HapWare's AlEye system uses AI-powered smart glasses to capture visual information and a haptic wristband to translate it into tactile feedback. This allows individuals who are blind, low vision, or deaf-blind to perceive and understand their surroundings through touch, enhancing independence and awareness.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Problem
Individuals who are blind, low vision, or deaf-blind face challenges in perceiving and interpreting real-time environmental cues, which can limit their independence and awareness. Existing assistive technologies may not offer intuitive, real-time translation of visual information into a non-visual sensory modality.
Solution
HapWare's AlEye system provides an assistive technology solution that translates environmental information into tactile feedback for users who are blind, low vision, or deaf-blind. The system comprises AI-powered smart glasses that capture and interpret visual data, and a haptic wristband that converts this data into distinct vibration patterns. This allows users to perceive and understand their surroundings through touch. The accompanying AlEye companion app enables users to customize settings, create personalized vibration patterns for different scenarios, and learn these patterns for enhanced environmental awareness and independence.
Target Audience
The primary users are individuals who are blind, low vision, or deaf-blind, as well as their caregivers, educators, and specialists seeking to enhance real-time environmental awareness and independence.
Features
- Smart glasses equipped with computer vision capabilities for environmental data capture.
- Haptic wristband that translates visual input into a spectrum of vibration patterns.
- AI algorithms for real-time interpretation of visual cues and environmental data.
- Companion mobile application for user-defined presets and pattern customization.
- Long-lasting battery performance for extended daily usage.
- Seamless wireless connectivity for uninterrupted operation.
- USB-C charging for convenient power replenishment.
- Water-resistant and durable construction for all-day wearability.
- Intuitive haptic pattern design, with a learning time of approximately 90 seconds for 95% accuracy.
- Discreet and non-disruptive form factor suitable for various social and professional settings.