MUMBAI, India, May 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641041618 A) filed by Peri Institute Of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on April 1, for 'wearable ai navigation and object recognition system for the visually impaired.'
Inventor(s) include Mugesh Babu S; Kameshwaran P; Natarajan K; Dharanidharan P; Sree Vathsava R; Jeevitha L; Pooja Sri P; and Perarasu K.
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 invention relates to an Al-powered wearable assistive device designed to enhance the mobility, safety, arid independence of visually impaired individuals. Visually impaired users often face difficulties in detecting obstacles, identifying objects, reading text, and navigating dynamic environments, while existing assistive tools offer limited real-time situational awareness. The proposed system introduces intelligent Smart Assistive Glasses integrating a miniature camera, ultrasonic sensors, embedded processors, and deep learning algorithms to provide continuous environmental understanding. The device captures live video through a front-facing camera and processes it using computer vision models for obstacle detection, object and face recognition, traffic signal interpretation, and optical character recognition (OCR). Short-range ultrasonic sensors supplement the vision system to improve obstacle detection accuracy in low-light and complex environments. The processed information is converted into real-time audio alerts delivered via bone-conduction earphones or an integrated speaker, ensuring that ambient sounds remain perceivable for safe navigation."
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