MUMBAI, India, Sept. 28 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621094572 A) filed by Vishwakarma Institute Of Technology on August 04, 2026, for An Iot Based Underwater Plastic Waste Detection System.
Inventors include Pise, Ganesh Shivaji; Mahalle, Parikshit Narendra; Rathod, Vijay U.; Londhe, Aoudumber Dattatray; Sable, Nilesh P.; Kokane, Chandrakant Deelip; Dhotre, Virendrakumar Anna; Ahire, Lomesh Kautik; Thorat, Bhagwan Dinkar; and Patil, Uma.
The application for the patent was published on September 25, 2026, under issue no. 39/2026.
Abstract: The present invention relates to an IOT based underwater plastic waste detection system comprises a waterproof AUV chassis and housing (109) enclosing a multispectral camera and imaging sensor array (104) with NIR and UV sensors, an onboard edge AI processing unit (103) executing a convolutional neural network for real-time plastic classification at over 92% mean average precision within 40 milliseconds per frame, a GPS and depth sensing module (102) for three-dimensional geo- tagging, an environmental sensor array (106) measuring turbidity, pH, temperature, and dissolved oxygen, a 4G/LTE IoT communication module (101) transmitting detection data, GPS coordinates, depth readings, and water quality parameters to a cloud IoT dashboard and data server (100), a microcontroller-based autopilot unit (108) controlling an autonomous navigation and propulsion system (105), and a power management and battery module (107) with solar-assisted charging, enabling continuous autonomous underwater plastic waste detection and real-time geo-tagged alert generation without human intervention.
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