MUMBAI, India, May 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541087995 A) filed by Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on Sept. 16, 2025, for 'a smart safety and control system for chain cranes using edge-ai and iot.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. T Sree Renga Raja; Villayutham M; Parthasarathi P; and Thangavel R A.
The application for the patent was published on May 29, under issue no. 22/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention discloses an Edge-AI and IoT-based smart safety system for chain cranes. It comprises a perception layer with a camera module (10) and neuromorphic event-driven CNN (20) to capture spatiotemporal visual events. An edge AI processing unit (40) utilizing YOLOv5 (30) identifies humans or obstacles in hazardous zones. Upon detection, a trigger signal is sent to an ESP8266 microcontroller (50), which autonomously overrides PWM signals to a directional servo motor (60) and a lifting servo motor (70) for an immediate halt, while activating a buzzer module (80). An IoT layer via a mobile device (90) provides a remote manual override (110) and supervision interface (100). This closed-loop architecture ensures offline autonomy, low latency, and marker-free detection, offering a scalable, retrofit-friendly industrial safety solution."
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