Title:
SMART CANE FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSON
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2024/071984
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Disclosed is a smart cane for a visually impaired person, wherein the smart cane can recognize nearby obstacles using sensors and warn the visually impaired person of the surrounding situation using auditory signals. A smart cane for a visually impaired person according to one aspect of the present invention may comprise: a handle part which is shaped such that the visually impaired person can grasp the handle part with his or her hand; a pillar part which extends downward from the handle part and the lower end of which comes into contact with the ground to support the load transmitted from the handle part; proximity sensors which are provided on the handle part or pillar part and sense the position and distance of surrounding objects; a speaker which transmits information about the position and distance of the surrounding objects using speech or alarm sounds according to what is sensed by the proximity sensors; and a control unit which receives the information sensed by the proximity sensors, organizes the position or movement information about the surrounding objects on the basis of the information, and controls so that the corresponding speech or alarm sound is output through the speaker.
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Inventors:
HWANG HO SIK (KR)
Application Number:
PCT/KR2023/014807
Publication Date:
April 04, 2024
Filing Date:
September 26, 2023
Export Citation:
Assignee:
CATHOLIC UNIV KOREA IND ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION (KR)
International Classes:
A61H3/06; A61F9/08; G06F3/16; G08B3/10; G08B6/00
Foreign References:
| KR20100069348A | 2010-06-24 | |||
| KR20110003971A | 2011-01-13 | |||
| KR20160028872A | 2016-03-14 | |||
| KR20100111519A | 2010-10-15 | |||
| JP2009233041A | 2009-10-15 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ERUUM & LEEON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW FIRM (KR)
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