Patent ID: 9355547
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: A61B,A61H,G01S,G08B,G09B

Claim Text:
1. A computer implemented method for detecting a change in a home environment for a visually impaired user, the method comprising: monitoring the home environment using a set of sensors configured to collect environment data for a set of areas of the home environment; detecting an environmental change in an area of the home environment; and providing, in response to a triggering event, a notification of the environmental change; wherein collecting the environment data includes capturing, by an image capturing system, a first set of images for the set of areas of the home environment; wherein detecting the environmental change in the area of the home environment includes: wherein providing the notification of the environmental change includes notifying a user, using a mobile device communicatively connected to the image capturing system, of the identified object meeting the obstruction criteria in response to detecting a home arrival; wherein detecting the home arrival further comprises: