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Abstract
AN INTELLIGENT STORAGE SYSTEM FOR FOOD ITEMS
A smart food storage system and method for tracking states of stored food Is
disclosed. The disclosed system and method are based on a container to store
5 one or more food items; one or more sensors configured with the container to
detect or scan the stored food items to extract one or more attributes data
associated with food information of the food items; processors coupled with a
memory, the memory comprising a set of instructions embodied in the
memory that is executable by the processors to compare the extracted one or
10 more attributes data with a predefined stored data in a database to determine
sates comprising any or a combination of fresh, semi-spoiled, spoiled, and
expired status of the food items; and a display unit operatively coupled with
the processors to display the determined states of the stored food items.
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[001] The present invention relates to the technical field of food storage apparatus for
household use. In particular, the present disclosure pertains to a smart food
5 storage system for tracking states such as fresh, spoiled or expired states of stored
food items to enhance safety of a person who eats that stored food items.
[002] Background description includes information that may be useful in understanding
10 the present invention. It is not an admission that any of the information provided
herein is prior art or relevant to the presently claimed invention, or that any
publication specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.
[003] Many types of food products have a limited freshness period or "shelf life" before
they spoil or loose their nutritional value. For example, refrigerated dairy products
15 such as milk, eggs, and cheese, have a fairly short "freshness" period before they
spoil. Food products such as fresh vegetables and fruits should be consumed
within a short time period. Baked goods are only "fresh" for a limited time. Other
food products, such as many types of frozen foods, have a much longer shelf life,
but it is still recommended that they be consumed prior to a particular date.
[004] 20 The food industry provides consumers with "freshness" or "expiration" dates for
products, but such information is generally conveyed only through labels or indicia printed on the product packing. Although this method may be sufficient for informing the consumer if the product they are about to purchase is still
"fresh," it offers little benefit once the products are placed in the consumer's
refrigerator, pantry, or other food storage location. The printed freshness or
5 expiration date indicia is notorious for "disappearing" from many types of
products, particularly refrigerated or frozen products, or the dates/labels are
inconspicuously located on the products and require a concerted effort to locate.
This is inconvenient, and in certain cases, impossible for many individuals with
impaired sight or who cannot otherwise read or comprehend the printed
10 information (illiteracy, different native tongue, etc). In many instances, the
original product packaging containing the information is discarded.
[005] Currently, every person these days is facing a tough problem of dumping all the
rotten, spoiled fruits and vegetables, bread or other eatables including home
cooked food kept in the refrigerator. In this busy life, it has become very difficult
15 for people to maintain or remember the day when they have cooked or put food
items in their refrigerator and some time they use the food item even after the
fooditem has reached its maximum decomposition state which leads to ill health,
sickness and diseases.
[006] There is, therefore, a need in the art, for a simple, cost-effective and efficient
20 smart food storage systemfor tracking freshness or expiration dates of stored food
products to enhance safety of a person who eats that stored foods.
[007] Further limitations and disadvantages of conventional and traditional approaches
will become apparent to one of skill in the art through comparison of described
systems with some aspects of the present disclosure, as set forth in the remainder
of the present application and with reference to the drawings.
[008] 5 In some embodiments, the numbers expressing quantities or dimensions of items,
and so forth, used to describe and claim certain embodiments of the invention are
to be understood as being modified in some instances by the term "about."
Accordingly, in some embodiments, the numerical parameters set forth in the
written description and attached claims are approximations that can vary
10 depending upon the desired properties sought to be obtained by a particular
embodiment. In some embodiments, the numerical parameters should be
construed in light of the number of reported significant digits and by applying
ordinary rounding techniques. Notwithstanding that the numerical ranges and
parameters setting forth the broad scope of some embodiments of the invention
15 are approximations, the numerical values set forth in the specific examples are
reported as precisely as practicable.
[009] The numerical values presented in some embodiments of the invention may
contain certain errors necessarily resulting from the standard deviation found in
their respective testing measurements.
[001010 As used in the description herein and throughout the claims that follow, the 30
meaning of "a, "'an," and "the" includes plural reference unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Also, as used in the description herein, the meaning of
"in" includes "in" and "on" unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.
