MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621027702 A) filed by Saloni Abin; Raghav Jhunjhunwala; Arjun Salunke; Nilam Sahebrao Honmane; Vaidehi Sakalkar; Shobha Patil; Amruta Patil; and Dr. Smita Bhagwat, Pune, Maharashtra, on March 9, for 'autonomous drone based real time human target identification and marking system using embedded face recognition.'

Inventor(s) include Arjun Salunke; Raghav Jhunjhunwala; Saloni Abin; and Vaidehi Sakalkar.

The application for the patent was published on May 1, under issue no. 18/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A single drone does its job alone, spotting people instantly while tagging them visually. Inside it runs face finding plus matching, guided by lasers - all computed on board, never needing outside help.Upon identifying a predefined target individual, the system automatically activates a visual marking mechanism while logging detection data. The invention provides a cost effective, low latency, and privacy preserving solution for intelligent surveillance applications."

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