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Navigation Aid for the Blind |
Category: Consumer |
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Dayle Swensen
Holladay, UT US
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Page Views: 860
Votes: 12
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Entered: 09/23/2008
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This
product
would
help
a
blind
person
navigate
city
streets
without
requiring
additional
human
aid.
The
benefits
for
the
user
are
increased
independence
and
freedom.
The
concept
is
a
headset
with
built-in
microphone
and
audio
transducer.
The
headset
would
incorporate
GPS,
speech
recognition,
and
obstacle
detection
technology.
The
user
would
speak
an
address
into
the
built-in
microphone,
and
via
audible
information,
the
GPS
system
would
direct
the
user
to
the
destination.
The
obstacle
detection
technology
could
inform
the
user
through
audible
tones
of
increasing
frequency
of
objects
in
front,
or
to
either
side
of
the
user,
and
allow
the
user
to
avoid
these
obstacles.
A
single
earpiece
would
allow
access
to
other
exterior
noise
for
safety.
Manufacturing
would
not
require
special
equipment,
as
the
technology
used
is
currently
in
use.
Manufacturing
costs
would
be
comparable
to,
and
perhaps
less
than
current
products.
Competing
technologies
require
the
use
of
the
hands
to
enter
destination
information,
some
are
bulky,
and
do
not
provide
obstacle
information.
The
advantages
of
this
system
are
hands
free
operation,
lightweight,
and
obstacle
detection.
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Meet the Entrant, Dayle Swensen
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