US 2020/0265701 A1 · SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND MONITORING HAZARDOUS OBSTACLES

Abstract

A health hazards geolocation control system for monitoring potential health hazards (PHHs) endangering users using the system for detecting PHHs endangering them, for example a pedestrian, wherein the system may include a personal health hazards monitoring system having an image capturing and processing units, and wherein the image sensor is situated in the vicinity of the user, for example, by wearing it or is flown by a drone associated with that system. Upon detecting a PHH the system warns the user to prevent their fall. The geolocation control system, or similar systems of, may be by the user or other users, to form a pool of health hazards and associated score. Thus, other users on that location may be warned of the reported health hazard. The system may advise a user which is the safest path to walk, having a minimal, level or number of PHHs, and highest safety score.

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Dependent claims

A health hazards geolocation control system for monitoring and maintaining potential health hazards endangering a user using the system, the system comprising:

a. a remote geolocation-server;
b. a user warning-device coupled with each user;
c. a health hazards geographic map;
and
d. a users-module configured to communicate with at least one user warning-device,
wherein said health hazards geographic map comprises dynamically mapped potential health hazards (PHHs);
wherein each PHH is assigned a safety score;
wherein said remote geolocation-server is configured to provide the user warning-device with a regional segment of said health hazards geographic map based on location received from said remote geolocation-server;
and
wherein said user warning-device is configured to alert the coupled user or others upon approaching at least one PHH.

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A personal health hazards monitoring system, wherein said user warning-device comprises:

a. at least one image sensor;
b. a memory unit;
and
c. a processing unit for processing images,
wherein said image sensor is adapted to be worn by a user or to be carried by a selfie-drone associated with the user, such that images captured by said image sensor represent the surroundings of the user;
wherein said processing unit is configured to store said captured images in said memory unit;
wherein said processing unit is further configured to process said captured images to thereby detect one or more PHHs in the pathway of the user, during movement of the user, which health hazards may cause a stumble or the fall of the user;
wherein a safety/danger-score of a PHH is calculated, based on paraments including the type of PHH, size, unlevel, angle, un-stable, slipped surface, contrast, moving object, approaching speed, the time of day, the total number of occurrences, duration from appearing, re-occurrence, number of occurrence by the same user and number of occurrences by other users;
and
wherein said processing unit is further configured to alert the user upon detecting at least one PHH.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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