“Orion” is a smart cap designed to help blind or visually impaired people with their daily mobility. The main idea is based on the use of ultrasonic sensor technology, photoresistors, displays, LED lights and other components in a common clothing accessory, such as a cap. This smart cap is designed to serve as a “digital assistant” for mobility, integrating complex technology into a simple and comfortable object to wear.
The goal of “Orion” is to increase the independence and safety of the user. The device detects obstacles around it and signals the user through sounds and other people through light. The system also monitors the level of light in the environment, and in dark conditions, a screen lights up to make them visible to other people or vehicles, to increase their safety.
Through the sensors, this device identifies obstacles, filling the shortcomings of the traditional cane and creating a safer environment for the user's free movement.

-Obstacle Detection: Creation of a protective system that identifies objects at a distance of up to 1 meter in three directions (front, left, right), completely covering the areas that the traditional stick bypasses.

-Acoustic and Visual Signaling: Implementation of a notification system where the intensity of the buzzer and LED light increases the closer the obstacle is, allowing the user to understand the proximity of the danger without the need to see.

-"Night-Mode" Security System: Automation of the hat through the photoresistor, which activates the OLED screen and LED light in dark conditions, increasing the user's visibility to vehicles and passers-by by 100%.

-Independent movement: Reducing accidental impacts to the upper body by at least 80% (according to prototype testing), increasing the user's confidence to move unaccompanied in unfamiliar environments.

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