Cognitive situation-aware vision deficiency remediation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019172347-A1
Application number	US-201715830204-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 4, 2017
Priority date	Dec 4, 2017
Publication date	Jun 6, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

Embodiments include methods, systems, and computer program products for remediating a vision deficiency. Aspects include receiving a user device signal indicating a vision deficiency hazard on a roadway and a user device location. Aspects also include sending a user warning signal to the user device.

First claim

1 . A computer implemented method for remediating a vision deficiency of a user, the method comprising:
receiving a signal from a user device, the signal indicating a vision deficiency hazard and a user device location; and sending a user warning signal to the user device based on the vision deficiency hazard exceeding a first predetermined threshold level of importance, the warning signal comprising a visual signal providing an overlay image, wherein the overlay image comprises an object annotation and an enhanced overlay based on a determination that an importance level of the vision deficiency hazard exceeds a second predetermined threshold level of importance, the enhanced overlay comprising a flashing boundary around a moving or obscured object and the object annotation comprising contextual information about an object obtained from a third party system.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the vision deficiency hazard includes an object moving relative to the user and the method further comprises identifying the object based at least in part upon the user device signal.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the user warning signal comprises an audible signal.

4 . (canceled)

5 . The method of claim 1 further comprising sending a vision deficiency hazard warning warning to a moving object, wherein the moving object comprises a vehicle.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the moving object warning comprises an audible signal.

7 . The method of claim 1 further comprising registering a vision deficiency hazard characteristic.

8 . The method of claim 1 further comprising updating a location of the vision deficiency hazard.

9 . A processing system for remediating a vision deficiency of a user, comprising:
a processor in communication with one or more types of memory, the processor configured to perform a method comprising:
receiving a signal from a user device, the signal indicating a vision deficiency hazard on a roadway and a user device location; and
sending a user warning signal to the user device based on the vision deficiency hazard exceeding a first predetermined threshold level of importance, the warning signal comprising a visual signal providing an overlay image, wherein the overlay image comprises an object annotation and an enhanced overlay based on a determination that an importance level of the vision deficiency hazard exceeds a second predetermined threshold level of importance, the enhanced overlay comprising a flashing boundary around a moving or obscured object and the object annotation comprising contextual information about an object obtained from a third party system.

10 . The processing system of claim 9 , wherein the vision deficiency hazard includes an object moving relative to the user and the method further comprises identifying the object based at least in part upon the user device signal.

11 . The processing system of claim 10 , wherein the method further comprises sending a moving object warning to a moving object.

12 . The processing system of claim 9 , wherein the user warning signal comprises an audible signal.

13 . (canceled)

14 . The processing system of claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises registering a vision deficiency hazard characteristic.

15 . The processing system of claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises updating a location of the vision deficiency hazard.

16 . The processing system of claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises sending the signal to a cloud-based server.

17 . A computer program product for remediating a vision deficiency of a user, the computer program product comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing program instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising:
receiving a signal from a user device, the signal indicating a vision deficiency hazard on a roadway and a user device location; and
sending a user warning signal to the user device based on the vision deficiency hazard exceeding a first predetermined threshold level of importance, the warning signal comprising a visual signal providing an overlay image, wherein the overlay image comprises an object annotation and an enhanced overlay based on a determination that an importance level of the vision deficiency hazard exceeds a second predetermined threshold level of importance, the enhanced overlay comprising a flashing boundary around a moving or obscured object and the object annotation comprising contextual information about an object obtained from a third party system.

18 . The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein the user warning signal comprises an audible signal.

19 . The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein the vision deficiency hazard includes an object moving relative to the user and the method further comprises identifying the object based at least in part upon the user device signal

20 . The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein a software is provided as a service in a cloud environment.

21 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the third party system comprises a social networking system.

22 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the third party system comprises a merchant system.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Chan Yuk L
• Clevenger Lawrence A
• Loiseau Alain
• Naphade Deepti M

Classifications

• G08G1/005 Primary

  including pedestrian guidance indicator · CPC title

• G08G1/0967 Primary

  Systems involving transmission of highway information, e.g. weather, speed limits (transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968) · CPC title

• G09B21/008

  using visual presentation of the information for the partially sighted · CPC title

• B60W50/14

  Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention · CPC title

• G08G1/165

  for passive traffic, e.g. including static obstacles, trees · CPC title