18470965. INTERACTIVE ACCESSIBILITY DEVICE AND METHOD (THE BOEING COMPANY)
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INTERACTIVE ACCESSIBILITY DEVICE AND METHOD
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Inventor(s)
Karthikeyan Sankarankovil Ramasamy of Chennai IN
Janaki Raman Jayaraman of Chennai IN
Kishore Gopalakrishnan of Chennai IN
Dilip Gobikrishnan of Chennai IN
INTERACTIVE ACCESSIBILITY DEVICE AND METHOD
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18470965 titled 'INTERACTIVE ACCESSIBILITY DEVICE AND METHOD
Original Abstract Submitted
An over-ear wearable device includes a housing with a first portion configured to be worn behind an ear of a user and a second portion configured to extend over the ear to position an output near an ear canal of the user. A memory is disposed within the housing and stores map data for an airport. A navigation sensor is disposed within the housing and configured to generate location data. A multi-button user input interface is coupled to the first portion. A processor is disposed within the housing and configured to responsive to selection of a first button of the multi-button user input interface, iterate through a list of destinations identified in the map data, responsive to selection of a second button of the multi-button user input interface, designate a target destination, and generate verbal navigation instructions based on the location data, the map data, and the target destination.
