KR20160074534A - Logistic transport system for nutritional substances - Google Patents

Abstract

Storage systems for storage and transportation of nutrients are provided. The storage system is adapted to obtain information about the nutrients to be preserved, to sense and measure the external environment of the storage system, to sense and measure the internal environment of the storage system, to measure the condition of the nutrient, And stores such information over a period of time. Using this accumulated information, the conservation system can measure, or estimate, changes (usually degradation) in nutrients during the period of preservation. In addition, the preservation system can use this information to dynamically modify the preservation system to minimize deleterious changes to the nutritional content of the nutrient, and in some cases, .

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a logistics transportation system for nutrients,

The present invention relates to the collection, transmission, creation and use of information relating to the preservation of nutrients during logistics.

Nutritional substances are traditionally grown (plants), reared (animals) or synthesized (synthetic compounds). In addition, nutrients can be found in wild, uncultivated forms that can be collected or collected. People and founders who collect nutrients generally acquire and / or generate information about their sources of origin, history, calorie content and / or nutritional content, but they do not provide such information to people who use their products It is common not to communicate together. Nutrients are traditionally grown (plants), raised (animals) or synthesized (synthetic mixtures). In addition, nutrients can be found in wild, uncultivated form, which can be harvested or collected. The collectors and producers of nutrients usually obtain and / or generate information on their products' origin, history, caloric history and / or influential history, but they do not pass that information on to users of their products It is common not to. It is also possible to determine the nutritional value, sensory value, or aesthetic value of the nutritional material with respect to a nutritional value, an organoleptic value, or an aesthetic value of the nutritional material or after the nutritional material has been conditioned There is no information available to the consumer about the consumer and there is no way for the consumer to know which conditioning protocol will achieve the desired nutritional value, sensory value, or aesthetic value. It would be desirable for such information to be available to consumers of nutrients as well as all workers in the nutrient supply system, the food and beverage industry, at any desired moment. Consumers and any other member of the nutrient supply system, at any moment during the life cycle of the nutrient up to the point of consumption, will be informed of the nutritional value, sensory value, Interactive systems and databases, including user-friendly dynamic nutrient labeling that enable access to information on changes in aesthetic values, will provide great value for nutrient supply systems.

The nutritional content of the foods and beverages used here is also referred to as nutritional values and relates to the non-caloric content of these nutrients beneficial to organisms consuming these nutrients. For example, the nutritional content of a nutrient may include vitamins, minerals, proteins, and other non-caloric ingredients that are essential or at least beneficial to an organism that consumes the nutrients. Calorie breakdown refers to energy in nutrients, usually measured in calories. Calorie breakdown may be expressed as down and / or carbohydrate in the nutrients.

Consumers are asking the food and beverage industry to provide such products that contain higher nutritional content and / or minimal information about the actual current nutritional content of the products, also referred to herein as residual nutritional content . In fact, consumers are already willing to pay higher prices for such high nutritional content. This can be seen in high-end food stores that provide organic, minimally processed, fresh, non-adulterated nutrients. In addition, as societies and governments seek to improve the health of their members and lower the cost of maintaining health, the nutritional content of nutrients handled by the food and beverage industry is tracked, maintained, and / or increased Incentives and / or instructions will be given to the food and beverage industry to ensure that There will be a need for an industry-wide solution to enable the management of nutritional content across the entire cycle from production to consumption. To manage the nutritional content of nutrients throughout the entire cycle from production to consumption, the nutrient industry identifies, tracks, measures, estimates, preserves, and stores nutritional content information for nutrients , Transform, condition, record, and communicate information to the user. Providing user-friendly dynamic nutritional ingredient labeling to nutrients to facilitate this type of information connectivity and access will be the key to solving such a functioning system. Of particular importance is the measurement, estimation and tracking of changes in nutritional values, as well as changes in the organoleptic and aesthetic values of nutrients from generation to consumption. Changes in nutritional, sensory, and aesthetic values are referred to herein individually and collectively as ΔN. This ΔN information is not only used by the consumer in selecting particular nutrients to consume, but is also used to generate, preserve, convert, and / or produce information to make decisions about how to produce, process, But may also be used by other food and beverage industry participants and modules, including conditioning. In addition, those who sell nutrients to consumers, such as restaurants and grocery stores, will be able to communicate their qualitative knowledge of the nutrients in an effort to market and place their nutritional products . In addition, the factors determining the price of a nutrient may also be the special values, if changes to a particular nutritional value, sensory value, or aesthetic value, also referred to herein as? N, are found to be desirable. For example, if the desired value is maintained, improved, or minimally reduced, it may be marketed as a premium product. And also allowing producers, conservators and logistics carriers, translators, conditioners, and consumers of said nutrients to update their labeling of contents to reflect the most recent information on nutrients The system will provide consumers with information that they need to make decisions based on information about the nutrients they buy and consume. Such information updates may include nutritional values, sensory values, or aesthetic values of the nutrient material, and may further include information about source, production, and other source information for the nutrient material, And may further include information about the adulteration of nutrients.

For example, in general, growers of sweet corn provide basic information to their packager only as their corn type and grade. Information about the actual baseline nutritional, sensory, or aesthetic value of the corn is unlikely to be provided, and the ΔN values resulting from logistics transport (ie, preserved during bulk shipments to the packer) No change in nutritional value, sensory value, or aesthetic value). The wrapper that preserves the corn and shipped the corn to a transformer for use in an instant food will only inform the transformer that the corn has been frozen into unpackaged grains of sweet corn. For the reference nutritional value, sensory value, or aesthetic value occurring before storage by the wrapper resulting from storage and packing by the wrapper or from the transport of the goods to the wrapper, No information is provided. The transformer uses the corn as a component in creating instant frozen food, and then shipped it to the supermarket. However, the reference nutritional value, sensory value, or aesthetic value of the corn, the ΔN values that occurred prior to storage by the transducer, the logistical transport from the transfiguration to the supermarket (ie, via the truck to the supermarket Distribution), no information is provided to the supermarket. The supermarket places the instant food within the freezing space of the supermarket, where the product is selected by the consumer for purchase. However, any information regarding the reference nutritional value, sensory value, or aesthetic value of the instant food,? N of such values, or a corresponding residual nutritional value, sensory value, or aesthetic value is communicated to the consumer It does not. The consumer is essentially unaware of the nutritional value, sensory value, or aesthetic value of the corn, and the consumer is not aware of the production, the logistics transport to the packer, the preservation and packaging by the packer, Any change to the nutritional value, sensory value, or aesthetic value, ΔN, of the sweet corn from the logistics transport of the product, the conversion, the logistics transport to the supermarket, and the preservation in the freezer of the supermarket, Even if it can be an improvement). In addition, the packaging of the instant food only provides the consumer with basic instructions on how to cook or re-heat the instant food in a microwave oven, toaster oven or convection oven, It can be confirmed that only the whole wheat corn is included in the final consumption by the consumer and by the consumer. The consumer of the meal is unlikely to express opinions about the quality of the meal unless the meal is a particularly bad experience if the consumer is able to contact the producer's consumer assistance program to complain. Unfortunately, today's consumers do not have access to information about the ΔN (usually degradation) of how much their nutrients change at any moment during the life cycle of nutrients. Therefore, they can not determine the actual nutritional value, sensory value, or aesthetic value of the nutrient. In addition, consumers do not have access to information about how the nutritional value, sensory value, or aesthetic value of a nutrient will change (usually deteriorate) during local storage and conditioning, and the desired nutritional value, sensory value , Or information on how to condition the nutrients to achieve an aesthetic value. Interactive systems and databases, including user-friendly dynamic nutrient labeling, that enable consumers to access such information for nutrients will provide great value for the nutrient supply system.

Consumers' needs are changing because consumers are demanding more healthy foods such as "organic foods". Customers are also asking for more information about the nutrients they consume, such as allergen-inducing substances or certain characteristics related to indigestion, as well as specific characteristics related to nutritional content. Certain consumers need to avoid nutrients, including, for example, lactose, gluten, nuts, pigments, and the like. However, in the conventional example, the producer of the instant food has little information to share, other than the source of the elements of the instant food and the processing steps in preparing the food. Generally, the manufacturer of the instant food is unaware of the nutritional content, sensory and aesthetic state of the product after the consumer has reheated or cooked the product, can not anticipate changes ΔN to these properties, and We can not inform consumers of this information to enable consumers to better meet their needs. For example, a consumer may wish to determine whether any desired sensory characteristics or values of the cereal in the instant food after cooking or reheating, what nutritional content or values desired, or which portion of the desired aesthetic characteristics or values remain, You may want to know the values, the desired sensual characteristics or values, or the changes in the desired aesthetic properties or values (usually degraded, but retained, or even improved). There is a need to preserve, measure, estimate, store, and / or transmit information about such nutritional, sensory, and aesthetic values through the nutrient delivery system, including changes in such values, .

The calorie and nutritional content of the cooked food given to the consumer is often minimal. For example, when sugar is on the ingredients list, the consumer will receive some information about the source of sugar that can come from a variety of sugarcane, sugar beets, or grains, which will affect the nutritional content of the food It will not be possible. Conversely, some of the nutrition information provided to consumers is so detailed that the consumer may have little to do with it. For example, this list of nutrients comes from nutrition labels on consumer products: Vitamin A - 355 IU 7%, E 0.8 mg 4%, K 0.5 mcg, 1%, Tyamine 0.6 mg 43%, Riboflavin 0.3 mg 20%, niacin 6.0 mg 30%, B6 1.0 mg 52%, polyurethane 31.5 mcg 8%, pandosenic 7%; Inorganic Calcium 11.6%, Ferrous 4.5mg 25%, Phosphorus 349mg 35%, Potassium 476mg 14%, Sodium 58.1mg 2%, Zinc 3.7mg 24%, Copper 0.5mg 26%, Magnesium 0.8mg 40%, Selenium 25.7 mcg 37%; 123 g of carbohydrate, 12.1 g of dietary fiber, 7.9 g of saturated fat, 2,1 g of monounsaturated fat, 3.6 g of polyunsaturated fat, 108 g of omega 3 fatty acid, 3481 of omega 6 fatty acid, 2.0 g of ash and 17.2 g of water. (% = Daily intake value). There is a need for dynamic labeling of nutrients to provide information on nutrients in a meaningful way. Such information needs to be presented in a way that meets the specific needs of a particular consumer. For example, consumers with a history of diabetes mellitus will want to track specific information about the nutritional values associated with the sugars and other nutrients in the foods they consume and their beverages, and the changes in these values Will benefit from having tools for quickly indicating or estimating these changes in a way that is known, retrospective, current, or anticipated.

Indeed, each module in the food and beverage industry internally generates and tracks some information about their products, including calorie and nutrition information. For example, farmers who cultivate corn know the selected mode of seed diversity, soil condition, source of water, used fertilizers and pesticides, logistics transportation to the packer, and measure calorie and nutrient content at the time of production . The packer of the corn knows how the corn is preserved and packaged before the corn is collected and sent to the ready-to-eat food, which results in a change in the calorie and nutritional content (usually degradation) I know the chosen mode of logistics delivery and when it was shipped to the convenience food converter. The instant food transducer knows how it has been processed during the transformation, including the source of corn and other ingredients of the instant food, the subsequent cooking, how it has been preserved and packaged for the consumer, and the selected mode of logistics transport to the supermarket. Not only does such an instant food manufacturer know what changes have occurred in calorie and nutritional content, but the instant food transducer is able to determine the nutritional value, sensory value, and aesthetic value (e.g., to minimize deterioration) Processing and post-machining can be modified to optimize. When the supermarket receives the instant foods, it knows when they are placed in the freezer in the freezer, the temperature and other conditions in the freezer, and when the consumer buys the instant food. Finally, consumers are asked how they have stored and cooked the instant food locally, which spices have been added for consumption (which is usually degraded) and which can also change the nutritional value, sensory value, and aesthetic value, and I know whether I enjoyed the meal or not.

If there is a mechanism for sharing this information, the quality of nutrients, including calories and nutritional, sensual, and aesthetic values, will be maintained and improved. Consumers will be better informed about the nutrients they choose and consume over the lifetime from generation to consumption, including the state of their nutrients and their change in state ΔN. The efficiency and cost effectiveness of nutrients could also be improved. Feedback within the entire chain, from the constructor to the consumer, could provide a closed-loop system that could improve quality (flavor, appearance, and calories and nutritional content), efficiency, value and benefits. For example, in the milk supply chain, at least 10% of the milk produced is wasted due to safety margin times included in the product shelf life date. Using more precise tracking information, measured quality information including ΔN and corresponding residual nutritional values, sensory values, and aesthetic values, and historical environmental information would substantially reduce such waste. Interactive systems and databases, including dynamic nutrient labeling for collecting, preserving, measuring, and / or tracking information on nutrients in the nutrient supply system will allow accountability. There will be nothing to hide. Unfortunately, there is no such system or dynamic nutrient labeling today.

