Instructions for conditioning nutritional substances
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1. A conditioning system for nutritional substances comprising:
- an ambient temperature sensor;
a probe temperature sensor configured to be placed partially inside nutritional substances and output probe temperature data representing an internal temperature of nutritional substances;
an optical sensor;
a database including various conditioning protocols referenced to various nutritional substances, the conditioning protocols including instructions executable by a controller for operating a conditioner, the executable instructions including at least a probe temperature target and an ambient temperature target;
a memory containing machine readable medium comprising machine executable code having stored thereon instructions for performing a method of conditioning nutritional substances;
a controller coupled to the memory, the controller configured to execute the machine executable code to cause the controller to;
receive, by the controller, optical data output from the optical sensor that represents an image of the nutritional substance;
identify physical attributes of the nutritional substance by processing the optical data;
determine, by the controller, a category of the nutritional substance by processing the identified physical attributes;
retrieve, by the controller, a conditioning protocol from the database that is referenced to the category of nutritional substance; and
execute, by the controller, the conditioning protocol operating the conditioner to cook the nutritional substance, the operating being modified during conditioning based on feedback from the ambient and probe temperature sensors.
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Abstract
Nutritional substance systems and methods are disclosed enabling the tracking and communication of changes in nutritional, organoleptic, and aesthetic values of nutritional substances, and further enabling the adaptive storage and adaptive conditioning of nutritional substances.
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1. A conditioning system for nutritional substances comprising:
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an ambient temperature sensor; a probe temperature sensor configured to be placed partially inside nutritional substances and output probe temperature data representing an internal temperature of nutritional substances; an optical sensor; a database including various conditioning protocols referenced to various nutritional substances, the conditioning protocols including instructions executable by a controller for operating a conditioner, the executable instructions including at least a probe temperature target and an ambient temperature target; a memory containing machine readable medium comprising machine executable code having stored thereon instructions for performing a method of conditioning nutritional substances; a controller coupled to the memory, the controller configured to execute the machine executable code to cause the controller to; receive, by the controller, optical data output from the optical sensor that represents an image of the nutritional substance; identify physical attributes of the nutritional substance by processing the optical data; determine, by the controller, a category of the nutritional substance by processing the identified physical attributes; retrieve, by the controller, a conditioning protocol from the database that is referenced to the category of nutritional substance; and execute, by the controller, the conditioning protocol operating the conditioner to cook the nutritional substance, the operating being modified during conditioning based on feedback from the ambient and probe temperature sensors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A conditioning system for nutritional substances comprising:
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an optical sensor; an ambient temperature sensor; a probe temperature sensor configured to be placed partially inside nutritional substances and output probe temperature data representing internal temperatures of nutritional substances; a database including various conditioning protocols referenced to various nutritional substances, the conditioning protocols including instructions for operating a conditioner, the executable instructions including at least a probe temperature target; a memory containing machine readable medium comprising machine executable code having stored thereon instructions for performing a method of conditioning a nutritional sub stance; a control system coupled to the memory comprising one or more processors, the control system configured to execute the machine executable code to cause the control system to; determine, by the control system, a category of the nutritional substance based on data output from the optical sensor representing identified physical attributes of the nutritional substance; retrieve, by the control system, a conditioning protocol from the database that is referenced to the category of the nutritional substance; and execute, by control system, the condition protocol thereby operating the conditioner to cook the nutritional substance, the operating being modified during conditioning based on feedback from probe temperature sensor. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of conditioning a nutritional substance, the method comprising:
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determining, by a control system that comprises one or more processors, a category of a nutritional substance based on data output from an optical sensor representing identified physical attributes of the nutritional substance; retrieve, by the control system, a condition protocol from a database that is referenced to the category nutritional substance; and execute, by the control system, the condition protocol thereby operating a conditioner to cook the nutritional substance, the operating being modified during conditioning based on data output from a probe temperature sensor representing internal temperatures of the nutritional sub stance. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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