Patent ID: 6684176
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: G01S,H04R,H04S

Abstract:
An object locator system comprising:(a) a user-mounted orientation apparatus including a transceiver which electronically transmits a RF signal representative of the user's vision orientation in a 360-degree azimuth; (b) a processor linked to access transceivers and receiving the RF signal; (c) an object directory or reference source stored in the processor and providing the location of an object in a three dimensional coordinate system to the processor; (d) calculating apparatus, executing in the processor, which calculates the angular orientation of the user's vision and distance of the user to the object to be located in three dimensions; and (e) audio apparatus responsive to the processor for generating and transmitting an audio signal based on the processor calculations, the audio signal characterized as three dimensional and perceived by the user as emanating from the object to be located.