[0011] The recitation of ranges of values herein is merely intended to serve as a
shorthand method of referring individually to each separate value falling within
5 the range. Unless otherwise indicated herein, each individual value is incorporated
into the specification as if it were individually recited herein. All methods
described herein can be performed in any suitable order unless otherwise
indicated herein or otherwise clearly contradicted by context. The use of any and
all examples, or exemplary language (e.g. "such as") provided with respect to
10 certain embodiments herein is intended merely to better illuminate the invention
and does not pose a limitation on the scope of the invention otherwise claimed.
No language in the specification should be construed as indicating any non
claimed element essential to the practice of the invention.
[0012] Groupings of alternative elements or embodiments of the invention disclosed
15 herein are not to be construed as limitations. Each group member can be referred
to and claimed individually or in any or a combination with other members of the
group or other elements found herein. One or more members of a group can be
included in, or deleted from, a group for reasons of convenience and/or
patentability. When any such inclusion or deletion occurs, the specification is
20 herein deemed to contain the group as modified thus fulfilling the written
description of all groups used in the appended claims.
[0013] A general object of the present disclosure is to provide a smart food storage
container/apparatus.
[0014] An object of the present disclosure is to provide a smart food storage system for
5 tracking freshness or expiration dates of stored food products to enhance safety of
a person who eats that stored foods.
[0015] An object of the present disclosure is to provide a simple and cost effective smart
food storage system for tracking states such as fresh, spoiled and expiredstates of
the stored food items.
[001610 An object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for tracking freshness
or expiration dates of stored food products to enhance safety of a person who eats
that stored foods.
[0017] An object of the present disclosure is to provide an efficient method that can be
easily implemented for tracking states such as fresh, spoiled and expired states of
15 stored food products to enhance safety of a person who eats that stored foods.
[0018] The present invention relates to the technical field of food storage containers for
household use. In particular, the present disclosure pertains to a smart food
20 storage systemand method for tracking states such as fresh, spoiled or expired states of stored food items to enhance safety of a person who eats that stored food items.
[0019] In an aspect, the present disclosure provides a smart food storage system
comprising: a container to store one or more food items; a plurality of sensors
5 configured with the container to detect or scan the one or more stored food items
to extract one or more attributes data associated with food information of the one
or more food items; one or more processors coupled with a memory, the memory
comprising a set of instructions embodied in the memory that is executable by the
one or more processors to compare the extracted one or more attributes data with
10 a predefined stored data in a database to determine sates comprising any or a
combination of fresh, semi-spoiled, spoiled, and expired status of the one or more
food items; and a display unit operatively coupled with the one or more
processors to display the determined states of the one or more food items.
[0020] In an embodiment, the one or more food items can be selected from the group
15 consisting of purchased packed food items, raw vegetables, meat, fish, poultry,
dairy products, home prepared food product and the like.
[0021] In an embodiment, the plurality of sensors can be selected selected form a group
consisting of a bar code scanner, a Quick Response (QR) code scanner, a radio
frequency identification (RFID) scanner, a gases sensor, alcohol sensor and the
20 like.
[0022] In an embodiment, the one or more attributes data of the one or more food items
comprise any or a combination a manufacturing date, expiry date, alcohol content, methane content, nutritional information, ingredients of the food items, storage instructions, and recipes.
[0023] In an embodiment, at least one of one or more food items having a scanable code
or detectable code associated with one or more attributes data of the
5 corresponding one or more food items.
[0024] In an embodiment, at least one of the plurality of sensors are configured to detect
or scan the scanable or detectable code of the one or more food items to extract
one or more attributes data.
[0025] In an embodiment, the scanable code or detectable code is associated with any or
10 a combination of a manufacturing date, expiry date, nutritional information,
ingredients the food items, storage instructions, and recipes of the corresponding
food items.
[0026] In an embodiment, the system comprises an alarm unit operatively coupled the
one or more processors to generate an alert signal to alert a user when any of the
15 stored one or more food items gets expired or spoiled.
[0027] In an embodiment, the display unit can include a plurality of light emitting diode
(LED) of different colours to indicate the states of the one or more food items.
[0028] In an embodiment, a specific coloured LED of the plurality of LED is used to
indicate a particular state of the food items.
