# US 2018/0321045 A1 · Devices, systems, and methods for navigation and usage guidance in a navigable space using wireless communication > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0321045 A1 - Document ID: US20180321045A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/039,606 - Filed: 2018-07-19 - Published: 2018-11-08 - Earliest claimed: 2017-01-17 - Assignees: Blind Insites, LLC. - Applicants: Blind InSites, LLC - Inventors: Darwin Wayne Belt; Armand Edwin Fisher - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180321045A1 ## CPC - G01C 21/206: {specially adapted for indoor navigation} - A61H 3/061: {with electronic detecting or guiding means} - G01C 21/20: Instruments for performing navigational calculations (G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence) - G01C 21/3652: {Guidance using non-audiovisual output, e.g. tactile, haptic or electric stimuli} - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) - A61H: PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY (electrotherapy, magnetotherapy, radiation therapy or ultrasound therapy A61N) ## Abstract An assembly for navigation and usage guidance in a first navigable space using hybrid tactile and electronic guidance means includes a first informational object installed at a fixed location in a first navigable space, wherein the first informational object includes an obverse, a first touch-discernable feature identifying the first informational object, and a second touch-discernable feature identifying a particular location on the obverse. The assembly includes a first transmitter embedded in the first informational object at the particular location, wherein the first transmitter is configured to transmit, to a receiver, data indicating a location of at least a user feature in the first navigable space. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An assembly for navigation and usage guidance in a first navigable space using hybrid tactile and electronic guidance means, the assembly comprising: a first informational object installed at a fixed location in a first navigable space, wherein the first informational object includes: an obverse; a first touch-discernable feature identifying the first informational object; and a second touch-discernable feature identifying a particular location on the obverse; and a first transmitter embedded in the first informational object at the particular location, wherein the first transmitter is configured to transmit, to a receiver, data indicating a location of at least a user feature in the first navigable space. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1, wherein the first informational object is mounted to a vertical surface of an architectural fixture. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1, wherein the first informational object further includes at least a third touch-discernable feature. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The assembly of claim 3, wherein the at least a third touch-discernable feature identifies the first navigable space. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The assembly of claim 4 further comprising a second informational object located in a second navigable space, wherein the second informational object further comprises: a fourth touch-discernable feature identifying the second informational object; a fifth touch-discernable feature identifying the second navigable space. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The assembly of claim 3, wherein the at least a third touch-discernable feature further includes a shape identifying the at least a user feature. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The assembly of claim 3, wherein the at least a third touch-discernable feature further includes a directional indicator indicating a direction in which to travel to find user feature. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The assembly of claim 3, wherein the at least a third-touch discernable feature further includes a distance indicator indicating a distance for a user to travel to find user feature. ### Claim 9 (depends on 3) The assembly of claim 3, wherein the at least a third touch-discernable feature further includes a tactile usage instruction. ### Claim 10 (depends on 3) The assembly of claim 3, wherein the first informational object has an exterior edge, and the at least a third touch-discernable feature further comprises a touch-discernable feature of the exterior edge. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1, wherein the first informational object has an exterior edge, and the first touch-discernable feature further comprises a touch-discernable feature of the exterior edge. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1, wherein the first touch-discernable feature further includes a three-dimensional form located on the obverse. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1, wherein: the first informational object has an exterior edge; the particular location is adjacent to a particular point along the exterior edge; and the second touch-discernable feature further comprises a touch-discernable feature of the exterior edge at the particular point along the exterior edge. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1, wherein the second touch-discernable feature includes a three-dimensional form attached to the obverse at the particular location. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1, wherein the first touch-discernable feature further comprises a probe-redirection feature installed in the first navigable space, the probe-redirection feature indicating the fixed location. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The assembly of claim 15, wherein the probe-redirection feature is vertically aligned with the first informational object. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The assembly of claim 15, wherein the probe-redirection feature is located at floor level and the second touch-discernable feature is located within ambulatory reach range. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1, wherein the first transmitter is a passive transmitter. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1, wherein the first transmitter is further configured to transmit data indicating an instruction for use of the at least a user feature. ### Claim 20 A method of installing an assembly for navigation and usage guidance in a first navigable space using hybrid tactile and electronic guidance means, the method comprising: providing a first transmitter having a unique identifier, wherein the first transmitter is configured to transmit the unique identifier wirelessly; providing a first informational object located at a first location in the first navigable space, wherein the first information object further comprises: an obverse; a first touch-discernable feature identifying the first informational object; installing the first transmitter at a particular location on the obverse; and installing a second touch-discernable feature identifying a particular location on the obverse. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20, further comprising: receiving, at a computing device, at least a datum relating to the navigable space; and linking, in a data structure relating unique identifiers to data relating to the navigable space, the at least a datum to the at least a unique identifier. ### Claim 22 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20, further comprising receiving, at the computing device and from the first transmitter, a signal containing the unique identifier. ### Claim 23 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20, further comprising linking, in a data structure linking identifiers to a map of the navigable space, the at least a datum to the unique identifier. ### Claim 24 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20, further comprising installing a second transmitter at a second location in the navigable space.