BR102012012196A2 - SMART GLASSES FOR SPECIAL NEED CARRIERS - Google Patents

Abstract

SMART GLASSES FOR PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. Composed of obstacle identification sensors, either vertically, horizontally or diagonally with obstacle calculators, positioned on the front of the lenses (similar to a digital measuring tape, launching a laser just like a barcode reader), where they are connected via the legs of the glasses, headphones and the smart GPS with software prepared to identify street names, optional points such as bus stop, hospital, supermarket, hotel, etc. Passing the hand on the sides of the glasses legs, the user will find a Control Panel with volume selection buttons, basic or advanced radio diffusion function, MP3. Tilting the head at a 45º angle will activate the obstacle detection function or select the smart GPS. A basic USB 2.0 port on one of the legs, a traditional smart GPS communication system with the glasses using a wire or WI-FI system for communication between the GPS and the wireless glasses. When necessary, activate Bluetooth to transfer data or music on your integrated flash drive. Or if you prefer to save everything on your memory card (inserted in the leg of the glasses). The user does not need to worry about wetting the glasses, that is, he is fit for various sports, including swimming, whether in a pool or open sea, being this armored, waterproof, salt air and dust, being able, calmly resisting the most hostile. For the more adventurous spirits, the glasses are equipped with compasses, located by the user, and in the latter case, the user himself can press the emergency button, as the GPS will give the exact location so that it can be rescued or rescued, via the cell phone of the user. responsible. It is also equipped with a heat sensor, so that the user can detect that the environment is on fire, differentiate the approach of an object, a human being or a car by the heat of the engine. Among others, avoid domestic accidents such as: electric iron, boiling pot, etc. Optical pen reader and translator with WI-FI transmission with audio narrative so that the user can read anything that is within reach. In the world of sports, glasses will be useful: marking their location on the pitch, identifying opponents, locating the ball. In swimming you can signal rays and edges, avoiding accidents and improving performance. The perfect solution for those who want to enjoy life more!

Description

Page I of 12 SMART GLASSES FOR SPECIAL NEED CARRIERS.

The present invention patent presents a design of smart glasses that was born from the primary needs met by the visually impaired. It is well known that in the world there are currently 45 million blind people. And two thirds (30 million) are women. According to data from the 2010 Census of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) there are 6.5 million people with visual impairment in Brazil, equivalent to 3.5% of the population, 582 thousand totally blind and six million affected only by visual impairment, classified as low vision. According to WHO, there are 65 million glaucomatous patients worldwide, and each year there are an additional 2.4 million glautomatous cases.

Cities around the world are unprepared, let alone urbanized for minorities, and among them is the visually impaired. Explicit are the architectural, communication, physical barriers, among others, encountered by the visually impaired.

The reality of the handicapped person is that he had been forgotten. So, faced with so many technological discoveries, whether in entertainment, motor racing, health, the most they could provide for the visually impaired was: create a cane and train dogs (guide dogs). As for the cane, this is accessible to all, but as for the guide dogs, these are only available to a select social class, ie the visually impaired who are considering exchanging the cane for a dog. In this guide, there are two alternatives in Brazil: to wait patiently in the queue of an NGO indefinitely or to buy the animal outside the country.

According to data, 5 Brazil has about 60 guide dogs for 1.4 million blind people, according to NGOs. As if all the difficulties in obtaining the animal were not enough, the disabled person who proposes to acquire a guide dog has to undergo a training, which takes approximately two years and costs the equivalent of $ 25,000.00 reais in Brazil. Even at this value, the cost-benefit is so ineffective, meaning that in nine years the project has benefited only 35 people.

Alluding smart glasses to a guide dog, the dog leaves much to be desired: first, because it is an animal, it is flawless and will never have the precision and dynamics of a machine. Otherwise, let's look at the advantages of smart glasses over a guide dog: the glasses will give you time, space and direction in precise ways. Your queries and responses to the command will be audio, interconnected with a GPS and headphones. Connected to a 20 GPS, it will warn you exactly: street names, avenues, guiding you to the desired destination.

