Tactile belt system for providing navigation guidance

A system comprising:

• one or more processors, the processors being configured to:
• determine a first path for a mobile computing device associated with a user to move within an environment;
• receive image data from a scanner associated with the mobile computing device, the image data including one or more images the user and one or more objects in the environment;
• determine a location of a user of a tactile belt using the image data;
• determine a position of at least one object in proximity to the user using the image data;
• determine a second path for the user to avoid the at least one object based on the location of the user and the position of the at least one object;
• generate linear and angular velocities that correspond to the second path;
• and
• generate directions that correspond to the linear and angular velocities by converting the linear and angular velocities to a vibrational pattern for the tactile belt, the vibrational pattern including one or more of a directional pattern and a rotational pattern for vibrating one or more motors of the tactile belt.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium including a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:

• determine a first path for a mobile computing device associated with a user to move within an environment;
• receive image data from a scanner associated with the mobile computing device, the image data including one or more images of the user and one or more objects in an environment;
• determine a location of the user of a tactile belt using the image data;
• determine a position of at least one object in proximity to the user using the image data;
• determine a second path for the user to avoid the at least one object based on the location of the user and the position of the at least one object;
• generate linear and angular velocities that correspond to the second path;
• and
• generate directions that correspond to the linear and angular velocities by converting the linear and angular velocities to a vibrational pattern for the tactile belt, the vibrational pattern including one or more of a that includes the directional pattern and a rotational pattern for vibrating one or more motors of the tactile belt.