Because consumers are asking for more information about what they consume, they are asking for products with higher nutritional content and better nutritional requirements that are more closely matched, You will like nutritional products to actually meet your substance requirements. While food stores, restaurants, and both those who process and sell food and beverages will be able to obtain some information from current nutrient tracking systems, such as existing non-dynamic nutrient labeling, Can only provide limited information.

Current packaging materials for nutrients include plastics, paper, cardboard, glass, and synthetic materials. In general, packaging materials are selected by the manufacturer to best preserve the quality of the nutrient until the consumer uses the nutrient. In some cases, the packaging may include some information about the type of nutrient, the producer identity, and the country of origin. Such packages generally include information about the generation and the reference nutritional value, sensory value, and aesthetic value, current or historical information about the external states of the packaged nutrient during storage or logistics transportation, storage or logistics transportation It does not convey current or historical information about the internal states of the packaged nutrient, or the source information of the nutrient, such as the corresponding ΔN information and residual quantitative, sensory, or aesthetic values.

Nutrient collectors and / or producers such as growers (plants), breeders (animals) or synthetics (synthesizers) routinely generate and collect information about their products, Are generally not accessible to their consumers. Even if such producers want to provide such information to their consumers (even if all plants, animals and generally nutrients have natural fingerprints) There is currently no way to label, encode, or otherwise identify each particular product. There are limitative methods and systems available, but they are overly expensive, time consuming, and do not track nutritional, sensual, and / or aesthetic conditions throughout the product's life cycle, ≪ / RTI > Current labels for such products include packaging labels, sticker labels, and food color ink labels. These labels apply to all similar products and can not identify each particular product, identify a variety of products such as Apple bananas, but can not identify special bananas.

An important issue in generating, preserving, converting, conditioning, and consuming nutrients is the change in nutritional, sensory, or aesthetic values issued by nutrients due to various internal and external factors. to be. Because nutrients are composed of biological, organic, and / or chemical compounds, they are usually susceptible to degradation. This degradation usually reduces the nutritional, sensual, and / or aesthetic values of nutrients. Although this is not always true, it is best that nutrients are consumed at the time they are created. However, it is not impossible, but at least inconvenient, to enable nutrients to be consumed on farms, slaughterhouses, fisheries, or food processing plants. Currently, the food and beverage industry tries to minimize the loss of nutritional value (often through the use of additives or preservatives) and / or attempts to conceal this loss of nutritional value to consumers.

Nutrients may experience one or more preservation modalities during the journey of their nutrients from generation to consumption. Such preservative embodiments include the storage of all known shapes. Also, such preservative embodiments include logistics transport of all known shapes. Modes of transport include, but are not limited to, the following: containers for sea, rail, highway, and air-cargo; Sealed tractors - trailers; Box trucks; Railway and highway tanks; Hoppers; Pallets; Boxes; Backs; Drums; And so on. The resulting ΔN during logistics transport of nutrients can be significant. Thus, tracking the result ΔN (or the corresponding residual nutritional value, sensory value, or aesthetic value) during shipping and transport of nutrients and delivering it to others in the nutrient delivery system can be achieved by the nutrient delivery system To provide a great benefit to all participants within the organization.

In general, the examples herein of some conventional or related systems and their associated limitations are not intended to be illustrative, and not exclusive. Other limitations of existing or conventional systems will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention is directed, taking the following detailed description into consideration.

For the purposes of the present invention, the nutrients are preserved, here and there being collectively and individually referred to as < RTI ID = 0.0 > N, < / RTI > Source information and historical conservation information of the nutrient, including storage, packaging, logistics transport, and any other external influences affecting the nutrients, and the residual nutritional value, sensory value, and / RTI > and / or the aesthetic value of all of the entities of the nutrient supply system, including those that generate, convert, store and deliver logistics, and condition the nutrients, And / or consumers.

In a further object of the present invention, preservation systems, including packaging, storage systems and containers, and logistics transportation, can dynamically interact with the nutrients being preserved, which can have nutritional, sensory Maintain and / or enhance the nutrients in order to maintain, enhance, or minimize deterioration, and / or to favorably affect the ΔN associated with the nutrient And / or to minimize degradation

For the purposes of the present invention, the nutrients are preserved, here and there being collectively and individually referred to as < RTI ID = 0.0 > N, < / RTI > Source information and / or historical conservation information of the nutrient material, including storage, packaging, logistics transport, and any other external influences affecting the nutrient material, and such nutrient values or residual nutritional value, sensory value , And / or information about an aesthetic value is made available to entities external to the nutrient supply system.

For purposes of the present invention, the packaging or labeling of the nutrient material may include, but is not limited to, current information on the nutritional value, sensory value, and / or aesthetic value status of the nutrient, Trace history information.

For purposes of the present invention, the uniqueness of a nutrient may be a function of the nutritional value of the nutrient, including the current information on the nutritional value, the sensory value, and / or the state of the aesthetic value, Track information.

In a further object of the present invention, storage systems, including storage, packaging and logistics, dynamically interact with the nutrients to maintain and / or improve the preserved nutrients and / interacting with the nutrient, which may advantageously affect the nutrient value, the sensory value, and / or the aN value associated with the nutrient in order to maintain, enhance, or minimize deterioration, And to convey information about such dynamic interaction with the nutrient.

For the purposes of the present invention, the nutrients are preserved, here and there being collectively and individually referred to as < RTI ID = 0.0 > N, < / RTI > Source information and / or historical conservation information of the nutrient material, including storage, packaging, logistics transport, and any other external influences affecting the nutrient material, and such nutrient values or residual nutritional value, sensory value , And / or information about an aesthetic value is made available by referring to the unique identifier provided to the nutrient.

For purposes of the present invention, the? N information of a nutrient is referenced to a unique identifier associated with the nutrient and the? N information is tracked and / or collected and / or stored and / or minimized and / do.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a storage system for a nutrient includes, but is not limited to, storage, packaging, and logistics systems, and includes source information, information about the history of the nutrient from the point in time at which the nutrient was preserved And / or the external influences on the preserved nutrient that may result in changes in nutritional, sensory, and / or aesthetic values of the nutrient referred to herein collectively and individually It may be possible to track the current information. In a further embodiment, current information on external influences on the preserved nutrients may be utilized to generate nutrients as DELTA N values or resulting residual nutritional values, sensory values, and / or aesthetic values , All of the entities of the nutrient supply system, including those that store, transport, (including transporting, transporting, conditioning, and consuming) the nutrients to the users and / or consumers of the nutrients .

In an embodiment of the invention, the packaging or labeling for the nutrient material may be applied to any entity inside or outside the nutrient supply system, but preferably with a value of DELTA N or a residual nutritional value as a result of the nutrient, , ≪ / RTI > and / or to provide information to the consumer relating to the aesthetic value.

In an embodiment of the invention, the uniqueness of the nutrient may be determined for any entity inside or outside the nutrient supply system, but preferably with a DELTA N value or a residual nutritional value, a sensory value, and / / RTI > and / or to provide information to the consumer relating to the aesthetic value.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a storage system for a nutrient can include, but is not limited to, storage, packaging, and logistics systems, and can dynamically interact with the nutrient material to provide nutritional, sensory, And / or to maintain, enhance, or minimize deterioration of the aesthetic value, or otherwise to advantageously affect the N associated with the nutrient.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a storage system for a nutrient includes, but is not limited to, storage, packaging, and logistics systems, and includes source information, information about the history of the nutrient from the point at which the nutrient was preserved And / or the external influences on the preserved nutrient that may result in changes in nutritional, sensory, and / or aesthetic values of the nutrient referred to collectively and individually herein It may be possible to track the current information. In a further embodiment, current information on the external influences on the preserved nutrients is utilized to determine the N values or the resulting residual nutritional value, sensory value, and / or aesthetic value as the nutrient supply To the entities external to the system.

In an embodiment of the present invention, packaging or labeling for a nutrient may be determined by the unique identifier provided by the packaging or labeling for the nutrient, by determining the ΔN value of the nutrient or the resulting residual nutritional value, And / or information relating to an aesthetic value. Alternatively, information relating to the DELTA N value of the nutrient or the resulting residual nutritional value, sensory value, and / or aesthetic value may be referred to by the unique nature of the nutrient. Such packaging or labeling may be applicable to nutrients stored individually or in bulk.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a storage system for a nutrient can include, but is not limited to, storage, packaging, and logistics systems, and can dynamically interact with the nutrient material to provide nutritional, sensory, And / or to maintain, enhance, or minimize deterioration of an aesthetic value, or to advantageously affect the [Delta] N associated with the nutrient, and the interaction, the [Delta] N, Or information related to aesthetic value, sensory value, or aesthetic value.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a storage system for a nutrient includes, but is not limited to, storage, packaging, and logistics systems, and includes source information, information about the history of the nutrient from the point at which the nutrient was preserved And / or the external influences on the preserved nutrient that may result in changes in nutritional, sensory, and / or aesthetic values of the nutrient referred to collectively and individually herein It may be possible to track the current information. In a further embodiment, the current information on the external influences on the preserved nutrient is referred to the unique identifier provided in the conservation system, or the unique properties of the nutrient. Such unique identifiers may be applicable to nutrients stored individually or in bulk.

In an embodiment of the present invention, in order to improve, maintain, or minimize deterioration of the nutritional value, sensory value, and / or aesthetic value of the nutrient, information about the dynamically labeled nutrient is generated and collected A system is provided for storing, transmitting, and / or processing data. In addition, such information may be provided for use by producers of the nutrient material, conservationists (including logistics carriers), translators, conditioners, and consumers. In a preferred embodiment, this information is publicly available and openly integrated at any time in time to all members of the nutrient supply system. The dynamic labeling provided to the nutrient preferably enables the integration and availability of the information, and it is desirable that this information be publicly available and openly integrated as soon as the information is generated. The nutrition information generation, storage, and transmission system of the present invention is particularly advantageous in that the nutrient supply system minimizes degradation of nutritional, sensory and / or aesthetic values of the nutrient and / It may be possible to enhance his or her ability to inform the consumer, creator, maintainer (including logistics transporter), translator, conditioner, or consumer. The ultimate goal of the nutrient supply system may be to minimize the deterioration of nutritional value, sensory value and / or aesthetic value, or, if it is related to [Delta] N, minimize the negative value of [Delta] N , The intermediate goal is to provide consumers with meaningful information about changes in the nutritional, sensory and / or aesthetic value of the nutritional and / or nutritional values of the nutrients and / or nutrients selected by the consumer , So that the desired information about a particular nutritional value, sensory value and / or aesthetic value can be ascertained using [Delta] N. The nutrient supply system, which provides such? N information about nutrients, especially degradation, will be able to distinguish their products from those that obscure and / or conceal such information. In addition, such entities may retain more or less complete information about changes in the nutritional value, sensory value, and / or aesthetic value of the product, or changes in the nutritional value, sensory value, and / To provide a premium for such products.

In another aspect, embodiments of the present invention further provide a logistics delivery system for the preservation of nutrients contained in a mobile container to conserve nutrients associated with unique identifiers. Said mobile container comprising: a gas sensor and an optical sensor for dynamically sensing property information of a nutrient indicating a change in a value of a particular nutritional or sensory property; And a temperature and humidity sensor for dynamically sensing environmental information of the container indicating changes in the value of the particular nutritional or sensory properties. A device is provided to dynamically provide location, date and time information, and an information store for storing the sensed attribute information, the environment information, the location, date and time information, and the unique identifier are provided.

In some embodiments, there is provided a method for determining and delivering the evolution of a particular nutritional or sensory property of a nutrient, the method comprising: providing a first scan associated with a target property associated with a particular nutritional or sensory property - scanning the nutrient material initially provided with a unique identifier to obtain a response. The first scan-response is analyzed and correlated with the first value of the particular nutritional or sensory properties and correlated with the unique identifier. The nutrients are scanned at a later time to obtain the next scan-response associated with the target attribute. The next scan-response is analyzed and correlated with the next value of the particular nutritional or sensory properties and correlated with the unique identifier. A change in the particular nutritional or sensory properties is determined between the first and subsequent periods and information relating to the change in the particular nutritional or sensory properties referred to the unique identifier is conveyed.

Other advantages and features will become apparent from the ensuing description and claims. It is to be understood that the above description and specific examples are intended for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure.

