MUMBAI, India, June 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641068079 A) filed by Aditya University; Aditya College Of Engineering And Technology A; Aditya College Of Pharmacy A; and Aditya Degree College on May 30, 2026, for Fruit Relaxation Sensing Apparatus And Method For Pre-Detachment Selective Fruit Harvesting And Fruit Quality Sorting.
Inventors include Mylavarapu Kalyan Ram; Dr. Veeranki Srinivasa Rao; Kotikalapudi Chandra Sekhar; Sanjeev Dande; and Goluguri Satya.
The application for the patent was published on June 12, 2026, under issue no. 24/2026.
Abstract: The present disclosure proposes a fruit relaxation sensing apparatus (100) and method for selective fruit harvesting and quality-based sorting. The fruit relaxation sensing apparatus (100) comprises a mobile support structure (102), a gripper assembly (108), a pneumatic actuation arrangement (110), a dielectric sensing arrangement (112), one or more force sensors (114), an imaging arrangement (116), a controller (118), and a sorting assembly (120). The fruit relaxation sensing apparatus (100) for selective fruit harvesting and quality-based sorting configured to perform non-destructive internal quality assessment of fruit while the fruit remains attached to a plant, using coupled dielectric sensing, electro-mechanical relaxation analysis, RGB vision processing, and controlled elastic micro-deformation for harvest authorization and automated sorting.
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