MUMBAI, India, July 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611068681 A) filed by Sharda University on May 31, 2026, for Assistive Narrative Navigation Cane.
Inventors include Vatsal Rai; Sunny Kumar; Sneh Verma; and Dr. Shivam Tiwari.
The application for the patent was published on July 17, 2026, under issue no. 29/2026.
Abstract: Abstract Disclosed is an assistive narrative navigation cane for context-aware guidance of visually impaired individuals. The cane comprises a cane body for handheld movement along a walking path, a camera unit mounted on the cane body to capture environmental image frames ahead of the walking path and a ground-sensing unit oriented toward a support surface adjacent to the walk...