Patent Document ID: 9972216
Application ID: 14664234
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A system for providing information to a blind user, comprising: a haptic display including a plurality of display sensors positioned thereon; a map positioned on or superimposed onto the haptic display and including a plurality of points of interest, each point of interest of the plurality of points of interest being positioned adjacent to or directly on at least one of the plurality of display sensors; a memory configured to store a plurality of media files, each media file of the plurality of media files corresponding to at least one of the plurality of points of interest and including information related to at least one of an environment, an object, an obstacle, a path or a location of the at least one of the plurality of points of interest; a media sensor configured to detect new media that is at least one of operator-generated media or media captured from the environment and that corresponds to one of the plurality of points of interest or a new point of interest; an input device configured to receive a media capture request corresponding to a request for the new media to be captured or stored; a processor coupled to the haptic display, the memory, the media sensor, and the input device and configured to: update the plurality of media files to include a new media file that includes the new media when the input device receives the media capture request; control the haptic display to output data indicating which one or more sensor of the plurality of display sensors is associated with at least one stored media file of the plurality of media files, each of the one or more sensor corresponding to a respective point of interest of the plurality of points of interest, and determine that the respective point of interest has been selected based on contact of the one or more sensor; and an output device configured to be held or worn by the blind user and configured to output the information included in the stored media file associated with the one or more sensor that corresponds to the respective point of interest.