MUMBAI, India, July 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641084431 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology, Chennai on July 09, 2026, for Intelligent Shopping Trolley System For Real-Time Product Identification, Navigation, And Purchase Assistance.

Inventors include Srisakthi Saravanan; and Hitesh S D.

The application for the patent was published on July 17, 2026, under issue no. 29/2026.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a system (100) and a method (300) for purchase assistance in a retail environment. A scanning unit (104) of the system (100) detects placement of products inside a trolley and forwards detection signals to a product identification reader (106) that decodes ...