WEARABLE SENSORY SUBSTITUTION SYSTEM, IN PARTICULAR FOR BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE

摘要

The system comprises at least one module (11; 111) comprising, in turn: - a sensor apparatus (12), for being worn by a user and designed to detect data representing the arrangement assumed within the space by the part of the user's body on which said sensor apparatus (12) is worn by the user, - a signaling apparatus (14), for providing a signal that can be perceived by said user, and - a control unit (16; 116), connected to said sensor apparatus (12) and to said signaling apparatus (14) and configured to receive said data from said sensor apparatus (12) and to control said signaling apparatus (14) as a function of said data. The control unit (16; 116) is configured to: - calculate or receive an estimation of kinematic parameters referring to the movement performed by said sensor apparatus (12) supported by said part of the user's body as a function of said data, and - control the emission of said signal by said signaling apparatus (14), when said estimation of kinematic parameters fulfills criteria that are predetermined or can be determined discretionally.