DIRECTIONAL AND AWARENESS GUIDANCE DEVICE
First Claim
1. A wearable device for providing non-visual guidance to users, the wearable device comprising:
- one or more wireless interfaces that are programmed to obtain information about the wearable device'"'"'s current surroundings;
one or more processors that are programmed to (i) determine whether to provide non-visual guidance to a user wearing the wearable device based, at least in part, on the information obtained by the one or more wireless interfaces, and (ii) identify particular non-visual guidance to output to the user based, at least in part, on the determination of whether to provide non-visual guidance and the information;
a haptic feedback array comprising a plurality of haptic motors arranged across at least a portion of the wearable device so that each of the plurality of haptic motors, when activated, provides haptic feedback from a distinct location of the wearable device; and
a haptic engine that is programmed to control the haptic feedback array to provide particular patterns of pulses that correspond to the particular non-visual guidance.
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Abstract
In one implementation, a wearable device for providing non-visual guidance to users includes one or more wireless interfaces to obtain information about the wearable device'"'"'s current surroundings; one or more processors to (i) determine whether to provide non-visual guidance to a user wearing the wearable device based on the information obtained by the one or more wireless interfaces, and (ii) identify particular non-visual guidance to output to the user based on the determination of whether to provide non-visual guidance and the information; a haptic feedback array including a plurality of haptic motors arranged across at least a portion of the wearable device so that each of the plurality of haptic motors, when activated, provides haptic feedback from a distinct location of the wearable device; and a haptic engine to control the haptic feedback array to provide particular patterns of pulses that correspond to the particular non-visual guidance.
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1. A wearable device for providing non-visual guidance to users, the wearable device comprising:
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one or more wireless interfaces that are programmed to obtain information about the wearable device'"'"'s current surroundings; one or more processors that are programmed to (i) determine whether to provide non-visual guidance to a user wearing the wearable device based, at least in part, on the information obtained by the one or more wireless interfaces, and (ii) identify particular non-visual guidance to output to the user based, at least in part, on the determination of whether to provide non-visual guidance and the information; a haptic feedback array comprising a plurality of haptic motors arranged across at least a portion of the wearable device so that each of the plurality of haptic motors, when activated, provides haptic feedback from a distinct location of the wearable device; and a haptic engine that is programmed to control the haptic feedback array to provide particular patterns of pulses that correspond to the particular non-visual guidance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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