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Abstract
Description
- The present disclosure relates to a guide stick for blind or partially sighted persons.
- Guide sticks or canes are used by blind or partially sighted persons to assist them with avoiding hazards or obstacles when walking. They also serve to alert other walkers, drivers etc. that the user of the stick is blind or partially sighted. Typically, such a guide stick or cane is white in colour, which is widely recognised as being representative of a guide stick for blind or partially sighted people.
- According to a first aspect there is provided a guide stick for blind or partially sighted people, the guide stick comprising: a communication device; and at least one sensor for sensing an assistive walkway feature for blind or partially sighted people; the arrangement being such that the communication device is configured to send a notification to a remote apparatus in response to detection by the at least one sensor of a defect with such an assistive walkway feature.
- According to an example, the guide stick comprises a GPS device, enabling the guide stick to provide location information of the defect to the remote apparatus.
- According to an example, the remote apparatus comprises a user equipment.
- According to an example, the remote apparatus comprises an apparatus or server associated with a department or person responsible for the assistive walkway feature.
- According to an example, the at least one sensor comprises a colour sensor arranged to detect a walkway feature comprising a coloured line.
- According to an example, the at least one sensor is comprised at a tip end of the walking stick.
- According to an example, the defect comprises damage to the assistive walkway feature.
- According to an example, the defect comprises an absence of the assistive walkway feature.
- According to an example, the guide stick is configured to distinguish between a valid absence of the assistive walkway feature and an invalid absence of the assistive walkway feature.
- According to an example, the guide stick is configured to send the notification to a remote apparatus in response to detection of an invalid absence of the assistive walkway feature, and is configured to not send the notification to a remote apparatus in response to detection of a valid absence of the assistive walkway feature
- According to an example, the communication device comprises a radio frequency communication device.
- According to an example, the communication device has Bluetooth functionality.
- According to a second aspect there is provided a system comprising: a user equipment; a remote apparatus; and a guide stick for blind or partially sighted people, the guide stick comprising: a communication device; and at least one sensor for sensing an assistive walkway feature for blind or partially sighted people; the arrangement being such that the communication device is configured to send a notification to the user equipment and/or the remote apparatus in response to detection by the at least one sensor of a defect with such an assistive walkway feature.
- According to an example, the guide stick comprises a GPS device, and wherein in response to detection by the at least one sensor of a defect with such an assistive walkway feature, the guide stick is configured to send the notification and location information of the defect to the user equipment, the user equipment configured to forward the notification and location information to the remote apparatus.
- According to an example, in response to detection by the at least one sensor of a defect with such an assistive walkway feature, the guide stick is configured to send the notification of the defect to the user equipment, the user equipment configured to use a GPS device of the user equipment to determine location information of the defect, the user equipment configured to forward the notification and location information to the remote apparatus.
- To assist understanding of the present disclosure and to show how embodiments may be put into effect, reference is made by way of example to the accompanying drawings in which:
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Figure 1 shows schematically an example of a walkway; -
Figure 2 shows schematically an example of a system comprising a guide stick. - The present disclosure has applicability to guide sticks for blind and/or partially sighted persons. Such guide sticks may also be termed guide canes, walking canes, walking sticks etc. Using a known guide cane a user can feel for obstacles in their path by placing or gently waving the cane in front of them as they walk. Some modern guide canes, sometimes referred to as "smart canes", are fitted with an ultrasonic sensor which can sense a distance from an object, and provide feedback to the user.
- Walkways may be fitted with one or more features for assisting blind or partially sighted people in using the walkway. Such a walkway may be, for example, a pavement or sidewalk, a path, a combined cycle and walkway, a road-crossing, steps or stairs, a ramp, an escalator, a travellator etc. Such an assistive feature may comprise, for example, a coloured line (sometimes referred to as a "blind-line"). The coloured line may be a bright colour such as yellow, orange or red. In some examples the coloured line is designed to contrast with the other sections of the walkway, which may be black or dark grey, for example. Such coloured lines can be useful even for people with significant sight loss, since they may still have sufficient sight to enable them to follow the coloured line. Even for completely blind people these coloured lines can be useful, since guide dogs can be taught to follow them.
