MUMBAI, India, Jan. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541123293 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, on Dec. 7, 2025, for 'smart wearable belt with obstacle detection and emergency communication for visually impaired users.'
Inventor(s) include Dr Sendhil Kumar K. S; Shambhavi Singh; Riddhi Aggarwal; and Khushi Kauntia.
The application for the patent was published on Jan. 2, under issue no. 01/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure provides a smart wearable belt system for visually impaired users. The smart wearable belt system includes a wearable belt housing configured to be worn by a user, an ultrasonic dist...