Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'An AI-Driven Automatic Number Plate Recognition System' Filed by Manipal University

MUMBAI, India, Jan. 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511103785 A) filed by Manipal University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, on Oct. 28, 2025, for 'an ai-driven automatic number plate recognition system.'

Inventor(s) include Mr. Pranav Kumar; Dr. Bhawana Sharma; and Dr. Lokesh Sharma.

The application for the patent was published on Dec. 12, under issue no. 50/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to an AI-driven Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) system. The system comprises an image acquisition module that captures vehicle images from camera feeds or uploaded sources, followed by a multistage image preprocessing pipeline incorporatin...