ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,920, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to FARMCONNECT Co. LTD. (Daejeon-si, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for identifying pollen through learning" was invented by Mu Hyun Kim (Paju-si, South Korea) and In Seok Jeong (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and a method for identifying pollen are proposed. Particularly, the apparatus and method accurately identify the presence and quantity of pollen on bees by utilizing a deep learning model trained on the characteristics of the morphology and color of bees and pollen."

The patent was filed on June 27, 2023, under Application No. 18/342,037.

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