DYNAMIC RECIPE CONTROL

• US 20150260699A1
• Filed: 03/24/2015
• Published: 09/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Iceberg International SARL
• Original Assignee: Eugenio Minvielle
• Inventors: MINVIELLE, Eugenio
• Granted Patent: US 9,528,972 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A23P 10/00 Shaping or working of foodstuffs characterised by the products
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 27/04 for cooking food in steam; Devices for extracting fruit juice by means of steam ; Vacuum cooking vessels steam-heated vessels for hotels, restaurants or canteens A47J27/16
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 31/44 Parts or details or accessories of beverage-making apparatus filters or strainers A47J31/06
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 36/00 Parts, details or accessories of cooking-vessels A47J27/00 - A47J33/00 take precedence insofar as these parts, details or accessories are restricted to a particular kind of cooking-vessel provided for in a single one of these groups
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 36/321 the electronic control being performed over a network, e.g. by means of a handheld device
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/0623 Small-size cooking ovens, i.e. defining an at least partially closed cooking cavity A47J37/0605 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/08 Bread-toasters
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 43/0716 for machines with tools driven from the lower side A47J43/0727 - A47J43/08 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/02 Food
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24 Querying
• 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 method for conditioning a nutritional substance, the method comprising:

determining an identity of the nutritional substance based on information received regarding the nutritional substance;

receiving consumer input regarding preferences for conditioning of the nutritional substance;

accessing data relating to conditioning protocols from a database referenced to known nutritional substances; and

adapting a conditioning sequence for the nutritional substance based on at least a subset of the accessed data relating to conditioning protocols referenced to the nutritional substance and the consumer input.

2. The method for conditioning the nutritional substance of claim 1, wherein the consumer input manually controls the time or temperature of at least a portion of the conditioning sequence for the nutritional substance.

3. The method for conditioning the nutritional substance of claim 1, wherein the consumer input relates to a type of nutritional substance.

4. The method for conditioning the nutritional substance of claim 1, wherein the consumer input relates to a category of conditioning protocol.

5. The method for conditioning the nutritional substance of claim 4, further comprising:

sending data relating to options for selecting one of a set of specific conditioning protocols that are referenced to the consumer input regarding the category of conditioning protocol; and

receiving a second consumer input relating to the consumer'"'"'s choice of one of the set of specific conditioning protocols.

6. The method for conditioning the nutritional substance of claim 4, wherein the type of conditioning protocol is one of fast, traditional, or master conditioning protocols.

7. The method for conditioning the nutritional substance of claim 1, wherein the adapted conditioning sequence based on at least a subset of the accessed data relating to conditioning protocols for the nutritional substance and the consumer input is stored as a custom conditioning protocol.

8. The method for conditioning the nutritional substance of claim 7, wherein the consumer input is used to make modifications to conditioning protocols not utilized in the conditioning sequence and wherein the modified conditioning protocols are stored as custom conditioning protocols.

9. The method for conditioning the nutritional substance of claim 8, wherein the modifications include proportional changes in time or temperature.

10. The method for conditioning the nutritional substance of claim 9, wherein the proportional changes or based on proportional differences in weight or a predetermined proportional formula for translating changes to apply from one conditioning protocol to another conditioning protocol.

11. The method for conditioning the nutritional substance of claim 1, further comprising:

after executing the conditioning sequence, sending data to a consumer input panel relating to options for selecting one of a set of specific end conditioning protocols;

receiving data representing a second consumer input relating to the consumer'"'"'s choice of one of the set of specific end conditioning protocols;

accessing data relating to end conditioning protocols from a database referenced to known nutritional substances;

adapting an end conditioning sequence for the nutritional substance based on the data representing the second consumer input and the data relating to end conditioning protocols.

12. The method for conditioning the nutritional substance of claim 11, wherein the conditioning sequence is modified based on the data representing the second consumer input and stored as a custom conditioning protocol referenced to the nutritional substance.

13. The method for conditioning the nutritional substance of claim 1, wherein determining an identity comprises determining a type of nutritional substance.

14. The method for conditioning the nutritional substance of claim 13, wherein the type of nutritional substance is a chicken breast.

15. The method for conditioning the nutritional substance of claim 1, wherein the information received regarding the nutritional substance is a dynamic information identifier.

16. The method for conditioning the nutritional substance of claim 1, wherein the information received regarding the nutritional substance relates to a sensed attribute of the nutritional substance.

