MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541123383 A) filed by Kalasalingam Academy Of Research And Education, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, on Dec. 8, 2025, for 'an ancient tamil-brahmi inscriptions digitization with lightweight llms.'
Inventor(s) include K. Saranya; S R Nitthin Kumar; Praveen Kumar R; and Arun Nivesh S.
The application for the patent was published on Jan. 9, under issue no. 02/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "This invention relates to an ancient tamil-brahmi inscriptions digitization with lightweight LLMS. It typically includes an image collection unit (1), an image preprocessing pipeline (2), a transformer-based OCR engine (3), a post-OCR correction module (4), a lightweight large language model (5), a web interface and validation module (6), and a data storage and archival unit (7). The system's main advantage is its use of a specialized, end-to-end Al pipeline to accurately and efficiently digitize and transliterate ancient Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions, making the heritage searchable and accessible on low-resource systems. The TamOCR system's applications lie in archival digital preservation, linguistic research, and democratizing access to ancient Tamil heritage by converting centuries-old inscriptions into searchable, modern digital formats."
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