AWH POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE

KUTTIKATTOOR, CALICUT-8

SEMINAR REPORT

ON

BRAINPORT VISION TECHNOLOGY

SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF DIPLOMA
IN

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

BY

MUHAMEMD IRFAN T K
Reg. No.: 2101021124

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

2023-24
 DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

AWH POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE

KUTTIKATTOOR, CALICUT-8

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the report entitled “BRAINPORT VISION

TECHNOLOGY” submitted here is an authentic record of main project done
by MUHAMEMD IRFAN T K (Reg. No.: 2101021124) under our guidance
in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of Diploma in
Mechanical Engineering from the directorate of technical education Kerala
during 2023-2024 at AWH Polytechnic college Kuttikkattoor

Internal Guide Head of Department

Internal Examiner External Examiner

Kuttikattoor
Date:
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I express my heartfelt gratitude to the Almighty God for his blessings in our study and
for the successful completion of this Seminar Report.
I also acknowledge our deep gratitude to our respected Principal Mr. VIVEK P. JOHN,
for rendering necessary facilities for carrying out this Seminar Report in the college.
I would like to express our sincere and heartfelt gratitude to Mr.BINU JOSEPH, Head of
Department Mechanical Engineering, for his valuable guidance and supervision in the
preparation of this Seminar.
I wish to acknowledge our deep and heartfelt thanks to Mr.SUBIN BABU P Lecturer in
Mechanical Engineering department and all other faculties of the mechanical Engineering
Department for their help and guidance in completing this Seminar Report.
I also wish to express our sincere and heartfelt thanks to the laboratory staff of the
mechanical engineering Department for their help and support in the preparation of this
seminar. And finally we express our heartfelt thanks to all those who have given
valuable information for the completion of this seminar Report.
 ABSTRACT

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) there are 285 million people
in the world are visually impaired. Out of them 39 million people are completely blind and
246 million people have low vision. In this modern world science has reached to a point
where nothing is impossible. Science has made a great progress in the field biotechnology.
We have hearing aid for the hearing impaired person, robotic arm for the paralyzed person.
We all know that an eye is the very important part of our body. But unfortunately blind
people cannot see this beautiful world. So isn’t there a device through which blind person
can see this world? Yes. Scientist have developed such device and the name of that device
is Brainport Vision Device. This device is also known as a tasting device because it can
taste and sense objects. This device is based on the idea of electrotactile stimulation for
sensory substitution, the process in which if one part of brain is damaged then the part of
brain that would normally control the damaged part learns to perform some other function.
The device is still in investigation and has not been launched commercially but the results
obtained after testing the device on blind people were astonishing and have indicated that
there is a huge scope of application for this technology in future
 CONTENTS

Chapter No Name Page No

1. INTRODUCTION 1
2. NEED AND HISTORY 5
2.1 Need 5
1.2 History 5
1.3 Research Work 7
3. WORKING TECHNOLOGY 8
3.1 SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE 8
4. SIGNAL GENERATION 14
5. TRAINING AND TESTING OF BRAIN PORT 17
6. APPLICATIONS AND LIMITATIONS 18
6.1 Applications 18
6.1 Limitations 18
7. CONCLUSIONS 19
8. REFERENCES 20
 LIST OF FIGURES

Figure No Name Page No

1.1 Blind woman with Brain Port Device 1

1.2 Structure of Brain 3
3.1 Architecture of Brain Port Device This system is –
consist of three parts 8
3.2 Brain Port Device9
3.3 Schematic diagram of the TED device 12
3.4 Schematic diagrams of: a) DAC block and b) Amplifier block 13
4.1 Working of Device 14
5.1 Recovered image from Brain port device 17