17. A dynamic control module for a conditioning system for nutritional substances comprising:

a first port for receiving information related to an identity of a nutritional substance;

a second port in communication with a database of conditioning protocols referenced to known nutritional substances;

a third port for receiving consumer input regarding preferences for conditioning of the nutritional substance; and

a controller configured to send a request to the database for information relating to a plurality of conditioning protocols, wherein the request comprises the information relating to the identity of the nutritional substance, and wherein the controller is further configured to send a conditioning sequence to a conditioner in communication with the control module based on at least one of the plurality of conditioning protocols and the consumer input.

18. The dynamic control module of claim 17, wherein the consumer input comprises instructions for manually controlling the time or temperature of at least a portion of the conditioning sequence for the nutritional substance

19. The dynamic control module of claim 17, wherein the consumer input relates to a type of nutritional substance.

20. The dynamic control module of claim 17, wherein the consumer input relates to a category of conditioning protocol.

21. The dynamic control module of claim 20, wherein the type of conditioning protocol is one of fast, traditional, or master conditioning protocols.

22. The dynamic control module of claim 17, further comprising a memory in communication with the processor and wherein the processor is further configured to store the conditioning sequence as a custom conditioning protocol.

23. The dynamic control module of claim 17, wherein the information relating to the identity of the nutritional substance comprises information relating to a type of the nutritional substance.

24. The dynamic control module of claim 17, wherein the information relating to the identity of the nutritional substance comprises a dynamic information identifier referenced to a known nutritional substance.

25. The dynamic control module of claim 17, wherein the information relating to the identity of the nutritional substance comprises information related to a sensed attribute of the nutritional substance.

26. A method for providing a conditioning protocol for a nutritional substance, the method comprising:

receiving a request for conditioning protocols, the request including information relating to the identity of a nutritional substance;

accessing a database with the identification information for nutritional substances referenced to known nutritional substances;

determining an identity of the nutritional substance by comparing the identification information to the information in the database;

accessing conditioning protocols referenced to the identified nutritional substance; and

sending, in response to the request, information relating to a plurality of conditioning protocols referenced to the identified nutritional substance.

27. The method of providing a conditioning protocol for a nutritional substance of claim 26, wherein the information relating to the identity of the nutritional substance is a dynamic information identifier.

28. The method of providing a conditioning protocol for a nutritional substance of claim 26, wherein the information relating to the identity of the nutritional substance is data related to a sensed attribute of the nutritional substance.

29. The method of providing a conditioning protocol for a nutritional substance of claim 26 further comprising:

receiving data relating to consumer input regarding preferences for conditioning of the nutritional substance;

sending to a conditioner control module, in response to the receiving data relating to consume input, one of the plurality of conditioning protocols that is selected based on the consumer input.

30. The method of providing a conditioning protocol for a nutritional substance of claim 26, wherein the information related to the identity of a nutritional substance is based on input by a consumer.

31. The method of providing a conditioning protocol for a nutritional substance of claim 29, further comprising:

adapting a conditioning sequence based on the one of the plurality of conditioning protocols and the consumer input.

32. The method of providing a conditioning protocol for a nutritional substance of claim 31, wherein the conditioning sequence is saved as a custom conditioning protocol.

33. The method of providing a conditioning protocol for a nutritional substance of claim 31, wherein the wherein the consumer input is additionally used to make modifications to conditioning protocols not utilized in the conditioning sequence and wherein the modified conditioning protocols are stored as custom conditioning protocols.

34. The method for conditioning the nutritional substance of claim 34, wherein the modifications include proportional changes in time or temperature.

35. The method for conditioning the nutritional substance of claim 35, wherein the proportional changes or based on proportional differences in weight or a predetermined proportional formula for translating changes to apply from one conditioning protocol to another conditioning protocol.

36. A system for providing dynamic conditioning protocols to conditioners for nutritional substances comprising:

an input port configured to receive information regarding a nutritional substance;

a second input port configured to receive consumer input regarding preferences for conditioning of the nutritional substance;

a library comprising conditioning protocols referenced to categories of conditioning methods and referenced to known nutritional substances;

a controller configured to compare the information regarding the nutritional substance and the consumer input with the information in the library to determine a plurality of matching conditioning protocols for conditioning the nutritional substance and to send information regarding the plurality of the conditioning protocols to a conditioner.

37. The system for providing dynamic conditioning protocols to conditioners for nutritional substances of claim 36, wherein the categories of conditioning protocols include one or more of fast, master, traditional and custom conditioning protocols.

38. The system for providing dynamic conditioning protocols to conditioners for nutritional substances of claim 36, wherein the categories of conditioning protocols include one or more types of cuisine.

39. The system for providing dynamic conditioning protocols to conditioners for nutritional substances of claim 38, wherein the one or more types of cuisines include one more of Caribbean, Italian, Mexican, or Spanish cuisines.