MUMBAI, India, Nov. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641125331 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology on October 21, 2026, for System And Method For Graduated Prevention Of Distracting Mobile Device Use.
Inventors include Kalaivani S; Harish Y; Suresh Krishna K; and Praveen Kumar V.
The application for the patent was published on October 30, 2026, under issue no. 44/2026.
Abstract: The present invention discloses a system (100) and method for graduated restriction of mobile device use while driving. A sensor ring (102) of capacitive or piezoresistive zones in the steering wheel rim measures grip per zone. A fusion module and edge classifier (110) on a microcontroller combines the grip features ...