MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541132920 A) filed by R. M. K. Engineering College, Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, on Dec. 29, 2025, for 'depth mapping belt with object detection for real-time fall detection.'
Inventor(s) include Sajithra S; T. Sethukarasi; Thirugnanam R; and T Shiva Shangaran.
The application for the patent was published on Jan. 9, under issue no. 02/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Falling is one of the most harmful events that older individuals can suffer. With an ever-increasing aging population, most detection techniques focus on spotting falls after they occur and alerting emergency caregivers. Existing fall detection ...