Label scanner for food products and method of updating a food product database
First Claim
1. A method of updating a database listing ingredients of food products sold, the database residing in a portable device used to scan food product labels to detect the presence of particular ingredients in food products, comprising the steps of:
- obtaining information regarding the ingredients of food products sold to consumers;
updating a database that lists ingredients of food products; and
transmitting the updated database to a desired number of portable devices used to scan food product labels to detect the presence of particular ingredients.
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Abstract
A method of updating a database listing ingredients of food products sold, where the database resides in a portable device used to scan food product labels to detect the presence of particular ingredients in food products, includes the steps of obtaining information regarding the ingredients of food products sold to consumers, updating a database that lists ingredients of food products, and transmitting the updated database to a desired number of portable devices used to scan product labels. A portable device for scanning a food product label includes a keypad, a display, a barcode scanner, a database listing ingredients of food products, a processor to compare the target food product ingredient to the database of ingredients, and an indicator to indicate whether or not the target food product ingredient is present, and when the database does not include the scanned product.
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14 Claims
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1. A method of updating a database listing ingredients of food products sold, the database residing in a portable device used to scan food product labels to detect the presence of particular ingredients in food products, comprising the steps of:
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obtaining information regarding the ingredients of food products sold to consumers;
updating a database that lists ingredients of food products; and
transmitting the updated database to a desired number of portable devices used to scan food product labels to detect the presence of particular ingredients. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A portable device for scanning a food product label to detect an ingredient of the food product comprising, in combination:
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a keypad to enter a target food product ingredient a user is trying to detect;
a display;
a barcode scanner to scan a barcode of a food product;
a database listing ingredients of food products;
a processor to compare the target food product ingredient to the database of ingredients; and
an indicator to indicate when the target food product ingredient is present in a food product, when the target food product ingredient is not present in the food product, and when the database does not include the scanned food product. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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