MUMBAI, India, May 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641044108 A) filed by Saveetha Institute Of Medical And Technical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on April 7, for 'a non-visual distributed wearable sensor system for converting sign language gestures into speech and text.'
Inventor(s) include S. Sharmila; Dr. Dhanusia. S; and Deepak Nallaswamy Veeraiyan.
The application for the patent was published on May 29, under issue no. 22/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention discloses a non-visual, distributed wearable communication system for converting sign language gestures into real-time speech and textual output. The system comprises multiple wearable sensor modules, including finger-mounted flex sensors, palm contact sensors, and wrist-mounted motion sensors operatively connected to a processing unit. Sensor data acquired from the modules is integrated using sensor fusion techniques to accurately recognize hand and finger gestures associated with sign language without reliance on camera-based or optical input. The recognized gestures are translated into corresponding linguistic expressions and rendered as audible speech and/or displayed text through an output interface. The system further incorporates haptic feedback to provide user confirmation of gesture recognition. The invention is particularly suitable for assistive communication by individuals with hearing and speech impairments and is applicable in healthcare, rehabilitation, education, and public interaction environments requiring privacy, portability, and real-time performance."
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