MUMBAI, India, June 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641073651 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology, Chennai on June 13, 2026, for A Vision-Based System For Feeding Aquatic Species.
Inventors include P. Manikandan; Anagh Vasishtha; Naman Santoki; Hardik Chanana; and Rakshit Awadhiya.
The application for the patent was published on June 26, 2026, under issue no. 26/2026.
Abstract: A vision-based aquatic feeding system 100 includes a device 200 including a camera unit 102 to capture real-time images inside an aquarium 114; a feed dispensing mechanism 106 including a feed platform 108 driven by a motor 110; and a microcontroller 104 including at least one database, one or more processors coupled with a memory, and the memory stores one or more instructions executable by the one or more processors to capture real-time data for the feeding zone of the aquarium 114; detect presence of feed granules 204 in the aquarium 114 time-to-time; calculate rate of feed consumption over time based on left over feed granules 204; and regulate feed 204 dispensing based on the calculated consumption velocity and behaviour of fishes.
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