# US 9,436,170 B2 · Appliances with weight sensors for nutritional substances > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,436,170 B2 - Document ID: US9436170B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/260,115 - Filed: 2014-04-23 - Published: 2014-08-21 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2012-04-16 - Applicants: Eugenio Minvielle - Inventors: Eugenio Minvielle - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9436170B2 ## CPC - G16H 20/60: relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets - A23P 10/00: Shaping or working of foodstuffs characterised by the products - G01N 33/02: Food - G05B 15/02: electric - G06Q 10/06: Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling - G09B 19/0092: {Nutrition} - G01N 33/0001: {by organoleptic means} - Y02A 90/10: Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA - A23P: SHAPING OR WORKING OF FOODSTUFFS, NOT FULLY COVERED BY A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS - G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q) - G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G09B: EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS (devices for psychotechnics or for testing reaction times A61B5/16; games, sports, amusements A63; projectors, projector screens G03B) - Y02A: TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE ## Abstract Nutritional substance systems and methods are disclosed enabling the tracking and communication of changes in nutritional, organoleptic, and aesthetic values of nutritional substances, and further enabling the adaptive storage and adaptive conditioning of nutritional substances. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for nutritional substances comprising: a reader for detecting a dynamic information identifier provided with a nutritional substance; a database with conditioning protocols referenced to the dynamic information identifier and related to a ΔN of the nutritional substance; a weight measurement sensor for detecting the weight of the nutritional substance wherein the weight measurement sensor is incorporated in an electronic scale; a controller configured to determine prospective nutritional values based on the ΔN of the nutritional substance and data output by the weight measurement sensor; and a display for outputting the prospective nutritional values of the substance based on the ΔN determined by the controller. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the display is configured to output the nutritional value as a per unit weight value. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the system further comprises a conditioner. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the system further comprises an input panel configured to receive a consumer's input regarding the nutritional substance. ### Claim 5 A system for utilizing nutritional information relating to nutritional substances comprising: an input panel configured to receive a consumer's input regarding a nutritional substance; a database with conditioning protocols referenced to known nutritional substances and ΔN information of the known nutritional substances; a weight measurement sensor for detecting the weight of the nutritional substance wherein the weight measurement sensor is incorporated in an electronic scale; a controller configured to determine prospective nutritional values based on the ΔN of the nutritional substance and data output by the weight measurement sensor; and a display for outputting prospective nutritional values of the nutritional substance based on the ΔN determined by the controller. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein the display is configured to output the nutritional values as per unit weight values. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The appliance of claim 5, further comprising a reader for detecting a dynamic information identifier provided with a nutritional substance. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein the system further comprises a conditioner. ### Claim 9 A method for determining nutritional information related to a nutritional substance, the method comprising: determining a weight of a nutritional substance using an electronic scale; accessing data from a database of conditioning protocols referenced to known nutritional substances; and determining a prospective ΔN of the nutritional substance based on the data from the database of conditioning protocols referenced to known nutritional substances and the weight of the nutritional substance. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the prospective ΔN is determined as a per unit weight value. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising displaying the determined prospective nutritional value. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising determining a prospective nutritional value of the substance based on the determined prospective ΔN of the nutritional substance. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the accessing step further comprises scanning a dynamic information identifier provided with a nutritional substance. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising displaying the determined prospective ΔN. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the accessing step further comprises receiving input from a consumer regarding the nutritional substance. ### Claim 16 A system for utilizing nutritional information relating to nutritional substances comprising: a database with conditioning protocols referenced to known nutritional substances and ΔN information of the known nutritional substances based on the conditioning protocols; a sensor for outputting data representing a weight of a nutritional substance, wherein the sensor is an optical sensor; a controller configured to determine prospective nutritional values based on the ΔN of the nutritional substance and the weight of the nutritional substance; and a display for outputting the prospective nutritional values of the nutritional substance based on the ΔN determined by the controller. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, further comprising an input panel configured to receive a consumer's input regarding the nutritional substance. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein the display is configured to output the nutritional values as per unit weight values. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The appliance of claim 16, further comprising a reader for detecting a dynamic information identifier provided with a nutritional substance.