MUMBAI, India, March 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621010509 A) filed by Sage University, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, on Feb. 1, for 'driver monitoring system and method for real-time detection of intoxicated and fatigued drivers.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. Prashant Jain; Prof. Lakhmi Chand Deshmukh; Dr. Sumit Jain; Prof. Lokendra Vishwakarma; Prof. Sapna Patel; and Mansi Shrivas.

The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A driver monitoring system (102) for a vehicle (104) comprises an alcohol sensor (106), camera module (108), communication interface (110), location receiver (112), and ha...