MUMBAI, India, July 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641080850 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology, Chennai on June 30, 2026, for Real-Time Retail Assistance System Using Object Recognition.
Inventors include E. Umamaheswari; Kanchana Devi V; Utkarsh Mishra; Shrenica Chawda A; S. Rohanraj; and Akshaya R G.
The application for the patent was published on July 03, 2026, under issue no. 27/2026.
Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a system (100) and a method (400) of retail assistance. The system (100) includes a processor (102-2) that performs real-time analysis of shopping cart contents using data received from an image acquisition unit (104). The image acquisition unit (104) captures continuous visual data of items and the processor (102-2) identifies objects and maps each object to corresponding entries stored in the product database (110) by analysing the visual data. The processor (102-2) retrieves nutritional and ingredient information and compares the information with user-specific constraints. A display interface (108) presents alerts, recommendations, and nutritional summaries. The system (100) supports informed decision-making by integrating recognition, analysis, and communication functions. The system (100) is integrated with an AI-powered shopping cart (302) that recognizes items, analyzes health impact, warns risks, and suggests recipes in real time while shopping.
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