[002910 In an embodiment, the display unit can be a digital-display for displaying the
states of the one or more food items.
[0030] In an embodiment, the system comprises any or a combination of a Bluetooth
module, and WI-Fl module to enable communication with a userwith assistance of
a user computing device.
[0031] In another aspect, the present disclosure provides a method for tracking of one or
5 more food items, the method comprising states of: storing the one or more food
items into a container; scanning or detecting, using a plurality of sensors, the one
or more stored food items to extract one or more attributes data associated with
food information of the one or more food items; comparing, using one or more
processors, the extracted one or more attributes data with a predefined stored data
10 in a database to determine sates comprising any or a combination of fresh, semi
spoiled, spoiled, and expired status of the one or more food items; displaying,
using a display unit, the determined states of the one or more food items; and
generating an alert signal, using an alarm unit, to alerting a user when any of the
stored one or more food items gets expired or spoiled.
[003215 Various objects, features, aspects and advantages of the present disclosure will
become more apparent from the following detailed description of preferred
embodiments, along with the accompanying drawing figures in which like
numerals represent like features.
[0033] Within the scope of this application it is expressly envisaged that the various
20 aspects, embodiments, examples and alternatives set out in the preceding
paragraphs, in the claims and/or in the following description and drawings, and in
particular the individual features thereof, may be taken independently or in any or a combination . Features described in connection with one embodiment are applicable to all embodiments, unless such features are incompatible.
[0034] The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of
5 the present disclosure, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this
specification. The drawings illustrate exemplary embodiments of the present
disclosure and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the
present disclosure.
[0035] FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary modules diagram representation of the proposed
10 smart food storage system, in accordance with an embodiment of the present
disclosure.
[0036] FIG. 2 illustrates an exemplary schematic diagram representation of the smart
food storage system, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0037] FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary representation ofa flow diagram of the proposed
15 method for tracking of one or more food items, in accordance with an
embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0038] FIG. 4 illustrates a computer system in which or with which embodiments of the
present invention can be utilized in accordance with embodiments of the present
disclosure.
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[0039] The following is a detailed description of embodiments of the disclosure depicted
in the accompanying drawings. The embodiments are in such details as to clearly
communicate the disclosure. However, the amount of detail offered is not
5 intended to limit the anticipated variations of embodiments; on the contrary, the
intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within
the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as defined by the appended claims.
[0040] If the specification states a component or feature "may", "can", "could", or
"might" be included or have a characteristic, that particular component or feature
10 is not required to be included or have the characteristic.
[0041] Exemplary embodiments will now be described more fully hereinafter with
reference to the accompanying drawings, in which exemplary embodiments are
shown. This disclosure may however, be embodied in many different forms and
should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. These
15 embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete
and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those of ordinary skill in the
art. Moreover, all statements herein reciting embodiments of the disclosure, as
well as specific examples thereof, are intended to encompass both structural and
functional equivalents thereof. Additionally, it is intended that such equivalents
20 include both currently known equivalents as well as equivalents developed in the
future (i.e., any elements developed that perform the same function, regardless of
structure).
[0042] Various terms as used herein are shown below. To the extent a term used in a
claim is not defined below, it should be given the broadest definition persons in
the pertinent art have given that term as reflected in printed publications and
issued patents at the time of filing.
[0043]5 Embodiments explained herein relate to food storage containers for household
use. In particular, the present disclosure pertains to a smart food storage system
and method for tracking states such as fresh, spoiled or expired states of stored
food items to enhance safety of a person who eats that stored food items.
[0044] In an embodiment, the disclosed smart food storage system(also referred to as
10 apparatus hereinafter) can include a container to store one or more food items; a
plurality of sensors configured with the container to detect or scan the one or more
stored food items to extract one or more attributes data associated with food
information of the one or more food items; one or more processors coupled with a
memory, the memory comprising a set of instructions embodied in the memory
15 that is executable by the one or more processors to compare the extracted one or
more attributes data with a predefined stored data in a database to determine sates
comprising any or a combination of fresh, semi-spoiled, spoiled, and expired
status of the one or more food items; and a display unit operatively coupled with
the one or more processors to display the determined states of the one or more
20 food items.
