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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2016
Applicant:
Philip Raymond Schaefer, Weaverville, NC (US);
Inventor:
Philip Raymond Schaefer, Weaverville, NC (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/86 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3415 (2013.01); G01C 21/3476 (2013.01); G01C 21/3629 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system provides feedback to a user to guide the user to point a part of the body at a target of interest. An angle sensor senses the angle in which the part of the user's body is pointing, such as the head or the hand. The system computes the angle to a target and compares to the angle in which the part of the user's body is pointing and the feedback indicates to the user how to point more closely to the direction of the target. Additional sensors allow the system to update the angle to the target as the position of the user changes. A walking sensor is disclosed to accurately measure the position of the user.