Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'A System And Method For Real-Time Pothole Detection And Severity Assessment' Filed by Dayananda Sagar College Of Engineering

MUMBAI, India, April 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641043307 A) filed by Dayananda Sagar College Of Engineering, Bangalore, Karnataka, on April 4, for 'a system and method for real-time pothole detection and severity assessment.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. Ramya R S; Dr. Santanu Roy; Dr. Pushpa C N; Srivathsa Bhat; Sourabh S Bettad; Supreeth Devarushi; and Vasudev J B.

The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention discloses a hybrid quantum-classical framework for automated pothole-severity classification using deep convolutional feature extraction and variational quantum circuits. Road images are processed into embeddings using a pretrained ResNet model, compressed into a low-dimensional latent space using PCA, and encoded into a multi-qubit quantum circuit for classification. The system demonstrates improved robustness under low-data and noisy-label conditions, enabling reliable road-condition assessment and supporting real-time maintenance operations."

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