Patent US 9,044,374

An assisted walking device assists a visually impaired person by providing audible directions to guide a user to a particular destination while also notifying the user of obstacles. The device includes an elongated shaft and a processor mounted in the shaft. A global positioning system (“GPS”) is electrically coupled to the processor wherein the GPS is configured to provide orientation and directional data to the processor. A database has a mapped terrain and is operationally coupled to the GPS wherein the database compares the mapped terrain to the data provided by the GPS. An input actuator is electrically coupled to the processor and the GPS and is actuated to selectively choose a destination point. A speaker is electrically coupled to the processor, the GPS, and the database wherein the speaker is configured to transmit as voice messages the data from the GPS and the corresponding data from the database.