The Indian Army announced on Friday that it has received a patent for an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven accident prevention system.

According to a tweet from the Indian Army, the accident prevention system was developed indigenously by the Army's research and development (R&D) division.

 The Accident Prevention System would save lives by alerting drivers falling asleep while driving and reducing the vulnerability to accidents caused by drowsiness. The inventor has been identified as Kuldeep Yadav. The patent certificate says it was filed on February 2, 2021. 

When a patent is awarded for an innovation, it prevents anybody else from manufacturing it for a specific amount of time without the patent holder's consent. The patent has a 20-year validity period, according to the patent certificate that the Army released. The patent was granted on July 11.

The Army tweeted, "Indian Army has received the patent for the project ‘Accident Prevention System based on Artificial Intelligence’ developed indigenously by research and development within the organization. The Accident Prevention System would save lives by alerting drivers falling asleep while driving and reducing the vulnerability to accidents caused by drowsiness."

Earlier in November 2022, the Army secured a patent for the new camouflage pattern uniform. 

"The exclusive ‘Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)’ of the Design and Camouflage Pattern now rests solely with the Indian Army, and therefore manufacturing by any vendor who is not authorized to do so will be illegal and is liable to face legal repercussions," said a press release.

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