MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641051120 A) filed by Dayananda Sagar College Of Engineering, Bangalore, Karnataka, on April 22, for 'system and method for spatial audio-visual captioning for hearing impaired individuals.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Krishnan Rangarajan; and Prof. Aruna S.
The application for the patent was published on May 1, under issue no. 18/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A system and method for providing real-time, spatially-anchored audio-visual information to hearing impaired individuals is disclosed. The invention comprises a device equipped with a camera, microphone array, and display interface that captures visual scenes and audio signals, localizes multiple sound sources in three-dimensional space, classifies sounds as speech or environmental audio, performs automatic speech recognition on detected speech, and renders visual captions or labels directly overlaid on or adjacent to the corresponding sound source within the live visual feed. The system enables hearing impaired users to simultaneously see the scene before them and receive contextualized information about where sounds are originating, with spoken words transcribed and displayed as scrolling text anchored to the speaker's position, thereby enhancing situational awareness, communication accessibility, and safety for individuals with hearing challenges."
Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication.
