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US 2003/0216875 A1Published application
Device for measuring a food physicality and method for measuring the same
AssigneeHiroshima University
InventorNaoki Sakurai
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Abstract
A thrust jig with a concave-convex shape is pierced into a food sample to generate and detect an oscillation spectrum and an acoustic spectrum, which is analyzed in main component to calculate a main component value as the texture of the food sample.
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A device for measuring a food physicality, comprising:
- a thrust jig with a concave-convex shape on a side thereof,
- a conveying means to convey said thrust jig to a food sample,
- a fastening means to fasten said thrust jig and said conveying means,
- an oscillation detecting means to detect an oscillation which is generated when said thrust jig is pierced into said food sample,
- an amplifying means to amplify an oscillation signal detected at said oscillation detecting means,
- a Fourier transformation means to Fourier-transform said oscillation signal from said amplifying means into an oscillation spectrum,
- a coefficient table storing predetermined coefficients,
- a calculating means to calculate said oscillation spectrum and said coefficient table to provide a given data to be employed as a texture of said food sample.
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A method for measuring a food physicality, comprising the steps of:
- piercing a thrust jig with a concave-convex shape on a side thereof into a food sample,
- detecting an oscillation signal generated between said thrust jig and said food sample,
- Fourier-transforming said oscillation signal into an oscillation spectrum,
- dividing said oscillation spectrum by plural frequency segments within a given frequency range to obtain a data row relating to intensities of divided segments of said oscillation spectrum,
- performing a main component analysis for said data row to obtain a main component value of said oscillation spectrum as a texture of said food sample.
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