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Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 06, 2023
Applicant:

Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);

Inventors:

Stephen Pomes, Santa Monica, CA (US);

Yu Jiang Tham, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G08B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/365 (2013.01); G01C 21/3632 (2013.01); G01C 21/3652 (2013.01); G08B 6/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Eyewear having a light array and vibration sensors for indicating to a user when to turn left and right, such as when the eyewear is operating a navigation map application, that improves the user experience of eyewear devices for users having partial blindness or complete blindness. To compensate for partial blindness, the front portion of the eyewear frame, such as the bridge, may include the light array, where the left portion of the light array is illuminated to indicate to the user to turn left. The right portion of the light array is illuminated to indicate to the user to turn right. To compensate for complete users having complete blindness, the eyewear has a vibration device on each side of the eyewear, such as in the temples, which selectively vibrate to indicate when the user should turn left and right.


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