MUMBAI, India, May 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611050934 A) filed by Shree Guru Gobind Singh Tricentenary University, Gurugram, Haryana, on April 21, for 'food item vending device.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Nidhi Gupta; Neha Singla; Dr. Sunita Vashist; and Dr. Vatsala Saharan.
The application for the patent was published on May 29, under issue no. 22/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A food item vending device, comprises a multi-tier carousel 101 mounted within a kiosk 102 with a plurality of vertically stacked tiers storing respective categories of packaged food products, a plurality of storage cabinets 103 arranged circumferentially for each tier, a base platform 104 with a sequence of conveyor rollers 105 orienting products for optical scanning, a front gate 106 for product retrieval, a high resolution touchscreen display 107 and voice assistance module, an artificial intelligence based camera 108 with barcode and QR code scanning module, a Peltier thermoelectric unit controlling cabinet temperature, a UV-C sterilization unit 109 mounted on extendable L-shaped linkage 110 coupled via universal joint 111, LED indicator 112 for pressure feedback, a colour coding module indicating nutrient levels and a health score means ranking products and presenting healthier alternatives."
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