With sensors located at strategic points in its frame, such as: front, side and back, audio signals with different sounds will warn each obstacle beforehand, gradually increasing the frequency in the vicinity of its proximity.

As if the warning of each obstacle was not enough, the glasses will have a cap that will read it by means of a laser, giving it height in 3 cm from what the user will find, as an example: a step of 20 cm, a slope of a 50 cm walk, information that will never be given by a cane, let alone a dog.

The glasses will have heat sensors that can make it possible for the disabled to distinguish a living being from an object, giving you the security of knowing when to approach a thief or an animal, a dog or even a burning environment.

Accompanied to the glasses, the user will provide a portable scanner (hand scanner), which, with a USB cable plugged in the glasses, will facilitate the reading of the disabled, which will be done in audio. It will work as follows: the glasses will have an existing computer system that will transform any text into audio, which is currently (only available in public libraries), just the user runs the scanner over the desired text, where an optical reader will send text so that the glasses can process and transform into audio, allowing users to read any and all books without having to go to a library, and to be able to participate interactively, in real time, in business meetings, debates or school assignments. , anywhere without having to go to a library. Today, it is well known that any blind student does not have the book, magazine, or any material he needs in Braille the instant he wants to read, 25 like the people who see. With the smart glasses, it will be possible to identify the bus that the disabled will take. How it works? With a CHIP installed on all buses, the disabled person will select his or her, and will be warned in advance of his arrival.

30 Page 4 of 12 Difficulties encountered by the visually impaired:

- Ground obstacles, such as: holes, sidewalks (ups and downs), unevenness, curbs, steps, poles, trees, sidewalk stalls, objects, etc .;

- Air obstacles not detected by walking sticks, such as: ears, signs, cupboard door, etc .;

- loss of balance;

- Difficulty in shopping;

- Know what is around you, such as: commerce, government offices, pharmacy, etc;

- Exercise a professional activity;

- Find a traffic light;

- Identify the color of the traffic light, to know the moment to cross;

- You are always depending on someone to tell you where you want to go;

- You are always depending on someone to read any texts, materials, however simple they may be;

- Dependence to inform you which bus to take;

- Do not feel someone approaching, except if they are talking or making noise while walking, making the user vulnerable to burglary, among others;

- The danger that, when opening the elevator door, and falling into the pit, this risk, which even those with perfect vision run. Description of Glasses: The glasses will consist of:

1. Obstacle sensors on its frame: lenses (front), on its rods (legs) rear;

2. Obstacle calculators, positioned on the front of the lens, (similar to a digital measuring tape, launching an invisible laser

similar to a barcode reader);

3. Headphones connected to sensors, and smart GPS;

4. Control panel located on one of the glasses legs; io 5. USB port on one leg; headphone input;

6. smart GPS;

7. Wi-Fi: so there is wireless communication between the glasses and GPS;

8. heat sensor;

is 9. Optical reader and translator with audio narrative;

10. Registering a CHIP on each urban or road bus, this will be marked according to the user's interest;

11. Armored and waterproof, salt spray, etc. Having silicone protectors on USB ports, headphones and etc;

12. Compass on your smart system, letting you know the audio direction;

13. Compact anatomically shaped battery to the eyeglass leg;

14. Rário AM / FM; Page 6 of 12 15. MP3;

16. Bluetooth;

17. Pen Drive;

18. memory card;

19. User locator via GPS.

20. Emergency Button

21. Sports signaling and greater interactivity Description:

1. The spectacles will have on their frame obstacles sensors, totaling 3 pairs, which are located: a) 2 in the

front, one in each lens; b) 2 lateral sensors, one on each stem in the initial part (close to the hinge); c) 2 end sensors, one at each end, ie at the end of each leg (where it attaches the ears). The sensors will be similar to those of a car. The sensors will inform in audio, (in human voice or gradual frequency beep, similar to vehicular), the distance decreasing; the fronts from 1 m to a distance of 10 cm when approaching the obstacle. The lateral sensors (at the initial part of the rod) will have a signaling 20 from 20 cm and those of the tip part, end, will have a signaling from 50 cm.

