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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023

Filed:

May. 22, 2020
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Joan Byamugisha, Johannesburg, ZA;

Richard Allen Young, Johannesburg, ZA;

Toby Kurien, Midrand, ZA;

Naweed Aghmad Khan, Johannesburg, ZA;

Maletsabisa Molapo, Pretoria, ZA;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G08B 6/00 (2006.01); A41F 19/00 (2006.01); A61H 3/06 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); A41F 19/00 (2013.01); A61H 3/068 (2013.01); G01C 21/3652 (2013.01); G08B 6/00 (2013.01); A61H 2003/063 (2013.01);
Abstract

Method, systems, and apparatus to facilitate navigation in a known environment. Communication and tracking between a receiver device and one or more beacons are provided to identify a current position of the receiver device. A direction to a next waypoint of a current path is determined based on the identified current position and a haptic feedback system is signaled to provide continuous haptic feedback to orient a user in the identified direction.


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