Wai L Khoo

US Patent:

20140184384, Jul 3, 2014

Filed:

Dec 27, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/141742

Inventors:

- New York NY, US
Tony Ro - New York NY, US
Lei Ai - Fort Lee NJ, US
Wai Khoo - Jersey City NJ, US
Edgardo Molina - Hollis NY, US
Frank Palmer - Brooklyn NY, US

Assignee:

Research Foundation of the City University of New York - New York NY

International Classification:

G09B 21/00

US Classification:

340 412

Abstract:

An assistive device includes a sensor that detects information using a first modality; an actuator that conveys information using a second, different modality; and a controller that automatically receives information from the sensor and operates the actuator to provide a corresponding actuation. A sensory assisting system for a user includes assistive devices and a support the user wears to hold the devices in proximity to body parts. The fields of view of the devices' sensors extend at least partly outward from the body parts. The controller reads the sensors and operates the corresponding actuators. A method of configuring a sensory assisting system includes successively activating actuators and receiving corresponding user feedback; determining perceptibility relationships for devices per the feedback; and repeatedly: activating the actuators per a virtual environment, a user avatar position, and the relationships; receiving a user navigation command; and moving the user avatar.