[0045] In an embodiment, the plurality of sensors can be selected form a group consisting
of a bar code scanner, a Quick Response (QR) code scanner, a radio-frequency
identification (RFID) scanner, a gases sensor, and alcohol sensor.
[0046] In an embodiment, the one or more attributes data of the one or more food items
5 includes any or a combination a manufacturing date, expiry date, alcohol content,
methane content, nutritional information, ingredients of the food items, storage
instructions, and recipes.
[0047] In an embodiment, at least one of one or more food items having a scanable code
or detectable code associated with one or more attributes data of the
10 corresponding one or more food items.
[0048] In an embodiment, at least one of the plurality of sensors are configured to detect
or scan the scanable or detectable code of the one or more food items to extract
one or more attributes data.
[0049] In an embodiment, the scanable code or detectable code can be associated with
15 any or a combination of a manufacturing date, expiry date, nutritional
information, ingredients the food items, storage instructions, and recipes of the
corresponding food items.
[0050] In an embodiment, the system can include an alarm unit operatively coupled the
one or more processors to generate an alert signal to alert a user when any of the
20 stored one or more food items gets expired or spoiled.
[0051] In an embodiment, the display unit can include a plurality of light emitting diode
(LED) of different colours to indicate the states of the one or more food items.
[0052] In an embodiment, a specific coloured LED of the plurality of LED is used to
indicate a particular state of the food items.
[0053]5 In an embodiment, the display unit can be a digital-display for displaying the
states of the one or more food items.
[0054] In an embodiment, the system can include any or a combination of a Bluetooth
module, and WI-FI module to enable communication with user with assistance of
a use computing device.
[005510 FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary modules diagram representation of the proposed
smart food storage system, in accordance with an embodiment of the present
disclosure.The proposed food storage system (also referred to as apparatus
hereinafter) 100 can include a container 106 to accommodate one store one or
more food items, and a plurality of sensors 108 configured with the container 106.
15 The plurality of sensors 108 can be configured to detect or scan the one or more
stored food items to extract one or more attributes data associated with food
information of the one or more food items.
[0056] In an embodiment, the plurality of sensors 108 can detect or scan the one or more
stored food items continuously to monitor the one or more food in real-time.
[0057] In an embodiment, the plurality of sensors 108 can be selected form a group
consisting of a bar code scanner, a Quick Response (QR) code scanner, a radio
frequency identification (RFID) scanner, a gases sensor, and alcohol sensor.
[0058] In an embodiment, the one or more food items can be selected from the group
5 consisting of purchased packed food products, raw vegetables, meat, fish, poultry,
dairy products, home prepared food product and the like.
[0059] In an embodiment, the one or more attributes data of the one or more food items
comprise any or a combination a manufacturing date, expiry date, alcohol content,
methane content, nutritional information, ingredients of the food items, storage
10 instructions, and recipes.
[0060] In an embodiment, at least one of one or more food items such as purchased
packed items having a scanable code or detectable code associated with one or
more attributes data of the corresponding one or more food items.
[0061] In an embodiment, the scanable code or detectable code can be any of a QR code,
15 bar code, and the like.
[0062] In an embodiment, at least one of the plurality of sensors such as (QR) code
scanner, a radio-frequency identification (RFID) scanner are configured to detect
or scan the scanable or detectable code of the one or more food items to extract
one or more attributes data.
[006310 In an embodiment, the scanable code or detectable code can be associated with
any or a combination of a manufacturing date, expiry date, nutritional information, ingredients the food items, storage instructions, and recipes of the corresponding food items.
[0064] In an embodiment, the gases sensor, and alcohol sensor can be configured to
detect methane gas, and alcohol content of the food items such as vegetables,
5 meat, fish, poultry, dairy products, home prepared food product and the like.
