Wearable earpiece for providing social and environmental awareness
US10024667B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jul 17, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 18, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04R1/1091
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An intelligent earpiece to be worn over an ear of a user is described. The earpiece includes a processor connected to the IMU, the GPS unit and the at least one camera. The processor can recognize an object in the surrounding environment by analyzing the image data based on the stored object data and at least one of the inertial measurement data or the location data. The processor can determine a desirable event or action based on the recognized object, the previously determined user data, and a current time or day. The processor can determine a destination based on the determined desirable event or action. The processor can determine a navigation path for navigating the intelligent guidance device to the destination based on the determined destination, the image data, the inertial measurement data or the location data. The processor can determine output data based on the determined navigation path.
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