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US 10,762,378 B2Granted
Photo analytics calibration
AssigneeZest Labs, Inc.
InventorsPeter A. Mehring, Thomas C. Reese
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Abstract
A system for routing a food product using an image of the food product, according to one embodiment, includes a processor and logic integrated with and/or executable by the processor. The logic is configured to cause the processor to receive an image of a food product, receive an environmental condition on or near the food product. evaluate the food product using the image and the environmental condition and determine a delivery destination for the food product based at least in part on the evaluation of the food product.
Claims20
A system for routing a food product using an image of the food product, the system comprising:
- a processor and logic integrated with and/or executable by the processor, the logic being configured to cause the processor to:
- receive an image having a food product and an objective reference therein, the objective reference in the image being an article of manufacture having at least two optical references, wherein the food product is spatially separated from the optical reference in the image such that the food product does not obstruct the optical references in the image;
- receive an environmental condition from a sensor configured to provide data associated with the environmental condition on or near the food product;
- evaluate the food product using the image and the environmental condition to determine whether the food product meets criteria relating to a qualified acceptance of the food product, wherein the qualified acceptance includes special handling to expedite delivery of the food product;
- determine a delivery destination for the food product based at least in part on the evaluation of the food product, wherein the criteria relating to the qualified acceptance of the food product corresponds to the delivery destination;
- receive a second image of the food product taken at a different time in a life cycle of the food product;
- compare the image with the second image for determining a relative change in a characteristic of the food product, wherein the second image comprises a second objective reference, wherein the second objective reference is the same objective reference in the image or substantially similar to the objective reference in the image;
- re-evaluate the food product based on the relative change in the characteristic of the food product, along with related environmental condition data;
- and
- perform an action selected from the group consisting of:
- validating a current delivery destination and selecting a different delivery destination for the food product based on the re-evaluation of the food product.
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A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions thereon for causing a computer to perform a method comprising:
- receiving an image having a food product and an objective reference therein, the objective reference in the image being an article of manufacture having at least two optical references, wherein the food product is spatially separated from the optical reference in the image such that the food product does not obstruct the optical references in the image;
- receiving an environmental condition from a sensor configured to provide data associated with the environmental condition on or near the food product;
- evaluating the food product using the image and the environmental condition to determine whether the food product meets criteria relating to a qualified acceptance of the food product, wherein the qualified acceptance includes special handling to expedite delivery of the food product;
- determining a delivery destination for the food product based at least in part on the evaluation of the food product, wherein the criteria relating to the qualified acceptance of the food product corresponds to the delivery destination;
- receiving a second image of the food product taken at a different time in a life cycle of the food product;
- comparing the image with the second image for determining a relative change in a characteristic of the food product, wherein the second image comprises a second objective reference, wherein the second objective reference is the same objective reference in the image or substantially similar to the objective reference in the image;
- re-evaluating the food product based on the relative change in the characteristic of the food product, along with related environmental condition data;
- and
- performing an action selected from the group consisting of:
- validating a current delivery destination and selecting a different delivery destination for the food product based on the re-evaluation of the food product.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.