MUMBAI, India, June 26 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621048930 A) filed by Vishwakarma Institute Of Technology on April 17, 2026, for A Privacy-Preserving System With Rugged Edge Device And Voice Assistant For Wildlife Poaching Detection.
Inventors include Wangikar, Shivam Shailesh; Yadav, Gaurav Mangesh; Bhagwat, Sahil Chandrashekhar; Deshmukh, Pratiksha Arun; Yenkikar, Anuradha; Pandit, Pranjal; Sable, Nilesh; and Buchade, Amar.
The application for the patent was published on June 19, 2026, under issue no. 25/2026.
Abstract: The present invention is related to a privacy-preserving system with rugged edge device and voice assistant for wildlife poaching detection. integrating advanced technologies for remote surveillance and conservation. The system comprises autonomous edge devices (400) equipped with multi-modal sensors, including cameras (402) and microphones (403), to locally process environmental data using machine learning models (207, 208) for detecting poaching-related events. A federated learning server (100) aggregates model updates (109) from edge devices to produce and distribute an updated global model (112), ensuring privacy through differential privacy techniques (111). A distributed ledger network (213) immutably stores event logs (212) with metadata such as timestamps and GPS locations, providing tamper-proof evidence. A portable ranger device (500) offers hands-free, voice-interactive access to alerts and event logs via speech-to-text (301) and text-to-speech (307) engines, enhancing field operations. The system ensures real-time detection, privacy preservation, and secure evidence logging, addressing challenges in connectivity-limited environments and supporting wildlife conservation efforts.
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