a semi-transparent material pole, a strip LED is installed inside the pole, and a grip is installed at the top end.
The control circuit is installed in a grip portion of the stick body, and includes a microprocessor unit, a detection member connected to the microprocessor unit, a sound processing unit, a GPS module and a speaker, a vibration motor, a Bluetooth module and a drive unit, and a setting button. Thereby, the sound processing unit is connected to a microphone, the drive unit is connected to a strip-shaped LED installed on the pole portion, and the detection member is installed on the front end of the grip. And the speaker and the setting button protrude to an appropriate position of the grip,
When using a visually impaired person, the destination is set by voice, and through the search and navigation of the GPS module, an accurate walking route is announced to the user by voice, thus achieving the purpose of navigating the visually impaired person. ,
Moreover, when walking, the detection member at the front end of the grip is scanned for obstacles ahead, and when the presence of an obstacle is detected, the user is advised to avoid it by means of sound, buzzer sound, vibration, etc.
A navigation stick structure that features a warning action by turning on a strip-shaped LED at night, thus preventing visually impaired persons from getting lost when going out and improving safety. The pole part of the stick body includes an upper pole body, a middle pole body that is fitted and installed on the upper pole body, and a lower pole body that is fitted and installed on the middle pole body,
The upper pole body and the middle pole body are provided with a plurality of localization holes arranged at intervals, and the middle pole body and the lower pole body are provided with sleeves,
A spring and a steel ball are inserted into the sleeve, whereby the steel ball has elasticity, and the steel ball is fitted into a stereotactic hole at a different position of the upper pole body and the middle pole body, thereby The navigation stick structure according to claim 1, wherein the length of the pole body and the lower pole body is adjustable.   The navigation stick structure according to claim 1, wherein the detection member is an ultrasonic or infrared detection member.

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