[0065] In an embodiment, the system 100 can include one or more processors 102
operatively coupled with the coupled with the plurality of sensors 108, and a
memory 104 coupled with the processors 102. In an embodiment, the one or more
processor(s) 102 may be implemented as one or more microprocessors,
10 microcomputers, microcontrollers, digital signal processors, central processing
units, logic circuitries, and/or any devices that manipulate data based on
operational instructions. Among other capabilities, the one or more processor(s)
102 are configured to fetch and execute computer-readable instructions stored in a
memory 104 of the system 100. The memory 104 may store one or more
15 computer-readable instructions or routines, which may be fetched and executed to
create or share the data units over a network service. The memory 104 may
comprise any non-transitory storage device including, for example, volatile
memory such as RAM, or non-volatile memory such as EPROM, flash memory,
and the like.
[006610 In an embodiment, the system 100 can include a database 116 configured for
storing predefined data, extracted one or more attributes data from the food items
and other required data.
[0067] In an embodiment, the processors 102 can be configured to compare the extracted
one or more attributes data with the predefined stored data in the database 116 to
determine sates comprising any or a combination of fresh, semi-spoiled, spoiled,
and expired status of the one or more food items based on the comparison.
[0068]5 In an embodiment, the system 100 can include a display unit 110 configured on
outer side of the container 106. The display unit 110 is operatively coupled with
the one or more processors 102 to display the determined states of the one or more
food items.
[0069] In an embodiment, the display unit 110 can be provided with a plurality of light
10 emitting diode (LED) of different colours to indicate the states of the one or more
food items.
[0070] In an embodiment, a specific coloured LED of the plurality of LED is used to
indicate a particular state of the food items.
[0071] In an embodiment, the display unit 110 can be a digital-display for displaying the
15 states of the one or more food items.
[0072] In an embodiment, the system 100 can include an alarm unit 112 operatively
coupled the one or more processors 102 to generate an alert signal to alert a user
when any of the stored one or more food items gets expired or spoiled. In an
embodiment, the alarm unit 112 can generate any or a combination of visual and
20 audible alarm signal if any of the food items in the container 106 has expired or is
no longer fresh.
[0073] In an embodiment, the system 100 can include a communication module 114
including any or a combination of a Bluetooth module, and WI-Fl module, GSM
moduleand the like to enable communication of a user with assistance of a user
computing device. In an embodiment, the user computing device can be any of a
5 computer system,laptop, smart mobile phone, tablet and the like.
[0074] In an embodiment, the user can communicate with the system with assistance of
the user computing device through a network.
[0075] In an embodiment, the disclosed system 100 can implement with a refrigerator,
freezer, storage room, and the like.
[007610 FIG. 2 illustrates an exemplary schematic diagram representation of the smart
food storage system, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
As shown, the disclosed system 100 can include a container 106 having one or
more compartments 202 to one store one or more food items, a door 204 having a
handle 206 to move the door 204 between an opened and a closed position for
15 opening and closing of the container 106.
[0077] In an embodiment, sensors 108 are configured on inner side of side walls of the
compartment to detect or scan the one or more stored food items to extract one or
more attributes data associated with food information of the one or more food
items. In an embodiment, one or more processors 102 (not shown here) are
20 operatively coupled with the coupled with the sensors 108 to compare the
extracted one or more attributes data with the predefined stored data in a database
(not shown here) to determine sates comprising any or a combination of fresh, semi-spoiled, spoiled, and expired status of the one or more food items based on the comparison.
[0078] In an embodiment, a display unit 110 configured on outer side of the container
106. The display unit 110 is operatively coupled with the one or more processors
5 to display the determined states of the one or more food items.
[0079] In an embodiment, an alarm unit 112 operatively coupled the one or more
processors. The alarm unit 112 is provided to generate an alert signal to alert a
user when any of the stored one or more food items gets expired or spoiled.
[0080] In an embodiment, the system 100 can include including any or a combination of
10 a Bluetooth module, and WI-FI module, GSM module and the like to enable
communication of a user with assistance of a user computing device.
[0081] FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary representation of the proposed method flow
diagram for tracking of one or more food items, in accordance with an
embodiment of the present disclosure. In an embodiment, the disclosed method
15 300 can include at step 302, storing the one or more food items into a container,
and at step 304, scanning or detecting, using a plurality of sensors, the one or
more stored food items to extract one or more attributes data associated with food
information of the one or more food items. The plurality of sensors can be
selected form a group consisting of a bar code scanner, a Quick Response (QR)
20 code scanner, a radio-frequency identification (RFID) scanner, a gases sensor, and
alcohol sensor.
