SBIR/STTR Research Award
RANGEFINDER SYSTEM FOR THE BLIND
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1991Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Multipath Systems, Inc
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
WHEN TRAVELING ON UNFAMILIAR ROUTES, SIGHTED INDIVIDUALS TYPICALLY VIEW DISTANT KNOWN LANDMARKS TO MAINTAIN THEIR ORIENTATION, A CAPABILITY A BLIND PERSON DOES NOT HAVE. THE RANGEFINDER SYSTEM HAS THE CAPABILITY OF OPTICALLY TRIANGULATING THE DISTANCE OF SUCH LANDMARKS, PRODUCING AN AUDITORY OUTPUT ACCORDING TO LANDMARK RANGE. IN THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT, THE SOUNDS WILL BE IN THE FORM OF ECHO, WITH GREATER ECHO LATENCIES CORRESPONDING TO GREATER DISTANCES.
Technology keywords
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