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Internet-of-Things Testbed Setup for Research Project Showcase - CRIE Projects implemented at MIET

AICTE grant received under Research Promotion Scheme (RPS)

An advanced IoT testbed for experimentation and research was setup at MIET with
the grant of Rs. 10.72 lakhs received by Prof. Ankur Gupta under the Research
Promotion Scheme (RPS) of the AICTE. The exerimental testbed includes IoT
gateways with onboard processing capabilities, ability to interface sensors with the
gateways and transmission of data to the cloud for further processing. A wide-
variety of sensors for weather monitoring, air quality monitoring, soil monitoring Crowd Detection System - Classroom Teaching Effectiv- Traffic Violation Detection
and video cameras have been deployed. A high-end workstation for processing of Apoorva Gupta eness - Arpita Gupta System - Avinash Koshal
sensor data and applying AI-based algorithms has also been procured. The
testbed is part of a larger project to develop a framework for the "Smart-City Nerve
The system assesses crowd density This project uses class video feeds to It detects vehicles that do not follow the
Center" incorporating elements of cloud computing, edge/fog computing, stream
and people in a frame. Based on pre- determine the attentiveness of the rules of traffic, such as over-speeding,
processing and software-defined networking etc. configured threshold values, alerts are students. Alerts are shared with the overloading, not wearing helmet and
issued if crowd density exceeds a limit. faculty if class attentiveness falls. driving on the wrong side of the road.
Patent Granted Patents Filed in 2019

Self-Driving Rickshaw - Joy- AI Parking Management - Video-based Attendance
jit Kaur and Naushad Bhat ParkEye - Vivek Rathore System - Shivam Choudhary

Self-driving rickshaw uses computer ParkEye uses feeds from IP cameras It uses deep learning based 3-D face-
vision to maintain lane, regulate to detect and log the entering and and gait recognition techniques to log
speed, detect pedestrians and stop leaving vehicles with authentication attendance. It recognizes people even
when destination is reached. and authorization facilities. from their side profile.

Vajra Project
MIET became the first technical Under the Center for Research, A joint patent was filed by Prof. Ankur
institution in J&K to have a patent Innovation and Entrepreneurship Gupta and Mr. Ankur Kumar Gupta on e-Rickshaw - Nov. 2019
granted to its name. The first patent (CRIE), two patents were filed at the "A system and method of electrical
filed by MIET in 2010, “Method for Indian Patents and Trademarks Office load management for generator- The MIET e-Rickshaw prototype was fabricated in-house
reducing the mean-time-to-detect in July 2019 by Prof. Ankur Gupta and based power supply" at the IPTO. and became a grand success. Kudos to Associate
for network faults” was granted by Mr. Purnendu Prabhat. The first patent This invention uses PLCs in master- Professor, Niranjan Singh and the dedicated team from
the Indian Patents and Trademarks was "Method of asset cataloguing slave configuration to dynamically MIET Workshop who put in immense efforts and com-
Office (IPTO) in 2019 following for asset management systems remove electrical load when genera- pleted this project in record time. The highlight of the
detailed examination and clarifica- based on image and voice capture" tor-based supply is operational. In project is the local drive-train fabricated from motorcycle
tions. Prof. Ankur Gupta, Director MIET and the second one was "A system essence, the disclosed system will be parts and the use of a discarded auto-rickshaw chasis
is the inventor of this patent which and method for image-based able to decide which AC or machine which was made significantly lighter by stripping off the
discloses a method to discover campus vehicle management". will be switched on/off when the unused parts. The entire project cost was Rs. 60,000 in
network faults faster by examining Both patents use AI for object detec- generator is on. This patent has which more than half is the battery cost. The team is now
past-behavior of the network. tion, classification and processing. significant practical implications. building a contact-less charging station for the rickshaw.

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