The Indian Army on Friday said that it has received a patent for an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven accident prevention system.
The accident prevention system has been developed indigenously by the Army's research and development (R&D) component, said the Indian Army in a tweet.
The inventor has been identified as Kuldeep Yadav. The patent certificate says it was filed on February 2, 2021.
A patent is granted to an invention which means that, for a certain duration, that product cannot be manufactured by anyone else without the permission of the patent-holder. As per the patent certificate shared by the Army, the patent will be effective for 20 years. The patent was granted on July 11.
The Army tweeted, "IndianArmy has received the patent for the project ‘Accident Prevention System based on Artificial Intelligence’ developed indigenously by research and development within the organisation. The Accident Prevention System would save lives by alerting drivers falling asleep while driving and reducing the vulnerability to accidents caused by drowsiness."
Earlier in November 2022, the Army secured a patent for the new camouflage pattern uniform.
"The exclusive ‘Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)’ of the Design and Camouflage Pattern now rests solely with the Indian Army, and therefore manufacturing by any vendor who is not authorised to do so will be illegal and is liable to face legal repercussions," said a press release at the time
