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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2007
Jacob C. Albertson, Newton, MA (US);
Kenneth C. Arnold, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Steven D. Goldman, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Michael A. Paolini, Austin, TX (US);
Anthony J. Sessa, Quogue, NY (US);
Jacob C. Albertson, Newton, MA (US);
Kenneth C. Arnold, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Steven D. Goldman, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Michael A. Paolini, Austin, TX (US);
Anthony J. Sessa, Quogue, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An object-enabled navigation system assists a vision-impaired user in navigating an environment. The system captures 3D movement of a moving object within the environment, wherein the three-dimensional movement is determined using at least one image capture device aimed at the moving object. The system predicts a mobile path of the visually-impaired user. The system determines whether the movement of the moving object will intersect with the mobile path of the vision-impaired user and informs the vision-impaired user whether the movement of the moving object will intersect the mobile path of the vision-impaired user.