MUMBAI, India, June 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641075061 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology, Chennai on June 17, 2026, for A System And Method For Pothole Detection And Classification.
Inventors include Udhaya M; and Prabha. B.
The application for the patent was published on June 26, 2026, under issue no. 26/2026.
Abstract: A vehicle-mounted system 100 to detect and capture potholes 106 includes an inertial measurement unit 108; a camera 110; and a server 112 including at least one database 114, one or more processors 116 to receive continuous real-time data for vehicle acceleration from the inertial measurement unit 108 to compare with a predefined acceleration value; generate trigger for camera 110 to capture road images 102 if acceleration value exceeds the predefined acceleration value; transmit acceleration data, captured images 102 and pothole location information to the server 112; process images 102 to classify potholes 106 employing machine learning model; confirm severe pothole 106 if parameters of the classified severe potholes 106A qualify dual conditions set for severe potholes 106; store data of confirmed severe potholes 106A in the database 114 along with metadata; and generate alerts to notify concerned agencies and to display on a dashboard interface 124.
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