The effects of the present invention are specified separately in the relevant portions of this specification.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain and explain the principles of the invention. The figures are intended to illustrate the main features of the illustrative embodiments in a diagrammatic manner. The drawings are not intended to depict all features of the actual embodiments nor are they intended to depict the relative dimensions of the elements shown and are not drawn to scale.
Figure 1 shows a schematic functional block diagram of a nutrient supply according to the present invention.
Figure 2 shows a graph showing the values of nutrients varying with changes in state for nutrients.
Figure 3 shows a schematic functional block diagram of a storage module 300 in accordance with the present invention.
Figure 4 shows a schematic functional block diagram of a storage module 300 in accordance with an alternative embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 5 shows a schematic functional block diagram of a storage module 300 in accordance with an alternative embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 6 shows a schematic functional block diagram of a storage module 300 in accordance with an alternative embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 7 shows a schematic functional block diagram of a storage module 300 in accordance with an alternative embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 8 shows a schematic functional block diagram of a storage module 300 in accordance with an alternative embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 9 shows a schematic functional block diagram of a storage module 300 in accordance with an alternative embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 10 shows a schematic functional block diagram of a storage module 300 in accordance with an alternative embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 11 shows a schematic functional block diagram of a storage module 300 in accordance with an alternative embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 12 shows a schematic functional block diagram of a storage module 300 in accordance with an alternative embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 13 shows a schematic functional block diagram of a storage module 300 according to an alternative embodiment of the present invention.
14 shows a logistics transportation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figures 15A and 15B show the formats of the dynamic indicator, which can be represented by DELTA N, and the associated residual and initial nutritional values, sensory values, and aesthetic values.
In the figures, for ease of understanding and ease of understanding, the same reference numerals and abbreviations are considered to be elements or actions having the same or similar structure or functionality. In order to easily identify any particular element or description of an action, the highest digit or number in the reference number indicates the number of the drawing in which the element was first introduced.

Various examples of the present invention will now be described. The following description provides specific details for a thorough understanding and description of these examples. However, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the present invention may be practiced without many of these details. Similarly, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention may include many other obvious features not described in detail herein. Additionally, some well-known structures or functions may not be shown or described in detail below, to avoid unnecessarily obscuring relevant descriptions.

The terminology used herein should be interpreted in the broadest proper way, even if the term is used in conjunction with the detailed description of certain specific examples of the invention. Indeed, some terms may even be emphasized below; It will be understood, however, that the terminology intended to be interpreted in a limited manner is as such and specifically limited in this Detailed Description section.

The following description provides a brief, general description of an exemplary environment in which the invention may be practiced. The present invention enables a nutrient to interact and communicate with its conservation system in a dynamic manner through the natural changes? N experienced by it, and the conservation system is capable of communicating the information associated with those changes to the consumer Lt; / RTI > As used herein, retention modules, also referred to as retention systems, may be used in a wide variety of applications such as nutrient packaging, containers, boxes, bottles, bulk storage systems, logistics systems, boxes, bags, cups, plates, wrappers, But are not limited to, internal or external portions of any other device used to store, store, deliver, provide, or serve nutrients.

An example of the present invention is provided in a bottle wine, which interacts or communicates with a portion of its container. If the wine in the container is old, the wine may be affected by its inherent factors such as grape varieties and container materials, storage temperatures, exposure to light, exposure to oxygen, Tannin components, gas emissions, sugar components, alcohol components, and the like that occur at various rates that are also dependent on factors that are not inherent to the wine, such as any other environmental conditions that may be present At least a portion of the container that contacts the wine, such as a cork, a lid, a flooded coupon or indicator, or any portion of the surface of the bottle that contacts the wine, naturally experiences many changes? N, N and may determine the corresponding rate of change of DELTA N, DELTA N, or he decides to slope the container (Corresponding to the current nutritional value, sensory value, or aesthetic value) of the wine at any time the consumer desires to know, such as when the wine is being cooked or opened.

The container may be provided with the ability to variably adapt its internal environment in response to the monitored? N information, to change the corresponding rate of change of the monitored? N. In one embodiment, the means for variably adapting the states in the container to change the rate of change of the monitored [Delta] N may comprise means for variably controlling the gas environment in the container in response to monitoring the gas environment in the container A means of adding component, a component subtraction means, a component means of bonding, a chemical means, a photochemical means, a mechanical means, a hydraulic means, a pneumatic means, a dissolution means, an absorption means, , Component conversion means, electrolysis means, ionic means, osmotic means, reverse osmosis means, or thermal means.

In another example, a milk carton containing milk may have a small area with an encapsulated gel (gel) in intimate contact with milk on its side. As the milk becomes longer, the total number of bacteria in the milk increases naturally and also results in reduced pH. The bacteria will be able to penetrate the gel and the gel will gradually change color in response to an increasing bacterial component or concentration and indicate an increase in the bacteria in the milk and therefore the current state of the milk. For example, the gel may be from green - where green indicates an acceptable bacterial level and associated shelf life - changes to yellow - where yellow indicates higher acceptable bacterial levels and associated shorter shelf life - and red - where red indicates that the milk has a high bacterial level that it can not accommodate and is no longer suitable for drinking.

Alternatively, the gel may be able to gradually change its hue in response to a decrease in pH, where changes in pH are an alternative to changes in bacterial levels. As the milk becomes longer, the total number of bacteria in the milk increases naturally and its pH decreases. For example, the gel may be changed from green to green, wherein green represents a pH level corresponding to an acceptable bacterial level and an associated shelf life-changes to yellow, where yellow is at a lower pH level and the corresponding higher acceptable bacteria Level and associated shorter shelf life - and can turn red - where red indicates a lower pH and corresponding unacceptably high bacterial levels and is no longer suitable for drinking.

It is understood that the nutrients used herein include, but are not limited to, compounds such as drugs, supplements, consumer products, or other materials intended for introduction. The present invention may include embodiments where some of the nutrients that interact with or communicate with the container of nutrient are separated from a portion of the nutrient to be consumed. This may be particularly beneficial for packaged goods comprising compounds such as drugs, in which case it may be desirable to separate a portion of the drug interacting or communicating with the container from the portion of the drug for consumption will be. In this case, a portion of the drug that interacts or communicates with the container may serve as a parallel sample of the drug provided for consumption. This can be accomplished by providing a permanently sealed pupil on or in the container of the medicament, on the cover of the container, on the label of the container, or in any permanently sealed pore structure known in the art Wherein the structure comprises a portion of the medicament intended to interact or communicate with the container. The permanently sealed cavity may interact with the portion of the medicament communicating therewith to deliver the desired? N information about the medicament. Such < RTI ID = 0.0 > [Delta] N < / RTI > information may be associated with a degradation of the drug, a residual value of the drug, an expiration date of the drug, or any other method of assuring the safety and validity of the drug when the consumer uses the drug. It can be utilized.

Other examples of the present invention include when toxic levels of toxins, antibiotics, fungi, bacteria, pesticides, or other undesirable ingredients are present in the tap water intended for consumption, or when the coffee poured into the cup contains caffeine But are not limited to, containers such as jars, glasses, or cups that will be able to detect whether or not the container is open. The working principle is a symbiotic principle similar to that that occurs between the bananas and the bananas. The banana peel develops naturally from green to black and conveys the level of the ripeness of the banana. The bark will react to the natural? N occurring during the fermentation process of the banana, where? N may contain changes in acidity, sugar content, and bacterial levels. The N of the bananas independently and collectively affect the aesthetic values of the banana skin, which then informs the consumer when and how the banana can be best consumed. For example, the green peel indicates that the banana is not yet ripe and should not be eaten. Yellow may be suitable for consumption of the banana, but it is not very sweet. A yellow containing a few black dots indicates that the banana is suitable for consumption and sweet. Most blacks indicate that the banana is suitable for use in baked goods or fried. A complete black color indicates that the banana is no longer suitable for consumption. In the same way when the peel is perforated or torn and when the ripening process is accelerated due to more oxygen than when normal oxygen is contacted with the banana, the banana skin rapidly turns black and changes the mind of the consumer . Therefore, the consumer does not have to rely on a static expiration date to determine the suitability of the banana for consumption.

Although not required, aspects of the invention will be described below in the general context of computer-executable instructions, such as routines executed by a general purpose data processing device (e.g., a server computer or a personal computer). Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the invention may be practiced with other computer systems, including wireless devices, Internet devices, hand-held devices (including personal digital assistants (PDAs)), wearable computers, Other communications, data processing, and / or data processing, including all manner of cellular or mobile phones, multi-processor systems, microprocessor-based or programmable consumer electronics, set top boxes, network PCs, mini- , ≪ / RTI > or computer system configurations. Indeed, the terms "controller," "computer," "server," and the like are used interchangeably herein and may refer to any of the above devices and systems.

Although aspects of the present invention, such as particular functions, are described as being performed exclusively on a single device, the invention may also be practiced in distributed environments where functions or modules are shared among different types of processing devices. The heterogeneous processing devices are linked through a communication network such as a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), or the like. In a distributed computing environment, program modules may be located in both local and remote memory storage devices.

Aspects of the invention include magnetic or optically readable computer disks, hard-wire or preprogrammed chips (e.g., EEPROM semiconductor chips), nanotechnology memory, biological memory, or other data storage media Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > computer-readable medium. ≪ / RTI > Alternatively, the computer-implemented instructions, data structures, screen displays, and other data related to the present invention may be transmitted over the Internet or other networks (including wireless networks) over a propagation medium The data may be distributed over a period of time on a signal (e.g., electromagnetic waveform (s), sound waves, etc.), in some implementations the data may be transmitted over any analog or digital network (packet switched, circuit switched, Lt; / RTI >

In some instances, the interconnection between modules is the Internet and allows the modules (e.g., with WiFi capabilities) to access the requested web content through various web servers. The network may be a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDM), a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) GSM Environment, Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPs), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), Evolution-Data Optimized (EVDO), Long Term Evolution (LTE) , Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA), and the like, as well as a cellular, IP-based, or converged telecommunications network.

It will be understood that the modules in such systems are incorporated in some instances and in particular embodiments, and that only special modules may be interconnected.

Figure 1 shows the components of the nutrient industry 10. It should be understood that this may be a food and beverage ecosystem for human consumption, but may also be a feed industry for animal consumption such as the pet food industry. It is an object of the present invention for the nutrient industry (10) to provide a method for the production, conservation (including transport of nutrients) of nutrients, changes in nutritional, sensory and / or aesthetic values of nutrients during conversion, Here, collectively and individually, also referred to as [Delta] N). Although the nutrient industry 10 can be composed of several companies and businesses, it can also be integrated into many of the roles that play a role in business, or it can be a business, have. Because? N is a measure of change in the value of a nutrient, knowledge of the previous value (or state) of the nutrient and the? N value provide knowledge of the altered value (or state) of the nutrient , And can further provide the ability to estimate changes in value (or state).

The module of reference numeral 200 is a generation module. This may be a system, organization, or individual that creates and / or creates nutrients. Examples of this module are farms that feed candy corn; A ranch for cows; A marine farm to feed shrimp; A plant for synthesizing nutritional compounds; Wild truffle collector; Or deep sea trawlers.

Retention module 300 is a retention system (including storage and logistics systems) for preserving and protecting nutrients generated by one module and transferred to another module or entity. Once the nutrient has been produced, it will generally need to be packaged in some manner to transfer the nutrient to the other modules in the nutrient industry 10. Transfer to other modules is generally accomplished by some aspects of logistics transportation. While the storage module 300 appears to be in a particular location after the generation module 200 in the nutrient industry 10, the storage module 300 is configured to store nutrients during the transfer of nutrients from generation to consumption It should be understood that they can be placed anywhere that is needed. For example, the producer of sweet corn may select bulk, non-refrigerated rail cars surrounded by a logistics mode of transport for shipping his corn to the conservator. The preserve of the sweet corn includes 50 pound boxes containing 10 individually sealed 5 lb plastic bags of frozen corn kernels shipped in refrigeration tractor trailers as a logistic transportation mode for shipping their maize to the transporter You will be able to choose the packaging format.

The sugar cane conversion module 400 is a nutrient processing system such as a manufacturer that processes raw materials such as cereals into breakfast cereals. In an example of the sweet corn kernels, the conversion module 400 may be used for instant frozen foods from the storage module 300, an instant frozen food manufacturer that receives ingredients, or ingredients, also referred to herein as ingredient nutrients Lt; / RTI > In this example, the translator 400 converts the frozen sweet corn kernels from the storage module 300 into a 50 pound box containing 10 individually sealed 5 lb plastic bags of frozen corn kernels shipped in refrigeration tractor trailers As well. It will be appreciated that although the conversion module 400 is shown as one module, the nutrients may be converted by the various conversion modules 400 on a path to consumption. In an example of an instant food product, the sweet corn may be incorporated as a component in instant frozen foods and may be a box containing 24 instant frozen foods, each of which is delivered by the transporter's chosen logistics mode, such as a frozen box truck , The transporter is shipped to various supermarkets by the selected logistics mode. When the frozen box truck arrives at the supermarket where the instant frozen foods are ordered, the product may be placed directly into the refrigerators of the frozen food space, where the product can be selected by the consumer.

