Frontal Ground Plane Checking with Single LiDAR Range Finder-based Wearable Model

Assistive technologies have been an ongoing research area to help with orientation, wayfinding, obstacle detection, object and people recognition. However, there is a lack of a single consolidated electronic-based system that can detect and forewarn changes in the frontal ground plane conditions. This research aimed to identify an effective approach in checking the ground plane which is one of the five travel functions for humans. This thesis presented a comprehensive literature survey of the existing electronic-based technologies, the design and development of the proposed wearable model, and the testing and evaluation to prove its potential in frontal ground plane checking.