System and method for intelligent walking guard
OwnerIsabella H. Schwartzinventor
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Abstract
The present teaching relates to method, system, medium, and implementations for guarding a walking environment. When it is automatically detected when a user is actively interacting with a device while walking, information surrounding the walking user is monitored based on sensor data from a plurality of sensors deployed on the device to detect surrounding obstacles around the walking user from the sensor data. When it is determined that some of the obstacles satisfy certain pre-determined criteria, warning messages are delivered on the device alerting the user about the surrounding.
Claims20
A method implemented on at least one processor, a memory, and a communication platform for guarding a walking environment, comprising:
- detecting automatically that a user is actively interacting with a device while walking;
- allocating, if the user is interacting with the device while walking, different ones of a plurality of sensors deployed at different locations of the device for capturing sensor data in corresponding distinct directions around the user, wherein the allocation is based on proximity of the device with respect to the head of the user and orientation thereof;
- detecting, based on sensor data from each of the dynamically allocated sensors to monitor in a corresponding distinct direction, whether an obstacle is present;
- determining whether the obstacle detected in a corresponding direction satisfies certain pre-determined criteria;
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- delivering, with respect to the obstacle in a corresponding direction, one or more warning messages via the device to the user alerting the user about the obstacle in the corresponding direction.
Machine readable and non-transitory medium having information recorded thereon for guarding a walking environment, wherein the information, when read by the machine, causes the machine to perform the following steps:
- detecting automatically that a user is actively interacting with a device while walking;
- allocating, if the user is interacting with the device while walking, different ones of a plurality of sensors deployed at different locations of the device for capturing sensor data in corresponding distinct directions around the user, wherein the allocation is based on proximity of the device with respect to the head of the user and orientation thereof;
- detecting, based on sensor data from each of the dynamically allocated sensors to monitor in a corresponding distinct direction, whether an obstacle is present;
- determining whether the obstacle detected in a corresponding direction satisfies certain pre-determined criteria;
- and
- delivering, with respect to the obstacle in a corresponding direction, one or more warning messages via the device to the user alerting the user about the obstacle in the corresponding direction.
A system for guarding a walking environment, comprising:
- a device activity detector implemented by a processor and configured for detecting automatically that a user is actively interacting with a device while walking;
- a sensor designation determiner implemented by a processor and configured for allocating, if the user is interacting with the device while walking, different ones of a plurality of sensors deployed at different locations of the device for capturing sensor data in corresponding distinct directions around the user, wherein the allocation is based on proximity of the device with respect to the head of the user and orientation thereof;
- one or more obstacle distance determiners implemented by a processor each of which is configured for:
- detecting, based on sensor data from each of the dynamically allocated sensors to monitor in a corresponding distinct direction, whether an obstacle is present and
- determining whether the obstacle detected in a corresponding direction satisfies certain pre-determined criteria;
- and
- one or more obstacle warning units implemented by a processor, each of which is configured for delivering, with respect to the obstacle in a corresponding direction, one or more warning messages via the device to the user alerting the user about the obstacle in the corresponding direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.