MUMBAI, India, June 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202311083821 A) filed by Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, on Dec. 8, 2023, for 'an indoor navigation system for the visually impaired utilizing smartphone technology and method thereof.'
Inventor(s) include Misha Kakkar; Abhinav Pratap; Suchinton Chakravarty; and Sushant Kumar.
The application for the patent was published on June 13, under issue no. 24/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention discloses an indoor navigation system for the visually impaired utilizing smartphone technology and method thereof. The invention is a Navigation System for the Visually Impaired (NSVI) that integrates smartphone technology to offer real-time indoor navigation and obstacle detection. The system comprises two main user roles: administrators and visually impaired users. Administrators are tasked with mapping indoor environments, specifying obstacle data, and managing navigational routes. Visually impaired users access this information through a dedicated application that uses computer vision, GPS, and text-to-speech technology for navigation and obstacle avoidance."
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