MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541113023 A) filed by Nandha Engineering College, Erode, Tamil Nadu, on Nov. 18, 2025, for 'smart onion sorting and storage system.'
Inventor(s) include S. Maheswari; S. R. Navanith; D. Naveen Kumar; and S Mohana Prasath.
The application for the patent was published on Jan. 9, under issue no. 02/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "This system keeps onions safe through the rainy season by doing two simple things really well: it checks each batch before it goes in, and it keeps the storage room steady at 10-15 C once they're inside. A small conveyor outside the chamber uses a Raspberry Pi camera and soft lig...