MUMBAI, India, Jan. 23 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641001531 A) filed by Meenakshi Academy Of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on Jan. 7, 2026, for 'system and method for touch-based audio-spatial mapping of surroundings for blind users.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. A. Josephine; and Dr. V. Sureka Varalakshmi.
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 present invention discloses a mobile-based assistive system and method for enabling blind and visually impaired users to explore and perceive their surrounding physical environment through touch gestures combined with re...