Adaptive storage and conditioning systems for nutritional substances
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1. An adaptive nutritional substance conditioning system responsive to information regarding a nutritional or organoleptic value before and during conditioning, comprising:
- a dynamic information identifier associated with a nutritional substance by a provider of the nutritional substance and referenced to a nutritional or organoleptic value determined prior to conditioning; and
at least one attribute sensor comprising any one or more of;
spectrometer, hyperspectral imager, near-infrared spectrometer, Raman spectrometer, or surface plasma resonance sensor, for sensing information related to the nutritional or organoleptic value during conditioning; and
a reader for reading the dynamic information identifier and retrieving adaptive conditioning parameters referenced to the dynamic information identifier, whereina controller for providing adaptive conditioning parameters responsive to the nutritional or organoleptic value determined prior to conditioning and the information sensed during conditioning, for maintaining a target post conditioning residual nutritional or organoleptic value.
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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. An adaptive nutritional substance conditioning system responsive to information regarding a nutritional or organoleptic value before and during conditioning, comprising:
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a dynamic information identifier associated with a nutritional substance by a provider of the nutritional substance and referenced to a nutritional or organoleptic value determined prior to conditioning; and at least one attribute sensor comprising any one or more of;
spectrometer, hyperspectral imager, near-infrared spectrometer, Raman spectrometer, or surface plasma resonance sensor, for sensing information related to the nutritional or organoleptic value during conditioning; anda reader for reading the dynamic information identifier and retrieving adaptive conditioning parameters referenced to the dynamic information identifier, wherein a controller for providing adaptive conditioning parameters responsive to the nutritional or organoleptic value determined prior to conditioning and the information sensed during conditioning, for maintaining a target post conditioning residual nutritional or organoleptic value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An adaptive nutritional substance conditioning system responsive to information regarding a nutritional or organoleptic value before and during conditioning, comprising:
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an attribute sensor comprising any one or more of;
spectrometer, hyperspectral imager, near-infrared spectrometer, Raman spectrometer, or surface plasma resonance sensor, for obtaining information related to a nutritional or organoleptic value prior to conditioning and during conditioning; anda database comprising historical attribute information for known nutritional substances at known nutritional or organoleptic values; and a controller for providing adaptive conditioning parameters responsive to sensing information obtained prior to conditioning, sensing information obtained during conditioning, and a target post conditioning residual nutritional or organoleptic value. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for adaptive conditioning of nutritional substances responsive to information regarding a nutritional or organoleptic value before and during conditioning, comprising the steps of:
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determining a nutritional or organoleptic value prior to conditioning; and establishing a target for the nutritional or organoleptic value following conditioning; and
measuring nutritional substance attribute information related to the nutritional or organoleptic value during conditioning using any one or more of;
spectrometer, hyperspectral imager, near-infrared spectrometer, Raman spectrometer, or surface plasma resonance sensor; andobtaining adaptive conditioning parameters responsive to the value determined prior to conditioning, the information measured during conditioning, and the target value following conditioning. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An adaptive nutritional substance conditioning system comprising:
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an attribute sensor comprising any one or more of;
spectrometer, hyperspectral imager, near-infrared spectrometer, Raman spectrometer, or surface plasma resonance sensor, for sensing information related to a nutritional or organoleptic value of a nutritional substance during adaptive conditioning; anda reader for reading adaptive conditioning parameters provided with the nutritional substance by a transformer of the nutritional substance, and a controller for operating an adaptive conditioning appliance according to the adaptive conditioning parameters;
whereinthe adaptive conditioning parameters are responsive to information regarding the nutritional or organoleptic value following transformation, a target for the nutritional or organoleptic value following conditioning, and information regarding the nutritional or organoleptic value sensed during adaptive conditioning. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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