MUMBAI, India, April 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641043142 A) filed by Cvr College Of Engineering, Hyderabad, Telangana, on April 4, for 'drink sense - smart device to detect inebriation in individuals.'
Inventor(s) include S. Suguna Mallika; G. Ruthvik Reddy; B. Ujwal Reddy; and G. Ashrish Reddy.
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: "Alcohol consumption among young adults has become an emerging social problem in society, especially with respect to its strong correlation with road accidents caused by driving under the influence (DUI). Despite awareness and legal actions against DUI, this problem continues to be a significant threat to public safety. Need to develop practical solutions that can help individuals identify their intoxication level in real-time to prevent such behavior exists. The current innovation aims to explore the use of smartphone-based inertial sensors in conjunction with transdermal alcohol concentration (TAC) values to predict trends of alcohol intoxication. The proposed system utilizes deep learning technology to perform time-series-based analysis of human motion in conjunction with TAC values to determine future intoxication trends. The current system has been designed to focus on learning trends of TAC values to make predictions. This has been found to yield stable results in comparison to estimating TAC values."
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