[0082] In an embodiment, the disclosed method 300 can include at step 306, comparing,
using one or more processors, the extracted one or more attributes data with a
predefined stored data in a database to determine sates comprising any or a
combination of fresh, semispoiled, spoiled, and expired status of the one or more
5 food items, at step 308, displaying, using a display unit, the determined states of
the one or more food items, and at step 310, generating an alert signal, using an
alarm unit, to alerting a user when any of the stored one or more food items gets
expired or spoiled.
[0083] FIG. 4 illustrates a computer system in which or with which embodiments of the
10 present invention can be utilized in accordance with embodiments of the present
disclosure.
[0084] As shown in FIG. 4, computer system includes an external storage device 410, a
bus 420, a main memory 430, a read only memory 440, a mass storage device
450, communication port 460, and a processor 470. A person skilled in the art will
15 appreciate that computer system may include more than one processor and
communication ports. Examples of processor 470 include, but are not limited to,
an Intel Itanium@ or Itanium 2 processor(s), or AMD® Opteron@ or Athlon
MP@ processor(s), Motorola@ lines of processors, FortiSOCTMsystem on a chip
processors or other future processors. Processor 470 may include various modules
20 associated with embodiments of the present invention. Communication port 460
can be any of an RS-232 port for use with a modem-based dialup connection, a
10/100 Ethernet port, a Gigabit or 10 Gigabit port using copper or fibre, a serial port, a parallel port, or other existing or future ports. Communication port 460 may be chosen depending on a network, such a Local Area Network (LAN), Wide
Area Network (WAN), or any network to which computer system connects.
[0085] Memory 430 can be Random Access Memory (RAM), or any other dynamic
5 storage device commonly known in the art. Read only memory 440 can be any
static storage device(s) e.g., but not limited to, a Programmable Read Only
Memory (PROM) chips for storing static information e.g., start-up or BIOS
instructions for processor 670. Mass storage 450 may be any current or future
mass storage solution, which can be used to store information and/or instructions.
10 Exemplary mass storage solutions include, but are not limited to, Parallel
Advanced Technology Attachment (PATA) or Serial Advanced Technology
Attachment (SATA) hard disk drives or solid-state drives (internal or external,
e.g., having Universal Serial Bus (USB) and/or Firewire interfaces), e.g. those
available from Seagate (e.g., the Seagate Barracuda 7200 family) or Hitachi (e.g.,
15 the Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000), one or more optical discs, Redundant Array of
Independent Disks (RAID) storage, e.g. an array of disks (e.g., SATA arrays),
available from various vendors including Dot Hill Systems Corp., LaCie, Nexsan
Technologies, Inc. and Enhance Technology, Inc.
[0086] Bus 420 communicatively couples processor(s) 470 with the other memory,
20 storage and communication blocks. Bus 420 can be, e.g. a Peripheral Component
Interconnect (PCI) / PCI Extended (PCI-X) bus, Small Computer System
Interface (SCSI), USB or the like, for connecting expansion cards, drives and other subsystems as well as other buses, such a front side bus (FSB), which connects processor 470 to software system.
[0087] Optionally, operator and administrative interfaces, e.g. a display, keyboard, and a
cursor control device, may also be coupled to bus 420 to support direct operator
5 interaction with computer system. Other operator and administrative interfaces
can be provided through network connections connected through communication
port 460. External storage device 410 can be any kind of external hard-drives,
floppy drives, IOMEGA@ Zip Drives, Compact Disc - Read Only Memory (CD
ROM), Compact Disc - Re-Writable (CD-RW), Digital Video Disk - Read Only
10 Memory (DVD-ROM). Components described above are meant only to exemplify
various possibilities. In no way should the aforementioned exemplary computer
system limit the scope of the present disclosure.
