Patent ID: 11865062
Assignee: THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 8:
9. A method comprising:
receiving, at a device, an input comprising a destination;
determining a walking route between a current location and the destination;
beginning the walking route and during the walking route:
monitoring the current location to identify a route adjustment;
providing a notification of the route adjustment to a vision impaired person walking the walking route;
scanning a current environment of the walking route using at least a first sensor and a second sensor of a plurality of sensors, the current environment of the walking route comprising a walking surface, and wherein each sensor of the plurality of sensors is configured to monitor a sensor zone of the current environment of the walking route;
analyzing one or more signals from the plurality of sensors to identify an object in the walking route; and
providing a notification of the object in the walking route to the vision impaired person walking the walking route, wherein the notification of the object in the walking route comprises an audible message via a speaker of the device based on one or more signals associated with a first sensor zone of the current environment from the first sensor and a tactile message via a harness of the device based on one or more signals associated with a second sensor zone of the current environment from the second sensor.