People living with dementia, and people who are just forgetful, lose
track of ordinary things. The glasses are on the desk. The earbud case
is by the keyboard.
Theia is a tabletop turret. You ask for the object. It looks around
the room, circles it on screen, and gives the angle a laser can point
to.
Speak
You say what you are looking for, or type it. When you finish
speaking, the search starts.
Seven photos
A phone camera takes seven photos.
Mark
Theia picks the best match, draws a mark on it,
Angle
and shows azimuth and elevation in degrees.
Who it is for
At home, when something is missing
People living with dementia, and people who are just forgetful, lose
ordinary things in the room they already know. The glasses are on the
desk. The earbud case is by the keyboard. Asking someone in a group
chat does not put a point on the object.
Theia stays in that room. They ask out loud, the camera looks, and a
mark plus an angle show where it is. They do not have to remember the
drawer or learn another app.
In the room with a provider
A visit slows down when the glasses, keys, or medication are
somewhere in the room and nobody can see them. A healthcare
professional, or the person with them, can ask for that one object
and get a mark and an angle instead of searching the desk.
The same question works in a clinic closet or at a shared desk. The
right object, in the room, at the moment they need it.