MUMBAI, India, June 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641050895 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology on April 21, 2026, for A System And Method For Detecting Driver Stress Using Horn Usage Patterns And Thermal Imaging.
Inventors include Vijayarajan V; and Kirubakaran M.
The application for the patent was published on June 12, 2026, under issue no. 24/2026.
Abstract: The present disclosure proposes a system (100) that detects driver stress or health deviation using thermal imaging activated by horn usage patterns. The system (100) further pertains to non-contact physiological monitoring, human–vehicle interaction systems, and edge-based driver assistance technologies used for generating driver alerts in vehicular environments. The system (100) comprises a computing device (102) having a processor (104) and a memory (106) for storing one or more instructions executable by the processor (104). The processor (104) is configured to execute plurality of functional modules (108) for detecting driver stress and physiological deviation in a vehicle. The plurality of functional modules (108) comprises a detection module (110), an analysis module (112), a thermal imaging module (114), an extraction module (116), and an alert module (118). The proposed system (100) minimizes power consumption by conditionally activating thermal sensing components rather than operating thermal imaging continuously.
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