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US 2026/0036660 A1Published application
Apparatuses and methods for user guidance
OwnerJames N. RILEYinventor
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described to determine a direction and distance from a participant unit to a guide unit as both the participant unit and guide units move. The participant unit determines the direction and distance and based thereon generates an output to various sensory elements worn or used by the participant to indicate those values dynamically to the participant.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a guide unit configured to be worn or carried by a guide and configured to emit a guide signal;
- a participant unit configured to be worn by a participant, the participant unit configured to receive the guide signal from the guide unit and interpret the guide signal to determine a direction and a distance from the participant unit to the guide unit;
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- a group of haptic output components configured to be worn by the participant, the haptic output components arranged in a manner such that they are distributed around the participant when worn,
- wherein the participant unit is configured to generate, based on the direction and the distance, an output signal,
- wherein the participant unit configured to send the output signal to the group of haptic components,
- wherein one of the group of haptic components most closely corresponds to the direction,
- wherein the one of the group of haptic components is configured to actuate in response to the output signal based on the direction, and
- wherein actuation of the one of the group of haptic components is configured to represent the distance.
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A method comprising:
- sending, from a first device, a request for a ranging signal to a second device different from the first device;
- in response to receiving the request, sending, from the second device, the ranging signal to the first device;
- in response to receiving the ranging signal to the second device and in accordance with a determination of a range from the first device to the second device, providing a notification corresponding to the range from the first device to the second device, via the first device, to a user of the first device;
- while providing the notification corresponding to the range from the first device to the second device, sending a signal corresponding to an angle of arrival from the second device to the first device;
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- in response to receiving the signal corresponding to an angle of arrival and in accordance with a determination of a direction from the first device to the second device, providing a notification corresponding to a direction from the first device to the second device, via the first device, to the user of the first device.
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A method comprising:
- at a first device that is in communication with one or more display generation components and a second device different from the first device:
- displaying, via the one or more display generation components, a user interface including an indication of a respective distance from the second device to a third device, an indication of a respective direction from the second device to the third device, and an indication of a respective state of motion of the second device, wherein the third device is different from the first device and the second device;
- while displaying the user interface:
- receiving from the second device a signal corresponding to the respective distance from the second device to the third device;
- in response to receiving the signal corresponding to the respective distance from the second device to the third device:
- in accordance with a determination that the respective distance is a first distance, displaying, via the one or more display generation components, the user interface wherein the indication of the respective distance from the second device to the third device is an indication of the first distance from the second device to the third device;
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- in accordance with a determination that the respective distance is a second distance different from the first distance, displaying, via the one or more display generation components, the user interface, wherein the indication of the respective distance from the second device to the third device is an indication of the second distance from the second device to the third device;
- receiving from second device a signal corresponding to the respective direction from the second device to the third device;
- in response to receiving the signal corresponding to the respective direction from the second device to the third device:
- in accordance with a determination that the respective direction is a first direction, displaying the user interface wherein the indication of the respective direction from the second device to the third device is an indication of a first direction from the second device to the third device;
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- in accordance with a determination that the respective direction is a second direction different from the first direction, displaying, via the one or more display generation components, the user interface wherein the indication of the respective direction from the second device to the third device is an indication of the second direction from the second device to the third device;
- receiving, from the second device, a signal corresponding to the respective state of motion of the second device;
- in response to receiving the signal corresponding to the respective state of motion of the second device:
- in accordance with a determination that the respective state of motion is a first state of motion, displaying, via the one or more display generation components, the user interface, wherein the indication of the respective state of motion is an indication of the first state of motion;
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- in accordance with a determination that the respective state of motion is a second state of motion, displaying, via the one or more display generation components, the user interface, wherein the indication of the respective state of motion is an indication of the second state of motion.
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