Safe architecture for visually impaired persons or other users of wearable computer or imaging systems in the presence of plumbing networks
CA 2350909 A1 · Owner: Mann, Steve · Inventors: Mann, Steve
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The use of high voltage tubes, and other electrical equipment for the visually impaired, or the use of similar wearable computer systems virtual reality headsets, and , the like for the enhancement of vision creates an obvious danger in the presence of automated, sprinkler systems used in irrigation or in the presence of similar plumbing technology. Many commercially manufactured VR headsets such as the VR5 which runs at 13,000, volts have ventillation slots in the bottom of the unit so that a drop of , rain from, above (natural rain) would not pose a serious danger. However such systems , are often, not immune to artificial "rain" being sprayed from below such as from , sprinklers, …
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- Filed June 19, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 19, 2021.
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