MUMBAI, India, June 26 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202631070517 A) filed by Kalinga Institute Of Industrial Technology Kiit Deemed To Be University on June 05, 2026, for Multi-Sensor Traffic Signal Preemption System For Emergency Vehicles.
Inventors include Rahul; and Pankaj Kumar Yadav.
The application for the patent was published on June 19, 2026, under issue no. 25/2026.
Abstract: A traffic signal preemption system for emergency vehicles includes a UHF sensor module (1) configured to detect an active UHF tag on an approaching emergency vehicle at a first detection range from a traffic intersection, an infrared sensor and camera module (2) configured to visually confirm presence of the emergency vehicle at a second detection range closer to the intersection, an audio sensor module (3) configured to recognize siren frequencies at a third detection range closer to the intersection, a stop-line confirmation sensor (4) configured to verify that the emergency vehicle has crossed the intersection, a central processing unit and controller configured to receive inputs from the sensor modules, initiate signal preemption based on detection by at least one sensor module, and execute a priority algorithm, and a traffic signal control interface configured to control signal states at the intersection. (Fig. 1)
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