MUMBAI, India, March 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611007554 A) filed by Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, on Jan. 27, for 'autonomous smart pavement module for footstep-based power generation and environmental monitoring.'
Inventor(s) include Neha Kondal; and Krish Kashyap.
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: "The present invention introduces a self-powered smart pavement module for autonomous environmental monitoring using energy harvested from pedestrian footsteps. The system integrates pavement-embedded energy harvesting mechanisms, local energy storage, a hardware-based power arbitration and energy governance circuit, a multimodal environmental sensor array, embedded data processing, and wireless communication. Mechanical energy generated by pedestrian movement is converted into electrical energy and stored locally. A key feature of the invention is that sensing, processing, and communication are physically enabled only when harvested and stored energy exceeds predefined thresholds, ensuring reliable energy-autonomous operation under intermittent footstep conditions. The invention enables sustained monitoring of air quality, particulate matter, temperature, humidity, noise, and illumination without reliance on external power sources, making it suitable for scalable smart city deployments."
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