MUMBAI, India, June 19 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202421094929 A) filed by Sakar Robotics Private Limited on December 03, 2024, for An Apparatus For Automated Inspection And Classification Of Fabrics And Methods Thereof.

Inventors include Patil, Karan Dharmendra; Pochat, Manoj; Patil, Dhruv Dharmendra; Kulkarni, Omkar Narsinha; Potdar, Nishad Pravin; and Turkar, Sarthak Deepak.

The application for the patent was published on June 05, 2026, under issue no. 23/2026.

Abstract: Disclosed herein an apparatus for the automated inspection and classification of fabrics, comprising a conveyor system (2) having a length and width approximately in a ratio of 2:1, configured to transport at least two fabrics simultaneously, a backlight panel positioned beneath the conveyor system (2), configured to enhance the visibility of defects during the scanning process, a dark-room enclosure housing area-scan cameras, the cameras being movable along the x and z axes for field of view adjustment, a machine learning module configured to analyze images captured by the cameras to detect and classify stains, tears, and defects on both sides of each fabric, and a user interface with a screen to configure the detection parameters and display inspection statistics, and an end chute attached to the conveyor system (2) to enable seamless transfer of fabrics to subsequent processing machines.

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