MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641051067 A) filed by Vignana Jyothi Institute Of Engineering And Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana, on April 22, for 'smart iot based underground cable fault detection.'
Inventor(s) include Mrs. D. Sreevidya; P. Bhanu Charan; G. Jahnavi; G. Varnika; and O. Reethu Kanna.
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: "The present invention relates to an Internet of Things (IoT) enabled system and method for detection and localization of faults in underground power cables using embedded sensing, programmable control, and Wi-Fi based wireless communication. The system comprises a microcontroller control unit coupled with a current and/or voltage sensing circuit, a plurality of switch and relay-based sectional selection elements, a Wi-Fi communication module, a geographic positioning module, a local display interface, and a regulated power supply unit. Electrical parameters measured from selected cable sections are processed by the control unit to identify abnormal conditions and to estimate the distance to a fault location using stored cable characteristics and resistance-based correlation. Upon detection of a fault event, the system generates local visual output and transmits fault status, computed distance, and geographic coordinate data to a remote cloud or network server through the Wi-Fi module for real-time monitoring and logging. The architecture provides a compact, low-cost, and scalable solution for automated underground cable fault detection and reporting, reducing manual inspection effort and response time while improving maintenance efficiency and monitoring visibility."
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