MUMBAI, India, May 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202631059261 A) filed by Narula Institute Of Technology, Kolkata, West Bengal, on May 9, for 'human driving gesture detection.'

Inventor(s) include Diptayan Paul; Sulagna Roy; and Rupa Saha.

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: "A real-time human driving gesture detection system for vehicles using one or more in-cabin cameras, vision-based pose estimation, facial and hand tracking, and machine learning to detect driver posture, hand placement, head orientation and safety-equipment positioning, together with a false compliance detection engine that cross-verifies vehicle telemetry (such as seatbelt buckle status) with visual analysis to identify discrepancies; upon detecting unsafe conditions (for example incorrect seatbelt usage, hands-off steering or mobile phone use) the system generates immediate audio or visual alerts and optionally interfaces with vehicle control systems to escalate safety responses."

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