MUMBAI, India, April 10 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202411066595 A) filed by Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, on Sept. 3, 2024, for 'an iot-based refrigerator monitoring system for real-time grocery tracking and food waste reduction.'
Inventor(s) include Umar Abdullah; Arshad Alam; and Shilpi Sharma.
The application for the patent was published on April 10, under issue no. 15/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to an IoT-based refrigerator monitoring system designed to track groceries in real-time and reduce food wastage. The system comprises a hardware module incorporating an ESP32-CAM microcontroller, an OV2640 camera, a PIR motion sensor, and a light sensor, configured to capture images of the refrigerator interior only when both motion and light variations are detected. An AI pipeline sequentially processes the images using a YOLO-based object detection model to identify and count food items, a label detection model to locate packaging labels, an OCR module to extract text, and a fine-tuned BERT model to identify expiry dates. The processed data, including type, count, and expiry status of groceries, is stored in a database and displayed through a mobile application. The application provides real-time inventory, expiry notifications, and low-stock alerts, while also enabling automatic shopping list generation. The invention provides a cost-effective, retrofittable solution that improves household food management, minimizes waste, and enhances user convenience."
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