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54 results about "Food surplus" patented technology

Food surplus occurs when the supply of food grossly exceeds that of the demand for food. It happens when the modes of production for food are highly efficient and productive but the consumption of food remains minimal or diminishes in value.

Food waste detection method and system based on image processing

The invention discloses a food waste detection method and system based on image processing, belongs to the field of image recognition, and aims to realize efficient and automatic recognition and quantification of kitchen waste. According to the method, residual food images are collected at multiple periods and multiple angles in a kitchen garbage can or a dinner plate recovery area through high-resolution and multi-spectral imaging equipment, preprocessing is carried out in combination with an improved Retinex algorithm and a space self-adaptive denoising technology, and the image quality is improved. Afterwards, fine segmentation of a food area is achieved through a multi-scale super-pixel segmentation and graph segmentation algorithm, and multi-category intelligent recognition is conducted on remaining food through a recognition network fused with multi-modal features. The system further combines stereoscopic vision and Monte Carlo sampling to dynamically and accurately count the volume or weight of various residual foods. The method has the advantages of high adaptability and accurate statistical result, and can provide data support for catering management, resource recovery, nutrition evaluation and the like.
Owner:INST OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCI & NATURAL RESOURCE RES CAS +1

Method for improving processing safety of remaining food in restaurant

The invention discloses a method for improving the processing safety of residual food in a restaurant. The method comprises the following steps: performing high-temperature sterilization treatment on the residual food, including leftovers and rice, in the restaurant collected from the restaurant; stirring the remaining food in the restaurant while performing high-temperature sterilization treatment on the remaining food in the restaurant; during the high-temperature sterilization treatment and stirring treatment of the remaining food in the restaurant, overload detection is carried out on a motor executing the stirring treatment operation; detecting the change rate of the content of water vapor generated by high-temperature sterilization treatment of the remaining food in the restaurant while detecting the overload of the motor; if the motor overload detection result is that the motor is not overloaded, the heating temperature is adjusted according to the detected water vapor content change rate and the high-temperature sterilization treatment time, so that the heating temperature is converted from the high-temperature sterilization treatment temperature to the drying treatment temperature; the residual food in the restaurant is processed into a sterilized and environment-friendly yellowish-brown dry granular or fibrous powder substance.
Owner:BEIJING STATE OWNED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TECH CO LTD

Dining table residual food feed fermentation bin

The invention belongs to the technical field of food processing, and discloses a dining table residual food feed fermentation bin which comprises a fermentation tank and further comprises a feeding module arranged outside the fermentation tank; the stirring mechanism is arranged in the fermentation tank; the discharging mechanism is arranged on the outer wall of the top end of the fermentation tank; an oxygen pipe is arranged on the outer wall of the top end of the fermentation tank through the connecting mechanism; the discharge hole is fixedly connected to the outer wall of the bottom end of the fermentation tank; wherein the stirring mechanism comprises a motor; through cooperation of the stirring rod, the partition plate and other structures, fixing of the stirring rod can be completed by inserting the stirring rod into the fixing block and clamping the wedge block and the groove, during dismounting, the stirring rod is pushed inwards and rotated, the stirring rod can be pulled outwards to be taken out, the stirring rod does not need to be dismounted and mounted by rotating a bolt, and the stirring device is more convenient and faster to use.
Owner:ANHUI KUNJIAN BIOTECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Method for processing residual food in canteen into fertilizer

The invention discloses a method for processing residual food in a canteen into a fertilizer, which comprises the following steps: carrying out impurity removal treatment and desalting treatment on collected canteen garbage containing leftovers, leftovers and sundries to remove the sundries and salt in the canteen garbage so as to obtain residual food in the canteen containing the leftovers; performing high-temperature sterilization treatment and stirring treatment on the residual food in the canteen; during the high-temperature sterilization treatment and stirring treatment of the residual food in the canteen, detecting the heating temperature of the residual food; according to the detected heating temperature and the high-temperature sterilization treatment time, the heating temperature is adjusted, and the remaining food in the canteen is processed into a sterile basic fertilizer which can be stored for a long time.
Owner:BEIJING STATE OWNED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TECH CO LTD

System and method for food service consumption tracking

Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for tracking consumption rate of food in food containers. An example method includes capturing an image of a food station using an RGB camera, determining bounding boxes on the image that correspond to food containers in the food station, capturing an overall point cloud of the food station using a depth camera, cropping a point cloud for each food container from the overall point cloud based on the bounding boxes. Then for each food container, a volume of remaining food in the food container is determined based on the point cloud of the food container, and the food consumption information of the food containers is obtained by tracking volume changes of the remaining food in food containers.
Owner:FOODFX INC

