US Patent Issued on Aug. 19 for "Systems and methods for guiding a visually impaired passenger using rideshare services" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,626, issued on Aug. 19.

"Systems and methods for guiding a visually impaired passenger using rideshare services" was invented by Pietro Buttolo (Dearborn Heights, Mich.), Cynthia M. Neubecker (Westland, Mich.), Ranjani Rangarajan (Farmington Hills, Mich.) and Graham Smith (Dearborn, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for assisting visually impaired passengers, e.g., blind passengers, using rideshare services is provided. The system may identify a visually impaired passenger from image data captured by one or more exterior cameras of a rideshare vehicle, e.g., by detection of use of a cane by the passenger. The s...