Dynamic Recipe Control for Adaptive Nutritional Substance Conditioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
The food and beverage industry lacks a comprehensive system to track, manage, and communicate changes in the nutritional, organoleptic, and aesthetic values of nutritional substances throughout their lifecycle from creation to consumption, leading to inefficiencies and a lack of transparency for consumers.
Innovation Solution
A system that utilizes sensors and dynamic conditioning protocols to collect, store, and transmit information on nutritional, organoleptic, and aesthetic values, allowing for adaptive storage and conditioning of nutritional substances to minimize degradation and improve their quality, while also enabling consumers to provide feedback and update information in real-time.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional static storage and conditioning methods are used for nutritional substances, then the system is simple and easy to operate, but the nutritional, organoleptic, and aesthetic values degrade over time due to lack of adaptive control
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic conditioning protocols that continuously adjust storage and conditioning parameters based on real-time sensor data about the nutritional substance's state. This transforms static storage systems into dynamic adaptive systems that maintain optimal conditions throughout the product lifecycle, resolving the contradiction between simplicity and quality maintenance.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates sensors that continuously monitor nutritional, organoleptic, and aesthetic values and feed this information back to the conditioning system. This closed-loop feedback enables automatic adjustments to maintain quality without requiring complex manual intervention, addressing both reliability and complexity concerns.
2Loss of information
If comprehensive tracking and monitoring systems are implemented throughout the nutritional substance lifecycle, then information transparency and quality control improve, but the device complexity and information processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal tracking system that monitors multiple parameters (nutritional, organoleptic, aesthetic values) across the entire lifecycle from creation to consumption. This multi-functional system consolidates what would otherwise require separate tracking mechanisms, reducing overall complexity while improving information transparency.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically collects, processes, and transmits information about nutritional substance quality without requiring manual data entry or intervention. Sensors and embedded systems perform self-service monitoring and reporting, reducing the complexity burden on users while maintaining comprehensive information transparency.
3Quantity of substance
If real-time sensing and adaptive conditioning are used to minimize degradation, then the nutritional value and quality are maintained or improved, but the energy consumption and operational complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs periodic sensing and conditioning adjustments rather than continuous operation. Sensors take measurements at intervals, and the conditioning system adjusts parameters periodically based on detected changes, maintaining nutritional value while significantly reducing energy consumption compared to continuous monitoring and adjustment.
Data Source
AI summary
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.