[0088] It should be apparent to those skilled in the art that many more modifications
besides those already described are possible without departing from the inventive
15 concepts herein. The inventive patient matter, therefore, is not to be restricted
except in the spirit of the appended claims. Moreover, in interpreting both the
specification and the claims, all terms should be interpreted in the broadest
possible manner consistent with the context. In particular, the terms "includes"
and "including" should be interpreted as referring to elements, components, or
20 steps in a non-exclusive manner, indicating that the referenced elements,
components, or steps may be present, or utilized, or combined with other
elements, components, or steps that are not expressly referenced. Where the specification claims refer to at least one of something selected from the group consisting of A, B, C ... .and N, the text should be interpreted as requiring only one element from the group, not A plus N, or B plus N, etc. The foregoing description of the specific embodiments will so fully reveal the general nature of
5 the embodiments herein that others can, by applying current knowledge, readily
modify and/or adapt for various applications such specific embodiments without
departing from the generic concept, and, therefore, such adaptations and
modifications should and are intended to be comprehended within the meaning
and range of equivalents of the disclosed embodiments. It is to be understood that
10 the phraseology or terminology employed herein is for the purpose of description
and not of limitation. Therefore, while the embodiments herein have been
described in terms of preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art will
recognize that the embodiments herein can be practised with modification within
the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
[008915 While the foregoing describes various embodiments of the invention, other and
further embodiments of the invention may be devised without departing from the
basic scope thereof. The scope of the invention is determined by the claims that
follow. The invention is not limited to the described embodiments, versions or
examples, which are included to enable a person having ordinary skill in the art to
20 make and use the invention when combined with information and knowledge
available to the person having ordinary skill in the art.
Claims (10)
1. An intelligent storage system for food items (100) having a container (106) to store one or more food items,
wherein the system is characterized in that comprising a plurality of sensors (108) configured with the container (106) to detect or scan the one or more stored food items and to sense one or more attributes data associated with food information of the one or more food items;
one or more processors (102) coupled with a memory (104), the memory (104) comprising a set of instructions embodied in the memory (104) that is executable by the one or more processors (102) to compare the extracted one or more attributes data with a predefined stored data in a database to determine states comprising any or a combination of fresh, semi-spoiled, spoiled, and expired status of the one or more food items; and
a display unit (110) operatively coupled with the one or more processors (102) to display the determined states of the one or more food items.
2. The system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of sensors (108) are selected form a group consisting of a bar code scanner, a Quick Response (QR) code scanner, a radiofrequency identification (RFID) scanner, a gases sensor, and alcohol sensor.
3. The system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more attributes data of the one or more food items comprise any or a combination a manufacturing date, expiry date, alcohol content, methane content, nutritional information, ingredients of the food items, storage instructions, and recipes.
4. The system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein any one of one or more food items having a scanable code or detectable code associated with one or more attributes data of the corresponding one or more food items, and wherein one or plurality of sensors (108) are configured to detect or scan the scanable or detectable code of the one or more food items to extract one or more attributes data.
5. The system (100) as claimed in claim 4, wherein the scanable code or detectable code is associated with any or a combination of a manufacturing date, expiry date, nutritional information, ingredients the food items, storage instructions, and recipes of the corresponding food items.
6. The system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the system (100) comprises an alarm unit (112) operatively coupled the one or more processors (102) to generate an alert signal to alert a user when any of the stored one or more food items gets expired or spoiled.
7. The system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display unit (110) comprises a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) of different colors to indicate the states of the one or more food items, wherein a specific colored LED of the plurality of LED indicates a particular state of the food items.
8. The system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display unit (110) is a digital-display for displaying the states of the one or more food items.
9. The system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the system (100) comprises any or a combination of a Bluetooth module, and WI-Fl module to communicate with a computing device of a user.
10. A method (300) for tracking of one or more food items, the method (300) comprising steps of:
storing (302) the one or more food items into a container (106); wherein the method is characterized by comprising: scanning or detecting (304), using a plurality of sensors (108), the one or more stored food items to sense one or more attributes data associated with food information of the one or more food items; comparing (306), using one or more processors (102), the extracted one or more attributes data with a predefined stored data in a database to determine states comprising any or a combination of fresh, semi-spoiled, spoiled, and expired status of the one or more food items; displaying (308), using a display unit (110), the determined states of the one or more food items; and generating (310) an alert signal, using an alarm unit (112), to alerting a user when any of the stored one or more food items gets expired or spoiled.
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