Conditioner with Weight Sensors for Nutritional Substances

• US 20150012122A1
• Filed: 08/22/2014
• Published: 01/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Iceberg International SARL
• Original Assignee: Eugenio Minvielle
• Inventors: Minvielle, Eugenio
• Granted Patent: US 9,564,064 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/90
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 23/3707 using a microprocessor
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/0001 by organoleptic means
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/02 Food
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0092 Nutrition
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

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.

Claims

1. A dynamic conditioning system for nutritional substances comprising:

a reader configured to detect a dynamic information identifier provided with a nutritional substance;

a database with information referenced to the dynamic information identifier and related to a Δ

N of the nutritional substance for a conditioning protocol;

a sensor configured to determine a weight of the nutritional substance;

a controller configured to determine nutritional values for the conditioning protocol based on at least the Δ

N of the nutritional substance and data output by the sensor; and

a display configured to output the nutritional values determined by the controller.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the display is configured to output the nutritional value as a per unit weight value.

3. A dynamic conditioning system for nutritional substances according to claim 1, wherein the nutritional values output by the display comprise a plurality of Δ

N values relating to different options for conditioning the substance determined by the controller.

4. A dynamic conditioning system for nutritional substances according to claim 1, wherein the controller adapts operation of the conditioning system responsive to a conditioning method input by a consumer into an input panel.

5. A dynamic conditioning system for nutritional substances according to claim 4, wherein the controller automatically implements an adaptive conditioning sequence responsive to the Δ

N and the consumer'"'"'s input.

6. A dynamic conditioning system for nutritional substances according to claim 1, wherein the weight measurement sensor is incorporated in an electronic scale.

7. A dynamic conditioning system for conditioning nutritional substances comprising:

an input panel configured to receive a consumer'"'"'s input regarding the nutritional substance;

a weight sensor for sensing the weight of the nutritional substance;

a library comprising datasets referenced to conditioning protocols for known nutritional substances;

a controller for comparing the sensed weight with the datasets to determine at least one matching dataset; and

a display for communicating a dynamic nutritional value responsive to at least the matching dataset and the consumer'"'"'s input.

8. A dynamic conditioning system for nutritional substances according to claim 7, wherein the display is configured to output the dynamic nutritional value as a per unit weight value.

9. A dynamic conditioning system for nutritional substances according to claim 7, wherein the display communicates a plurality of nutritional values based on the dynamic nutritional value and different conditioning options for the nutritional substance.

10. A dynamic conditioning system for nutritional substances according to claim 7, wherein the controller provides an adaptive conditioning sequence responsive to a conditioning option entered into the input panel by the consumer.

11. A dynamic conditioning system for nutritional substances according to claim 10, wherein the controller automatically implements an adaptive conditioning sequence responsive to the conditioning option entered by the consumer.

12. A dynamic conditioning system for conditioning nutritional substances comprising:

a database with information referenced to known nutritional substances and Δ

N information for conditioning protocols for the known nutritional substances;

a sensor for outputting data representing physical characteristics of a nutritional substance;

a controller configured to determine nutritional values for a conditioning protocol based on the Δ

N of the nutritional substance and the weight of the nutritional substance; and

a display for outputting nutritional values for the conditioning protocol of the nutritional substance based on the Δ

N determined by the controller.

13. The dynamic conditioning system of claim 12, wherein the sensor is an optical sensor.

14. The dynamic conditioning system of claim 12, wherein the controller determines an identity of the nutritional substance based on the data relating to the optical characteristics of the nutritional substance.

15. The dynamic conditioning system of claim 12, wherein the identity of the nutritional substance is a type of fruit.

16. The dynamic conditioning system of claim 14, wherein the database further comprises information referenced to conditioning options for the known nutritional substances.

17. The dynamic conditioning system of claim 16, wherein the display is further configured to display nutritional values for various conditioning options for the identified nutritional substance.

18. The system of claim 12, further comprising an input panel configured to receive a consumer'"'"'s input regarding the nutritional substance.

19. The system of claim 12, wherein the display is configured to output the nutritional values as per unit weight values.

20. The system of claim 12, further comprising a reader for detecting a dynamic information identifier provided with a nutritional substance.

21. A method for determining nutritional information related to a nutritional substance, the method comprising:

determining a weight of a nutritional substance;

accessing data from a database of information referenced to conditioning protocols for known nutritional substances; and

determining a Δ

N for the condition protocol for the nutritional substance based on the data from the database of information referenced to conditioning protocols for known nutritional substances and the weight of the nutritional substance.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the Δ

N is determined as a per unit weight value.

23. The method of claim 21, further comprising determining a nutritional value of the substance based on the determined Δ

N of the nutritional substance.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein the accessing step further comprises scanning a dynamic information identifier provided with a nutritional substance.

25. The method of claim 21, further comprising displaying the determined Δ

N.

26. The method of claim 22, further comprising displaying the determined nutritional value.

27. The method of claim 21, wherein the accessing step further comprises receiving input from a consumer regarding the nutritional substance.