How RFID Technology can Assist the Visually Impaired: The Sesamonet System

The Project’s objective is the development of an integrated system to increase mobility of people with disabilities and their personal safety and security, by identifying a secure path to walk through selected areas, particularly for people with visual disability. This is done through the use of mature and proven technologies (RFID, antennas, bluetooth, etc.) which only have to be integrated for this specific application.The system is based on 3 main components: a path made of transponders, a customdesigned walking cane and a smart phone. Each RFID tag is associated to a message or a small beep. The system describes the environment and warns the user if there is a potential danger such as a road crossing