Nutritional Substance Storage and Conditioning System
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Solution Overview
Problem
The food and beverage industry lacks a systematic approach to track, maintain, and communicate the nutritional content of nutritional substances across the entire cycle from creation to consumption, leading to limited information available to consumers and inefficiencies in the supply chain.
Innovation Solution
A system that collects, stores, and transmits information on the changes in nutritional, organoleptic, and aesthetic values of nutritional substances, allowing for adaptive conditioning and local storage solutions to minimize degradation and improve these values, using sensors and consumer feedback to update labeling content and inform consumer choices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the food and beverage industry operates as separate silos (growers, packagers, processors, distributors, retailers, preparers), then each group can focus on its specific function, but information regarding nutritional content, origin, and processing is not shared across the supply chain
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges previously separate supply chain functions into an integrated system where growers, packagers, processors, distributors, retailers, and preparers all connect through a common information platform. This allows nutritional content, origin, and processing information to be shared across all entities while maintaining their operational independence.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal information system that serves multiple functions simultaneously: tracking nutritional content, monitoring origin information, recording processing steps, and enabling consumer access. This single system replaces multiple separate information management approaches used by different supply chain entities.
2Reliability
If traditional storage and conditioning methods are used, then operational simplicity is maintained, but nutritional substance degradation occurs and nutritional value is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates feedback mechanisms where sensors continuously monitor nutritional content, organoleptic properties, and aesthetic values of nutritional substances during storage and conditioning. This real-time data feeds back to control systems that automatically adjust storage conditions to prevent degradation and maintain nutritional value.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical storage and conditioning methods with intelligent systems that use sensors, data processing, and automated control. Instead of relying on fixed mechanical parameters, the system uses real-time monitoring and adaptive control to maintain optimal conditions for preserving nutritional substances.
3Measurement precision
If comprehensive tracking and monitoring systems are implemented, then nutritional information accuracy is improved, but system cost and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables the nutritional substance itself to 'report' its condition through integrated sensors and identification systems. The system automatically tracks and monitors nutritional content, origin, and processing information without requiring external intervention, making the tracking process self-service and reducing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal tracking and monitoring platform that simultaneously measures multiple parameters (nutritional content, organoleptic properties, aesthetic values, origin information, processing history). This multi-functional system achieves comprehensive measurement precision through a single integrated platform rather than multiple separate systems.
4Reliability
If adaptive conditioning based on real-time information is used, then nutritional substance quality is maintained or improved, but energy consumption and operational complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses periodic monitoring and conditioning adjustments rather than continuous operation. Sensors periodically assess nutritional substance condition, and conditioning systems make targeted adjustments only when needed based on actual measured parameters. This periodic approach maintains quality while reducing energy consumption compared to continuous operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent dynamically changes storage and conditioning parameters (temperature, humidity, atmospheric composition) based on real-time measurements of nutritional substance condition. Instead of maintaining fixed parameters that consume constant energy, the system adjusts parameters only when and where needed to maintain quality, optimizing energy usage.
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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.