MUMBAI, India, July 25 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202411004747 A) filed by Chandigarh University; and Chandigarh University Technology Business Incubator, Mohali, Punjab, on Jan. 23, 2024, for 'automated soil digging and sieving assistive device.'

Inventor(s) include Munish Kaundal.

The application for the patent was published on July 25, under issue no. 30/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An automated soil digging and sieving assistive device comprises of a plate 1 with an integrated handle 2 utilized by a user for digging soil on a ground surface, a touch-enabled screen 4 installed on frame, enabling user for inputting stone size preferences, a holographic projection unit 5 for precise digging guidance, a weight sensor to detect collected soil, with multiple iris pores 6 for controlled sieving, a vibration unit mapped on plate 1 for stone separation, and a GPS module for real-time location tracking as stones of specified size are collected on the plate 1, while a motorized flap 8 discards unwanted stones and real-time GPS coordinates are displayed on a user-accessible computing unit, thereby optimizes soil digging and sieving, enhancing user efficiency in the field."

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