Food freshness monitoring method and system
AssigneeGreens Systems Co., Ltd.
InventorSeongwon NAM
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a freshness guide method and a freshness guide system capable of providing guidance with respect to the freshness of food sealed in a packaging container. The freshness guide method and the freshness guide system according to the present invention can accurately provide a user with freshness information regarding food by using IoT, RFID, big data, and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies leading the 4th industrial revolution.
Claims20
A freshness monitoring system comprising:
- a gas sensor (200) having a food identification code for identifying food sealed in a food accommodation space, and to generate gas information by sensing a gas changed by the food in the food accommodation space;
- a mobile terminal (100) to search for the food identification code and the gas information using at least one of a camera and a short-range communication module, and to output the food identification code and the gas information through a wireless communication unit;
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- a server (300) to receive the food identification code and the gas information from the mobile terminal 100 and store the same in a memory, and
- wherein the mobile terminal (100) outputs the freshness information related to a target food corresponding to the food identification code based on the gas information in at least one of visual, auditory and tactile manners.
A freshness guide method for guiding freshness of food using a mobile terminal having a camera and a display, the method comprising:
- searching for a food identification code from an image captured by the camera;
- specifying a target food based on the food identification code;
- searching for at least one color code corresponding to the target food from the image;
- generating freshness information related to the target food based on the color code;
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- outputting the freshness information to the display.
A packaging container comprising:
- a body having a food accommodation space defined by front, rear, left and right surfaces that extend upward from edges of a bottom surface;
- a cover covering an upper surface of the body to seal the food accommodation space, and having at least a portion transparent;
- a food identification code to allow food kept in the food accommodation space to be identified;
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- a gas sensor changing in color due to a gas in the food accommodation space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.