Systems and methods for logging temperatures of food products
AssigneeAvery Dennison Corporation
InventorDaniel RISCALLA
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for logging temperatures of food products using a temperature assembly including a housing and one or more temperature sensors, e.g., an infrared sensor for surface temperatures and an elongate probe for acquiring a temperature within a food product, and a mobile electronic device including a camera, a communication interface for communicating with the temperature assembly, a processor configured to acquire a temperature reading from the temperature assembly and an image from the camera when the temperature reading is acquired, and memory for storing the temperature reading and image.
Claims34
A system for logging temperatures of food products at a physical location, comprising:
- a temperature probe assembly comprising a first housing configured to be removably coupled to an electronic device having a camera and a mount for an elongate temperature probe, the mount movable from an inactive position to an active position where a tip of the probe lies within a field of the view of the camera when the first housing is coupled to the electronic device.
A system for logging temperatures of food products, comprising:
- a temperature assembly including a housing carrying one or both of an infrared sensor and a temperature probe for acquiring a temperature of a food product,
- wherein the housing is configured to couple with a mobile electronic device having a camera, a communication interface for communicating with the temperature assembly, a processor configured to acquire a temperature reading from the temperature assembly and an image from the camera when the temperature reading is acquired, and a memory for storing the temperature reading and image.
A system for logging temperatures of food products at a physical location, comprising:
- a mobile electronic device including a camera and a scanner on a first side of a casing opposite a display;
- a temperature assembly carried on the casing comprising one or both of an infrared sensor and a temperature probe for acquiring a temperature of a food product;
- a processor configured to acquire a temperature reading from the temperature assembly and an image from the camera when the temperature reading is acquired, and
- memory for storing the temperature reading and image.
A method for acquiring temperature data of food products, comprising:
- providing a mobile electronic device and a temperature assembly including one or both of an infrared sensor and a temperature probe coupled to the mobile electronic device;
- presenting a food product;
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- activating the mobile electronic device to acquire a temperature of the food product using the temperature assembly and to also acquire an image using a camera of the mobile electronic device of the food product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.