MUMBAI, India, Oct. 26 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611114609 A) filed by Quantum University; , Roorkee-, Uttarakhand, India. Roorkee Uttarakhand; and Qu Innovation Council on September 24, 2026, for Shopping Assistive Device.

Inventors include Dr. Partap Singh; Dr. Vivek Kumar; Dr. Mohammad Shoab; and Surbhi Tyagi.

The application for the patent was published on October 23, 2026, under issue no. 43/2026.

Abstract: A shopping assistive device, comprises an open top hollow body 101 having an input means 102 to facilitate a user to input details regarding desired brands, dietary restrictions, and entire shopping lists, an imaging unit 103 installed over the body 101 and works in sync with a CNN module and an OCR module 104 to capture and process user physical shopping lists, multiple motorized wheels 105 arranged underneath the body 101 to navigate store aisles alongside the user, an articulated arm 106 arranged with the body 101 to securely grips the confirmed product, retracts it from the shelf space horizontally, and centers the product within the body 101, a control unit operatively coupled with a payment module to extract the pricing data, and updates a digital ledger that instantly populates a notification on the input means 102, displaying the added item alongside a updated total running cost, for secure payment.

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