Non-invasive Seeing Aid Concept
Human brain is able to rewire sensory input in order to adapt to physiological or environmental changes. It might be well capable of perceiving the spatial information through the skin. See example of the inspirational product by feelSpace, which provides user with North orientation via the belt with vibrating motors around the waist. What if we take it further and provide the full grid of vibrating points, translating the proximity of detected objects into a vibration intensity.
First thing we need - a radar or a computer vision detection of distance:
Second - vibrating motors patch on the skin:
Vibrating motors on the user's skin activate depending on the object's proximity thus creating a map. The closer's the object - the stronger\s the vibration.
Finally depending on where the user is "looking" at - AI powered recognition system narrates the objects in the narrow field of view.
For best orientation the system shall match the "look" and the spatial map. This can be attempted through heating the same skin area where the look fall on the map.
