ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,488, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Veeride Geo Ltd. (Rehovot, Israel).
"Hands-free pedestrian navigation system and method" was invented by Ehud Tirosh (Mevaseret Zion, Israel), Zvi Lapidot (Rehovot, Israel) and Shmuel Friedman (Ness Ziona, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hands-free pedestrian navigation method includes mounting on a user's head (i) a display for projecting a visual image in front of the user's gaze, and (ii) an IMU, obtaining from a GPS unit carried by the user an approximate user location for locating the user in a computerized map. Confirmation is obtained from the user that the user's gaze is directe...