MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641048659 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, on April 16, for 'tethered underwater drone for hull surveillance and crack detection.'
Inventor(s) include K. Krishna Naik.
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: "A tethered underwater drone system (100) for hull surveillance and crack detection is provided. The system (100) comprises an underwater remotely operated vehicle (102) having a waterproof enclosure (104) housing electronic components. A tether cable (106) is connected to the underwater remotely operated vehicle (102), the tether cable (106) configured to provide continuous external power supply from a surface power source to the underwater remotely operated vehicle (102) and to provide a communication link between the underwater remotely operated vehicle (102) and a surface control station. A propulsion subsystem (108) comprises a plurality of thrusters (110) mounted on the underwater remotely operated vehicle (102) and configured to provide multi-directional movement. A vision-based inspection module (112) comprises a camera (114) configured to capture real-time video of underwater structures. An artificial intelligence-based crack detection module (116) is configured to process images from the camera (114) and automatically detect and localize structural defects."
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