Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Object detection and localized extremity guidance
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Application No.: US14658138Application Date: 2015-03-13
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Publication No.: US09613505B2Publication Date: 2017-04-04
- Inventor: Eric Martinson , Emrah Akin Sisbot , Joseph Djugash , Kentaro Oguchi , Yutaka Takaoka , Yusuke Nakano
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi
- Agency: Patent Law Works LLP
- Main IPC: G08B6/00
- IPC: G08B6/00

Abstract:
Technology for localized guidance of a body part of a user to specific objects within a physical environment using a vibration interface is described. An example system may include a vibration interface wearable on an extremity by a user. The vibration interface includes a plurality of motors. The system includes sensor(s) coupled to the vibrotactile system and a sensing system coupled to the sensor(s) and the vibration interface. The sensing system is configured to analyze a physical environment in which the user is located for a tangible object using the sensor(s), to generate a trajectory for navigating the extremity of the user to the tangible object based on a relative position of the extremity of the user bearing the vibration interface to a position of the tangible object within the physical environment, and to guide the extremity of the user along the trajectory by vibrating the vibration interface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160267755A1 Object Detection and Localized Extremity Guidance Public/Granted day:2016-09-15
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