Food freshness management
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsHeidi Lagares-Greenblatt, Jenny S. Li, Pamela A. Nesbitt, Xinlin Wang
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Abstract
Disclosed aspects relate to food freshness management. A freshness triggering event may be identified for a food item. The freshness triggering event may indicate that a criterion related to the food item has been achieved. A food freshness management action may be determined. The food freshness management action may be determined to respond to the freshness triggering event for the food item. The food freshness management action may be initiated. The food freshness management action may be carried-out with respect to the freshness triggering event for the food item.
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A computer-implemented method of food freshness management using a food storage device, the method comprising:
- identifying a freshness triggering event for a food item based on a set of sensors within the food storage device, wherein the freshness triggering event indicates that a criterion related to the food item has been achieved;
- determining a food freshness management action to respond to the freshness triggering event for the food item;
- initiating the food freshness management action which utilizes a sensory-oriented component of the food storage device;
- carrying-out the food freshness management action with respect to the freshness triggering event for the food item;
- acquiring a set of food item data from a packaging of the food item based on the set of sensors, wherein the set of food item data indicates a temporal element related to freshness of the food item;
- identifying an anomaly related to the set of food item data;
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- in response to identifying the anomaly related to the set of food item data, compiling the set of food item data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.