The conditioning module 500 is a consumer cooking system for cooking the nutrients just before they are consumed by consumers. The conditioning module 500 may be a microwave oven, mixer, toaster, convection oven, cook, or the like. It may be a system used by commercial establishments to prepare nutrients for consumers, such as restaurants, espresso makers, pizza ovens, and other devices located in businesses that provide nutrients to consumers. Such nutrients may be for consumption in a business or for a consumer to take out of the business. The conditioning module 500 may be a combination of any of these devices used to cook nutrients for consumption by consumers. In the example of a ready-to-eat frozen dinner, the conditioning module may be usually a consumer microwave oven or a consumer convection oven.

The consumer module 600 collects information from living entities that have consumed nutrients that have passed through various modules from generation through consumption. The consumer can be a person, but can also be an animal such as a pet, a zoo's animal, and a livestock, and they are nutrients for other consuming chains themselves. Consumers can also be plants that consume nutrients to grow. In the example of the ready-to-eat frozen dinner, the consumer is the individual who purchases, conditions, and consumes the instant frozen dinner.

The information module 100 includes a generating module 200, a storage module 300 (including logistics transport features), a conversion module 400, a conditioning module 500, and a consumer module 600, Between each module within the industry 10, it receives and transmits information on dynamically labeled nutrients. The nutrient information module 100 may be an interconnection information transmission system that enables the transmission of information between the various modules. The information module 100 preferably collects, tracks, and organizes information about dynamically-labeled nutrients from each stage of the product of the nutrients from generation to consumption, and the dynamically- The information about the labeled nutrients is preferably openly available and openly integrated at any time in time to all modules of the nutrient supply system as soon as it is generated. The integration and availability of the information is possible by dynamic labeling provided to the nutrient material, which includes the unique nutrient identifier, also referred to herein as the dynamic information identifier. The information module 100 includes a database, also referred to herein as a dynamic nutritional value database, in which information about the dynamically labeled nutrient is present and referred to or corresponding to the corresponding dynamic information identifier . The dynamic nutritional value database may comprise one database openly accessible to all modules of the nutrient supply system, or a particular type of data may be selectively accessible to particular modules of the nutrient supply system It may contain one possible database. For example, information regarding special logistics transportation information may be available only to the storage module, or alternatively it may be available to at least one of the storage module and the creation module, conversion module, conditioning module, There will be. Alternatively, the dynamic nutritional value database may comprise multiple individual databases that are openly accessible to all modules of the nutrient supply system, or that certain individual databases may contain one or more of the nutrient supply systems And may include multiple individual databases selectively accessible to particular modules. For example, information about the transportation of goods may be present in the storage database and may be available only to the storage module, or alternatively, the storage module and the creation module, the conversion module, the conditioning module, At least one may be available. The information module 100 may be connected to other modules by various communication systems such as paper, computer networks, and telecommunication systems such as the Internet and wireless telecommunication systems.

FIG. 2 is a graph showing a function of how a nutritional value, sensory value, or aesthetic value of a nutrient is changed according to a change in the state of the nutrient. What is plotted on the vertical axis of this graph can be either a nutritional value, a sensory value, or an aesthetic value of the nutrient (denoted as "nutritional / sensory / aesthetic value"). What is depicted on the horizontal axis may be a change in the exposed state of the nutrient, such as exposure to time, temperature, location and / or environmental conditions (such as "time / temperature / exposure" Lt; / RTI > This exposure to environmental conditions may include, but is not limited to: exposure to air including air pressure and partial pressures of oxygen, carbon dioxide, water, or ozone; Airborne chemicals, contaminants, allergens, dust, fumes, carcinogens, radioisotopes, or combustion by-products; Exposure to moisture; Exposure to energy such as mechanical shock, mechanical vibration, radiation, heat, or sunlight; Elapsed time; Or exposure to materials such as packaging. Also shown in FIG. 2 is the change in ΔN ("ΔN: change in nutritional, sensory or aesthetic value") for nutritional substances A and B and the corresponding residual nutritional value for nutritional substances A and B , Sensory value, or aesthetic value (indicated as "residual affective, sensual, or aesthetic value"). The function shown as nutrient A will be able to show ΔN for milk, such as a drop in nutritional value of milk during logistics transport by way of method L1. Any point on this curve can be compared to other points in order to measure and / or describe the change in nutritional value during transport of the logistics by way of way L1, or the N of nutrient A. [ The curve of the decrease in the same nutritional value of nutrient B, which is also milk, describes a change in the nutritional value of nutrient B during logistic transport by way of method L2, or ΔN of nutrient B. As can be seen in the graph, the nutrient B starts at a higher nutritional value than the nutrient A, but degrades during the logistics transport by way L2 more quickly than the nutrient A during logistics transport by way L1.

In this example, when nutrient A and nutrient B are milk, since nutrient A and nutrient B are provided with dynamic labeling that includes a dynamic information identifier for each nutrient, This? N information on the nutrient degradation profile of the transfomer can be accessed and used by the transducer in selecting the milk to be purchased by a transformer, such as a commercial homogenizer / have. Using the dynamic information identifier obtained from the dynamic labeling provided for each nutrient, the transducer converts the desired ΔN information, such as the nutrient degradation profile during logistics transport referenced to each milk, You will find it in the nutritional value database. If the translator has this information at time 0 when he or she selects a milk product for purchase, the translator will be able to consider when the milk conversion will occur and whether it is a single occurrence or multiple occurrences. For example, if the translator plans to convert all the milk prior to the point when the curve represented by nutritional material B intersects the curve represented by nutritional material A, Milk must be selected because it has a higher nutritional value until it intersects the curve represented by nutritional material A. However, if the translator is expected to convert at least a portion of the milk at a point in time after the point in time when the curve represented by the nutrient B intersects the curve represented by the nutrient A, Even though milk expressed by A has a lower nutritional value than milk expressed by nutrient B, the transducer will choose milk expressed by nutrient A, This change in favorable nutritional value in the nutrient material over a change in the nutrient state described in FIG. 2 may be measured and / or controlled throughout the nutrient supply system 10 in FIG. This example shows the rate at which information about the ΔN of dynamically labeled nutrients, in this case dynamically generated information about changes in nutritional value of milk during transport, changes or decreases its nutritional value; When the nutritional value expires; And changes in the state of nutrients, in this example, how they can be used to understand the residual nutritional values of the nutrients over changes during transport. This? N information may be further used to determine the best use date for nutrients A and B, which may differ from each other depending on the information generated dynamically for each.

There is also a [Delta] N as a bond of two or more nutrients. For example, when a lemon is added to a guacamole, it prevents the avocado in the guacamole from turning black. Referring again to FIG. 2, the function plotted as nutrient A will be able to show ΔN for the guacamole produced by the first transducer, which is due to the degradation of the aqua moly's aesthetic value during logistics transport by way of method L1, In this case it is a degradation of its green color. Any point on this curve can be compared to other points to measure and / or describe a change in the aesthetic value of the nutrient A during the logistics transportation by way of the method L1, or A of the nutrient A. [ The curve of degradation at the same aesthetic value of nutritional material B, which is a hygroman produced by the first transducer, describes the change, A, at the same aesthetic value of nutrient B during logistics transport by the same L1. Nutrient B starts at a higher aesthetic value than nutrient A but declines during logistics transport by way L1 faster than nutrient A during logistics transport by way L1. A more rapid decline in nutrients B during logistics transport by the same logistic transport method L1 is the result of adding a little more lemon juice to the cucumber molybdenum B convertor of nutrients so as not to distract the avocado flavor. If dynamic labeling is provided for nutritional material A and nutritional material B, which information may include a dynamic information identifier for each nutritional material A and nutritional material B, information about the degradation of the aesthetic values of the respective nutritional material, A retailer who makes purchasing decisions about A and nutrient B may be able to retrieve the desired? N information, such as the aesthetic degradation profile referenced to each carcass moly, from the dynamic nutritional value database in the information module 100. For example, if a retailer buys a guacamole for sale at a time prior to the intersection of the two curves, and the decision is based on a superior aesthetic value, the retailer is likely to choose nutritional material B. If the retailer is purchasing Guacamole for sale at the time after the intersection of the two curves and the decision is based on a superior aesthetic value, even if the nutritional material A has a lower aesthetic value at the time of purchase Even if it does, the retailer is likely to choose the nutritional substance A.

In another example, lemon juice is added to the scrap apples during processing to prevent scrap apples from turning black. The function drawn as Nutrient A would be able to show ΔN for scrap apples processed by a particular transformer because of a decrease in the aesthetic value of scrap apples during logistics transport by way of method L1, Lt; / RTI > Any point on this curve can be compared to other points in order to measure and / or describe a change in the aesthetic value of the nutrient A during the logistics transportation by way of method L1, or? N. The curve of the drop in the same aesthetic value of nutrient B, which is a different lot of scrap apples processed by the same transformer using the same process, shows the same change in the aesthetic value of nutrient B during logistics transportation by way L2 , Or? N. Nutrient B starts at a higher aesthetic value than nutrient A but declines more rapidly than nutrient A during logistics transport, for example, because the conservation state of logistics transport by way L2 is the preservation state of logistics transport , Resulting in a more rapid degradation of the aesthetic value of similarly processed scrap apples. The available information relates to the interaction of apples and lemon juice during their logistics transportation by the above methods. If behavioral labeling, which may include a dynamic information identifier for each nutrient, is provided for nutrients A and B, a retailer such as a natural food market will make a purchase decision related to the aesthetic value of the scrap apples at a given point in time . Using the dynamic information identifiers obtained from the dynamic labeling provided for each nutrient, the retailer can determine the desired? N information, such as the aesthetic degradation profile referenced in different lots, You will be able to come from the nutritional value database. For example, if the retailer is buying scrap apples for sale at the time before the intersection of the two curves, and the decision is based on a superior aesthetic value, then the retailer is likely to choose nutritional material B. The retailer is buying scrap apples and plans to sell at least a portion of the scrap apples at a later time after the two curves intersect and the decision is based on a superior aesthetic value, Even if A has a lower aesthetic value at the time of purchase, the retailer will be able to choose nutritional material A.

In Figure 1, the generating module 200 is configured to perform the following steps as part of nutrient dynamic labeling to enable nutrients, sensory and / or aesthetic value changes, or < RTI ID = 0.0 & It can be dynamically encoded. This dynamic encoding is also referred to herein as a dynamic information identifier, which may replace and / or supplement existing nutrient marking systems such as bar codes, labels, and / or ink markings . This dynamic encoding or dynamic information identifier may be used to store the nutrient information from the generating module 200 in a storage module 300 (including storage and logistics transport), a conversion module 400, a conditioning module 500, and / May be used to make the information module 100 available for use by a consumption module 600 that includes the final consumer of the consumable material. A major resource also available through the module of reference numeral 100 is cooking information about the meals that can utilize the nutrients as components. The N information combined with the cooking information from the module 100 is not only a great benefit to the consumer in understanding and achieving the desired nutritional value, sensory value, and aesthetic value, but also the nutritional value, sensory value, And will help eliminate misunderstandings that consumers may have about aesthetic value or the combination of nutrients. One way to provide dynamically labeled nutrients using the dynamic information identifier by the generating module 200 or some other module in the nutritional supply system 10 is to use a tagging system manufactured by Kovio of San Jose, Such as an electronic tagging system. Such thin-film chips may include components for measuring the properties of nutrients, not just for tracking nutrients, and for recording and transmitting such information. Such information may be readable by a reader including a satellite-based system. In order to enable the dynamic nutritional value database of the information module 100 to make real-time or near-real-time updates on a particular nutrient, DELTA N, such satellite- Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > coverage. ≪ / RTI > Eventually, this information is openly available and openly integrated to all members of the nutrient supply system at any point in time. It is also desirable that this information becomes publicly available and openly integrated as soon as it becomes available.

