SPATIAL GUIDANCE SYSTEM FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED INDIVIDUALS

Method, systems, and apparatus to facilitate navigation in a known environment. Communication and tracking between a receiver device and one or more beacons are provided to identify a current position of the receiver device. A direction to a next waypoint of a current path is determined based on the...

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Main Authors MOLAPO, Maletsabisa, KURIEN, Toby, BYAMUGISHA, Joan, YOUNG, Richard, KHAN, Naweed Aghmad
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 31.08.2022
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Summary:Method, systems, and apparatus to facilitate navigation in a known environment. Communication and tracking between a receiver device and one or more beacons are provided to identify a current position of the receiver device. A direction to a next waypoint of a current path is determined based on the identified current position and a haptic feedback system is signaled to provide continuous haptic feedback to orient a user in the identified direction.
Bibliography:Application Number: ZA20210003455