This patent relates to a feedback unit for visual guiding the movement of a visually impaired user having moderate impairment, comprising means to receive navigation information from an environment processing unit; a processing module for processing the navigation information and outputting visual…
A white cane for visually impaired users includes an RFID reading device in a rotating ferrule. The RFID device includes a case, an antenna (23), and a power receiving coil (24). The case includes a rotation mechanism. The power receiving coil is provided in the case away from the antenna in an…
An apparatus for assisting the mobility of a user is disclosed. The apparatus includes an electronic device provided in a device body and a haptic unit. The electronic device includes a sensing unit, a machine vision unit, and a path planning unit. The machine vision unit is connected to the…
An apparatus for assisting the mobility of a user is disclosed. The apparatus includes an electronic device provided in a device body and a haptic unit. The electronic device includes a sensing unit, a machine vision unit, and a path planning unit. The machine vision unit is connected to the…
There is provided an information processing apparatus including a processing unit to set, on a basis of acquired input information, a feedback target range in which an object existing on inside serves as a target to be fed back to a user, in which the processing unit outputs information regarding…
Apparatuses, systems and methods associated with a travel assistance system. A wearable personal navigation device may include a communication system, an indicator, and a processor coupled to the communication system and the indicator. The processor may be configured to generate a request for a…
A system for providing, to a user, navigation directions to a point of interest. The system includes a device having an output unit configured to output the navigation directions to the point of interest. The device is configured to communicate, to an unmanned vehicle, a point of interest…
The present invention relates to guiding and providing orientation for visually impaired passengers on-board a vehicle. In order to provide improved guidance for visually impaired passengers in lavatory situations on-board of vehicles, a vehicle guidance system (10) for guiding visually impaired…
A mobility assistance device for persons who are partially or fully visually impaired; where the assistance device comprises a loop of parallel electrical guide conductors (12) arranged along a path where fully or partially visually impaired persons may walk in public areas; the loop conducts an AC…
A guidance apparatus for guiding to a predetermined orientation includes a detection section configured to detect a contact of an object via a contact surface of the apparatus; a measurement section configured to measure an orientation of the guidance apparatus; a calculation section configured to…
Disclosed are a sound generation system, an ultrasonic wave emitting device, and an ultrasonic wave emitting method which utilize the principle of parametric speakers (which uses the difference between frequencies of two ultrasonic waves) and which are capable of allowing target persons in a…
Method of navigation, the method comprising the steps of establishing (12) a navigational goal, navigating (13) toward the navigational goal by means of a geospatial approximation of the navigational goal, and, upon approaching the navigational goal, further navigating (14) toward the navigational…