System and method for analysis of cannabis
AssigneeLightwave Science, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Bryan Pierce, III, Jason D. Pierce
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Abstract
A system including a light source, sampling tray, and at least three detectors mounted at angles with respect to each other receives light reflected from a sample of cannabis-based matter. Light from the three detectors is fed to a spectrometer which converts the reflected light into a fingerprint corresponding to the concentration of at least one substance in the sample. The fingerprint is processed by a statistical model to determine concentration level of the at least one substance in the sample and the concentration level is then displayed.
Claims5
A method of measuring at least one substance in a cannabis-based sample, the method comprising:
- for each sample of a plurality of historical cannabis-based samples:
- collecting a fingerprint for the each sample by exposing the each sample to a source of light, gathering reflected light from at least three angles, the reflected light having been reflected from the each sample, transmitting the reflected light to a spectrometer, and generating the fingerprint from the reflected light by the spectrometer;
- measuring the concentration of at least one substance within the each sample;
- associating the fingerprint with the concentration of the at least one substance in a database;
- generating at least one statistical model based on the fingerprints and the concentration of at least one substance;
- for each unknown sample of cannabis-based matter:
- collecting a new fingerprint for the unknown sample of cannabis-based matter by exposing the unknown sample of cannabis-based matter to the source of light, gathering reflected light from at least three angles, the reflected light having been reflected from the unknown sample of cannabis-based matter, transmitting the reflected light to the spectrometer, and generating the new fingerprint from the reflected light by the spectrometer;
- determining a concentration value for the at least one substance in the unknown sample of cannabis-based matter by running the at least one statistical model against the new fingerprint;
- displaying the concentration value for the at least one substance in the cannabis-based sample.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.