US 12,032,156 B2
Apparatus to enable differently abled users to communicate and a method thereof
Mirza Faizan, Irving, TX (US); Yashas Vamsi Pradeep, Frisco, TX (US); Zayn Sohel Sachak, Coppel, TX (US); Gautam Rao, Irving, TX (US); Hamza Ali Zakir, Irving, TX (US); Sanjiv Sridharan, Irving, TX (US); Sheza Asif, Parker, TX (US); Mishaal Qureshi, Frisco, TX (US); Iliyan Ali Mithani, Allen, TX (US); Vihan Yerubandi, Southlake, TX (US); Nihal Yerubandi, Southlake, TX (US); Abdullah Ali Syed, Wylie, TX (US); Avaneesh Jakkireddy, Allen, TX (US); Raj Kusumakar, Grapevine, TX (US); and Abdullah Hasani, Murphy, TX (US)
Filed by Mirza Faizan, Irving, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/716,637.
Prior Publication US 2023/0324680 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G01S 17/88 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01)
CPC G02B 27/0093 (2013.01) [G01S 17/88 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for converting visual commands into audio messages, comprising:
an IR emitter mounted on a wearable glass, a headband, or a contact lens worn by a user, wherein the IR emitter is configured to emit IR rays in a direction of gaze of the user:
an add-on portable screen adapted to be externally attached to a device screen, wherein
the add-on portable screen comprises an infrared (IR) detection module,
the IR detection module comprises a plurality of cells arranged in matrix form,
each cell of the plurality of cells includes at least one IR sensor,
each cell on the add-on portable screen corresponds to a respective icon of a plurality of icons displayed on the device screen, and
the IR detection module is configured to detect a cell from the plurality of cells on the add-on portable screen which receives the IR rays emitted from the IR emitter; and
a processor configured to:
corresponding to the detected cell on the add-on portable screen, determine an icon among the plurality of icons displayed on the device screen;
map a command identified by the user based on the determined icon on the device screen; and
play an audio message corresponding to the mapped command.