Safety-based restaurant food processing method

The invention discloses a restaurant food processing method based on safety. The restaurant food processing method comprises the following steps: performing high-temperature sterilization treatment on restaurant residual food including leftovers and rice collected from a restaurant; stirring the remaining food in the restaurant while performing high-temperature sterilization treatment on the remaining food in the restaurant; during high-temperature sterilization treatment and stirring treatment of the remaining food in the restaurant, the content change rate of water vapor generated by high-temperature sterilization treatment of the remaining food in the restaurant is detected, and meanwhile the working state of a transmission device executing stirring treatment operation is obtained; if the acquired working state of the transmission device is normal, the heating temperature is adjusted according to the detected content change rate of the water vapor and the high-temperature sterilization treatment time, so that the heating temperature is converted from the high-temperature sterilization treatment temperature to the drying treatment temperature; the residual food in the restaurant is processed into a sterilized and environment-friendly yellowish-brown dry granular or fibrous powder substance.
Owner:BEIJING STATE OWNED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TECH CO LTD

A cafeteria leftover food self-adaptive processing method

This invention discloses an adaptive processing method for leftover food from a canteen, comprising: performing high-temperature sterilization and stirring on leftover food, including leftover dishes and rice, collected from the canteen; during the high-temperature sterilization and stirring of the leftover food, detecting the heating temperature of the leftover food and simultaneously detecting the stirring resistance used to perform the stirring of the leftover food; controlling the rotation speed of the rotary drive device used to provide power for the stirring operation based on the detected stirring resistance, and adaptively adjusting the stirring operation; adjusting the heating temperature based on the detected heating temperature and the high-temperature sterilization time, until the leftover food is processed into sterilized and environmentally friendly dry granular or fibrous powder.
Owner:BEIJING STATE OWNED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TECH CO LTD

Self-adaptive processing method for remaining food in restaurant

The invention discloses a self-adaptive treatment method for residual food in a restaurant. The method comprises the following steps: performing high-temperature sterilization treatment and drying treatment on the residual food, including leftovers and rice, in the restaurant, which is collected from the restaurant; in the process of performing high-temperature sterilization treatment and drying treatment on the remaining food in the restaurant, determining stirring resistance of stirring treatment of the remaining food in the restaurant which is executed at the same time; according to the determined stirring resistance, the rotating speed of a driving device used for providing stirring operation power is controlled, and stirring operation is adjusted in a self-adaptive mode. The residual food in the restaurant can be processed into sterilized and pollution-free yellowish-brown dry granular or fibrous substances, and the treatment efficiency can be improved.
Owner:BEIJING STATE OWNED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TECH CO LTD

Method for processing residual food in restaurant into fertilizer

The invention discloses a method for processing residual food of a restaurant into a fertilizer, which comprises the following steps: performing impurity removal treatment and desalting treatment on the collected residual food of the restaurant containing leftovers, leftovers and sundries, and removing the sundries and salt in the residual food of the restaurant to obtain the residual food of the restaurant containing the leftovers; performing high-temperature sterilization treatment on the remaining food in the restaurant; stirring the remaining food in the restaurant while performing high-temperature sterilization treatment on the remaining food in the restaurant; during the high-temperature sterilization treatment and stirring treatment of the remaining food in the restaurant, detecting the content change rate of water vapor generated by the high-temperature sterilization treatment of the remaining food in the restaurant; according to the detected change rate of the content of the water vapor and the high-temperature sterilization treatment time, the heating temperature is adjusted, and the remaining food in the restaurant is processed into a sterile basic fertilizer which can be stored for a long time.
Owner:BEIJING STATE OWNED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TECH CO LTD

Systems, methods, and graphical user interfaces for donating surplus food

Provided herein are systems and methods for matching and assigning drivers and various logistical agencies to food delivery tasks. The systems and methods increase the efficiency and effectiveness of delivering excess and / or unwanted food from donors to recipients who are in need of food. The systems and methods increase the efficiency and effectiveness by automatically matching each food delivery task to a driver who is able to pick up food from a donor and drop-off food at a recipient.
Owner:REPLATE

Heating and cooking system

This improves convenience in settings that use multiple heating and cooking units, such as restaurants. [Solution] The heating and cooking system 1 comprises a plurality of heating and cooking units 10 and a communication terminal 40. Each heating and cooking unit 10 includes a remaining amount detection unit 24 that detects the remaining amount of food in the pot while it is being kept warm, and a transmitting unit 32 that transmits a signal including the detection result from the remaining amount detection unit 24. The communication terminal 40 includes a display panel 41 that includes a plurality of display units 51 for individually displaying the status of the plurality of heating and cooking units 10, a receiving unit 45 that receives a signal from the transmitting unit 32, and a control unit 46 that causes the corresponding display unit 51 to display the remaining amount of food based on the detection result included in the signal received by the receiving unit 45.
Owner:ZOJIRUSHI CORPORATION

