Wearable clip for providing social and environmental awareness

A method for providing continuous social and environmental awareness by an intelligent clip comprising:

• detecting, via a camera, a GPS unit or an IMU, inertial measurement data corresponding to a positioning, velocity, or acceleration of the intelligent clip, location data corresponding to a location of the intelligent clip or image data corresponding to a surrounding environment of the intelligent clip;
• storing, in a memory, object data regarding previously determined objects and previously determined user data regarding a user;
• recognizing, by a processor, an object in the surrounding environment by analyzing the image data based on the stored object data and at least one of the inertial measurement data or the location data;
• determining, by the processor:
• a desirable event or action based on the recognized object, the previously determined user data, and a current time or day,
• a destination based on the determined desirable event or action,
• a navigation path for navigating the intelligent clip to the destination based on the determined destination, the image data, and at least one of the inertial measurement data or the location data, or
• output data based on the determined navigation path;
• and
• providing, via a speaker or a vibration unit, audio or haptic information to the user based on at least one of the recognized object, the determined desirable event or action, or the navigation path.

An intelligent clip to be worn by a user, comprising:

• a front;
• a back;
• a first side;
• a second side;
• an inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensor coupled to the intelligent clip and configured to detect inertial measurement data corresponding to a positioning, velocity, or acceleration of the intelligent clip;
• a global positioning system (GPS) unit coupled to the intelligent clip and configured to detect location data corresponding to a location of the intelligent clip;
• a first camera positioned on the front of the intelligent clip and coupled to the intelligent clip, the first camera configured to detect a first image data corresponding to a surrounding environment of the intelligent clip;
• a second camera positioned on either the first side of the intelligent clip or the second side of the intelligent clip and coupled to the intelligent clip, the second camera configured to detect a second image data corresponding to the surrounding environment of the intelligent clip;
• a memory configured to store object data regarding previously determined objects and previously determined user data associated with the user;
• a processor connected to the IMU, the GPS unit, the first camera and the second camera and configured to:
• recognize an object in the surrounding environment by analyzing the first image data and the second image data based on the stored object data and at least one of the inertial measurement data or the location data,
• determine a desirable event or action based on the recognized object, the previously determined user data, and a current time or day,
• determine a destination based on the determined desirable event or action,
• determine a navigation path for navigating the intelligent clip to the destination based on the determined destination, the first image data, the second image data, and at least one of the inertial measurement data or the location data, and
• determine output data based on the determined navigation path;
• and
• a speaker configured to provide audio information to the user based on at least one of the recognized object, determined desirable event or action, or navigation path.