MUMBAI, India, Aug. 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202441006250 A) filed by Excel Innovations, Hubballi, Karnataka, on Jan. 30, 2024, for 'vision based rapid, non-destructive, and automated method for grading chilli quality.'
Inventor(s) include Dr Mahantesh Sajjan; and Dr N B Gaddagimath.
The application for the patent was published on Aug. 1, under issue no. 31/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention provides a vision based rapid, non-destructive, and automated method for Grading Chilli Quality comprising of image data collection, pre-processing, normalization, segmentation, and feature extraction by incorporating AI/ML & IoT technologies which facilitates real-time, non-destructive chilli quality grading and an optimized Convolutional Neural Network model is deployed on an NCS edge device 301/ On Prem Device 501, obviating the need for carrying bulky hardware to fields across geographical locations. The present invention comprises of a 3-step process under which Step 1 includes Input Image, Pre-processing, Normalization & Segmentation, Step 2 includes training of labelled chilli dataset and processing it using grading/classification model hosted on laptop/ server/ On Prem device, Step 3 includes the three grade classification, distinguishing chilli samples into Chilli Grade 1 (Good), Chilli Grade 2 (Medium) and Chilli Grade 3 (Defect) categories marking a transformative shift, ensuring sophisticated, efficient, and portable solution for grading chilli quality and based on color content."
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