Electronic cone with environmental and human body condition sensors and alarm for indicating existence of undesirable conditions

Claim 1

An electronic cane including a stick comprising: grip means connected to said stick for sensing and processing information including, sensor means for sensing information related to physical parameters of the surrounding environment and of a user of the cane; microprocessor means, responsive to the information sensed by said sensor means, for processing said information sensed by said sensor means; display means for displaying said processsed information; key input means, operatively connected to said microprocessor means, for inputting data related to maximum and minimum values of said physical parameters to said microprocessor means; said microprocessor means including means for comparing said sensed information from said sensor means with said maximum and minimum values and for generating alarm signal, and alarm means, operatively connected to said means for comparing for receiving said alarm signal and for indicating that a sensed physical parameter is outside the range defined by said maximum and minimum values in response thereto.