Wearable ultrasonic sensors with haptic signaling for blindside risk detection and notification

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• transmitting a first ultrasonic signal via an ultrasonic emitter;
• detecting an object based upon a receiving of a reflected signal via an ultrasonic detector, wherein the reflected signal comprises a reflection of the first ultrasonic signal from the object;
• monitoring for a second ultrasonic signal via the ultrasonic detector, wherein the processor is associated with a user, and wherein the second ultrasonic signal comprises:
• a first emission associated with a teammate of the user or a second emission not associated with a teammate of the user;
• and
• providing an instruction to a haptic actuator when the object is detected, based upon whether the first emission or the second emission of the second ultrasonic signal is received via the ultrasonic detector, wherein the providing the instruction comprises selecting between a first instruction to generate a first pattern for a haptic signal when the first emission is detected and a second instruction to generate a second pattern for the haptic signal when either the second emission is detected, or both the first emission and the second emission are not detected.

A device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• transmitting a first ultrasonic signal via an ultrasonic emitter;
• detecting an object based upon a receiving of a reflected signal via an ultrasonic detector, wherein the reflected signal comprises a reflection of the first ultrasonic signal from the object;
• monitoring for a second ultrasonic signal via the ultrasonic detector, wherein the device is associated with a user, and wherein the second ultrasonic signal comprises:
• a first emission associated with a teammate of the user or a second emission not associated with a teammate of the user;
• and
• providing an instruction to a haptic actuator when the object is detected, based upon whether the first emission or the second emission of the second ultrasonic signal is received via the ultrasonic detector, wherein the providing the instruction comprises selecting between a first instruction to generate a first pattern for a haptic signal when the first emission is detected and a second instruction to generate a second pattern for the haptic signal when either the second emission is detected, or both the first emission and the second emission are not detected.