EP 1035822 A1 20000920 - METHOD AND SYSTEM ENABLING THE BLIND AND THE PARTIALLY SIGHTED TO DIRECT THEMSELVES AND FIND THEIR WAY IN UNKNOWN SURROUNDINGS
Title (en)
METHOD AND SYSTEM ENABLING THE BLIND AND THE PARTIALLY SIGHTED TO DIRECT THEMSELVES AND FIND THEIR WAY IN UNKNOWN SURROUNDINGS
Title (de)
VERFAHREN UND SYSTEM UM SEHBEHINDERTEN ZU ERMÖGLICHEN, SICH IN UNBEKANNTEN ORTEN ZU ORIENTIEREN
Title (fr)
PROCEDE ET SYSTEME PERMETTANT AUX PERSONNES NON OU MAL VOYANTES DE S'ORIENTER ET DE SE DIRIGER DANS UN ENVIRONNEMENT INCONNU
Publication
Application
Priority
- FR 9802518 W 19981124
- FR 9715352 A 19971201
Abstract (en)
[origin: FR2771626A1] The invention concerns a method and a system enabling the blind and the partially sighted (40) to direct themselves and find their way in unknown surroundings (41, 46). Said method consists in teletraining (43a, 43b, 43c, 43d) using a portable sensor (1, 11) in particular touch-sensitive (2) or audio, the blind or partially sighted person (40) about the path (44, 47) he must follow to move from one point to another, avoiding obstacles. Said method enables the blind or partially sighted person, having no material landmark which he could remember and recognise by feeling his way with his walking stick, to find his way particularly in the streets of a town, in the corridors of an underground railway or of a building.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A61H 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
A61H 3/061 (2013.01 - EP US); A61H 3/068 (2013.01 - EP US); A61H 2003/063 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 9927883A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
FR 2771626 A1 19990604; FR 2771626 B1 20000526; AU 1339999 A 19990616; EP 1035822 A1 20000920; US 6486784 B1 20021126; WO 9927883 A1 19990610
DOCDB simple family (application)
FR 9715352 A 19971201; AU 1339999 A 19981124; EP 98956942 A 19981124; FR 9802518 W 19981124; US 55520200 A 20000718