2. Obstacle calculators, positioned on the front of the lens (similar to a digital measuring tape), warning the user in advance and instantly in audio: '' attention, 30 cm slope ''.

(Can be used). This system will work as follows: on one of the rods (Legs) of the glasses will have a digital plumb, equipment used by masons in construction, ie, when the user is in his upright posture, the glasses only flash conventional information such as location, obstacle sensors, etc. But the moment it slows upside down at an angle of 459, the digital plumb will automatically send you a message, and at that time the obstacle calculator will launch a reader-like upright laser. bar code, informing him of the size, in cm, of the obstacle presented, this being; one step (up or down), sidewalk, hole etc. This system will be essential when taking the elevator, alerting you of this vacant space, not risk entering without it being there. These warnings and calculations will be of the utmost importance, for as much as you have a cane, it can never calculate or scale measurements. The is system will precisely inform the extent of the obstacle. It is worth noting that, statistics prove that thousands of people with perfect vision fall on slopes, uneven pavements, elevator shafts or some new space they do not know.

3. The headphones will be connected to the eyeglass control panel, giving the user the audio response of the requested option.

4. The control panel located on one of the glasses legs, will have all the controls there, having buttons installed, such as: on / off, volume, mode, among others.

4.1 On a button, located on the control panel, this, when pressed, will provide in audio, time, date and temperature.

4.2 One of the main characteristics of the glasses will be: the location of traffic lights, warning in advance of decreasing, ie: from 200 m to their exact location, (in the same system of spring break plates). When he arrives at the traffic light, the pedestrian will press another button, and this one will tell him the color of the signal at that moment, no longer needing anyone to take his arm and cross the street.

5. One of the glasses legs will have a USB port where it can be connected to a GPS.

6. I GPS, a product already available on the market will work attached to the glasses: connected to it, with a USB cable, will guide the pedestrian everywhere he can walk. It is worth mentioning that: for its use, unprecedented for pedestrians, and, bearer

Special needs needs (not yet available in the market) will have to be developed by specialists, mapping the entire city, or if possible take advantage of the conventional system, already used by cars, making some changes, ie identifying precisely: streets , commercial points, traffic lights, police stations, health posts, etc.

6.2 Still in GPS, a voice recognition program will be developed (in case it is impossible to use the touch screen), where the user will inform the desired destination and this will tell him the route, distance and an estimated time.

spent, being accepted, will inform street by street, mapped points (above), until you reach your destination.

6.3 This program will be able to save and prioritize some places most frequented by the user, saving it in a priority list, where it will store about 10 places most used by

he, leaving these, already saved, just say: "my house", "work", "girlfriend", "market" (using the same mechanism of the phone), after the choice, the GPS will inform: go straight, turn the right, turn left, etc. 6.4 Spoken configuration options, such as the user planning the route: on foot, by car, by bus. These options will be offered by voice, giving the choice of one of the buttons, or the option being chosen by voice, saying only

a word.

6.5 Based on conventional GPS, the system developed for people with special needs, utility points will have to be thoroughly narrated, descriptively informing each utility point, such as:

go to the pharmacy, medical center, ATM, kiosk, etc. As much as the user describes their destination when leaving the origin point, the system will have to describe the utility points, as well as streets, avenues, crossings, intersections, etc. For the purpose of the system is to transcribe with the greatest possible reality the options of each street, avenue, commercial and utility points, which go unnoticed to people without sight. For a person who has no visual limitation, this person leaves his or her house in order to go to the bank, but along the way he / she ends up visualizing a point according to his / her need, going through 20 places that were not planned and ends up solving it. innumerable tasks, because, when passing by a pharmacy, bakery, butcher shop, they will remember to perform some tasks. This is not usually the case with the visually impaired. With this system, for people with special needs, life will be much easier and more objective.

