MUMBAI, India, Oct. 26 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611114789 A) filed by Chandigarh University on September 25, 2026, for Cross-Modal Acoustic-Optical Transformer System For Predictive Integrity Monitoring Of Subsea Infrastructure.
Inventors include Shaman Sharma; Priyanka Choudhary; and Deepak Kumar.
The application for the patent was published on October 23, 2026, under issue no. 43/2026.
Abstract: A technical monitoring system acquires temporally associated optical and acoustic observations from an underwater robotic platform (101). An optical perception module (102) enhances underwater imagery, while an acoustic sensing module (103) processes acoustic signals into machine-learning-compatible representations. A cross-modal fusion transformer (104) performs attention-based interaction between optical and acoustic features. A self-supervised learning engine (105) applies contrastive learning to align multimodal representations from unlabeled observations. A temporal analysis stage (106) uses a recurrent sequence model to track successive fused representations, detect anomalies and predict developing integrity conditions including cracks, pressure leaks and corrosion. Edge processing supports low-latency alert generation for subsea infrastructure monitoring. The system provides a unified acoustic-optical processing chain for integrity surveillance under degraded visibility and for predictive rather than solely reactive condition assessment.
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