Visual Identifier System for Botanical Product Ingredient Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current technologies lack an effective method to represent and communicate the complex interactions of active molecules in botanical preparations, particularly those with psychotropic and intoxicating properties, leading to challenges in safety, efficacy, and regulation across different jurisdictions.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that generate visual identifiers and numerical scores for products based on active ingredient data, using a concentric visual symbol with segments representing different ingredients and their concentrations, allowing for categorization and customization according to biological, technological, and regulatory attributes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If detailed numerical or textual representation of active ingredients is used, then information completeness is improved, but ease of understanding and communication is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments complex ingredient information into distinct visual components: different colored segments represent different active ingredients, segment sizes represent concentration levels, and segment positions represent categorical groupings. This segmentation transforms unwieldy numerical data into easily digestible visual portions that maintain information completeness while improving comprehension.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs color coding to represent different categories of active ingredients (e.g., psychotropic, intoxicating, medicinal). Each ingredient type is assigned a specific color, allowing users to quickly grasp the composition and potential effects of a product without reading detailed numerical compositions. The color changes provide immediate visual differentiation while preserving categorical information.
2Measurement precision
If comprehensive ingredient analysis is performed, then measurement precision is improved, but device complexity is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates simplified visual copies (idiograms) that represent complex ingredient compositions. Instead of requiring complex analytical devices to display detailed numerical data, the system generates visual representations that copy the essential information in an easily interpretable format. The idiogram serves as a simplified copy of the full ingredient profile, maintaining measurement precision while reducing display and processing complexity.
3Ease of operation
If standardized visual representation is implemented, then ease of operation is improved, but adaptability to different regulations is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic visual representation system where the idiogram can be customized based on regulatory requirements and user needs. The system allows adjustment of segment details, color schemes, and information display levels while maintaining the core visual structure. This dynamic adaptability enables the same basic system to comply with different local, state, and national regulations without sacrificing ease of visual identification.
Data Source
AI summary
Botanical, plant-based products have a variety of labels and symbols that often do not represent active ingredients they contain. As described herein, this may be addressed using a method which comprises receiving active ingredient data for a product, determining a category for the product based on the received active ingredient data, generating one or more data outputs comprising an identifier for the product, and outputting the identifier for the product on a digital display of a computer which is local to a user. Other useful information, such as scores indicating interactions between product ingredients, may also be generated.