MUMBAI, India, Feb. 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611002347 A) filed by Shree Guru Gobind Singh Tricentenary University, Gurugram, Haryana, on Jan. 8, for 'wearable assistive device for a visually impaired user.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Chandan Kumar Dubey; and Priyanka Yadav.
The application for the patent was published on Feb. 13, under issue no. 07/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A wearable assistive device for a visually impaired user comprises of a wearable body 101 configured to be worn by visually impaired user, an adjustable strap 102 comprising shape-memory alloy filaments and linear actuators 108 configured to fasten and release the wearable body 101, a Braille display means 103 to present tactile Braille characters corresponding to recognized textual or navigational information, a pin actuation arrangement 104 to raise or lower display means 103 to generate tactile Braille characters, an OCR (optical character recognition) unit to capture visual text from printed or digital surfaces, a navigation and environmental sensing unit to detect obstacles, traffic signals, hazards, and route information, a feedback unit to provide tactile and/or audio feedback corresponding to recognized text, navigation instructions, environmental alerts, and system notifications, an emergency alert unit 105 including a tactile SOS switch, activation of switch transmits location-based emergency message."
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