MUMBAI, India, Sept. 28 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511026253 A) filed by Cgc University, Mohali on March 21, 2025, for Ai-Driven Method Of Automated Detection Of Cracks In Pavement Using Drone Imagery.

Inventors include Sarabjit Singh; and Manish Sharma.

The application for the patent was published on September 25, 2026, under issue no. 39/2026.

Abstract: An AI-driven method and system for automated pavement crack detection using drone imagery is disclosed. The system includes a drone equipped with an RGB camera and a thermal imaging sensor to capture multi-spectral pavement imagery along a predefined flight path. The captured imagery undergoes pre-processing to reduce noise and enhance crack vi...