6.6 It is worth noting that this new system, when the pedestrian option is chosen, will have to locate the user very accurately, in addition to informing the utility points, he should also inform the side on which he is:

across the street, telling you the distance to cross, for example: if the pedestrian is on a sidewalk and is looking for a pharmacy, the system will have to inform you that it is on the other side of the sidewalk, telling you the next signal you can reach to get to it.

7. The glasses will have Wi-Fi system, so there is communication between the glasses and GPS with or without the use of wires.

8. With the heat sensor, the user will be able to differentiate an object from a living being, such as a person, an animal, etc. This device will be in dire need and will also avoid some household accidents: Anyone with or without disabilities will be able to identify the heat of a fireplace or bonfire, but human touch will never be able to grasp the heat of an electric iron from a distance. boiling pan or a cake pan that had just come out of the 200 c- oven.

9. Optical reader and translator with audio narrative. This system will have the combination of: a handheld scanner (portable scanner), with the ease and reading of translating pens, optical pens that when passed over words, they translate or pronounce in audio the word that is passed by the device. The text when read by the scanner will be processed or translated by the glasses and transmitted in audio by the headphones already integrated in the glasses. The connection between the glasses and this device will be made: via Wl-Fl or the USB port, already available on the glasses;

10. Registering a CHIP on each bus will be marked according to the user's interest. This system will work as follows: the disabled person wearing the glasses will be notified in advance until the exact time of the stop of their bus. It will be an absurd freedom, no longer depending on anyone else, and no longer subject to the neglect of others and false information.

11. The glasses will be shielded: waterproof, salt spray, preventing the entry of moisture, dust and dirt, which

Provides long and long life of the glasses, making them fit for harsh environments. Having silicone protectors on USB ports, headphones and etc.

12. The glasses have a compass on their smart system, allowing you to know the audio direction. If you get lost in a

the trail, forest closed, so it can be situated.

13. Rechargeable battery with compact anatomical shape to the eyeglass leg. This will be similar to the functionality of a mobile device, being charged by a power cord or a USB cable directly from the computer.

is 14. AM / FM radio - In one of the buttons the user can tune in the radio and the desired frequency.

15. MP3 - Users can select songs of their choice to listen to whenever they want.

16. Bluetooth - Bluetooth provides a way to connect and exchange information between devices such as mobile phones,

notebooks, computers and others.

17. Pen Drive - Will have a storage mechanism, so you can save the desired material. This will be connected by a USB cable or the Bluetooth itself.

18. Memory Card - This, like any electronic device will be the external memory of the glasses. Page 12 of 12 19. GPS User Locator - The GPS-integrated GPS system provides your exact location. That is, if the (disabled) user is unable to communicate, is lost: his family or partner, by cell phone, will be able to track

and view the user's exact location for their highly descriptive system of streets, boulevards and establishments. Ex: If he will be in a bank, pharmacy, hospital, etc.

20. Emergency Button - If the user cannot communicate via cell phone or in any other way:

will automatically trigger an emergency button that will be far away from the others, thus activating the mobile phone of the guardian who will tell you the exact location of where you are. It is worth mentioning that most of these users will be children and the elderly.

21. Sports Signaling and Increased Interactivity - The user will be able to demarcate the game area by punctuating it with chips, eg on the handicapped soccer field the player is lost, imagining the 4x field bigger than it really is, or be,

you can mark with chips: the large and small area, the midfield, the beam, etc. In blind football the player only knows where the ball is located by a rattle inside it, with an integrated chip inside the ball, will know in audio its exact location: right, left, front, back. You can also locate your team players and their opponents. Following the same reasoning, a swimmer can signal the lanes and edges of the pool, avoiding approaching their sides, colliding with colleagues and, knowing when it is coming, etc. Thus avoiding accidents caused even by those who have the perfect vision.

