According to New Scientist, Philips has filed a patent for a special pair of spectacles meant for the visually-impaired. Earlier this year, a handheld wireless sensor design which takes the place of canes or walking sticks was introduced. The sensor can identify nearby objects and emit an audio signal to notify its user about them.

This spectacles patent filed by Philips aims not only to identify nearby objects but also to pinpoint which ones are mobile and which ones are stationary. After all, merely identifying if objects are near would not suffice when crossing roads or braving crowded locations. The spectacles will be fitted with accelerometers and a camera and would be connected to a computer that determines which objects are moving and which are not. The computer is then responsible for relaying through audio signals, what's going on around the wearer.