US Patent Issued to CVS Pharmacy on Dec. 2 for "Systems and methods for using an accessibility headset system for providing directions to audio and visually impaired users" (Rhode Island Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,360, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to CVS Pharmacy Inc. (Woonsocket, R.I.).

"Systems and methods for using an accessibility headset system for providing directions to audio and visually impaired users" was invented by Dwayne Kurfirst (Woonsocket, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some instances, an accessibility headset for visually impaired or hearing impaired users is provided. The accessibility headset comprises one or more light detection and ranging (LIDAR) devices configured to obtain LIDAR measurements; one or more infrared (IR) sensors configured to obtain IR feedback from one or more products; an output system comprisin...