Source-of-sound based navigation for a visually-impaired user

A user device for providing source-of-sound based navigation, comprising:

• at least one memory storing computer-executable instructions;
• and
• at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to access the at least one memory and execute the computer-executable instructions to:
• detect, at the user device, a sound in an environment;
• determine a location of a source of the sound;
• identify a sound category of the sound;
• perform, based at least in part on the sound category, a contextual analysis of the sound;
• determine, based at least in part on the contextual analysis of the sound, that a visually-impaired user of the user device should be directed away from the location of the source of the sound;
• determine an evacuation path for directing the visually-impaired user away from the source of the sound;
• and
• generate, on a display of the user device, a tactile representation of the evacuation path.

A computer program product for providing source-of-sound based navigation, the computer program product comprising a storage medium readable by a processing circuit, the storage medium storing instructions executable by the processing circuit to cause a method to be performed, the method comprising:

• detecting, at a user device, a sound in an environment;
• determining a location of a source of the sound;
• identifying a sound category of the sound;
• performing, based at least in part on the sound category, a contextual analysis of the sound;
• determining, based at least in part on the contextual analysis of the sound, that a visually-impaired user of the user device should be directed away from the location of the source of the sound;
• determining an evacuation path for directing the visually-impaired user away from the source of the sound;
• and
• generating, on a display of the user device, a tactile representation of the evacuation path.