MUMBAI, India, Feb. 27 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541133973 A) filed by Dr. Mahalingam College Of Engineering And Technology, Pollachi, Tamil Nadu, on Dec. 31, 2025, for 'ai vision system for detecting and mitigating accidental ingestion of objects by children.'
Inventor(s) include Indurekaa S. R; and R. Ranjana.
The application for the patent was published on Feb. 27, under issue no. 09/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention relates to an Al-driven, vision-based child safety system that identifies and mitigates children from accidentally swallowing objects. The system is designed to be noninvasive and can work continuously without any need for wearable sensors. A 360-degree portable camera captures real-time videos of the child's surroundings and sends them to an AI processing unit. Further, the video goes through a filter, and the child's face is located and covered with a blur to preserve privacy. An AI Vision (YOL0v8) model detects objects and measures their size. If the system detects a small object and a hand-to-mouth gesture simultaneously, it sends an instant alert to the parent or guardian, thus ensuring the child's safety."
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