MUMBAI, India, July 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611068681 A) filed by Sharda University on May 31, 2026, for Assistive Narrative Navigation Cane.
Inventors include Vatsal Rai; Sunny Kumar; Sneh Verma; and Dr. Shivam Tiwari.
The application for the patent was published on July 17, 2026, under issue no. 29/2026.
Abstract: Abstract Disclosed is an assistive narrative navigation cane for context-aware guidance of visually impaired individuals. The cane comprises a cane body for handheld movement along a walking path, a camera unit mounted on the cane body to capture environmental image frames ahead of the walking path and a ground-sensing unit oriented toward a support surface adjacent to the walking path. An embedded processing unit housed by the cane body is operatively connected to the camera unit and the ground- sensing unit. A scene-change module executed by the embedded processing unit compares a current frame hash with a stored frame hash before scene analysis is permitted. A scene interpretation unit identifies objects, pathways and ground-level hazards from the environmental image frames. An audio output unit generates spoken navigation guidance from the identified objects, pathways and ground-level hazards. Fig. 1 Dated May 29, 2026 / Kumar Tushar Srivastava IN/PA-3973 Agent for the Applicant
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