MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641051896 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on April 23, for 'system for preventing misfuelling of vehicles and method thereof.'
Inventor(s) include Shourya Bhawsar; Shouryendu Bandyopadhyay; Awani Bhushan; and Bhisham Kumar Dhurandher.
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: "Embodiments relate to a system (100) and a method (300) for preventing misfuelling of vehicles. The method (300) comprises the steps: detecting (310), via a multi parameter hydrocarbon sensor assembly (110), a fuel to be filled in a vehicle and contaminant-specific signatures in the fuel; calculating (320), by a signal-processing module (122) of a control unit (120), time-resolved and spectral-ratio parameters from the contaminant-specific signatures; transmitting (330), via a vehicle-mounted identification unit (140), approved fuel data to the control unit (120); comparing (340), the calculated time-resolved and spectral-ratio parameters to stored reference profiles; evaluating (350), the one or more contaminants against purity thresholds; deriving (360), a composite integrity score for the fuel; transitioning (370), the electromechanical lock (132), from a locked state to an unlocked state upon match with a vehicle-approved profile for the fuel; and disabling dispensing and generating (380), via a wireless communication unit, an alert upon mismatch."
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