MUMBAI, India, Oct. 26 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641121083 A) filed by Rajalakshmi Engineering College on October 09, 2026, for Method For Estimating Subsurface Soil Properties Using Termite Mound Imagery.
Inventor includes Dr. M. Thangamani.
The application for the patent was published on October 23, 2026, under issue no. 43/2026.
Abstract: A method and system for estimating subsurface soil geochemical properties using smartphone-based computer vision analysis of termite mound surface imagery. The system exploits natural bioturbation by mound-building termites, which excavate soil from 0.5 to 5 meters depth during construction. A smartphone capture module (100) photographs the mound surface al...