MUMBAI, India, July 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611060215 A) filed by Manipal University Jaipur on May 12, 2026, for An Acoustic Traffic Density Estimation System.

Inventors include Soham Kolekar; and Dr Sandeep Kumar Sharma.

The application for the patent was published on July 17, 2026, under issue no. 29/2026.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an acoustic traffic density estimation. The system comprises an edge node mounted above a roadway and including a linear microphone array and an edge processing unit, wherein the microphones are arranged with predefined spacing inside a weatherproof enclosure and the edge processing unit captures audio signals and performs local processing; a ...