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1.Smart glasses for people with special needs. The present invention claims a spectacle having in its frame obstacle sensors totaling three pairs, which are located: a) 2 in the front, one in each lens; b) 2 lateral sensors, one on each stem in the initial part (close to the hinge); c) 2 end sensors, one at each end, ie at the end of each leg (where it attaches the ears). The sensors will be similar to those of a car. The sensors will inform in audio, (in human voice or gradual frequency beep, similar to vehicular), the distance decreasing; the fronts from 1 m to a distance of 10 cm when approaching the obstacle. The side sensors (in the initial part of the rod) will have a signaling from 20 cm and those of the tip part, end, will have a signaling from 50 cm. 2. Obstacle calculators, positioned on the front of the lens (similar to a digital measuring tape), warning the user in advance and instantly in audio: "Attention, 30 cm slope". (Can be used). This system will work as follows: on one of the rods (Legs) of the glasses will have a digital plumb, equipment used by masons in construction, ie, when the user is in his upright posture, the glasses will only give the conventional information such as location, obstacle sensors and etc. But the moment the digital head plummets downward at an angle of 459, it will automatically send you a message, and at that time the obstacle calculator will launch a laser upright, similar to a bar code, informing him of the size, in cm, of the obstacle presented, this being; one step (up or down), sidewalk, hole etc. This system will be essential when taking the elevator, alerting you of this vacant space, not risk entering without it being there. These warnings and calculations will be of the utmost importance, for as much as you have a cane, it can never calculate or scale measurements. The system will precisely inform the extent of the obstacle. It is worth noting that, statistics prove that thousands of people with perfect vision fall on slopes, uneven pavements, elevator shafts or some new space they do not know. 3. The headphones will be connected to the eyeglass control panel, giving the user the audio response of the requested option. 4. The control panel located on one of the glasses legs, will have all the controls there, having buttons installed, such as: on / off, volume, mode, among others.4.1 On a button, located on the control panel, this one, when triggered, will provide in audio, time, date and temperature.4.2 One of the main features of the glasses will be: the location of traffic lights, warning in advance of decreasing, ie: from 200 m to their exact location, (in same spring break plate system). When he arrives at the traffic light, the pedestrian will press another button, and this one will inform him of the color at that very moment, no longer needing anyone, to take his arm and cross the street. 5. One of the glasses legs will have a USB port where it can be connected to a GPS. 6.1 GPS, a product already available on the market will work attached to the glasses: connected to it by a USB cable, will guide the pedestrian everywhere he can walk. It is noteworthy that: for its use, unpublished for pedestrians, and people with special needs (not yet available in the market), will have to be developed by specialists, mapping the whole city, or if possible take advantage of the conventional system, already used by cars, making some changes, that is, identifying precisely: streets, commercial points, traffic lights, police stations, health posts, etc. 6.2 Also in GPS, a speech recognition program will be developed (in case it is impossible to use the touch screen), where the user will inform the desired destination and this will tell him the route, distance and an estimate of time spent, being accepted, will inform street by street, mapped points (above), until you reach your destination. 6.3 This program will be able to save and prioritize some places most frequented by the user, saving it in a priority list, where it will store about 10 places most used by the user, leaving them already saved, just say: "my home", "work", "girlfriend", "market" (using the same mechanism as the phone), after choosing, GPS will say: go straight, turn right, turn left, etc. 6.4 Spoken configuration options, such as the user who plans the route: on foot, by car, by bus. These options will be offered by voice, giving the condition of choosing between one of the buttons, or the option being chosen by voice, saying only one word. . 