A method for reliably processing canteen leftovers

PendingCN122377848AMedicineElectric machine
The application discloses a method for reliably processing leftover food in a canteen, comprising the following steps: high-temperature sterilization treatment and stirring treatment are performed on leftover food in the canteen, including leftovers and leftover rice; during the high-temperature sterilization treatment and stirring treatment, a working state of a speed reducer providing deceleration power for stirring treatment is obtained; at the same time when the working state of the speed reducer is obtained, motor current used for providing stirring treatment power is detected at fixed time intervals, and a motor sudden change current value is obtained according to the detected motor current value; if the obtained working state of the speed reducer is normal, the heating temperature is adjusted according to the obtained motor sudden change current value and high-temperature sterilization treatment time, until the leftover food in the canteen is processed into dry powder material which is sterilized and beneficial to environmental protection.
Owner:BEIJING STATE OWNED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TECH CO LTD

Feeding method, feeding system and program

To provide a feeding method, feeding system and program being effective for further efficient feeding.SOLUTION: A feeding method includes: evaluating an amount of leftover feed based on a detection result of environment in a fish tank by a sensor installed in the fish tank; evaluating feeding activity of aquatic organisms in the fish tank based on the detection result of the environment in the fish tank; generating a feeding speed command value based on the evaluation result of the amount of leftover feed and the evaluation result of the feeding activity; and controlling a feeding machine to feed at the feeding speed corresponding to the feeding speed command value.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Owner:NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN ENGINEERING CO LTD

Method for preparing oyster mushroom cultivation auxiliary material by using remaining food on dining table and oyster mushroom cultivation auxiliary material

The invention discloses a method for preparing an oyster mushroom cultivation auxiliary material by using dining-table remaining food and the oyster mushroom cultivation auxiliary material, and relates to the technical field of dining-table remaining food recycling, the method comprises the following steps: S1, pretreatment: through multiple oil and salt removal treatment steps, the oil and salt removal efficiency of garbage materials is high; s2, sterilization and separation: performing high-efficiency sterilization'harm removal and retention 'to further adapt to a subsequent fermentation process, and performing centrifugal high-efficiency separation on a required solid phase; s3, fermentation: converting a solid-phase protein part into small-molecular protein in a microbial fermentation manner to achieve efficient protein conversion; and S4, post-processing. The biological compound protein material obtained by the preparation method provided by the invention is clear in yield increasing mechanism, and can provide higher contents of crude protein, cellulose, lignin and crude fat in the cultivation material, and the obtained product can equivalently replace traditional bran, corn flour and soybean meal to be used for oyster mushroom strong hypha yield increasing cultivation, so that recycling and high-value utilization of recycled wastes are realized.
Owner:SICHUAN JIABOWEN BIOTECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Kitchen residual food and oil-water separation device

The utility model discloses a device for separating kitchen residual food from oil and water. The device comprises a box body, a first separating structure, a second separating structure, a third separating structure and a fourth separating structure, wherein the first separating structure is arranged on the box body and used for separating oil and water in the collected residual food on a dining table from the food; the second separation structure is used for separating grease in the oil-containing water separated by the first separation structure from sewage; the grease discharging structure is used for collecting and discharging grease in the oily water; and the blow-off pipe is used for discharging the sewage separated by the second separation structure. The kitchen residual food and oil-water separation device is simple in structure, convenient to use, low in energy consumption, clean, environment-friendly, capable of fully separating oil-containing water and grease in the oil-containing water from sewage in the residual food on a dining table, high in separation speed, capable of automatically discharging the grease in the oil-containing water, convenient to collect and reuse the grease and capable of saving energy. The residual food processing cost and the equipment purchasing and maintaining cost are reduced, and the residual food processing efficiency is improved.
Owner:BEIJING STATE OWNED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TECH CO LTD

High-temperature sterilization equipment and sterilization method for feeding residual food on dining table

