Smart food processing apparatus and method
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsPeichun Sun, Ming Li, Yun Chen, Jiani Tang
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Abstract
A food processing apparatus for preparing a fluid food product includes a food processing chamber including a blade arrangement driven by a motor; a particle sensor arranged to measure an actual particle size within said fluid food product in said food processing chamber and a controller arranged to control the motor. The controller is communicatively coupled to the particle sensor and may disengage the motor in response to a signal from the particle sensor indicative of the actual particle size reaching a threshold value of no less than 400 μm within said fluid food product.
Claims15
A food processing apparatus for preparing a fluid food product comprising:
- a food processing chamber including a blade arrangement driven by a motor;
- a particle sensor arranged to measure an actual particle size within said fluid food product in said food processing chamber;
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- a controller arranged to control said motor, wherein the controller is communicatively coupled to the particle sensor and is configured to disengage said motor in response to a signal from the particle sensor indicative of the actual particle size reaching a threshold value of no less than 400 μm within said fluid food product.
A method of operating a food processing apparatus for preparing a fluid food product, the method comprising:
- driving, by a motor, a blade arrangement in the food processing apparatus comprising a food processing chamber;
- measuring, by a particle sensor, an actual particle size within the fluid food product in the food processing chamber;
- engaging the motor, communicatively coupled with a controller, to start processing the fluid food product in the food processing chamber;
- receiving a signal from said particle sensor, communicatively coupled with the controller, indicative of the actual particle size within the fluid food product in the food processing chamber during said processing;
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- disengaging said motor, communicatively coupled with the controller, if the signal from the particle sensor is indicative of the actual particle size within said fluid food product reaching a threshold value of no less than 400 μm.
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