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US 8,803,699 B2Granted
Object detection device
OwnerGeorge Brandon Foshee, Timothy Allen Ziglerinventors
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Abstract
When the sight impaired become mobile, they often bump their heads on unseen objects and/or hazards that could result in injury. The object detection device uses signal emitting proximity sensors that alert the user to unseen objects. The object detection device notifies the user of detected objects. Stimulators contact the user to warn the user that an object has been detected and the distance between the object and the user. Each stimulator contacts the user at a specific contact point. The stimulator finger contacting the user at a specific contact point informs the user of the distance between the user and the detected object.
Claims15
An object detection device that alerts a user of a detected object, the device comprising:
- a first sensor to detect the object;
- a first stimulator finger adjustable to a detected position and a clear position wherein the first stimulator finger adjusted to the detected position indicates that an object has been detected, the first stimulator finger adjusted to the clear position indicates that an object has not been detected;
- a first contact point wherein the stimulator finger adjusts to the detected position at the first contact point to indicate that a detected object is located within a first distance from the sensor;
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- a second contact point wherein the stimulator finger adjusts to the detected position at the second contact point to indicate that a detected object is located within a second distance from the sensor wherein the first distance is not equal to the second distance;
- a maximum alert distance defining the distance between the detected object and the sensor at which the stimulator finger will first adjust to the detected position;
- a stimulator transport positioning the stimulator finger at a contact point;
- a path that is traveled by the stimulator transport;
- a first end of the path wherein the stimulator transport is located at the first end of the path when an object is detected at the maximum alert distance;
- a second end of the path wherein the stimulator transport travels toward the second end of the path as the distance to the detect object decreases from the maximum alert distance;
- wherein the stimulator transport travels along the path from the first end of the path to the second end of the path proportionately to the distance of the detected object from the sensor;
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- wherein the position of the stimulator transport on the path is calculated as the (distance between the first end of the path and the second end of the path divided by the maximum alert distance) multiplied by (the maximum alert distance subtracted by the distance to the detected).
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An object detection device that alerts a user of a detected object, the object detection device mounted onto a pair of glasses, the device comprising:
- a first sensor to detect an object;
- a second sensor to detect an object;
- a first stimulator finger adjustable to a detected position and a clear position wherein the first stimulator finger adjusted to the detected position indicates that an object has been detected by the first sensor within a first distance from the first sensor, the first stimulator finger adjusted to the clear position indicates that an object has not been detected by the first sensor within the first distance, wherein the first stimulator finger operates independently from the objects detected by the second sensor, the first stimulator finger located on a first stem of the glasses;
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- a second stimulator finger adjustable to a detected position and a clear position wherein the second stimulator finger adjusted to the detected position indicates that an object has been detected by the second sensor within the first distance from the second sensor, the second stimulator finger adjusted to the clear position indicates that an object has not been detected by the second sensor within the first distance, the second stimulator finger located on a second stem of the glasses, wherein the second stimulator finger operates independently from the objects detected by the first sensor.
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An object detection device that alerts a user of a detected object, the object detection device mounted onto a pair of glasses, the device comprising:
- a first sensor to detect an object towards the right portion of the user's field of vision;
- a second sensor to detect an object towards the left portion of the user's field of vision;
- a first stimulator set of at least two stimulator fingers located along a right stem of the glasses wherein the first stimulator set indicates that an object has been detected by the first sensor;
- a second stimulator set of at least two stimulator fingers located along a left stem of the glasses wherein the second stimulator set indicates that an object has been detected by the second sensor;
- the first stimulator set comprising:
- a first stimulator finger adjustable to a detected position and a clear position wherein the first stimulator finger adjusted to the detected position indicates that an object has been detected within a first distance from the first sensor, the first stimulator finger adjusted to the clear position indicates that an object has not been detected within the first distance from the first sensor;
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- a second stimulator finger adjustable to a detected position and a clear position wherein the second stimulator finger adjusted to the detected position indicates that an object has been detected within a second distance from the sensor wherein the first distance is not equal to the second distance, the second stimulator finger adjusted to the clear position indicates that an object has not been detected within the second distance from the first sensor;
- the second stimulator set comprising:
- a first stimulator finger adjustable to a detected position and a clear position wherein the first stimulator finger adjusted to the detected position indicates that an object has been detected within the first distance from the second sensor, the first stimulator finger adjusted to the clear position indicates that an object has not been detected within the first distance from the second sensor;
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- a second stimulator finger adjustable to a detected position and a clear position wherein the second stimulator finger adjusted to the detected position indicates that an object has been detected within the second distance from the sensor wherein the first distance is not equal to the second distance, the second stimulator finger adjusted to the clear position indicates that an object has not been detected within the second distance from the second sensor.
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