US 11,852,500 B1
Navigation assistance for the visually impaired
Stephen Pomes, Santa Monica, CA (US); and Yu Jiang Tham, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Stephen Pomes, Santa Monica, CA (US); and Yu Jiang Tham, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 20, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/998,114.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/893,344, filed on Aug. 29, 2019.
Int. Cl. G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G08B 6/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 21/365 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3632 (2013.01); G01C 21/3652 (2013.01); G08B 6/00 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Eyewear, comprising:
a frame having a first side and a second side;
a first temple adjacent the first side of the frame;
an optical element including a display and supported by the frame; and
an electronic processor configured to:
receive a signal indicative of a user of the eyewear to turn left or right; and
generate an indicator wherein the indicator is disposed around an interior surface of a rim of the frame, and discernable by a user of the eyewear to turn left or right in response to the signal, wherein the indicator is light emitted by a visible light emitting diode (LED) light that is disposed around the interior surface of the rim of the frame and separate from the display and supported by the frame and configured to have a direct line of sight between an eye of the user and the LED light when the eyewear is worn by the user; wherein the LED light comprises a plurality of LED lights configured to be turned on sequentially in response to the signal being indicative of the user to turn left and to turn right.