The storage module 300 includes wrappers and shippers of nutrients (also referred to herein as logistics carriers). Tracking changes in nutritional, sensory, and / or aesthetic values, or? N, during the retention period within the retention module 300 allows dynamic term expiration dates for nutrients. For example, the expiration dates for dairy products are based on time only, with assumptions about the minimum conditions for which dairy products are currently currently maintained. The expiration date of this extrapolated period is based on a worst-case scenario when the product becomes insecure to consume during the retention period. In practice, degradation of dairy products may be less significant than this worst-case scenario. If the preservation module 300 is able to measure or derive actual degradation information such as [Delta] N, then the actual expiration date, referred to herein as the expiration date of the dynamic period, can be dynamically determined, and the extrapolated expiration date It will be much later in time than it is. This would enable the nutrient supply system to deploy fewer products due to the expiration date. This ability to dynamically generate expiration dates for nutrients is especially significant when the nutrients contain little or no preservatives. Such products are highly valued through a nutrient supply system (10) that includes consumers who are willing to pay a premium for nutrients with little or no preservatives. Consumers of nutrients provided with dynamic labeling that include dynamic information identifiers can easily access information about the dynamic term expiration dates for the nutrients and such dynamic term expiration dates may be used to identify nutritional values , Sensory values, and aesthetic values.

The dynamic term expiration date does not need to be displayed numerically (i.e., as a numeric date) but may be symbolically displayed using colors such as green, yellow, and red adopted on the signalers or other indications It should be noted that it will be possible. In such cases, the dynamic term expiration date will not be interpreted literally, but rather as a dynamically-determined advisory date. Indeed, the dynamic term expiration date will be provided for at least one component of a single or multi-component nutritional substance. For multi-component nutrients, the dynamic term expiration date may be interpreted as a "best" or "best-use" date for consumption of the particular ingredients. Consumers of nutrients provided with dynamic labeling that contain dynamic information identifiers are likely to be concerned with changes in nutritional values, sensory values, and aesthetic values that occur during transit, Type information. It is understood that all entities in the nutrient supply system can access such information.

Food processors, such as food processors within conversion module 400, are required by law in various countries to provide nutrition information about their products. Often, this information takes the form of a nutritional table attached to the packaging of the nutrient. Currently, the information in this nutrition table is based on averages or minima for that typical product. Utilizing information from the generating module 200, information from the information module 100 provided by the storage module 300, and / or information from the conversion of the nutrient by the converting module 400, For example, a dynamically generated nutritional value table, also referred to herein as a dynamic nutritional value table, for the actual dynamically-labeled nutrient supplied. The information in such a dynamic nutritional value table may be used by the conditioning module 500 in cooking the dynamically-labeled nutrient and / or may be used by the consuming module 600, To select the most desirable dynamically-labeled nutrients that meet their needs, and / or to allow the ability to track information about the dynamically-labeled nutrients consumed. It is understood that the nutrient materials would have experienced more than once conservation or more than one transformation on the journey of the nutrients from generation to consumption and that the nutrient information from the information module 100 is stored in the generation module 200, It is also understood that it is openly available to all modules including module 300 (including logistics transport), conversion module 400, conditioning module 500, and consumer module 600.

Information about changes in nutritional values, sensory values, and / or aesthetic values of nutritional materials, or ΔN, is particularly useful in the conditioning module 500 of the present invention because it indicates that the dynamically- Knowing or estimating the pre-conditioning status of nutritional, sensory, and / or aesthetic values of the nutrient, including changes in nutritional value, sensory value, and / or aesthetic value Since it also enables estimation of [Delta] N associated with the proposed conditioning parameters. The conditioning module 500 may thus generate conditioning parameters such as by modifying existing or reference conditioning parameters, which may be present as the available recipes and conditioning protocols via the information module 100, May be locally available through the conditioning module 500, which is intended to guide the desired nutritional value, sensory value, and / or aesthetic value after conditioning. The nutritional value, nutritional value, sensory value and / or aesthetic value pre-conditioning condition of the nutritional material is not tracked by existing conditioners or provided to the consumer, and ΔN expected from the proposed conditioning is It is not tracked later or provided to consumers. However, the information provided by the information module 100 from the generating module 200, the storage module 300 (including logistics transport), the conversion module 400, and / or the information provided by the conditioning module 500, Actual and / or estimated changes in nutritional, sensory, and / or aesthetic values of the dynamically labeled nutrients using information provided by the consumer module 600 and / or consumer information from the consumer module 600, N can be provided to the consumer. Such information on the nutritional value, sensory value, and / or aesthetic value of the dynamically-labeled daylighting material or about ΔN can be provided to the consumer as well as to be tracked and tracked, The information module 100 for use by the generating module 200, the storage module 300 (including logistics transport), and the conversion module 400 may also be used to improve the nutrients, Can be provided.

Information about the nutrients provided to the consumer module 600 by the information module 100 may be used to replace or supplement existing information sources such as cookbooks, food databases such as www.epicurious.com, and Epicurious apps. . Through utilizing specific information about the dynamically-labeled nutrients from the information module 100, consumers can use the consumption module 600 to select nutrients according to residual nutritional, sensory, and / or aesthetic values. Can be used. This allows consumers to make informed decisions about nutritional additives, preservatives, genetic modifications, origin, traceability, impurities and other nutrient attributes that can also be tracked through the information module 100 It will also enable. This information may be provided by the consumer module 600 through personal computers, laptop computers, tablet computers, and / or smart phones. Software operating on such devices may include dedicated computer programs, modules within general purpose programs, and / or smartphone applications. An example of such a smartphone app about nutrients is iOS ShopNoGMO from the Institute for Responsible Technology. This iPhone app enables consumers to access information about non-genetically modified organisms that consumers can choose from. In addition, the consumer module 600 may determine the residual nutritional, sensory, and / or aesthetic values of the dynamically-labeled nutrients and / or the material nutrients of the dynamically- To improve the residual nutritional, sensory and / or aesthetic values of the material nutrients of the nutrients and / or dynamically-labeled nutrients and / or dynamically-labeled nutrients to optimize them according to preferences and / , The consumer may provide information to operate the conditioning module 500 in a manner that preserves or minimizes degradation.

Through the use of available nutrient information from the information module 100, the nutrient supply system 10 can track nutritional, sensory, and / or aesthetic values of dynamically-labeled nutrients. Using this information, dynamically-labeled nutrients moving through the nutrient supply system 10 can be dynamically valued and priced according to residual nutritional, sensory, and / or aesthetic values . For example, nutrients with longer dynamic term expiration dates (longer validity periods) may be of higher value than nutrients with shorter expiration dates. In addition, nutrients with higher nutritional value, sensory value, and / or aesthetic value may be evaluated by other entities within the nutrient supply system 10, as well as by consumers. This is because each entity will want to start with nutrients with higher nutritional, sensual, and / or aesthetic values after performing its function and delivering the nutrients to the next entity. Thus, starting both Nutrient Value, Sensory Value, and / or Aesthetic Value and the ΔN associated with those values determines the actual or residual nutritional value, sensory value, and / or aesthetic value of the nutrient Are important factors in estimating and are therefore important factors in establishing nutrients that are dynamically evaluated and valued.

During the practice of the present invention, the marketed nutrients, including those that benefit from dynamically labeling and tracking dynamic nutrition information, such as? N, also referred to herein as information-capable nutrients, There will be nutrients that are not available and will not benefit from dynamically labeling or tracking dynamic nutrition information, such as ΔN, referred to herein as dumb nutrients. Information-enabled nutrients will be available in virtual markets as well as in traditional markets. Due to the information provided by the information-enabling nutrients, the entities in the nutrient supply system 10, including consumers, will be able to review and select the information-capable nutrients for purchase. Initially, the informatible nutrients should be expected to enjoy higher market values and prices than mute nutrients. However, since information-enabling nutrients become more standard, the cost savings from smaller wastes due to the degradation of information-capable nutrients may lead their prices to be substantially smaller than the mute nutrients. Ultimately, the information system will evolve, in which case the information module 100 will not only be able to facilitate rapid adoption and utilization of better nutrition information, but will also be registered on users' addresses to be a major source of business and income promotion. And has the ability to generate traffic.

In the example of instant frozen food, the transfector of the instant frozen food may prefer to use corn with a high nutritional value, sensory value, and / or aesthetic value in producing the instant frozen food product of its own product , Which is intended to produce a premium product with high residual nutritional value, sensory value, and / or aesthetic value. Depending on the nutritional value, sensory value, and / or post conversion levels of the aesthetic value, the instant frozen food producer may charge a premium price and / You will be able to differentiate. When choosing corn to be used in instant frozen foods, the transducer may have a high nutritional value, sensory value, and / or nutritional value from storage module 300 that meet requirements for nutritional value, sensory value, and / Or a corn with an aesthetic value. The wrapper / shippers of the storage module 300 may also impose premiums on corn with high nutritional, sensory, and / or aesthetic values. Thus, the wrapper / shippers of the preservation module 300 will select corn that has received a high nutritional value, sensory value, and / or aesthetic value from the grower of the production module 200, To the transporter by the logistics transportation that it maintains. As a result, the grower of the production module 200 will also be able to impose premiums on corn with a high nutritional value, sensual value, and / or aesthetic value, and will also have a high nutritional value, sensory value, and / And deliver the corn to the packer / shipper by logistics transport keeping the values at their best.

Information about the nutrients tracked through the nutrient supply system 10 through the nutrient information from the information module 100 - a change to possible nutritional, sensory and / or aesthetic values, Information can be preferably determined. However, some or all such nutrient? N information may be derived through measurements of the environmental conditions of the nutrient material as it travels through the nutrient supply system 10. In addition, some or all of said information-capable nutrient? N information may be derived from? N data of other information-capable nutrients that have been transferred through nutrient supply system 10. The information-capable nutrient? N information may also be derived from laboratory experiments performed on other nutrients that approximate the conditions and / or processes under which the actual information-capable nutrient was exposed. Consumer feedback and updates on observed or measured changes in nutritional, sensory, and / or aesthetic values of the information-enabling nutrients may also serve to update the ΔN hypothesis. In addition, the creator, conservator (including logistics carriers), or conditioner may provide information about the? N information, or other attributes of the information-capable nutrients that they have previously created or processed, Based on the newly acquired information that affects them.

For example, laboratory experiments have shown that bananas can affect the nutritional, sensory and / or aesthetic value of a variety of environmental conditions that may be exposed during packaging and shipping in the storage module 300, Or < RTI ID = 0.0 > N. ≪ / RTI > Using these experimental data, tables, and / or algorithms may be developed, which may include gathering information about environmental conditions during the time that a particular information-enabled banana is exposed in the storage module 300 Based on the nutrient, sensory and / or aesthetic values of the particular information-enabling bananas, or the level of? N. The ultimate goal of the nutrient supply system 10 will be an actual measurement of nutritional, sensual, and / or aesthetic values to determine? N, but when techniques and systems are implemented to enable actual measurements, Using nutritional values, sensory values, and / or aesthetic values derived from experimental data to determine N enables improved logistic planning, which can be used to determine nutritional, sensory, and / or aesthetic values Or the ability to estimate changes in? N in the future, and it can be used to determine changes in nutritional value, sensory value, and / or aesthetic value, or more precise tracking of? N Because it allows.

Figure 3 shows an embodiment of the storage module of the present invention. The storage system 300 includes a container 310 containing a nutrient material 320. Container 310 also includes a storage module 330 that can be coupled to external reader 340. In this embodiment, the information storage module 330 includes information about the nutrient material 320. This information may include generation information from the generation of the nutrient material 320. In addition, the information in the information storage module 330 includes uniqueness identification information, which includes dynamic information identifiers, information regarding previous conversion or conservation of the nutrients 320, information related to N, But is not limited to, other historical information. The shipper or user of the container 310 may be operatively connected to the information storage module 330 using the reader 340 to retrieve information stored within the information storage module 330. The reader 340 may further transmit the information from the information storage module 330 to the information module 100 in which case such information is referred to the unique nutrient identification information.

In another embodiment, the reader 340 may also write information to the information storage module 330. In this embodiment, the information about the container 310 and / or the nutrient 320 may be modified by the shipping or user, such as a storage facility or a logistics carrier, or added to the information storage module 330 . In a further embodiment, such information is detected or detected by the reader 340.

4 shows another embodiment of a retention system 300 wherein the container 310 includes the nutrients 320, as well as the controller 350. [ The controller 350 is connected to an external sensor 360 disposed on one of the inside, the surface, and the exterior of the container 310 so that the external sensor 360 can detect information about the environment outside the container 310 . Controller 350 and external sensor 360 may take the appearance of electronic components such as micro-controllers and electronic sensors. However, the controller-sensor combination may also be chemical or organic materials that perform the same function as a liquid crystal sensor / display.

