Transformation and dynamic identification system for nutritional substances

• US 9,414,623 B2
• Filed: 04/11/2013
• Issued: 08/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Iceberg International SARL
• Original Assignee: Iceberg International SARL
• Inventors: Minvielle, Eugenio
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, THIEN MINH
• Application Number:
  US13/861,300
• Publication Number:
  US 20130275318A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,223 Days
• Field of Search: 235/375, 235/381, 235/492, 235/383
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A23P 10/00 Shaping or working of foodstuffs characterised by the products

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a transformation system for at least one component of a single or multi-component nutritional substance. The transformation system obtains information regarding the nutritional substance to be transformed, the desired transformation, and the desired properties, including nutritional content, of the transformed nutritional substance, and dynamically modifies the transformation in response to this information. Also disclosed herein is an information system that enables the rapid determination of a nutritional substance'"'"'s compliance, or non-compliance, with a consumer'"'"'s nutritional substance requirements.

Claims

1. A system for determining compliance of nutritional substances with requirements specified by a consumer comprising:

an information system populated with source information regarding at least one component of a single or multiple component nutritional substance, wherein

said source information comprises dynamically generated information reflecting a state or change in state of the at least one component prior to adaptive transformation; and

a transformer for adaptive transformation of the single or multiple component nutritional substance with processing parameters responsive to said source information to create an adaptively transformed nutritional substance;

wherein

said information system is further populated with information regarding the adaptive transformation; and

means to query said information system to determine compliance of the adaptively transformed nutritional substance with requirements specified by a consumer, wherein the means to query said information comprises providing a visual or audio response to the consumer indicative of the adaptively transformed nutritional substance compliance, or non-compliance, with the requirements specified by the consumer.

2. A system for determining compliance of nutritional substances with requirements specified by a consumer according to claim 1, wherein:

the means to query said information system comprises a dynamic information identifier provided with the adaptively transformed nutritional substance.

3. A system for determining compliance of nutritional substances with requirements specified by a consumer according to claim 2, wherein:

the means to query said information system comprises a smartphone or other wireless device to read the dynamic information identifier.

4. A system for determining compliance of nutritional substances with requirements specified by a consumer according to claim 2, wherein:

the means to query said information system comprises an application running on a smartphone or other wireless device.

5. A system for determining compliance of nutritional substances with requirements specified by a consumer according to claim 2, wherein:

wherein the dynamic information identifier is referenced to said source information and information regarding the adaptive transformation.

6. A system for determining compliance of nutritional substances with requirements specified by a consumer according to claim 1, wherein:

the means to query said information system comprises a binary response provided to the consumer.

7. A system for determining compliance of nutritional substances with requirements specified by a consumer according to claim 1, wherein:

the response is provided in any one or more of a language format and symbolic format.

8. A system for determining compliance of nutritional substances with requirements specified by a consumer according to claim 1, wherein:

said requirements specified by a consumer comprise information regarding a state, or change in state, of nutritional, organoleptic, or aesthetic value of the adaptively transformed nutritional substance.

9. A system for determining compliance of nutritional substances with requirements specified by a consumer according to claim 1, wherein:

said requirements specified by a consumer comprise information regarding origin, creation, or integrity of the adaptively transformed nutritional substance.

10. A system for creating adaptively transformed nutritional substances from one or more component nutritional substances, the system comprising:

a dynamic information identifier associated with each component nutritional substance referenced to dynamically generated source information, stored in an information system, regarding each component nutritional substance, wherein

said source information comprises at least one of a nutritional value, an organoleptic value, or an aesthetic value of the component nutritional substance; and

a transformer for adaptive transformation of said component nutritional substances with processing parameters responsive to said source information for improvement, maintenance, or minimization of degradation of the nutritional value, the organoleptic value, or the aesthetic value of one or more of the component nutritional substances following adaptive transformation;

wherein

information regarding said improvement, maintenance, or minimization of degradation is stored in the information system and referenced by a dynamic information identifier; and

means to determine if the adaptively transformed nutritional substance meets a consumer'"'"'s needs using needs input or selected by the consumer and communicate to the consumer whether the nutritional substance meet'"'"'s the consumer'"'"'s needs using an audio or visual mechanism.

