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Evaluation of Energy Harvesting for Smart Cane Application

Walking cane is a device used by disabled people to navigate themselves. In recent days, it is equipped with various sensors and functions and it is known as a smart cane. It is already available in the market. However, the smart cane is depending on the battery supply that has to be charged every n...

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Main Authors: Midi, Nur Shahida, Md Idris, Nur Atikah, Yusoff, Siti Hajar, Mat Ripah, Nur Amira
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Published: IEEE 2021
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TK1001 Production of electric energy. Powerplants
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spelling my.iium.irep.936312021-11-10T06:52:31Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/93631/ Evaluation of Energy Harvesting for Smart Cane Application Midi, Nur Shahida Md Idris, Nur Atikah Yusoff, Siti Hajar Mat Ripah, Nur Amira TK1001 Production of electric energy. Powerplants Walking cane is a device used by disabled people to navigate themselves. In recent days, it is equipped with various sensors and functions and it is known as a smart cane. It is already available in the market. However, the smart cane is depending on the battery supply that has to be charged every now and then. In relation to that, this paper is focusing on evaluating energy harvesting for powering up a smart cane. This project evaluates possible energy harvesting considering the nature of usage which are outside, gripping motion, tapping motion of the cane itself. Here, an energy harvesting system was designed and attached to a walking stick and the energy generated was observed. The system consists of a combination of solar modules and piezoelectric modules. The solar modules were attached to the handle, whilst the piezoelectric modules were attached to the bottom of the cane. From there, an experimental evaluation was done by testing the cane in indoor and outdoor environment by subjects with different body profile. The result shows that higher power is generated during outdoor usage, and this shows that the solar modules contribute the most to the generated energy. On the other hand, the piezoelectric modules only contribute a small portion of the generated energy. However, this contribution is significantly important during the usage of the cane in indoor environment, where less sunlight is available. IEEE 2021 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/93631/1/93631_Evaluation%20of%20Energy%20Harvesting%20for%20Smart%20Cane%20Application.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/93631/2/93631_Evaluation%20of%20Energy%20Harvesting%20for%20Smart%20Cane%20Application_SCOPUS.pdf Midi, Nur Shahida and Md Idris, Nur Atikah and Yusoff, Siti Hajar and Mat Ripah, Nur Amira (2021) Evaluation of Energy Harvesting for Smart Cane Application. In: 2021 8th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9467150 10.1109/ICCCE50029.2021.9467150
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topic TK1001 Production of electric energy. Powerplants
spellingShingle TK1001 Production of electric energy. Powerplants
Midi, Nur Shahida
Md Idris, Nur Atikah
Yusoff, Siti Hajar
Mat Ripah, Nur Amira
Evaluation of Energy Harvesting for Smart Cane Application
description Walking cane is a device used by disabled people to navigate themselves. In recent days, it is equipped with various sensors and functions and it is known as a smart cane. It is already available in the market. However, the smart cane is depending on the battery supply that has to be charged every now and then. In relation to that, this paper is focusing on evaluating energy harvesting for powering up a smart cane. This project evaluates possible energy harvesting considering the nature of usage which are outside, gripping motion, tapping motion of the cane itself. Here, an energy harvesting system was designed and attached to a walking stick and the energy generated was observed. The system consists of a combination of solar modules and piezoelectric modules. The solar modules were attached to the handle, whilst the piezoelectric modules were attached to the bottom of the cane. From there, an experimental evaluation was done by testing the cane in indoor and outdoor environment by subjects with different body profile. The result shows that higher power is generated during outdoor usage, and this shows that the solar modules contribute the most to the generated energy. On the other hand, the piezoelectric modules only contribute a small portion of the generated energy. However, this contribution is significantly important during the usage of the cane in indoor environment, where less sunlight is available.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Midi, Nur Shahida
Md Idris, Nur Atikah
Yusoff, Siti Hajar
Mat Ripah, Nur Amira
author_facet Midi, Nur Shahida
Md Idris, Nur Atikah
Yusoff, Siti Hajar
Mat Ripah, Nur Amira
author_sort Midi, Nur Shahida
title Evaluation of Energy Harvesting for Smart Cane Application
title_short Evaluation of Energy Harvesting for Smart Cane Application
title_full Evaluation of Energy Harvesting for Smart Cane Application
title_fullStr Evaluation of Energy Harvesting for Smart Cane Application
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of Energy Harvesting for Smart Cane Application
title_sort evaluation of energy harvesting for smart cane application
publisher IEEE
publishDate 2021
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/93631/1/93631_Evaluation%20of%20Energy%20Harvesting%20for%20Smart%20Cane%20Application.pdf
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