When the shipper or the user of the container 310 (such as a storage facility or a logistics carrier) desires information from the external sensor 360, the shipper or user may select the controller 350 The reader 340 may use the reader 340 to query the user. A unique nutrient identifier such as the dynamic information identifier referenced to the nutrient material 320 may be associated with at least one of the external sensor 360, the controller 350, or the container 310, Causes the received information to be associated with the uni-nutrient identifier when the controller 350 queries the controller 350 regarding the status of the external sensor 360. The external sensor, controller, and reader may take any known form, including an electrical component embodiment, which may be a user interface device, such as a computer, to which the reader 340 may be electrically connected to the controller 350, But are not limited to, liquid crystal sensor / display embodiments where the reader may be viewed by a person on the display.

In one embodiment, the reader 340 may be connected directly to the external sensor 360 to obtain information from the external sensor 360 without requiring the controller 350. In another embodiment, the external sensor 360 provides information to the controller 350, which is presented as a visual display to the shipper or user. Alternatively, the external sensor 360 may be able to provide information directly to the user or shipper by way of a poetic means such as a temperature sensing liquid crystal thermometer. The reader 340 will be able to further transmit the information retrieved from the controller 350 or the external sensor 360 to the information module 100 with an associated uni-nutrient identifier, Quot; identifier "

In a further embodiment, the controller 350 may modify the operation of the container 310 to modify the storage capabilities of the container 310 to advantageously affect the N of the nutrient material. For example, if the external environment of the container 310 adversely affects the nutrient 320, the controller 350 may adjust the internal environment of the container 310 to better preserve nutrients There will be. The nutrient needs to be maintained within the desired temperature range to preserve its nutritional, sensory, and / or aesthetic characteristics, and may be located outside the desired temperature range or potentially outside the desired range If external sensor 360 provides external temperature information to controller 350, controller 350 may change container 310 to maintain nutrient material 320 within the desired temperature range.

5, a storage system 300 includes a container 310 containing a nutrient material 320, a controller 350, and an information storage module 330. The external sensor 360 is arranged to provide the container 310 with information on the external environment. Information from the external sensor 360 and the information storage module 330 can be retrieved by connecting the reader 340 to the container 310. It is understood that connecting the reader 340 to the container 310 includes any known contact or non-contact formats that facilitate data transfer.

In this embodiment, the information about the external environment sensed by the external sensor 360 and provided to the controller 350 may be stored in the information storage module 330. This storage of the external environment may be used to record the history that the external environment container 310 has experienced. This will enable the user or the shipper of the container 310 to understand the external environment that the container has experienced during the time of preserving the nutrients. Such information can be used to determine any number of ΔN values for the nutrient and whether the nutrient is no longer in an optimal state and is no longer safe for consumption. Additionally, the user of the nutrient may be able to modify the conversion, conditioning, or consumption of nutrients according to any changes, or ΔN, that may occur due to the external conditions of the container.

Additionally, in this embodiment, the information storage module 330 may include other information about the nutrient 320, including, but not limited to, production information and previous conversion or conservation information Do not. In addition, the information in the information storage module 330 will include unique nutrient identification information, which includes, but is not limited to, dynamic information identifiers. In this manner, the information obtained by the reader 340 is associated with the uni-nutrient identifier. The reader 340 further transmits the information retrieved from the information storage module 330 to the information module 100, including the associated uni-nutrient identifier, in which case such information is referred to the unique nutrient identifier It is understood.

In a further embodiment, the controller 350 may change the operation of the container 310 to advantageously affect the N of the nutrient. For example, if the external environment of the container 310 adversely affects the nutrient 320, the controller 350 may adjust the internal environment of the container 310 to better preserve nutrients There will be. The controller 350 may analyze historical information from the external sensor 360 stored in the information storage module 330 to determine a long period of external state environment. The nutritional material needs to be maintained within a desired temperature range to preserve its nutritional, sensory, and / or aesthetic characteristics, and the external sensor 360 provides external temperature information to the controller 350 The controller 350 may change the container 310 to maintain the nutrient material 320 within the desired temperature range, indicating that it is outside the desired range or is at risk of going out of its desired range.

In another embodiment, the reader 340 may also write information to the information storage module 330 via the controller 350. In this embodiment, the information about the container 310 and / or the nutrient material 320 may be modified by a shipping company or added to the information storage module 330, such as a storage facility or a logistics carrier. In a further embodiment, such information is detected or detected by the reader 340.

6 shows an embodiment of a retention system 300 wherein the container 310 includes an internal sensor 370 disposed on either the interior or interior surface of the container 310 and the nutrient material 320, So that the internal sensor 370 can obtain information about the environment inside the container 310. The reader 340 can obtain information on the internal states of the container 310 from the internal sensor 370. [ Internal sensor 370 and reader 340 can take many known shapes including, but not limited to, electronic sensors and electronic displays, or chemical or organic materials that perform the same function as liquid crystal sensors / displays Do not.

The information can be retrieved by connecting the reader 340 to the container 310 when the shipper of the container 310 or the user wants information from the internal sensor 370, To obtain information from the internal sensor 370. It is understood that connecting the reader 340 to the container 310 includes any known contact or non-contact formats that facilitate data transfer. A unique nutrient identifier such as a dynamic information identifier referenced to the nutrient material 320 may be associated with at least one of the internal sensor 370 or the container 310 so that the reader 340 can communicate with an internal sensor 370), the obtained information is associated with the unique nutrient identifier. The reader 340 may further transmit the information retrieved from the internal sensor 370 to the information module 100, including the associated unicellular identifier, such information being referred to the nutritional identifier I understand.

Figure 7 shows an embodiment of a retention system 300 wherein the container 310 includes the nutrients 320 as well as the controller 350. The controller 350 is connected to an internal sensor 370 disposed either inside the container 310 or on the interior surface so that the internal sensor 370 can provide information about the environment inside the container 310 . The controller 350 and the internal sensor 370 can take many known shapes, including electronic components such as micro-controllers and electronic sensors, or chemical or organic materials that perform the same function as a liquid crystal sensor / display , But are not limited to these.

The information can be retrieved by connecting the reader 340 to the container 310 when the shipper of the container 310 or the user wants information from the internal sensor 370, To obtain information from the internal sensor 370. It is understood that connecting the reader 340 to the container 310 includes any known contact or non-contact formats that facilitate data transfer. A unique nutrient identifier such as a dynamic information identifier referenced to the nutrient 320 may be associated with at least one of the internal sensor 370, the controller 350, or the container 310, Such that when the information 340 queries the status of the internal sensor 370, the obtained information is associated with the uni-nutrient identifier. The reader 340 may further transmit the information retrieved from the internal sensor 370 to the information module 100, including the associated unicellular identifier, such information being referred to the nutritional identifier I understand. In an example of an electronic component embodiment, the reader 340 may be a user interface device, such as a computer, which may be electrically connected to the internal sensor 370 via a controller 350. [

In a further embodiment, the controller 350 may change the operation of the container 310 to advantageously affect the N of the nutrient. For example, if the external environment of the container 310 adversely affects the nutrient 320, the controller 350 may adjust the internal environment of the container 310 to better preserve nutrients There will be. The nutrient needs to be maintained within a desired temperature range to preserve its nutritional, sensory, and / or aesthetic characteristics, and the internal sensor 370 provides internal temperature information to the controller 350 The controller 350 may change the container 310 to maintain the nutrient 320 within the desired temperature range, indicating that it is outside the desired range or potentially going out of its desired range will be.

In Figure 8, the storage system 300 includes a container 310 that includes a nutrient material 320, a controller 350, and an information storage module 330. The internal sensor 370 is arranged to provide the container 310 with information on the internal environment. The information from the internal sensor 370 and the information storage module 330 can be retrieved by connecting the reader 340 to the container 310 for obtaining the information via the controller 350. It is understood that connecting the reader 340 to the container 310 includes any known contact or non-contact formats that facilitate data transfer.

In this embodiment, information about the internal environment sensed by the internal sensor 370 and provided to the controller 350 may be stored in the information storage module 330. [ This storage of the internal environment can be used to record the history that the internal environment container 310 has experienced. This will enable the user or the shipper of the container 310 to understand the internal environment that the container experienced during the time of preserving the nutrients. Such information may be used to determine an arbitrary number of ΔN values for the nutrient, such as whether the nutrient is no longer in an optimal nutritional, sensory or aesthetic state, or is no longer safe for consumption Lt; / RTI > Additionally, the user of the nutrient may be able to modify the conversion, conditioning, or consumption of nutrients according to any changes, or ΔN, that may occur due to the internal states of the container.

Additionally, in this embodiment, the information storage module 330 may include other information about the nutrient 320, including, but not limited to, production information and previous conversion or conservation information Do not. In addition, the information in the information storage module 330 will include unique nutrient identification information, which includes, but is not limited to, dynamic information identifiers. In this manner, the information obtained by the reader 340 is associated with the uni-nutrient identifier. The reader 340 further transmits the information retrieved from the information storage module 330 to the information module 100, including the associated uni-nutrient identifier, in which case such information is referred to the unique nutrient identifier It is understood.

In a further embodiment, the controller 350 may modify the operation of the container 310 to modify the storage capabilities of the container 310. For example, if the internal environment of the container 310 adversely affects the nutrient 320, then the controller 350 may determine the internal environment of the container 310 to favorably affect the nutrient, . The controller 350 may analyze historical information from the internal sensor 370 stored in the information storage module 330 to determine the internal environmental conditions of the longer period. The nutrient needs to be maintained within a desired temperature range in order to preserve its sensory and / or nutritional characteristics, and the internal sensor 370 provides internal temperature information to the controller 350, The controller 350 will be able to change the container 310 to maintain the nutrient material 320 within the desired temperature range. ≪ RTI ID = 0.0 >

In another embodiment, the reader 340 may also write information to the information storage module 330 via the controller 350. In this embodiment, information about the container 310 and / or the nutrient material 320 may be modified by a user or shipper, such as a storage facility or a logistics carrier, or added to the information storage module 330. In a further embodiment, such information is detected or detected by the reader 340.

Figure 9 shows an alternative embodiment of the present invention. The storage system 300 includes a container 310 that includes a nutrient material 320, a nutrient label 325, a controller 350, and an information storage module 330. The internal sensor 370 is arranged to provide the container 310 with information on the internal environment. The information from the internal sensor 370 and the information storage module 330 can be retrieved by connecting the reader 340 to the container 310 to obtain the information via the controller 350. [ It is understood that connecting the reader 340 to the container 310 includes any known contact or non-contact formats that facilitate data transfer. The nutrient label 325 is attached to the nutrient material 320 to sense, measure, and / or present the current state of the nutrient material 320. The nutrient label 325 may be read by the reader 340. The nutrient label 325 can be any known type of biosensor that can be used to determine the nutritional, sensory, and / or aesthetic state of the nutrient, including where nutrient 320 is in its life cycle / RTI > material / chemical tag that provides information about the nutrient material 320 or information about changes in the nutritional value, sensory value, and / or aesthetic value of the nutrient material through a physical reaction with the surface of the nutrient material 320, But is not limited thereto. As an example, this label / tag changes color when fruit, cheese or wine matures over time. It could also indicate whether he himself detected traces of pesticides, hormones, allergens, harmful or dangerous bacteria, or some other substance.

In this embodiment, information about the internal environment sensed by the internal sensor 370 and provided to the controller 350 may be stored in the information storage module 330. [ This storage of the internal environment can be used to record the history that the internal environment container 310 has experienced. This will enable the user or the shipper of the container 310 to understand the internal environment that the container experienced during the time of preserving the nutrients. Such information may be used to determine any number of ΔN values for the nutrient, including whether the nutrient is no longer in an optimal state and is no longer safe for consumption. Additionally, the user of the nutrient may be able to modify the conversion, conditioning, or consumption of nutrients according to any changes, or ΔN, that may occur due to the internal states of the container.

Additionally, in this embodiment, the information storage module 330 may include other information about the nutrient 320, including, but not limited to, production information and previous conversion or conservation information Do not. In addition, the information in the information storage module 330 will include unique nutrient identification information, which includes, but is not limited to, dynamic information identifiers. In this manner, the information obtained by the reader 340 is associated with the uni-nutrient identifier. The reader 340 transmits the information retrieved from the information storage module 330 to the information module 100 in addition to the information extracted from the nutrition label 325 and the associated unique nutrient identifier , In which case such information is referred to the unique nutrient identifier.