The invention belongs to the technical field of dining-table residual food feed processing equipment, and discloses dining-table residual food feed processing high-temperature sterilization equipment and a sterilization method.The dining-table residual food feed processing high-temperature sterilization equipment comprises an outer box, a feeding groove is formed in the top of the outer box, and a filtering and feeding mechanism is arranged in the outer box; the filtering and feeding mechanism comprises a transmission assembly, a feeding assembly and a filtering assembly, the feeding assembly comprises a first rotating rod and a second rotating rod which are rotationally installed on the inner wall of the feeding groove, the filtering and feeding mechanism, the transmission assembly, the feeding assembly and the filtering assembly are combined, all the assemblies work cooperatively, frequent manual intervention is not needed, and the working efficiency is improved. In the feeding assembly, through meshing of a first rotating rod, a second rotating rod, a baffle on the first rotating rod, a first gear, a second gear, a third rotating rod and a third gear on the third rotating rod and transmission connection of a synchronous belt, automatic feeding of residues is achieved, and the problem of filtering blockage caused by simultaneous discharging of excessive materials to a filter plate is effectively solved.
Owner:ANHUI KUNJIAN BIOTECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Sampling device for making biological protein by using residual food on dining table

The utility model relates to the technical field of sampling detection, in particular to a sampling device for making biological protein by using residual food on a dining table. The sampling device comprises a sampling machine, a moving frame is fixedly installed on the surface of the sampling machine, a connecting frame is installed in the moving frame in a sliding mode, a containing disc is rotatably installed on the surface of the sampling machine, a sampling pipe is installed in the connecting frame in a sliding mode, one end of the sampling pipe is communicated with a conveying pipe, one end of the conveying pipe is communicated with the moving frame, and the other end of the conveying pipe is communicated with the containing disc. A sample frame is slidably mounted on the surface of the placement disc, a dismounting device is arranged on the arc surface of the connecting frame, the dismounting device comprises two fixing plates, and the two fixing plates are fixedly connected with the arc surface of the connecting frame. The problem that after long-time use, the sampling pipe is damaged or polluted, so that the sampling pipe is difficult to complete the sampling task of the sampling machine or the sampling is unqualified, and the sampling machine cannot be used or the sampling data is deviated is solved.
Owner:SHENZHEN TENG-LANG RECYCLING DEV CO

Container straw, beverage kit, method for preparing the beverage kit, method of using the beverage kit, and container straw integrated with sports bottle

A container straw includes a tube whose first and second ends are sealed with first and second end caps, respectively, and a plurality of swellable food items sealed within the tube. The second end of the tube is angled to complementarily fit against an angled end face of the second end cap. The container straw can also be integrated into the threaded screw cap of a sports bottle having a container portion, and can include pre-loaded swellable food items in the container portion, enabling consumption of a larger quantity of s and swellable food items than with a double-ended capped container straw embodiment, as well as providing the ability to close the container as desired, to save a portion for later.
Owner:RED RIVER TEA CO

Remaining food pretreatment device for dining table

The utility model discloses a dining table remaining food pretreatment device which comprises a box body, and a separation chamber used for separating oil-containing water in collected dining table remaining food from the food is arranged on the upper portion of one side in the box body. The rest part in the box body is a water storage chamber which is communicated with the separation chamber and is used for storing oil-containing water separated by the separation chamber; wherein the separation chamber is provided with an oil-water separation plate which is used for enabling oil-containing water in residual food on the dining table to quickly flow through and is provided with oil-water passing holes. According to the pretreatment device for the remaining food on the dining table, oil and water in the remaining food on the dining table can be fully separated, the separation speed is high, the treatment cost of the remaining food is reduced, the treatment efficiency is improved, and the treated remaining food better meets the manufacturing requirements of organic fertilizer or animal feed.
Owner:BEIJING STATE OWNED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TECH CO LTD

Systems and methods for matching a food surplus to a user

A method of matching vendors supplying food products with users. The method includes storing information associated with vendors in a first database and storing user profiles in a second database. The method includes receiving an availability offer based on input from one of the vendors and comparing information associated with the availability offer to data from the second database associated with the users to identify a matching user. The method includes electronically transmitting an offer notification and an acceptance prompt to a first device of the matching user. The method includes waiting a predetermined time period for a feedback signal from the first device indicating acceptance of the offer notification. If the feedback signal is not received within the predetermined time period, an offer cancellation notice is electronically transmitted to the first device, and the offer notification is electronically submitted to a second device of a second matching user.
Owner:BAIO JOSEPH +3

Automatic screening device for remaining food on dining table

The embodiment of the invention discloses an automatic screening device for remaining food on a dining table, the device comprises a feeding box, an arc-shaped rolling screen, a transmission pendulum bob assembly, a first discharging box and a second discharging box, the transmission pendulum bob assembly swings to be matched with rolling wheels, and the arc-shaped rolling screen is arranged on the arc-shaped rolling screen; the first material penetrates through the screen through a gap in the rolling wheel to fall into the first discharging box, and the second material moves towards one end, lower than the horizontal direction, of the arc-shaped rolling screen until falling into the second discharging box; the device has the beneficial effects that the device is simple in structure, the transmission pendulum bob assembly is matched with the arc-shaped rolling screen, the blocking condition of the screen is monitored in real time through the automatic cleaning assembly, the screen is automatically cleaned, and the screening efficiency is improved; and each part is detachable, so that the damaged part is convenient to replace, and the maintenance cost is reduced.
Owner:BEIJING JINGCHENG ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION CO LTD

