US 12,190,697 B2
System and method for intelligent walking guard
Isabella H. Schwartz, Ashburn, VA (US)
Filed by Isabella H. Schwartz, Ashburn, VA (US)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/992,437.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/282,345, filed on Nov. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0162584 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. G08B 21/02 (2006.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01)
CPC G08B 21/02 (2013.01) [H04W 4/029 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method implemented on at least one processor, a memory, and a communication platform for guarding a walking environment, comprising:
detecting automatically that a user is actively interacting with a device while walking;
allocating, if the user is interacting with the device while walking, different ones of a plurality of sensors deployed at different locations of the device for capturing sensor data in corresponding distinct directions around the user, wherein the allocation is based on proximity of the device with respect to the head of the user and orientation thereof;
detecting, based on sensor data from each of the dynamically allocated sensors to monitor in a corresponding distinct direction, whether an obstacle is present;
determining whether the obstacle detected in a corresponding direction satisfies certain pre-determined criteria; and
delivering, with respect to the obstacle in a corresponding direction, one or more warning messages via the device to the user alerting the user about the obstacle in the corresponding direction.