11. A system for creating adaptively transformed nutritional substances from one or more component nutritional substances according to claim 10, wherein:

said means comprises providing the adaptively transformed nutritional substance with the dynamic information identifier referenced to the information regarding said improvement, maintenance, or minimization of degradation.

12. A system for creating adaptively transformed nutritional substances from one or more component nutritional substances according to claim 11, wherein:

said means further comprises a reader for reading the dynamic information identifier provided with the adaptively transformed nutritional substance.

13. A system for creating adaptively transformed nutritional substances from one or more component nutritional substances according to claim 11, wherein:

said means comprises a smartphone or other wireless device.

14. A system for creating adaptively transformed nutritional substances from one or more component nutritional substances according to claim 11, wherein:

said means accesses the information system to retrieve the information referenced by the dynamic information identifier provided with the adaptively transformed nutritional substance.

15. A system for creating adaptively transformed nutritional substances from one or more component nutritional substances according to claim 10, wherein:

said means communicates said compliance or non-compliance to the consumer.

16. A system for creating adaptively transformed nutritional substances from one or more component nutritional substances according to claim 10, wherein:

said means communicates said compliance or non-compliance to the consumer in a binary fashion.

17. A system for creating adaptively transformed nutritional substances from one or more component nutritional substances according to claim 10, wherein:

said means communicates said compliance or non-compliance to the consumer in a language format or a symbolic format.

18. A system for creating adaptively transformed nutritional substances from one or more component nutritional substances according to claim 10, wherein:

said consumer'"'"'s needs comprise information regarding a state, or change in state, of nutritional, organoleptic, or aesthetic value of the adaptively transformed nutritional substance.

19. A system for creating adaptively transformed nutritional substances from one or more component nutritional substances according to claim 10, wherein:

said consumer'"'"'s needs comprise information regarding origin, creation, or integrity of the adaptively transformed nutritional substance.

20. A method for determining compliance of nutritional substances with consumer requirements comprising:

communicating nutritional substance requirements for one or more specific consumers to a nutritional substance information system, wherein

said nutritional substance requirements comprise at least one of a state, or change of state, of nutritional value, organoleptic value, and aesthetic value for the nutritional substance; and

accessing an information system containing dynamically generated data regarding a state, or change of state, of nutritional value, organoleptic value, and aesthetic value for the nutritional substance; and

determining if said dynamically generated data regarding the selected nutritional substance is in compliance, or non-compliance, with said nutritional substance requirements; and

indicating said compliance, or non-compliance, to said one or more specific consumers by visual, audible, tactile, thermal, or olfactory mechanisms.

21. A method for determining compliance of nutritional substances with consumer requirements according to claim 20, wherein

said communicating comprises the use of a smartphone or other wireless device.

22. A method for determining compliance of nutritional substances with consumer requirements according to claim 20, wherein

said accessing comprises the use of a smartphone or other wireless device.

23. A method for determining compliance of nutritional substances with consumer requirements according to claim 20, wherein

said determining comprises the use of a smartphone or other wireless device.

24. A method for determining compliance of nutritional substances with consumer requirements according to claim 20, wherein

said determining is accomplished by the information system.

25. A method for determining compliance of nutritional substances with consumer requirements according to claim 20, wherein

said indicating is accomplished through a smartphone or other wireless device.

26. A method for determining compliance of nutritional substances with consumer requirements according to claim 20, wherein

said indicating is implemented in a binary fashion.

27. A method for determining compliance of nutritional substances with consumer requirements according to claim 20, wherein

said indicating is provided in a language format or a symbolic format.