Patent ID: 8838387
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: G01C,G06F,G06T

Abstract:
1. A haptic navigation system, configured for providing a haptic instruction to a user, comprising: a navigation module comprising a route calculation unit, configured for calculating at least one route for the user to go to a predetermined destination, and a user interaction unit, configured for capturing at least one input parameter from the user, and a feedback unit configured for receiving an instruction sent from the navigation module and for converting the instruction received into a haptic instruction such that the user finds the correct route, wherein the feedback unit is at least one of: integrated into a wristband, a neckband, a bandage, a steering wheel of a car, into a part of a motorcycle, into a part of a bicycle, into a part of a ski, into clothes, such as gloves, into a hat, a helmet, into a pullover, into a scarf and/or into a shoe; and, configured for sending the haptic instruction to clothes, such as gloves, a hat, a helmet, a pullover, a scarf and/or a shoe, wearable on at least one part of the body of the user, such as at a hand, head, stomach, neck and/or a foot.