MUMBAI, India, Sept. 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641107179 A) filed by Lijo Paul; St. Joseph'S College Of Engineering And Technology; Jiss Mohan K; Neo Biju; Rithin K. Varghese; Jomet Sajan; and Kevin Subhash on September 07, 2026, for An Integrated Apparatus And Method For Automated Soil Nutrient Analysis And Plant Disease Detection For Precision Cardamom Cultivation.
Inventors include Lijo Paul; Jiss Mohan K; Neo Biju; Rithin K. Varghese; Jomet Sajan; and Kevin Subhash.
The application for the patent was published on September 11, 2026, under issue no. 37/2026.
Abstract: The present invention discloses an integrated agricultural monitoring apparatus and method for precision cardamom cultivation, comprising a hardware unit and a cloud/software unit operatively coupled to one another. The hardware unit receives a soil sample, mixes it with an extraction liquid, and filters the resulting mixture to obtain a soil extract. A multi-parameter soil sensor acquires nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and pH values, while boron concentration is separately estimated through an automated colourimetric reaction employing an Azomethine-H reagent, the resulting colour response being optically measured and converted into a boron value using a calibration relationship. An embedded controller coordinates the sample processing, sensing and reagent-dispensing operations, displays the results locally, and transmits the processed data to a remote computing platform. Independently, an image of a cardamom leaf is captured and processed using a machine-learning-based classification model to determine a plant-health condition. The soil information and plant-health classification are combined by the remote computing platform to generate agricultural recommendations and alerts, including fertilizer guidance and disease-prevention measures. The invention thereby provides a portable, field- deployable and comparatively economical platform that integrates soil nutrient and boron analysis with plant-disease detection for precision agricultural decision support in cardamom and other plantation crops.
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