MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641051063 A) filed by Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, on April 22, for 'intelligent driver assistant system during night driving using resnet18.'
Inventor(s) include Villari Sreenatha Sarma; Ashok Kumar P. M; and Vadamala Purandhar Reddy.
The application for the patent was published on May 1, under issue no. 18/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Nighttime driving presents significant safety challenges due to reduced visibility and distortion caused by artificial light sources. The present invention discloses an intelligent driver assistance system configured to perform real-time vehicle classification under low-light conditions using a deep learning framework based on a ResNet18 architecture. The system captures video frames through onboard sensors and applies adaptive preprocessing to suppress glare and isolate high-intensity light regions. Detected light blobs are analyzed for spatial geometry and paired to form candidate vehicle regions, which are subsequently classified into predefined vehicle categories. Temporal tracking enhances reliability by filtering non-vehicular light sources. The system further estimates relative distance and generates driver alerts or control signals to mitigate collision risks, providing a computationally efficient and hardware-agnostic solution for enhanced nighttime driving safety."
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