Medicine Spotter For Visually Impaired
Ms.K.Kokila (1) , S.Sakthi Sowmya(2) , D.Visali(3) , M.Ilavarasi(4) . 1. Professor ,
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SCAD Institute of Technology,
Palladam, India .2,3,4, UG students, Department of Electronics and Communication
Engineering, SCAD Institute of
Mail-id:1kokilakarupusamy18@gmail.com.2sweetsakthi95@gmail.com.
3
visali26296@gmail.com. 4ilavarasimano260@gmail.com
Abstract-In this paper proposes to use visual
features matching in the identification of
medicine strips for visually impaired people.
It proffers an application in order to expedite
easy and innate way to find the medicines and
to take it according to the doctors
prescription. We use RFID scanner to scan
the relevant features of RFID tag which is
sticked on the medicine strip. By scanning,
the details of the medicine are extracted and
it will be processed both in PIC micro
controller and Lab VIEW is used for the use
of internet of things (IOT)which will be used
to observe the person by their doctor ,if there
is need. The processed information is
observed at the receiver side wirelessly. After
detection, audio files are played to inform
about dosage, indications and
contraindications of the medicine to be taken.
Here we can use this device without a PC
where it is controlled by PIC itself. Lab
VIEW software programmed in a pc is
interfaced using Bluetooth module with that
device used by a person. Making use of this
system , we can help many visually impaired
people to take the right medicine at the time
prescribed by their doctor.
Keywords: RFID, Bluetooth, embedded
systems, Lab VIEW, visually impaired people,
medicine spotter, and device
INTRODUCTION
To create standards based secure access to
patients personal data and medical records
by using RFID tag and web service with the
Technology, Palladam, India.
help of hardware device. This system uses
web service interfaces to support standard
electronic health records for patient record
interoperability. Blind people can update
their personal medical information via our
project, which seamlessly synchronize with
one another. Because the system is built on
internet of things (IOT), it is easy to update,
adapt and grow. Trying to consume an
inappropriate tablet that is unable to see, can
lead to a big problem.
This project uses the hardware device
to get the patient tablet id to the serial port
of the system .hence tracking and
monitoring of blind patients, their case
sheets and medical equipment can be
efficiently carried out. However, the reality
of RFID adoption is far behind earlier
expectation. This study reviews the literature
on RFID applications in healthcare based on
a formal research frame work. We aim to
identify current opportunities, potential
benefits and adoption barriers. Our study
shows the most care providers indicated that
RFID to be functional and useful in asset
tracking and tablet identification. Major
barriers to RFID adaption in healthcare
include prohibitive costs, technological
limitations, and privacy concerns. Although
RFID offers healthcare precautions
advantages to enhance clinical practice,
better designed RFID systems are needed to
increase acceptance and proper use of RFID
in health care
IOT has been implemented to
globally track the tablets information. The
doctor or others can monitor the persons
status, if there is a need the Lab VIEW Lab
VIEW software is also used for monitoring
purpose. the pc and a hardware device is
then interfaced using Bluetooth module.
Here, HC05 Bluetooth models is specifically
used because it interface both and it does not
need any level converter for transmitter and
receiver unit
RELATED WORKS
[1] This paper proffers an
application in order to expedite easy and
innate way to find the medicine for the
visually impaired people and to take it
according to their doctors prescription in this
they use one android application it is used to
overcome the difficulties they face in this
scenario. It gives the voice output on
receiving this output from the mobile the
user intake their medicines according to the
doctor prescription in this we are using
camera for examine the tablet [2] In the
work proposed a camera-based assistive text
reading framework to help blind persons
read text labels and product packaging from
hand held objects in their daily lives. But in
this paper has few a limitations because it
uses a separate system for processing ,a
wearable camera and a Bluetooth earpiece
which increase a hardware utilization
[3],The barcode technology widely used in
the food vending industry might also be
used to help visually impaired people
identify the content of food packages.
Scanning device which could read barcode
and output information about package
contents in synthetic speech or tactile form
was seen as potentially useful in both the
home context and for food shopping. This
paper reports on our efforts to develops such
a device and assesses critically its value and
usability [4] this paper describes a new
android application supporting blind and
partially sighted people in smart phone use.
It enables them to call send and receive text
messages, make use of a phone book as well
as of a additional options such as positioning
or battery monitoring through voice
commands.[5] detection of text from
document is a very challenging problem. In
this paper we propose a simple edge based
feature to perform this task. we propose a
simple edge based feature to perform this
task. it aims at detecting textual regions
from the document and separating it from
the graphics portion
PROPOSED WORK
In proposed application uses RFID
SCANNER and Lab VIEW for examine the
tablet and store the informations about the
medicine
A.RFID module
In this we are using RFID scanner. RFID to
be a functional and useful in asset tracking
and tablet identification. Major barriers to
RFID adoption in healthcare include
prohibitive costs, technological limitations,
and privacy concerns we are using EM-18-
RFID-reader
 C.CONTROLLER module

