MUMBAI, India, Feb. 27 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541129978 A) filed by Takshashila University, Villupuram, Tamil Nadu, on Dec. 22, 2025, for 'a low cost multimodal system to detect counterfeit indian coins.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. P. Deepa; Dr. R. Uma; R. Ilayaraja; and S. Dhanalakshmi.

The application for the patent was published on Feb. 27, under issue no. 09/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "This invention relates to a low-cost multimodal system to detect counterfeit Indian coins. It typically includes a smartphone (1), a smartphone microphone (2), a smartphone camera (3), a low-cost weighing scale (4), a coin slot (5), a small magnet (6), a signa...