MUMBAI, India, Feb. 6 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641007273 A) filed by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kollam, Kerala, on Jan. 24, for 'adaptive coconut de-husking system with camera-weight integrated motor control.'
Inventor(s) include Megalingam, Rajesh Kannan; Manoharan, Sakthiprasad Kuttankulangara; and Vadivel, Shree Rajesh Raagul.
The application for the patent was published on Feb. 6, under issue no. 06/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure provides a coconut de-husking system (100) for adaptive husk removal including a weighing station (104) with a load cell (104-2), an imaging station (106) with a camera (106-2), a control unit (112) receiving weight data (108) and image data (110) to generate a motor control signal (114), a Variable Frequency Drive (116) generating a frequency output (118), a three-phase asynchronous motor (120), and a mechanical de-husking assembly (122) with a roller mechanism (122-8). The control unit (112) classifies the coconut (102) into maturity class (210) including Class A (210-2), Class B (210-4), and Class C (210-6) based on extracted features for speed mapping (212). Unlike conventional fixed-speed de-husking systems achieving 56% success rate with 38% shell damage, this adaptive configuration achieves 82% successful de-husking with 10% shell damage through dynamic rotational speed adjustment within a range of 500 RPM to 1390 RPM based on individual coconut characteristics."
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