In a further embodiment, the controller 350 may modify the operation of the container 310 to modify the storage capabilities of the container 310, which is to advantageously affect the N of the nutrient. For example, if the internal environment of the container 310 adversely affects the nutrient 320, the controller 350 may adjust the internal environment of the container 310 to better preserve nutrients will be. The controller 350 may analyze historical information from the internal sensor 370 stored in the information storage module 330 to determine the internal environmental conditions of the longer period. The nutrient needs to be maintained within a desired temperature range to preserve its nutritional, sensory and / or aesthetic characteristics, and the internal sensor 370 provides internal temperature information to the controller 350, The controller 350 may change the container 310 to maintain the nutrient material 320 within the desired temperature range if it indicates that it is outside the desired range or potentially outside the desired range. In another embodiment, the reader 340 may also write information to the information storage module 330 via the controller 350. In this embodiment, information about the container 310 and / or the nutrient 320 may be modified by the shipper or user such as a storage facility or a logistics carrier, or added to the information storage module 330. In a further embodiment, such information may be sensed or detected by the reader 340, and may include information obtained from the nutrient label 325 by the reader 340. The controller 350 may modify the container 310 in response to the information that the reader 340 writes to the information storage module 330 and the information includes information read from the nutrition label 325, And the like.

10 illustrates an embodiment of a retention system 300 wherein the container 310 includes a nutrient material sensor 380 that includes a nutrient material 320 and a nutrient material sensor 380 in contact with the nutrient material 320, 380 to obtain information about the nutrient material 320 in the container 310. The nutrient material sensor 380 and the reader 340 may take any known form and may include electronic components such as biosensors and associated hand-held scanners, electronic sensors and electronic displays, or liquid crystal sensors / But are not limited to, chemical or organic materials that perform the same function.

When the shipper or user of the container 310 wants information from the nutrient sensor 380, the information can be retrieved by connecting the reader 340 to the container 310, Is obtained from the nutrient sensor (380). It is understood that connecting the reader 340 to the container 310 includes any known contact or non-contact formats that facilitate data transfer. A unique nutrient identifier such as a dynamic information identifier referenced to the nutrient material 320 may be associated with at least one of the nutrient sensor 380 or the container 310 so that the reader 340 is connected to the nutrient sensor 380), the obtained information is associated with the unique nutrient identifier. The reader 340 may further transmit the information retrieved from the nutrient sensor 380 to the information module 100, including the associated unicellular identifier, in which case such information may be provided to the unique nutrient identifier < RTI ID = 0.0 >Quot; is referred to.

Figure 11 illustrates an embodiment of a retention system 300 wherein the container 310 includes a nutrient material sensor 380 that includes a nutrient material 320 and a nutrient material sensor 380 in contact with the nutrient material 320, 380 to obtain information about the nutrient material 320 in the container 310. Controller 350 is coupled to nutrient sensor 380. The controller 350 may take a known shape including, but not limited to, an electronic micro-controller. The nutrient sensor 380 and the reader 340 may take any known shape and may include biosensors and associated handheld scanners, electronic components such as electronic sensors and displays, or similar functions such as liquid crystal sensors / But are not limited to, chemical or organic materials that perform chemical reaction.

When the shipper or user of the container 310 wants information from the nutrient sensor 380, the information can be retrieved by connecting the reader 340 to the container 310, To obtain from the nutrient sensor 380 via the controller 350 the information about the nutrient material. It is understood that connecting the reader 340 to the container 310 includes any known contact or non-contact formats that facilitate data transfer. A unique nutrient identifier such as a dynamic information identifier referenced to the nutrient material 320 may be associated with at least one of the nutrient sensor 380, the controller 350, or the container 310, 340 are associated with the uni-nutrient identifier when querying the status of the nutrient sensor 380. The reader 340 may further transmit the information retrieved from the nutrient sensor 380 to the information module 100, including the associated unicellular identifier, in which case such information may be provided to the unique nutrient identifier < RTI ID = 0.0 >Quot; is referred to.

In a further embodiment, the controller 350 may modify the operation of the container 310 to modify the storage capabilities of the container 310, which is to advantageously affect the N of the nutrient. For example, if the internal environment of the container 310 adversely affects the nutrient 320, as indicated by the information provided by the nutrient sensor 380, then the controller 350 may add more nutrients It may be possible to control the nutrient environment of the container 310 to preserve it well. For example, the nutrient material 320 may need to be maintained within a desired temperature range to best preserve its nutritional, sensory and / or aesthetic properties, The controller 350 provides information to the controller 350 indicating that the nutritional, sensory and / or aesthetic characteristics of the nutrient are too rapidly deteriorating and are likely to be outside the desired range, The container 310 may be modified to maintain the nutritional, sensory and / or aesthetic characteristics of the nutrient material 320 within the desired range.

12, the containment system 300 includes a container 310 that includes a nutrient material sensor 380, including a nutrient material 320 and a nutrient material sensor 380 in contact with the nutrient material 320, To obtain information about the nutrient material 320, the controller 9350, and the information storage module 330. Information from the nutrient sensor 380 and the information storage module 300 can be retrieved by connecting the reader 340 to the container 310 which provides information about the status of the nutrient 320 to the controller 350. [ . ≪ / RTI > It is understood that connecting the reader 340 to the container 310 includes any known contact or non-contact formats that facilitate data transfer.

In this embodiment, information about the nutrient that is sensed by the nutrient sensor 380 and provided to the controller 350 may be stored in the information storage module 330. This storage of nutrient information can be used to record the history of the nutrient. This will enable the user of the container 310 or the shipper to understand the nutrient during the time the nutrient was preserved. Such information may be used to determine any number of ΔN values for the nutrient and whether the nutrient is no longer in an optimal state and is no longer safe for consumption. In addition, the user of the nutrient may be able to perform any of the changes, such as as evidenced by the information from the stored nutrient sensor 380 stored in the information storage module 330, Or consumption.

Additionally, in this embodiment, the information storage module 330 may include other information about the nutrient 320, including, but not limited to, production information and previous conversion or conservation information Do not. In addition, the information in the information storage module 330 will include unique nutrient identification information, which includes, but is not limited to, dynamic information identifiers. In this manner, the information obtained by the reader 340 is associated with the uni-nutrient identifier. The reader 340 may further transmit the information retrieved from the information storage module 330 to the information module 100, including the associated unicellular material identifier, ≪ / RTI >

In a further embodiment, the controller 350 may modify the operation of the container 310 to modify the storage capabilities of the container 310. For example, if the nutrient 320 is adversely affected, as indicated by the data provided by the nutrient sensor 380, the controller may be configured to control the container 310 to better preserve its nutrients You will be able to control it. The controller 350 may analyze historical information from the stored nutrient sensor 380 in the information storage module 330 to determine long term nutrient conditions that need to be changed. For example, in order to best preserve the nutritional, sensory and / or aesthetic characteristics of a nutrient, the nutrient 320 needs to be maintained within a desired temperature range, and the nutrient sensor 380 Providing nutritional information to the controller 350 indicating that the nutritional, sensory, and / or aesthetic properties of the nutrient are too rapidly degrading and likely to be out of the desired range, the controller 350 May be able to modify the container 310 to maintain the nutritional, sensory, and / or aesthetic characteristics of the nutrient material 320 within the desired range.

In another embodiment, the reader 340 may also write to the information storage module 330 via the controller 350. In this embodiment, information about the container 310 and / or the nutrient 320 may be modified by a shipper or user, such as a storage facility or a logistics carrier, or added to the information storage module 330. In a further embodiment, such information is detected or detected by the reader 340.

FIG. 13 shows a preferred embodiment of the storage module 300. FIG. There is a nutrient material 320 in the container 310 and a nutrient material sensor 380 in contact with the nutrient material 320 so that the nutrient material sensor 380 is in contact with the nutrient material 320, The information storage module 330, and the controller 350. [0040] The external sensor 360 is disposed on the surface of the container 310 or outside. In operation, the controller 350 receives information from the nutrient sensor 380, the internal sensor 370, and the external sensor 360. In addition, the controller 350 may store information received from the three sensors in the information storage module 330. The controller 350 can fetch such stored information and send that information to the reader 340. [ The reader 340 may also transmit instructions to the controller 350 or may write information to the information storage module 330. [

The controller 350 is operably connected to the container 310 to use information obtained from the sensors 360, 370 and 380 and / or information stored in the information storage module 330, To modify the behavior of the container 310 to affect the condition of the material 320, i. E., To advantageously affect the [Delta] N for the nutrient. In addition to the stored information from the sensors 360, 370, and 380, the information storage module 330 may include other information about the storage material 320, Conversion, or preservation information. In addition, the information in the information storage module 330 may include uniquely identifying information that is not limited thereto, including dynamic information identifiers. In this manner, the information obtained by the reader 340 is associated with the uni-nutrient identifier. The reader 340 may additionally transmit the information retrieved from the information storage module 330 to the information module 100, including the associated unicellular identifier, in which case such information is referred to the unicellular identifier It is understood.

As an example, the nutrients 320 may be bananas being shipped to a distribution warehouse. The bananas are in container 310, which can control its internal temperature, humidity, and the level of certain gases in the container. Generation reports and dynamic information identifiers for the bananas are located in the information storage module 330 prior to shipment. During shipment, the external sensor 360 measures the temperature and humidity outside the container 310. This information is stored in the information storage module 330 by the controller 350. The controller 350 also receives information about the internal environment in the container 310 from the internal sensor 370 and stores this information in the information storage module 330. This information includes the internal temperature of the container 310, the humidity, and the levels of specific gases in the container. Finally, a nutrient sensor 380 is attached to the surface of the bananas and provides information to the controller 350 about the status of the bananas. This information includes, but is not limited to, surface temperature, surface humidity, emitted gases, color, and surface chemicals. At any point in time during shipment to the shipping and distribution warehouse, the reader 340 can be used to fetch both historical information and current information stored in the information storage module 330 and send the retrieved information to the associated < RTI ID = 0.0 > May be further transmitted to the information module 100, including an identifier, in which case such information is referred to the unique nutrient identifier.

During shipment, the container 310 changes its internal states in accordance with the commands provided by the controller 350. The controller 350 may include historical information received from the three sensors, current information being received from the three sensors, information to be written to the information storage module 330 from the reader 340, And instructions on how to preserve and perhaps learn how to use the information stored in the information storage module 330 with respect to the creation of the bananas. In this way, the preservation module 300 can preserve and optimize the bananas and minimize degradation of the bananas. In other words, the preservation module 300 is configured to allow the bananas to be shipped and stored (e.g., stored) in order to advantageously affect the nutrient value / attribute, sensory value / attribute, and aesthetic value / And to varyively adapt the states in the container by varying the rate of change of corresponding < RTI ID = 0.0 > N < / RTI >

In one embodiment, the means for variably adapting the states within the container to variably change the rate of change of the monitored [Delta] N may comprise an internal sensor 370, an external sensor 360, or a nutrient sensor 380 Photochemical means, mechanical means, hydraulic means, pneumatic means, melting means, absorption means, expansion means for varying the gas environment in the container in response to information about the gas environment in the container provided by the means Includes at least one of the means, shrinking means, component adding means, component combining means, component removing means, component converting means, electrolytic means, ionic means, osmotic means, reverse osmosis means, or thermal means.

It will be appreciated that the subset of embodiments described herein may operate to achieve the goals declared herein. In one embodiment, portions of the nutrient sensor 380, the internal sensor 370, the external sensor 360, the information storage module 330, the controller 350, the reader 340, Each of the electrical or electromechanical devices performing each of the indicated functions. However, it is possible that some or all of these functions are performed using chemical and / or organic compounds. For example, a specially designed plastic wrap for bananas can sense the external conditions of the package, the internal conditions of the package, and to control the gas flow through the surface of the package to preserve and cook the bananas The conditions of the package can be adapted. In one embodiment of such a package, the means for adapting the gas conditions in the package to variably change the rate of change of the monitored [Delta] N may comprise chemical means, photochemical means, mechanical means, hydraulic means, A means for removing components, a means for removing components, a means for converting components, an electrolytic means, an ionic means, an osmotic means, a reverse osmotic means, or a thermal means, such as a squeezing means, expansion means, pneumatic means, dissolution means, ingredient addition means, At least one of them.

The visual appearance, optical properties, electrical properties, mechanical properties, taste, odor, volatility, texture, touch, sound, chemical composition, temperature, weight, volume, density, hardness, viscosity, surface tension, Sensors that can measure and collect data related to other detectable attributes may be utilized. The nutrient property sensors may be selected from the group consisting of optical sensors, laser sensors, cameras, electric noses, microphones, olfactory sensors, surface topography measuring equipment, three dimensional measuring equipment, chemical samples, hardness measuring equipment, Any known sensor capable of providing data on non-invasive imaging equipment, impedance detectors, temperature measurement equipment, weighing equipment, and detectable properties of nutrients, including non-invasive imaging techniques including millimeter waves, But is not limited to these.