- Such assistive features may also comprise, for example, dimpled or otherwise textured walkway features. A blind or partially sighted person can feel the textured feature on the soles of their feet, e.g. through the soles of their shoes, to ascertain information regarding the walkway feature. For example, a dimpled walkway feature may provide information to a blind or partially sighted person that they are at a crossing, such as a road crossing or a crossing with another walkway. In another example raised lines may indicate to a blind or partially sighted person that they are about to step on to a cycle path or a combined walking and cycle path. The raised lines may be directional, with longitudinal facing lines (i.e. in the direction of the walkway) indicating a cyclist's side of the path, and lateral lines (i.e. in a direction across the path) indicating a walker's side of the walkway or path. These are just some examples of what may constitute an assistive walkway feature, and of course other types (or indeed any combination thereof) may be provided.
- Such assistive walkway features can help keep a blind or partially sighted person safely on the walkway, for example so that they do not stray off the walkway and on to a road or in to other danger. Such assistive walkway features can also safely guide a walker to or over a road crossing, as well as warning the blind or partially sighted person as they approach the crossing.
- Such assistive walkway features can become damaged or defective over time, and thus lose their functionality. This can also place users of such assistive features, such as blind or partially sighted people, in danger. Furthermore it may take a long time for the department responsible for maintaining the assistive feature (e.g. a local authority) to become aware of and fix the defect and/or damage. This may mean the assistive walkway feature being further damaged in that time, or at least not functioning properly for that time.
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Figure 1 is a schematic plan view, showing a blind or partiallysighted person 102 walking on awalkway 106. The blind or partiallysighted person 102 is carrying aguide stick 104. Thewalkway 106 comprises anassistive feature 108 for assisting blind or partially sighted people along the walkway. For example theassistive feature 108 may comprise a coloured line, which contrasts in colour with adjacent parts of thewalkway 106. Theassistive feature 108 comprises a defective or damagedportion 110. The defect may comprise, for example, fading or even complete absence of the assistive feature. This may be due to the assistive feature wearing or fading away over time. The defect may comprise the assistive feature becoming obscured by one or more items. For example leaves may fall on to theassistive feature 108, reducing or eliminating the functionality of the assistive feature. - A further assistive walkway feature is shown at 112, comprising a plurality of raised portions or
dimples 114. Theassistive feature 112 is intended to warn blind or partially sighted people that they are approaching a road or anotherwalkway 118. In this example theassistive feature 112 comprises defective or damagedportion 116. Thedefect 116 may comprise damage to one or more of the dimples, for example cracking of one or more dimples or absence of part of or complete absence of one or more dimples. -
Figure 2 shows an example of aguide stick 204 according to an example. Theguide stick 204 comprises ahandle end 230 and atip end 232. At or proximate to the tip end there is provided one ormore sensors 238. The one or more sensors may comprise, for example, a colour sensor and/or an ultrasound sensor. A colour sensor may be configured to sense colour or colour contrast, and hence be able to sense the presence or absence (or fading) of an assistive feature such as a coloured line on a walkway. An ultrasonic sensor may be able to detect or determine a distance from another object. Therefore an ultrasonic sensor may be able to detect presence or absence (or damage) to a raised feature, such asdimples 114. The guide stick may, in some examples, provide feedback or an alarm to a user when a defect to an assistive feature is sensed. For example, the guide stick may be arranged to vibrate or provide an audible alarm to warn the user that the assistive feature is defective. - In this example the guide stick comprises a Global Positioning System (GPS)
device 236. The GPS device can record location information of theguide stick 204. Consequently theguide stick 204, using theGPS device 236, can record location information of defects to assistive walkway features. - The
guide stick 204 also comprises acommunication device 234. Thecommunication device 234 may be a radio frequency (RF) communication device. Thecommunication device 234 may comprise a transmitter. Thecommunication device 234 may also comprise a receiver. Thecommunication device 234 may be in the form of a transceiver. Thecommunication device 234 may have Bluetooth® functionality or capability. Thecommunication device 234 enables theguide stick 204 to communicate with one or more remote apparatuses. For example thecommunication device 234 enables theguide stick 204 to communicate with auser equipment 246 of a user (the user being, for example, a user of the guide stick), as shown on line orcommunication channel 250. The user equipment may be, for example, a smart phone or tablet of the user. Theuser equipment 246 will typically comprise memory and processing capability, as well as GPS functionality. Thecommunication device 234 may additionally or alternatively enable theguide stick 204 to communicate with aremote computer 248, as shown on line orcommunication channel 254. Theremote computer 248 may comprise, for example, a computer or server of a department or person responsible for the assistive walkway feature. The department may be, for example, a local authority or a contractor to a local authority. - The
