MUMBAI, India, Feb. 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611001471 A) filed by Chitkara University, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, on Jan. 6, for 'vehicle collision and hazard warning system.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Harpreet Kaur; Prachi; and Nikita Arora.
The application for the patent was published on Feb. 13, under issue no. 07/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A vehicle collision and hazard warning system, comprising a multi-modal sensor unit 101 integrated in a vehicle 102 enhance hazard detection and driver awareness in real time via a forward radar 101a, downward-facing LiDAR or Time-of-Flight sensor, fog sensor 101c, inertial measurement unit, and rear radar 101e, which collectively monitor road conditions, vehicle 102 dynamics, obstacles, visibility, and approaching traffic, a central processor executes an integrated consensus-based fusion protocol to confirm hazards when two or more sensors agree, calculates hazard severity based on relative speed, distance, and vehicle 102 tilt, a feature extraction module derives parameters including Time-to-Collision, road edge gaps, visibility levels, and relative speed of approaching vehicles, a forward safety alert unit 103 provides visual, audio, and tactile alerts, while the rear safety alert unit 104 generates low-frequency acoustic waves resonating with the steering wheel of approaching vehicle(s), ensuring timely warnings."
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