Local storage and conditioning systems for nutritional substances

• US 8,733,631 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2013
• Issued: 05/27/2014
• 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:
  US13/931,744
• Publication Number:
  US 20130290364A1
• Time in Patent Office: 333 Days
• Field of Search: 235/375, 235/383, 600/300
• US Class Current: 235/375
• CPC Class Codes: A23P 10/00 Shaping or working of foodstuffs characterised by the products
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/02 Agriculture; Fishing; Forestry; Mining
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/00 Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0092 Nutrition
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets

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 controller for detecting a dynamic information identifier provided with a nutritional substance and a consumer'"'"'s input regarding the nutritional substance; and

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

N of the nutritional substance; and

an input panel for acquiring the consumer'"'"'s input and communicating a dynamic nutritional value table responsive to the Δ

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

wherein the controller adapts operation of the conditioning system responsive to the Δ

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

2. A dynamic conditioning system for nutritional substances according to claim 1, wherein

the controller automatically implements an adaptive conditioning sequence responsive to the Δ

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

3. A dynamic conditioning system for nutritional substances according to claim 1, wherein the controller provides an adaptive conditioning sequence responsive to the Δ

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

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

a controller for detecting values of physical attributes of a nutritional substance and a consumer'"'"'s input regarding the nutritional substance; and

sensors for sensing the physical attributes of the nutritional substance; and

a library comprising datasets of the physical attributes referenced to known nutritional substances at known nutritional, organoleptic, and aesthetic states, wherein

sensed physical attributes are compared with the datasets to determine a matching dataset; and

an input panel for acquiring the consumer'"'"'s input and communicating a dynamic nutritional value table responsive to the matching dataset and the consumer'"'"'s input.

5. A dynamic conditioning system for nutritional substances according to claim 4, wherein the controller provides an adaptive conditioning sequence responsive to the matching dataset and the consumer'"'"'s input through the input panel.

6. A dynamic conditioning system for nutritional substances according to claim 4, wherein the controller automatically implements an adaptive conditioning sequence responsive to the matching dataset and the consumer'"'"'s input.

7. A dynamic local storage system for nutritional substances according to claim 6, wherein the menu panel communicates the Δ

N information through a dynamic nutritional value table.

8. A dynamic local storage system for storing nutritional substances comprising:

a controller for detecting a dynamic information identifier provided with a nutritional substance and a condition related the nutritional substance; and

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

N of the nutritional substance; and

a menu panel for communicating the Δ

N to a consumer, and wherein the controller adapts operation of a local storage environment or local storage container responsive to a change in the Δ

N.

9. A dynamic local storage system for nutritional substances according to claim 8, wherein the controller is part of a local storage environment.

10. A dynamic local storage system for nutritional substances according to claim 8, wherein the controller is part of a local storage container.

11. A dynamic local storage system for nutritional substances according to claim 8, wherein

the controller is part of a local storage coupon.

12. A dynamic local storage system for nutritional substances according to claim 11, wherein

the local storage coupon is placed with, within, or in proximity to at least one of a local storage environment and a local storage container.

13. A dynamic local storage system for nutritional substances according to claim 8, wherein the menu panel is part of at least one of a local storage environment, a local storage container, a local storage coupon, and a smartphone.