A new mobility guide for the blind

The 'white cane' in the digital age.  This is an autonomous driving cane for the blind.  Fashioned after the autonomous driving automobile.  It uses sensors such as infrared, cameras, and lidar to move through the environment avoiding obstacles, and sensing stairs and people.

Much like the autonomous vacuum, or autonomous automobile, the system can follow a map to guide a blind patient around his environment

Take this image and downsize it to be used in the head of the cane.  The wheels in the base will rotate per the obstructions.  The head of the cane will have vibration motors that the patient can feel for tactile guidance.