NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED

Eyewear having a light array and vibration sensors for indicating to a user when to turn left and right, such as when the eyewear is operating a navigation map application, that improves the user experience of eyewear devices for users having partial blindness or complete blindness. To compensate fo...

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Main Authors Tham, Yu Jiang, Pomes, Stephen
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 04.04.2024
Subjects
ALARM SYSTEMS
GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS
MEASURING
MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS
NAVIGATION
ORDER TELEGRAPHS
PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
PHYSICS
SIGNALLING
SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS
SURVEYING
TESTING
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Summary:Eyewear having a light array and vibration sensors for indicating to a user when to turn left and right, such as when the eyewear is operating a navigation map application, that improves the user experience of eyewear devices for users having partial blindness or complete blindness. To compensate for partial blindness, the front portion of the eyewear frame, such as the bridge, may include the light array, where the left portion of the light array is illuminated to indicate to the user to turn left. The right portion of the light array is illuminated to indicate to the user to turn right. To compensate for complete users having complete blindness, the eyewear has a vibration device on each side of the eyewear, such as in the temples, which selectively vibrate to indicate when the user should turn left and right.
Bibliography:Application Number: US202318530820