MUMBAI, India, Feb. 6 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202631010865 A) filed by C. V. Raman Global University, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, on Feb. 2, for 'object detection using assistive navigation for visually impaired person.'

Inventor(s) include Samikhya Mohapatra; Monalisha Sahoo; Dr. Ram Chandra Barik; Prof. Ganapati Panda; Dr. Adyasha Rath; and Dr. Surendra Kumar Panda.

The application for the patent was published on Feb. 6, under issue no. 06/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to an assistive wearable navigation device designed specifically to aid visually impaired and blind individuals in detecting obstacles and navigating safely ...