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US 12,274,664 B1Granted
System and method for improving mental mapping skills for enhanced orientation and mobility for the visually impaired
OwnerChristopher Hekimianinventor
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Abstract
Embodiments are provided for to a system, computer program product, and a method to support surveying a physical environment. Two or more secondary units are physically configured to receive a physical actuation. In response to the actuation, the secondary unit(s) are configured to emit an audible cue and to communicate an address of the actuated unit. Tools are provided to track the actuation and associated addresses, and in an embodiment lapsed time.
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A system comprising:
- a first functional unit configured to convey first contact feedback as a first output in response to receipt of a first physical actuation from a non-operatively coupled device, wherein the non-operatively coupled device is a walking support structure being a cane or comparable device, and the first functional unit further configured to selectively emit the first output in response to the first physical actuation, wherein the first output is a first audible output;
- a second functional unit configured to convey second contact feedback as a second output in response to receipt of a second physical actuation from the non-operatively coupled device, the second functional unit further configured to selectively emit the second output in response to the second physical actuation, wherein the second output is a second audible output;
- the first functional unit further comprises a first switch and the second functional unit further comprises a second switch, each of the first and second switches individually configured with an inactive state and active state, and further comprising placement of the first and second switches in an active state to operatively couple and register the first and second functional units to a primary unit;
- an assignment of the first functional unit to a first group configured with a first group audible output and the second functional unit to a second group configured with a second group audible output different from the first group audible output;
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- the primary unit configured to receive and evaluate a first signal and a second signal, the first signal corresponding to the selectively emitted first audible output and a first address associated with the emitted first output and the second signal corresponding to the selectively emitted second audible output and a second address associated with the emitted second output, the primary unit to determine a match or non-match of the first and second outputs, wherein the match of the selectively emitted outputs includes issuance of a cue, the cue comprising an audible format, a visual format, or a combination thereof, the issued cue configured to convey an objective condition between the first and second audible outputs.
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A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code executable by a processor to:
- convey first contact feedback as a first output in response to receipt of a first physical actuation from a non-operatively coupled device, wherein the non-operatively coupled device is a walking support structure being a cane or comparable device, of a first functional unit, and the first functional unit further configured to selectively emit the first output in response to the first physical actuation, wherein the first output is a first audible output;
- convey second contact feedback as a second output in response to receipt of a second physical actuation of a second functional unit from the non-operatively coupled device, the second functional unit further configured to selectively emit the second output in response to the second physical actuation, wherein the second output is a second audible output;
- the first functional unit further comprising a first switch and the second functional unit further comprising a second switch, each of the first and second switches individually configured with an inactive state and active state, and further comprising placement of the first and second switches in an active state to operatively couple and register the first and second functional units to a primary unit;
- assign the first functional unit to a first group configured with a first group audible output and the second functional unit to a second group configured with a second group audible output different from the first group audible output;
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- receive and evaluate a first signal and a second signal, the first signal corresponding to the selectively emitted first output and a first address associated with the emitted first output and the second signal corresponding to the selectively emitted second output and a second address associated with the second output to determine a match or non-match of the first and second outputs, wherein the match of the selectively emitted outputs includes issuance of a cue, the cue comprising an audible format, a visual format, or a combination thereof, the issued cue configured to convey an objective condition between the first and second audible outputs.
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