MUMBAI, India, July 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621064857 A) filed by Lakshmi Narain College Of Technology on May 22, 2026, for Interactive Vehicle Recommendation And Virtual Test Drive System.

Inventors include Dr. Satish Manwani; Dr. Amar Singh Rathore; Dr. Pankaj Sharma; Dr. Swati Jain; Dr. Hemant Kumar Shrotriya; Dr. Mahesh Dutta Mishra; and Dr. Abhishek Jain.

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

Abstract: An interactive vehicle recommendation and virtual test drive system comprises of a kiosk 101 to be installed at an entrance of a showroom 102 and serves as a first interaction point for a customer, a user interaction module includes a voice interaction unit 103, a touch interactive display panel 104 and an artificial intelligence-based imaging camera 105 that captures customer presence, parking space dimensions and vehicle preferences, a control unit processes the received preferences into a structured preference vector and evaluates vehicle suitability, a showroom-wide panoramic stereo vision camera array 109 tracks customer movement to produce objective interest signals, a virtual test-drive experience pod 110 simulates driving scenarios and captures reaction metrics, a configurable seating arrangement adjusts dynamically to enhance immersion, an explainable artificial intelligence reporting module provides auditable reasoning, and a reinforcement learning-based suggestion model generates an adaptive dealership staff action plan.

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