Patent Document ID: 9646514
Application ID: 14438193
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A somatosensory feedback system comprising: a wearable object having a sensor array configured to collect three-dimensional sensory data associated with an environment of a person; the wearable object having a vibrotactile interface comprising a front two-dimensional vibrotactile interface, a back two-dimensional vibrotactile interface, a first side two-dimensional vibrotactile interface, and a second side two-dimensional vibrotactile interface, each of which comprises a plurality of actuators as a two-dimensional environmental representation; and one or more electronic processors configured to: convert the three-dimensional sensory data into a two-dimensional representation; locate an obstacle within the environment based upon the sensory data; map the obstacle onto the two-dimensional representation; map the two-dimensional representation onto the two dimensional environmental representation of the vibrotactile interface selected from the group of the front two-dimensional vibrotactile interface, the back two-dimensional vibrotactile interface, the first side two-dimensional vibrotactile interface, and the second side two-dimensional vibrotactile interface; and control one or more of the plurality of actuators based upon the mapping of the two-dimensional representation onto the plurality of actuators to provide tactile input to the person that represents a location of the obstacle.