MUMBAI, India, July 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641076960 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology, Chennai on June 22, 2026, for A Tactile Input And Control Device For Assistive Mobile Interaction In Motor Impaired Users.
Inventors include Mohammed Aarif K. O.; Piyush R Saini; and Prayagraj Mohanty.
The application for the patent was published on July 03, 2026, under issue no. 27/2026.
Abstract: A hand-held tactile input and control device 100 includes a body 102 including plurality of buttons 104 where each button 104 when pressed activate at least one function of an interfaced device 214; a microcontroller 206 including at least one database, one or more processors coupled with a memory, and the memory stores one or more instructions executable by the one or more processors to receive input commands generated by a user using the device 100; process input command and cancel erratic and repeated input triggered from the user using de-bounce logic 208; map the one or more inputs to execute predefined control functions; and transmits corresponding command to the interfaced device 214 to complete the task for the user.
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