MUMBAI, India, May 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641062033 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on May 15, for 'system and method for inline, non-destructive inspection and automated sorting of fruits.'
Inventor(s) include Sudharson S; and Kumar Sairaj.
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 system (102) and a method (500) for inline, non-destructive inspection and automated sorting of fruits on a conveyor line is disclosed. The system (102) includes a motorized conveyor-based fruit holder mechanism (118) including a rotational plate to rotate the fruit about a vertical axis to provide 360-degree surface and subsurface imaging coverage. The system (102) further includes an enclosed imaging chamber (120) to provide controlled visible-spectrum and near-infrared illumination during rotation of the fruit, and a dual-mode imaging inspection unit (122) disposed within the enclosed imaging chamber (120). The system (102) further includes a cloud-based AI classification engine (128) in data communication with the dual-mode imaging inspection unit (122), and a real-time sorting mechanism (132) to automatically direct the classified fruit into a healthy bin or a defect-specific reject bin."
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