US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on Oct. 27 for "Walking assistance system for visually impaired person and method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,368, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Walking assistance system for visually impaired person and method thereof" was invented by Juhnho Park (Seoul, South Korea), Changkyoung Yoon (Seoul, South Korea), Byungjin Kang (Seoul, South Korea) and Manri Cheon (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a walking assistance system for a visually impaired person, the system comprising: smart glasses wearable by a user and including a camera, an image processor, a sound output unit, and a first wireless communication part; and a stick including...