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Technology developed: A Wearable Device for Assisting a Visually Impaired User (TP19767845517)
Category: Product(Hardware/Material/Software)
Details of Inventor(s):
Inventor Institution/Organization/Company Department Designation
Dr. Siddhartha Panda IIT Kanpur Chemical Engineering Faculty Member
Mr. Vishwaraj Srivastava IIT Kanpur Materials Science and Engineering Student
Technical Application Area: ITS & Assistive Technology
If 'Other', please specify:
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Organization(s):
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur
Affiliated Ministry: MHRD, Govt. of India
Type of technology development: Indigenous
Does the technology help in replacing any import items currently
procured from outside India?
Does the technology have export potential? 1
Category of Technology developed: Futuristic
Stage of Development: Lab-scale
Please describe in detail including the TRL Level:
TRL Level 4

    Abstract:

Applications: A wearable device for assisting a visually impaired user is disclosed. The device includes a head-mounted image acquisition device to capture an image of a scene, a wearable computing device to track the visually impaired users hand and fingers coordinates and to construct one or more virtual objects, a haptic glove which includes a controller to receive spatial information of one or more tracked coordinates when the real-time spatial position of the fingers of the visually impaired user overlaps with the one or more virtual objects, to generate a braille code on demand and activate the refreshable braille cell in order to display the character, commanded by the wearable computing device in tactile form, a tactile element to generate a haptic output for indicating reception of a produced detection signal, to provide a sensation of a presence of the virtual object in front of the visually impaired user.
Advantages: 1. The device includes a head mounted image acquisition device mounted on a wearable computing device. The head mounted image acquisition device is configured to capture an image of a scene in front of the visually impaired user. 2. The wearable computing device is configured to obtain a real-time spatial position of fingers of the visually impaired user tracked using the head mounted image acquisition device. The wearable computing device is also configured to construct a virtual screen with one or more virtual objects in a memory. 3. The device also includes a haptic glove which includes a controller operatively coupled to the wearable computing device. The haptic glove includes a marker that enables the head mounted image acquisition device to track, deflection sensors to detect deflection of fingers, accelerometer and gyro-sensor to detect the spatial orientation of hand of the visually impaired user. The haptic glove also includes a controller configured to generate a braille code corresponding to the received information from the wearable computing device and display it on a refreshable braille cell.

    Technology Inputs:

Imported Equipment/Spare Parts:
Equipment/Spare Parts Year ITC-HS Code
NA
Indigenous Equipment/Spare Parts:
Equipment/Spare Parts Year ITC-HS Code
NA
Imported Raw Materials:
Raw Materials Year ITC-HS Code
NA
Indigenous Raw Materials:
Raw Materials Year ITC-HS Code
NA
Existing R&D Facilities used:
Facilities Year ITC-HS Code
NA

   Patents & Publications:

Patents:
Filed Patents (No.) Granted Patents (No.) Year
1 0 2019-20
Publications:
Submitted (No.) Published (No.) Year
0 0 NA

    Commercialization Potential:

Who are the Potential Licensees?
What commercially available products address
the same problem?
Company Product Problem Addressed
Would you like to develop this invention further with
corporate research support?
Yes
Would you be interested in participating in cluster based
programs for commercialization research or business
planning for your invention?
Yes
      Submitted by: J.G. Rao Date of Submission: 4-8-2020



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