MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511114967 A) filed by Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, on Nov. 21, 2025, for 'smart hybrid edge-cloud system for food quality monitoring, prediction, and redistribution.'
Inventor(s) include Sachin Chawla.
The application for the patent was published on Jan. 9, under issue no. 02/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a hybrid edge-cloud AI system designed to reduce food wastage through intelligent monitoring and redistribution. Each food item is equipped with a writable RFID or NFC tag linked to multimodal sensors that capture temperature, weight, volatile organic compounds, and visual data. An edge device processes these inputs to compute a real-time freshness index using artificial intelligence, which is then written back to the tag and recorded on a tamper-evident ledger. The system autonomously triggers actions such as refrigeration control, dynamic price adjustment, or food donation based on freshness levels. A cloud platform aggregates data for large-scale analytics, logistics coordination, and demand forecasting, while federated learning enables privacy-preserving model improvement across vendors. This integrated framework ensures accurate freshness assessment, transparent provenance, and optimized redistribution, thereby minimizing food spoilage and supporting sustainable supply chain management."
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