MUMBAI, India, Nov. 6 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641129054 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology, Chennai on October 29, 2026, for Multimodal Assistance System For Visually Impaired Individuals And Method Thereof.

Inventors include Joel J Chalappuram; B. Saleena; B. Prakash; and S. Harini.

The application for the patent was published on November 06, 2026, under issue no. 45/2026.

Abstract: A multimodal assistance system (100) may include a wearable assistive device (102) including an imaging unit (104), a processing unit (106), and a memory (108), secured to a body region such that the imaging unit (104) acquires image data corresponding to a substantially forward-facing field of view duri...