Quality inspection data distributed ledger

A method for generating a quality inspection data block for a distributed ledger, comprising:

• (a) determining an identification code associated with a sample to be inspected;
• (b) inspecting the sample and thereby generating quality inspection data associated with the sample;
• and
• (c) after completion of the inspecting of (b), combining the identification code and the quality inspection data into the quality inspection data block, wherein the quality inspection data block includes an indication of at least one of the group consisting of:
• an inspection entity, an inspection location, a sensor identification number, a lot number, a total weight value, an analysis timestamp, an amount of product analyzed value, a moisture content value, a kernel size value, a uniformity ratio, a percentage or number of passing samples, a percentage or number of dissimilar samples, a percentage or number of chipped and scratched samples, a percentage or number of samples that have serious damage, a quality grade value, a color value, a microtoxin value, a temperature value, an acidity value, a pressure value, a volume per unit time value, an amount of discolored product value, an amount of broken product value, an amount of rancid product value, an amount of moldy product value, an amount of immature product value, an amount of unripe product value, and an amount of rotten soft product value.

A method for generating a quality inspection data block for a distributed ledger, comprising:

• (a) determining an identification code associated with a sample to be inspected;
• (b) inspecting the sample and thereby generating quality inspection data associated with the sample;
• and
• (c) after completion of the inspecting of (b), combining the identification code and the quality inspection data into the quality inspection data block, wherein the quality inspection data block includes an indication of at least one of the group consisting of:
• a present block hash value, a previous block hash value, and a next block hash value.

An inspector, comprising:

• a sensor that senses a characteristic of a sample;
• a memory that stores sensor output data;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• (a) determine an identification code associated with a sample to be inspected;
• (b) generate quality inspection data based on the sensor output data;
• and
• (c) combine the identification code and the quality inspection data into a quality inspection data block, wherein the sensor is one of the group consisting of:
• an optical sensor, a moisture sensor, a microtoxin sensor, a thermometer sensor, an acidity sensor, a microwave sensor, a pressure sensor, a level sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, a flow sensor, a viscosity sensor, a conductance/impedance sensor, an electronic nose (sniffing) sensor, an X-ray sensor, a multi spectral (visual/non visual) sensor, a weight sensor, a refractometer sensor, a tenderometer sensor, a firmness sensor, and a hardness sensor.

An inspector, comprising:

• a sensor that senses a characteristic of a sample;
• a memory that stores sensor output data;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• (a) determine an identification code associated with a sample to be inspected;
• (b) generate quality inspection data based on the sensor output data;
• and
• (c) combine the identification code and the quality inspection data into a quality inspection data block, wherein the quality inspection data block includes an indication of at least one of the group consisting of:
• an inspection entity, an inspection location, a sensor identification number, a lot number, a total weight value, an analysis completion timestamp, an amount of product analyzed value, a moisture content value, a kernel size value, a uniformity ratio, a percentage or number of passing samples, a percentage or number of dissimilar samples, a percentage or number of chipped and scratched samples, a percentage or number of samples that have serious damage, and a quality grade value.

An inspector, comprising:

• a sensor that senses a characteristic of a sample;
• a memory that stores sensor output data;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• (a) determine an identification code associated with a sample to be inspected;
• (b) generate quality inspection data based on the sensor output data;
• and
• (c) combine the identification code and the quality inspection data into a quality inspection data block, wherein the quality inspection data block includes an indication of at least one of the group consisting of:
• a present block hash value, a previous block hash value, and a next block hash value.