MUMBAI, India, May 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202631059258 A) filed by Narula Institute Of Technology, Kolkata, West Bengal, on May 9, for 'uavs integrated with ai accelerator for real-time delay tolerant intelligence system in disaster management.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Chandrima Chakrabarti; Krishnendu Roy; Sudipta Sarkar; Rupanjana Majhi; and Avirup Guha Biswas.
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: "The present invention provides an artificial intelligence (AI)-based victim detection system for disaster management utilizing a multi-sensor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed for GPS-denied environments. The system integrates a hardware-based AI accelerator plug-in module featuring a Neural Processing Unit (NPU) for edge computing. By fusing data from RGB, thermal, and Time-of-Flight (ToF) sensors, the system identifies biological heat signatures and volumetric depth even in low-visibility conditions. A hierarchical dual AI pipeline, comprising a YOLOv8 model for initial localization and a Random Forest model for verification, ensures high-precision detection while minimizing false positives. The dedicated hardware architecture supports quantized models and includes integrated power and thermal management, enabling real-time, delay-tolerant data processing and autonomous decision-making for rapid rescue operations without the need for external network connectivity."
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