In this we are using pic 16F877A because

analog, comparator is not available in the
previous series.

Pic has a set of registers that function as

general purpose RAM. In pic the code space
is generally implemented as ROM, RAM
and flash ROM.
This is a low frequency RFID reader with
serial output range at 8-12cm. many type of
RFID will exist but the main types are active
and passive.

An RFID reader is a device that is used to

interrogate an RFID tag. This RFID Reader is
having 3 stages

RFID Reader Chip

Pic Microcontroller to decode the data
into Serial o/p and winged O/p
Rs232 to convert signal into TTL to
RS232
The word size of pic can be source of
confusion. All PIC handle data in 8-bit
chunks, so they should be called 8-bit micro
controller. The PIC instructions vary from
about 35 instructions for the low end PICs to
over 80 instructions for the high end PICs.

B.LAB VIEW

Lab VIEW is a kind of chart programming

soft. We use lab VIEW for loading. Lab
view is processed between real world signals
and programming language it compares
within the fraction of seconds. The output
accuracy of lab view is high. It is faster then
the other software.

D.BLUETOOTH module
Normally Bluetooth is a wireless technology
standard for exchanging data over short
distances from fixed and mobile devices and
building, personal area networks (PANS)
We are using HC-05 module is an easy to
use blue tooth spp (serial port protocol)
module, designed for transparent wireless
serial connection setup.
Serial port Bluetooth module is fully
qualified Bluetooth V2.0+EDR (enhanced
data rate) 3mbps modulation with complete
2.4GHZ radio transceiver and baseband. It
uses CSR blue core 04-external single chip
Bluetooth system with CMOS technology
and with AFH(adaptive frequency hopping
feature ).it has the footprint as small as
12.7mmX27mm. Hope it will simplify your
overall design/development cycle. It is used
for interface the pc with hardware
E.AUDIO and SPEAKER module
For voice output we are using speakers.
Speakers are obviously arent indented to
pickup radio signals on their own, yet these
are doing so and yet clearly all speakers not
do it. The speaker amplifier thats picking up
the signal. When you are that close to a
transmitter, it doesnt take much for the
signal to find a spot to leak in through and
be heard
BLOCK DIAGRAM
Transmitter unit
Receiver unit
In this block diagram we have two separate
parts one is receiver unit another one is
transmitter unit
The proposed application uses inbuilt RFID
scanner in hardware device for capturing the
image of the medicine. On capturing the
image through the device we display it in the
designated area through programming which
gets stored in the RAM. By using the lab
VIEW software we get one voice output. On
receiving the voice output from the device
user intakes their tablet according to their
prescription.
CONCLUSION
In this paper we have proposed one
application for visually impaired people also
for uneducated people to provide complete
assistance in the medicine taking scenario
through label reading. all output are given
by the speech signal in order to address the
accessibility issues of the visually impaired.
To update the medicine prescription into
database on their own without doctors help
by using RFID tag and printed prescription.
We can produce a prototype as a product at
very cheap rate by using nano technology
for visually impaired people.
FUTURE SCOPE
In future instead of EM-17 module we can
use RFID Ntag213 module for better
efficiency.
Card type can be replaced with micro sized
label for compact ability.
Additional modules like figure pulse sensor,
ECG sensor, etc can be interfaced along
with this prototype
Patients medical data base can also be
maintained by using this project
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