MUMBAI, India, Jan. 23 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511122583 A) filed by Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, on Dec. 5, 2025, for 'crowd aware smart shopping trolley with real time navigation and item alerts.'
Inventor(s) include Nivedita Sharma; Prof. Harish Nagar; Navneet Kaur; and Dr Rajnee Tripathi.
The application for the patent was published on Jan. 23, under issue no. 04/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention relates to a crowd-aware smart shopping trolley system designed to optimize in-store navigation and enhance the shopping experience. The trolley is equipped with ultrasonic sensors that detect real-time crowd density around the t...