MUMBAI, India, Jan. 23 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511124482 A) filed by Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, on Dec. 10, 2025, for 'edge-computing enabled autonomous drone system.'
Inventor(s) include Meenakshi Rana; and Bebesh Tripathy.
The application for the patent was published on Jan. 23, under issue no. 04/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention discloses an autonomous drone-based tree counting system designed for real-time forest inventory, ecological assessment, and environmental monitoring. The system integrates a multi-sensor UAV platform with high-resolution imaging, LiDAR-based depth mapping, and onboard AI processors capa...