Modular tableware set

A modular tableware set belongs to the technical field of tableware and is formed by combining a cup, a bowl, a dinner plate and a spoon, the designed bowl and the dinner plate can be combined together through the same concave-convex clamping groove, the bowl and the bowl can also be combined together through the same concave-convex clamping groove, and the dinner plate and the dinner plate can also be combined together through the same concave-convex clamping groove. A box body with a containing cavity inside is defined by the dinner plate and the bowl, the formed box body has compression resistance, dinning articles such as a cup and a soup ladle can be contained in the box body, the box body can be opened by holding the box body with two hands and rotating the box body in the opposite directions during use, and chopsticks can be prevented from rolling off due to the design of clamping grooves of the dinner plate and the bowl. After dining, a user can use the sealed box body formed by the tableware combination set to pack food left by the user, so that the packing cost of a packing box can be saved, and a diner can slowly develop a good habit of packing and taking away the food left.
Owner:INNER MONGOLIA SHANGHAI FOREST TECHNOLOGY CO LTD

System

PendingJP2025055603AData processing applicationsGrocer's shopKnowledge management
To provide a system.SOLUTION: A system includes: means that collects information on leftovers; means that collects information on the condition of a user's health; means that collects information on prices and freshness in a food store; and AI that shows the optimal menu and shopping on the basis of the collected information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Owner:SOFTBANK GROUP CORP

Method for processing remaining food in restaurant into feed raw materials

The invention discloses a method for processing residual food of a restaurant into a feed raw material, which comprises the following steps: removing impurities from the collected residual food of the restaurant containing leftovers, leftovers and sundries to obtain the residual food of the restaurant containing the leftovers; performing high-temperature sterilization treatment on the remaining food of the restaurant including leftovers and rice; stirring the remaining food in the restaurant while performing high-temperature sterilization treatment on the remaining food in the restaurant; during the high-temperature sterilization treatment and stirring treatment of the remaining food in the restaurant, detecting the content change rate of water vapor generated by the high-temperature sterilization treatment of the remaining food in the restaurant; according to the detected change rate of the content of the water vapor and the high-temperature sterilization treatment time, the heating temperature is adjusted until the remaining food in the restaurant is processed into the sterile dry concentrated feed raw material.
Owner:BEIJING STATE OWNED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TECH CO LTD

Dining table residual food feed pretreatment screening equipment

The invention belongs to the technical field of dining-table residual food treatment, and discloses dining-table residual food feed pretreatment screening equipment which comprises two supporting plates and workbenches fixedly arranged on the two symmetrical sides of the tops of the two supporting plates and further comprises a screening mechanism, a feeding mechanism and a discharging mechanism. The screening mechanism is located on the top of the workbench and used for screening food residues. The filtering mechanism is located between the two supporting plates and used for filtering and adsorbing metal substances in the food residues; wherein the filtering mechanism comprises a magnetic roller and a filtering box fixedly arranged between the two supporting plates, through cooperation of the magnetic roller, the filtering box, a scraping plate and other structures, metal substances in the food residues can be conveniently adsorbed and removed, and the problem that when existing screening equipment is used for screening the food residues, the screening efficiency is high is solved. Internal metal substances are difficult to screen, so that the feed quality is easily unqualified in the subsequent feed processing process.
Owner:ANHUI KUNJIAN BIOTECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Food cutting and dishing system and food cutting and dishing program

To provide a food serving device capable of serving food such as sliced meat on a tray with a small amount of remaining food without spending time and effort and without waste.SOLUTION: The food cutting and dishing system 1 is a system for cutting food by a cutting device 100 and dishing the cut food pieces on trays Z sequentially supplied from a tray supply mechanism 300 by a dishing robot 10, and is configured to stop the cutting device 100 when the remaining number of the trays Z stocked in the tray supply mechanism 300 becomes small. The cutting device 100 includes the specified number reception unit 22 that receives, as the specified number, the remaining number of trays Z or a value that can be calculated using the remaining number of trays Z, and the reactivation control unit 24 that controls the operation of the stopped cutting device 100 after reactivation based on the specified number received by the specified number reception unit 22.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5
Owner:NIHON CAREER IND CO LTD