MUMBAI, India, Nov. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641125331 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology on October 21, 2026, for System And Method For Graduated Prevention Of Distracting Mobile Device Use.
Inventors include Kalaivani S; Harish Y; Suresh Krishna K; and Praveen Kumar V.
The application for the patent was published on October 30, 2026, under issue no. 44/2026.
Abstract: The present invention discloses a system (100) and method for graduated restriction of mobile device use while driving. A sensor ring (102) of capacitive or piezoresistive zones in the steering wheel rim measures grip per zone. A fusion module and edge classifier (110) on a microcontroller combines the grip features with seat weight and seatbelt data (104) and vehicle speed and gear from the vehicle bus (106) into a continuous Driver Engagement Confidence Score (DECS), re-weighting available inputs when one fails. The score is sent over an encrypted short-range link (112) to a paired smartphone, whose policy engine (116) maps it to bands, each with a per-application permission set that always preserves navigation and hands-freecalling. A two-hand pressuregesturecombined with avoiceprint-verified keyword unlocks outbound calling in an emergency, and link loss or radio disabling while moving is logged and reported to a guardian or fleet dashboard (122).
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