Nutritional Substance Conditioner with Weight Sensors
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Solution Overview
Problem
The food and beverage industry lacks a comprehensive system to track, manage, and communicate the nutritional, organoleptic, and aesthetic values of nutritional substances throughout their lifecycle from creation to consumption, leading to inadequate information for consumers and inefficiencies in quality control and waste reduction.
Innovation Solution
A system that uses sensors and dynamic information identifiers to collect, store, and transmit data on nutritional, organoleptic, and aesthetic values, allowing for adaptive storage and conditioning of nutritional substances based on real-time feedback and consumer input, enabling informed decision-making and improved quality preservation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If traditional 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 cannot be tracked and maintained throughout the lifecycle
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces sensors as intermediary devices that mediate between the nutritional substance and the tracking system. These sensors detect physical attributes (weight, temperature, humidity) and convert them into data that can be processed by the controller, enabling information tracking without direct complex interaction between the substance and the management system.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual tracking and monitoring methods with automated sensor-based detection and electronic data processing. Instead of mechanical or manual observation of nutritional substance conditions, the system uses electronic sensors and controllers to automatically detect, record, and respond to changes in physical attributes.
2Reliability
If comprehensive tracking and monitoring systems are implemented, then nutritional value information is preserved and communicated, but the device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where sensors continuously monitor physical attributes of the nutritional substance, and the controller receives this data to determine current nutritional, organoleptic, and aesthetic values. This feedback loop enables reliable quality control by automatically adjusting storage and conditioning parameters based on real-time condition data.
Solution Approach 2:
The controller is designed to perform multiple functions: it receives data from various sensors, determines current values of nutritional/substance quality, communicates with the substance identifier, and controls storage/conditioning operations. This multi-functionality consolidates complexity into a single universal device rather than requiring separate specialized systems.
3Measurement precision
If real-time sensor data collection is used, then nutritional substance conditions are accurately monitored, but energy consumption and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs periodic sampling of physical attributes rather than continuous monitoring. The controller determines current values at specific intervals or triggered by events (such as when the substance is placed in or removed from storage), reducing energy consumption while maintaining sufficient measurement precision for quality control purposes.
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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.