MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202631052055 A) filed by Narula Institute Of Technology, Kolkata, West Bengal, on April 23, for 'ai-driven uav system for stray dog monitoring.'

Inventor(s) include Ms. Debrupa Pal; Dr. Sudakshina Mandal; and Ms. Rupa Saha.

The application for the patent was published on May 1, under issue no. 18/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An autonomous AI-driven system for monitoring stray dog populations comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with multi-spectral sensors and an edge-computing module. The system executes real-time animal detection, classification, and behavioral analysis using deep learni...