US 12,437,632 B2
System and method for audible spatial description for people with sensory disabilities and the aging population
Robert Christopher Webb, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Robert Christopher Webb, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Mar. 18, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/607,612.
Application 18/607,612 is a division of application No. 17/883,813, filed on Aug. 9, 2022, granted, now 11,961,393.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/231,814, filed on Aug. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0221497 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. G08G 1/005 (2006.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01); G08G 1/0968 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 1/005 (2013.01) [G07C 9/00309 (2013.01); G08G 1/096805 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system configured to increase an ability of a person with a visual, a hearing, a mobility and/or a cognitive disability to orient, locate, and travel within an environment, the system comprising:
an application executable on a computing device;
a first set of ultra-wideband (UWB) anchors or tags located on a first UWB device in an environment;
a second set of UWB anchors or tags located on a second UWB device wearable or carriable by a user, the second UWB device is in communication with the computing device, the second set of UWB anchors or tags being configured to:
communicate with the application; and
communicate with the first set of the UWB anchors or tags located in the environment; and
measure the distance between first UWB device and the second UWB device by using two-way communications between the first set of UWB anchors or tags and the second set of UWB anchors or tags;
the application using a global positioning system (GPS) to determine one or more coordinates of the computing device to pick up the user; and
a translation processor to associate a three-word string with a predetermined geographical area of the one or more coordinates; and
wherein the translation processor to translate the three-word string into directions to the one or more coordinates of a pickup location of the user.