MUMBAI, India, Feb. 27 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621004785 A) filed by Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar Solapur University; and Dr. Raut Shriram Dagadu, Solapur, Maharashtra, on Jan. 17, for 'a real-time fruit detection and tracking system.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Raut Shriram Dagadu; and Ms. Jyoti Vaijnath Mashalkar.
The application for the patent was published on Feb. 27, under issue no. 09/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a system (100) for real-time fruit detection, identification, and tracking in agricultural environments, incorporating a video acquisition unit (110) comprising one or more imaging devices (112) configured to capture continuous video sequences of fruit bearing plants. A processing unit (120) extracts and preprocesses video frames, while a fruit detection and classification module (130) executes image segmentation and machine-learning based classification logic (132) to identify fruits and determine associated attributes. A tracking and decision module (140) maintains temporal consistency of detected fruit instances across successive frames and generates decision outputs related to harvesting readiness or yield estimation. An output or integration interface (150) communicates detection and tracking data to external systems, including robotic harvesting platforms or monitoring devices (152). The system operates under varying illumination, occlusion, and motion conditions and enables accurate, real-time fruit detection to support precision agriculture and automated farming applications."
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