6.5 Based on conventional GPS, the system developed for people with special needs, the utility points will have to be narratively described, descriptively informing each utility point, such as: pharmacy, medical station, ATM, kiosk, etc. . As much as the user describes their destination when leaving the origin point, the system will have to describe the utility points, as well as streets, avenues, crossings, intersections, etc. For the purpose of the system is to transcribe with the greatest possible reality the options of each street, avenue, commercial and utility points, which go unnoticed to people without sight. For a person who has no visual limitation, this person leaves his or her house in order to go to the bank, but along the way he / she ends up visualizing a point according to his need, passing through several places that were not planned and ends up solving countless tasks, because, when passing by a pharmacy, bakery, butcher shop, they will remember to perform some tasks. This is not usually the case with the visually impaired. With this system, for people with special needs, life will be much easier and more objective.6.6 It is worth noting that this new system, when choosing the pedestrian option, will have to locate the user very accurately, in addition to informing the points. If you want to use this utility, you should also inform the side you are on: whether this side or across the street, telling you the distance to cross, for example: if the pedestrian is on a sidewalk and is looking for a pharmacy , the system will have to inform you that it is on the other side of the sidewalk, informing you of the next signal you can reach to reach it. 7. The glasses will have Wi-Fi system, so there is communication between the glasses and the GPS with and without the use of wires. 8. With the heat sensor, the user will be able to differentiate an object from a living being, such as a person, an animal, etc. This device will be of extreme necessity, also avoiding some domestic accidents: Anyone with or without disability will be able to identify the heat of a fireplace or a bonfire, but the human touch will never be able to capture from afar the heat of an electric iron, a pan boiling or a cake pan that has just come out of the 200c9 oven. 9. Optical reader and translator with audio narrative. This system will have the combination of: a handheld scanner (portable scanner), with the ease and reading of translating pens, optical pens that when passed over words, they translate or pronounce in audio the word that is passed by the device. The text read by the scanner will be processed or translated by the glasses and transmitted in audio by the headphones already integrated in the glasses. The connection between the glasses and this device will be made: via Wl-Fl or the USB port, already available on the glasses; 10. Registering a CHIP on each bus will be marked according to the user's interest. This system will work as follows: the disabled person wearing the glasses will be notified in advance until the exact time of the stop of their bus. It will be an absurd freedom, no longer depending on anyone and no longer being sudden to false information. 11. The goggles will be shielded: waterproof, salty, preventing moisture, dust and dirt from entering, providing long and long life of the goggles, making them suitable for harsh environments. Having silicone protectors on USB ports, headphones and etc. 12. The glasses have a compass on their smart system, allowing you to know the audio direction. If it gets lost in a trail, it kills closed, so it can be situated. 13. Rechargeable battery with compact anatomical shape to the eyeglass leg. This will be similar to the functionality of a mobile device, being charged by a power cord or a USB cable directly from the computer. 14. AM / FM radio - In one of the buttons the user can tune in the radio and the desired frequency. 15. MP3 - Users can select songs of their choice to listen to whenever they want. 16. Bluetooth - Bluetooth provides a way to connect and exchange information between devices such as mobile phones, laptops, computers, and others. 17. Pen Drive - Will have a storage mechanism, so you can save the desired material. This will be connected by a USB cable or the Bluetooth itself. 18. Memory Card - This, like any electronic device will be the external memory of the glasses. 19. GPS User Locator - The GPS system integrated into the glasses provides your exact location. That is, if the (disabled) user is unable to communicate, is lost: his or her family or partner, by cell phone, will be able to track and view the exact location of the user, given their highly descriptive street system. , avenues and establishments. Ex: If he will be in a bank, pharmacy, hospital, etc. 20. Emergency Button - If the user cannot communicate via cell phone or in any other way: will automatically trigger an emergency button that will be far from the others, thus activating the cell phone of the responsible person who will inform you the exact location of where you are. It is worth mentioning that most of these users will be children and the elderly. 21. Sports Signaling and Increased Interactivity - The user will be able to demarcate the game area by punctuating it with chips, eg on the handicapped soccer field the player is lost, imagining the 4x field bigger than it really is, or that is, you can mark with chips: the large and small area, the midfield, the beam, etc. In blind football the player only knows where the ball is located by a rattle inside it, with an integrated chip inside the ball, will know in audio its exact location: right, left, front, back. You can also locate the players of your team and their opponents. Following the same reasoning, a swimmer can signal the lanes and edges of the pool, avoiding approaching their sides, colliding with colleagues and, knowing when it is coming, etc. Thus avoiding accidents caused even by those with perfect vision.