guide stick 204 comprises a controller, shown schematically at 240. Thecontroller 240 comprises amemory 242 and aprocessor 244. Thecontroller 240 can, for example, receive and process information from one or more ofcommunication device 234,GPS device 236, and at least onesensor 238. The controller can also control operations ofcommunication device 234,GPS device 236, and at least onesensor 238. - The
guide stick 204 also comprises apower source 235. Thepower source 235 may be a battery. In some embodiments thepower source 235 comprises a rechargeable battery. - The
guide stick 204 is configured to notify a person or department responsible when a defect to an assistive walkway feature is detected. For example this may be by means of informingremote apparatus 248. Theremote apparatus 248 may be informed by direct communication between theguide stick 204 and remote apparatus 248 (e.g. on line 254), or by indirect communication via user equipment 246 (e.g. onlines 250 and 252). - For example, the at least one
sensor 238 of theguide stick 204 may detect a defect with an assistive walkway feature. In response to this, the guide stick may useGPS device 236 to record the location of the defect. Notification of the defect, and location information of the defect, can then be provided toremote apparatus 248 on line orcommunication channel 254. - In an alternative example, the guide stick may provide notification of the defect and location information of the defect on line or
communication channel 250 touser equipment 246. Theuser equipment 246 can then forward the defect notification and the location information toremote apparatus 248 on line orcommunication channel 252. Typically theuser equipment 246 will be with or proximate to the user ofguide stick 204, meaning that the communication online 250 can be, for example, by means of Bluetooth communication. This may save power for theguide stick 204, and/or mean that a relatively less powerful and /or lessexpensive communication device 234 can be utilised since thecommunication device 234 in such examples does not have to be powerful enough to transmit directly toremote computer 248, which will typically be a much greater distance away thanuser equipment 246. - In some examples the
GPS device 236 of theguide stick 204 can be omitted. In such examples the location information of a detected defect may be provided by theuser equipment 246. For example, the at least onesensor 238 of theguide stick 204 may detect a defect in an assistive walkway feature. Usingcommunication device 234 theguide stick 204 sends notification of the defect touser equipment 246. Theuser equipment 246, using its own GPS functionality, then sends the notification of the defect and the location information of the defect theremote apparatus 248. Such examples are applicable where the user equipment is being carried in close proximity to the user (e.g. in the user's pocket or handbag, rucksack etc.), such that the location of the user equipment still provides an accurate location of the defect. - Interoperability between the
guide stick 204 and theuser equipment 246 may be provided by means of an application or "app", which may be downloaded on to and stored at theuser equipment 246. - According to some examples the
guide stick 204 is configured to distinguish between valid (e.g. acceptable) and invalid (e.g. non-acceptable) defects (or possible defects). For example, where the potential defect is absence of a coloured guide line, then the guide stick is configured to determine whether this is an invalid absence, for example that the guide line should be there but has excessively faded or completely worn away, or a valid absence, for example it is the end of the walkway and therefore the guide line has terminated and intentionally proceeds no further. This prevents or reduces instances of false alarms. In some examples location information of correct or valid assistive walkway features is stored in thememory 242 of theguide stick 204, or obtained viauser equipment 246. If a potential defect is detected, then a cross-check may be made with the information of correct location information of known walkway features, to determine whether the defect is "valid" or "invalid". - Examples may provide defect information of assistive walkway features, such as coloured "blind-lines", to a party responsible for maintenance of the assistive feature and/or walkway. This information may in some examples be provided in "real-time", and give the responsible party an accurate picture of the state of such assistive features at a given location or region. This information may be received by the responsible party far more quickly than depending upon routine or periodic inspection. This can help the responsible party not only fix any problems quickly, but also plan maintenance based upon given locations of the detected defects. This benefits not only users of blind or partially sighted people using the disclosed guide sticks (as shown for example in
Figure 2 ), but also other blind or partially sighted people who rely on such assistive walkway features. - It will be understood that the processor or processing system or circuitry referred to herein may in practice be provided by a single chip or integrated circuit or plural chips or integrated circuits, optionally provided as a chipset, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), field-programmable gate array (FPGA), digital signal processor (DSP), graphics processing units (GPUs), etc. The chip or chips may comprise circuitry (as well as possibly firmware) for embodying at least one or more of a data processor or processors and a digital signal processor or processors, which are configurable so as to operate in accordance with the exemplary embodiments. In this regard, the exemplary embodiments may be implemented at least in part by computer software stored in (non-transitory) memory and executable by the processor, or by hardware, or by a combination of tangibly stored software and hardware (and tangibly stored firmware).
