EP 3378461 B1 20191023 - A SMART GUIDE DEVICE FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSON
Title (en)
A SMART GUIDE DEVICE FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSON
Title (de)
INTELLIGENTE FÜHRUNGSVORRICHTUNG FÜR SEHBEHINDERTE PERSON
Title (fr)
DISPOSITIF DE GUIDAGE INTELLIGENT POUR PERSONNE MALVOYANTE
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 17162303 A 20170322
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP3378461A1] The present invention refers to a smart guide device for visually impaired person, wherein the device includes a laser source (101), an ultrasonic sensor (104) provided near the laser source (101), an output mechanism (108) for providing alert to the visually impaired person about any obstacle (109), a gyroscope (102) attached to the laser source (101), a camera (103) for capturing an image (207) of a refracted laser beam (206) from the obstacle (109), an image processing unit (105) for processing the image captured by the camera (103), an embedded system (106) configured to calculate a height of the obstacle (109) based on the image (207) of the refracted laser beam, the height (205) of the laser source (101) and the angle (201) between a laser beam path (204) and the ultrasonic sensor (104).
IPC 8 full level
A61H 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A61H 3/061 (2013.01); A61H 3/068 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 3378461 A1 20180926; EP 3378461 B1 20191023; TR 201704725 A2 20181022
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 17162303 A 20170322; TR 201704725 A 20170329