MUMBAI, India, Sept. 28 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641111183 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology, Chennai on September 16, 2026, for A System And Method For Civic Infrastructure Monitoring.
Inventors include Ashis Tripathy; Dhruv Wadhwa; Dhanika Bhat; Ayushi Singh; Yash Gharat; and Nirvik Goswami.
The application for the patent was published on September 25, 2026, under issue no. 39/2026.
Abstract: A system 100 to monitor civic parameters in urban area includes a plurality of sensors 102 configured to sense real-time civic parameters including garbage accumulation, leakage in water pipelines, and mosquito breeding areas causing environmental risks; and an edge processor 106 interfaced with the sensors 102 and a centralized cloud platform 110 in a wireless network 120, including a database, one or more processors to perform operations to receive, real-time data from the sensors 102; process received data for multi-sensor fusion to compare real-time values with predefined thresholds; activate a YOLOv8-based camera module 104 upon detection of pipeline leakage to assess mosquito breeding risk; classify risks 108 for municipal authorities; transmit processed information to the centralized cloud platform 110 for a unified web-based dashboard 112 display for municipal authorities; generate alerts 114 if real-time obtained values exceeds predefined thresholds; and initiate preventive measures to safeguard society based on risks classification 108.
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