Navigational feedback device for the visually impaired
AssigneePurdue Research Foundation
InventorsEthan M. Brown, Eric P. O'Keefe, Fernando Vega, Shyam K. Reddy, Ivan Malov
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AssigneePurdue Research Foundation
InventorsEthan M. Brown, Eric P. O'Keefe, Fernando Vega, Shyam K. Reddy, Ivan Malov
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A wearable device worn by a user is disclosed which includes a plurality of input device interfaces each configured to receive input from a sensor coupled to a user, a controller configured to generate a two-dimensional map of the user's three-dimensional space based on the received inputs, and a plurality of haptic feedback devices disposed on the wearable device, wherein the controller is configured to selectively activate each of the plurality of haptic feedback devices to signal the user's position in the three-dimensional space based on the generated two-dimensional map as the user moves in the three-dimensional space.
A wearable device worn by a user, comprising:
A system of providing haptic feedback to a user, comprising:
A method of providing haptic feedback to a user, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.