- Reference is made herein to memory for storing data. This may be provided by a single device or by plural devices. Suitable devices include for example a hard disk and non-volatile semiconductor memory.
- The examples described herein are to be understood as illustrative examples of embodiments of the invention. Further embodiments and examples are envisaged. Any feature described in relation to any one example or embodiment may be used alone or in combination with other features. In addition, any feature described in relation to any one example or embodiment may also be used in combination with one or more features of any other of the examples or embodiments, or any combination of any other of the examples or embodiments. Furthermore, equivalents and modifications not described herein may also be employed within the scope of the invention, which is defined in the claims.
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- A guide stick for blind or partially sighted people, the guide stick comprising:a communication device; andat least one sensor for sensing an assistive walkway feature for blind or partially sighted people;the arrangement being such that the communication device is configured to send a notification to a remote apparatus in response to detection by the at least one sensor of a defect with such an assistive walkway feature.
- A guide stick according to claim 1, the guide stick comprising a GPS device, enabling the guide stick to provide location information of the defect to the remote apparatus.
- A guide stick according to claim 1 or claim 2, the remote apparatus comprising a user equipment.
- A guide stick according to any of claims 1 to 3, the remote apparatus comprising an apparatus or server associated with a department or person responsible for the assistive walkway feature.
- A guide stick according to any of claims 1 to 4, wherein the at least one sensor comprises a colour sensor arranged to detect a walkway feature comprising a coloured line.
- A guide stick according to any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the at least one sensor is comprised at a tip end of the walking stick.
- A guide stick according to any of claims 1 to 6, wherein the defect comprises damage to the assistive walkway feature.
- A guide stick according to any of claims 1 to 7, wherein the defect comprises an absence of the assistive walkway feature.
- A guide stick according to claim 8, wherein the guide stick is configured to distinguish between a valid absence of the assistive walkway feature and an invalid absence of the assistive walkway feature.
- A guide stick according to claim 9, wherein the guide stick is configured to send the notification to a remote apparatus in response to detection of an invalid absence of the assistive walkway feature, and is configured to not send the notification to a remote apparatus in response to detection of a valid absence of the assistive walkway feature
- A guide stick according to any of claims 1 to 10, the communication device comprising a radio frequency communication device.
- A guide stick according to any of claims 1 to 11, the communication device having Bluetooth functionality.
- A system comprising:a user equipment;a remote apparatus; anda guide stick for blind or partially sighted people, the guide stick comprising:a communication device; andat least one sensor for sensing an assistive walkway feature for blind or partially sighted people;the arrangement being such that the communication device is configured to send a notification to the user equipment and/or the remote apparatus in response to detection by the at least one sensor of a defect with such an assistive walkway feature.
- A system according to claim 13, the guide stick comprising a GPS device, and wherein in response to detection by the at least one sensor of a defect with such an assistive walkway feature, the guide stick configured to send the notification and location information of the defect to the user equipment, the user equipment configured to forward the notification and location information to the remote apparatus.
- A system according to claim 13, wherein in response to detection by the at least one sensor of a defect with such an assistive walkway feature, the guide stick configured to send the notification of the defect to the user equipment, the user equipment configured to use a GPS device of the user equipment to determine location information of the defect, the user equipment configured to forward the notification and location information to the remote apparatus.
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