At this time, it can be understood that the nutritional value, sensory value or aesthetic value of the nutrient can be indicated by the olfactory values of the nutrient or the taste values of the nutrient. Typically, although not necessarily, olfactory values and taste values may be detected by a person detecting the odor. Nutrients, however, will be able to emit or produce gaseous components that are not detectable or undifferentiated by a person's sense of smell, or components that are not detected or discerned by a person sensing taste, but nevertheless And may exhibit a particular nutritional, sensory, and aesthetic state of the nutrient. In addition, olfactory values and taste values may indicate impurities of nutrients such as by damage, contamination, or by the substitution of other nutrients.

Sensors for detecting gases and odors may be used to provide AIN information on nutrients during transport of nutrients. Such sensors are described in Journal of Food Engineering 100 (2010) 377-387, " Biomimetric-based odor and taste sensing systems to food quality and safety characterization " Chem. Sci., 2012, 3, 2542; " Fluorescent DNAs printed on paper: sensing food spoilage and ripening in the vapor phase & IEEE Photonics Journal, 1 (4), p. Use the Silicon Integrated Spectrometer to detect food for aging and other properties as described in 225-235 (2009); Bio-Nanotechnology: A revolution in food biomedical and health sciences, first edition, 2013, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Review of nano-biosensors for measuring taste and odors described in "Nano-Biosensors for mimicking gustatory and olfactory senses"; Anal. Chem., 2011, 83 (16), pp 6300-6307, doi: 10.1021 / ac2009756 ethylene sensors employed in "a thin ionic-liquid layer" A commercially available ethylene analyzer sensor from Absorger Company for sensing ethylene, oxygen (O2) and carbon dioxide (CO2) levels, www.absoger.fr; Ethylene certified by Imec and Holst Center with a detection limit of potentially 200-300 ppb at http://www2.imec.be/be_en/press/ imec-news / ethylenesensor.html on May 15, 2012 But are not limited to, single-chip electrochemical sensors for monitoring.

In one example, which is not intended to be limiting in any way, it can be monitored by the sensed values provided by such gas and odor sensors within the logistics container during fruit transportation, and the sensed values As shown in FIG. It is to be understood that the logistics container may take any known shape, including but not limited to ships, motorcycles, airplanes, trailers, or transport containers on trucks. Such containers may include a single compartment or may comprise several separate compartments, where each compartment may independently provide the advantages of the present invention disclosed herein. Alternatively, the logistics shipping container may take the appearance of a carton box shipped via a ship, motorcycle, airplane, trailer, or truck. In yet another alternative, the logistics container may take the form of a ship's hold, a rail box-car, an air cargo window, a closed trailer, or a closed box-truck.

In this example, ethylene levels are monitored by an ethylene sensor inside the shipping container containing the fruit. Ethylene is a gaseous plant hormone, produced by fruits, crops, flowers and vegetation. In the case of fruit, ethylene is a gaseous hormone responsible for aging, and its aging process can not only be monitored by sensing ethylene levels, but its rate of aging also depends on the ethylene levels in response to the sensed levels of ethylene Can be optimized. For example, if the sensed ethylene levels are determined to be too low, the controller of the shipping container will be able to seal the container to allow the ethylene concentrations to increase, or the ethylene gases You can add it. Alternatively, if the sensed ethylene levels are determined to be too high, the controller of the shipping container may ventilate the container to enable the ethylene concentration to be reduced by dilution, or to reduce the concentration of the particular gas < RTI ID = 0.0 > You can add them.

In another alternative, such gas and odor sensors could be used to monitor aging of a single fruit, in which case the single fruit would serve as an indicator for a batch of fruits that underwent the same logistics environment. For example, a jar containing a single piece of fruit selected to represent the corresponding fruit bundle may be continuously sampled to determine the rate of ethylene fish. In this way, the rate of ethylene production of fruit during logistics transportation will be determined, and thus the current state of aging of the fruits can be determined.

Figure 14 shows an embodiment in which the logistics transport container comprises a container carried by a tractor-trailer. The container has four side walls defining a interior space, a bottom wall, and a top wall. In one example, the contents of the container are bulk shipment of, for example, fruit (not shown) products. The container is provided with a sensing module as shown in detail B of FIG. The sensing module may be fixed to the inner surface of the uppermost wall of the container at a distance "l" relative to the first side wall of the container and at a distance "w & As indicated by "B" in the AA section of Fig. 14, in any suitable manner within the container. The sensing module may include: a gas or odor sensor, in this example an ethylene sensor, denoted "ethylene sensor chip" (oxygen O2 and carbon dioxide CO2, some airborne volatiles, and It is understood that a gas sensor or an odor sensor may be provided to sense gas such as, but not limited to, any number or combination thereof); With other sensors, a temperature sensor (such as, but not limited to, pressure, humidity, time, temperature, humidity, etc.), or a combination of environmental conditions It is understood that these other sensors may be provided for sensing); In Fig. 14, optical sensors (not shown), which may include a Raman spectrometer, a hyper-spectral spectrometer, or a near infra-red spectrometer, or some other type of spectrometer And that it will be able to sense target attributes associated with the particular nutritional or sensory properties of the contents of the shipping container by scanning, such as by scanning the contents to provide a corresponding scan-response Understood); With a GPS device, this could further include a time and date device, such as the one labeled "GPS device" to provide a corresponding time and date stamp when GPS information and sensor information is obtained, This could also be provided with a remote antenna such as that marked with a "GPS antenna "; To an information storage device denoted "storage information chip ", wherein the information storage device is a variety of gas and odor sensors, optical sensors, and other sensors. Manage, and transmit information sensed by the GPS device and a unique identifier associated with the contents of the container; And a power source such as that labeled "battery device ", which may include a battery, a connection for external power, or both.

The sensing module may be further provided with an air exchange capability such as that marked with a "ventilator ", wherein the atmosphere inside the container is manually passive to some or all of the various gas and odor sensors, optical sensors, Or actively exposed, the sensors having sensor probes close to the sensor. Additionally or alternatively, some or all of the various gas and odor sensors, optical sensors, and other sensors of the sensing module may be located at corresponding sensor probes Lt; / RTI > Gas and odor sensor probes located farther away are labeled "ethylene sensor probes", and other remotely located sensor probes are labeled "temperature sensor probes". The optical sensor probes may also be located remotely and may be further provided on the track to enable movement in one, two, or three axes relative to the contents. Such communication with a remote sensor probe may be accomplished by hardwiring the corresponding sensor to the connectors provided on the exterior of the sensing module labeled "sensor wires" and by further plugging the wires of the sensor probe into the connector . It is understood that the communication between the sensor and the remotely located sensor probe may be achieved in any known wired or wireless manner and that the example of the wired provided herein is provided for illustrative purposes only

The sensing module may further be provided with a user interface indicated by an "information screen ", wherein a variety of current or stored information may be displayed in relation to the container, its container contents and the sensing module . The displayed information may relate to: a unique identifier associated with the contents of the container; Information provided by gas and odor sensors and optical sectors, as indicated by "storage information "; Information provided by other sensors, as indicated by "temperature "; Information about the ΔN of the contents of the container or the corresponding residual nutritional value, sensory value, or aesthetic value; The current state of the power source, such as indicated by "battery "; And the current location of the container as determined by the GPS device. Additionally or alternatively, such as by connecting the information storage device to an available USB port external to the sensing module as indicated by "USB port for PC ", the various current or stored information may be transferred to a computer or other The ability to communicate to an external information system may be provided to the sensing module. It is understood that such transfer capability may be achieved in any known wired or wireless manner, and that the examples of USB ports provided herein are provided for illustrative purposes only. Such forwarding capabilities include, but are not limited to, any known type of active or passive transmitter for transmitting information stored in an information storage device. Transmission may occur if there is one or more of the following: predefined times; Predetermined sensor limits; External inquiries, and information receiving systems. The information receiving systems that cause transmission to occur based on the proximity of the container to the information receiving system may be located at any point of the departure, passage, transfer, inspection, or storage of the shipping container (such as proximity to the road) You will be able to locate it.

In a preferred embodiment, the shipping container is provided with a sensing module, which comprises: separate or combined ethylene and carbon dioxide sensors; Separated or combined temperature and humidity sensors; Includes one or more fixed optical sensors, such as a Raman spectrometer, a superspectral spectrometer, or a near-infrared spectrometer, or some other type of spectrometer; A device for information storage, management, and transmission, in which case such transmissions may be achieved by an RF antenna; And a position, time, and date corresponding to the time when the sensor information is obtained. It is understood that any portion of the information stored by the detection module may be stored further away. For example, the sensing modules for information storage may have a limited storage capacity, in which case the periodic or continuous transmission of information contained in the sensing module to a remote database, such as the dynamic nutrition database It would be useful. Such transmissions may occur at certain locations, at specific times, at data capacity thresholds, at the time of dynamic sensing by the sensing module, wherein dynamic sensing is performed during the transport of the container, Sensing data periodically or continuously in connection with the present invention, or sensing data in any other manner known to those of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs.

In a further embodiment, the sensing module is part of an automated laboratory system for dynamically sampling and testing nutrients in a logistics shipping container during logistics transportation. Alternatively, the sensing module may be capable of communicating with a separate automated laboratory system for dynamically sampling and testing nutrients in the logistics shipping container during logistics transportation. In a preferred embodiment, as in determining a residual nutritional value, a sensory value, or an aesthetic value, or an associated ΔN, or identifying undesirable molasses such as pathogens, chemicals, pesticides, hormones, The automated laboratory system can dynamically acquire, encode, condition, and sense nutrient samples. Such an automated laboratory system may either retain raw samples of the nutrient material periodically (as at predetermined times or locations), and periodically grasp the raw samples by grinding, crushing, pressing, milling, chemical extraction, Includes a dynamic sample conditioning system including one or more sample vessels for mechanically, chemically, or thermally periodically conditioning, including, but not limited to, adding, heating, burning, drying, or freezing . Conditioning the raw samples may alternatively or additionally include tagging the raw or conditioned samples by exposing the raw or conditioned sample to a target specific tag, And acts to help identify further targets. For example, SERS tags could be utilized to help identify specific target molecules, in which case a Raman spectrometer is used to detect the tagged sample. There are a variety of tag technologies and the present invention for exposing sample materials to particles or surfaces that are treated as target specific tags or behave as target specific tags to identify specific degradation materials, It will be appreciated that well known tagging techniques may be used by those of ordinary skill in the art. One or more sensors of the sensor module or the automated laboratory system are utilized to sense information from the periodically conditioned samples and the sensed information is provided to the sensing module or to the information of the automated laboratory system Stored locally as if stored in a storage module, able to transmit the sensed information to a remote database, or both.

Conditioning the raw sample may additionally include encoding the raw sample by adding a unique physical or chemical label to the sample prior to conditioning, during conditioning, or after conditioning. Alternatively, encoding the sample can include placing the conditioned sample in a sample chamber, such as a pre-made sample tube, containing target specific tags and also including the unique physical or chemical labels. Said unique physical or chemical label may be applied to said automated, close proximity to said sample chamber, such as by any type of optical sensor or spectrometer, including but not limited to a superspectral camera or Raman spectrometer, Can be identified by the laboratory system or sensors of the sensing module. After detection, the sample chamber containing the conditioned sample is automatically moved to another location and discarded or continues to be used, and a new sample chamber is provided to accept the conditioned new sample.

In one embodiment, the detection module or the reader of the automated laboratory system, as readable by an optical reader or an RFID reader, or which can be read by the detection module or the data storage of the automated laboratory system, Information about a physical or chemical label is provided on a readable label or tag, such as on a container holding the unique physical or chemical label. Encoding the raw sample may be performed by adding the unique physical or chemical label to the sample before, during, or after sample conditioning. The sensing module or the automated laboratory system may read the readable label or tag to obtain information about the unique physical or chemical label or, alternatively, the information may be read by the sensing module or the automated laboratory system Data storage unit. In this manner, the information sensed from the sample chamber includes sensed information about the unique physical or chemical label in the sample chamber and is compared with information about the only physical or chemical label provided on the readable label or tag . Wherein if the sensed information about the unique physical or chemical label matches the information provided on the readable label or tag, then the sensed information comprising all information sensed from the sample chamber with respect to the conditioned sample . If the sensed information regarding the unique physical or chemical label does not match the information provided on the readable label or tag, then the information sensed from the sample chamber with respect to the conditioned sample may be corrupted, uncertain, Otherwise it may be considered suspicious, in which case an alarm or warning could be registered or communicated by the detection module or the automated laboratory system.

In an alternate embodiment, encoding the raw sample includes placing a sample prepared in advance in a sample chamber containing the unique physical or chemical label. Information about the unique physical or chemical label is provided on a readable label or tag, such as on a sample chamber, which is read by the sensing module or the automated laboratory system as by an optical reader or an RFID reader, Sensing module or the data storage of the automated laboratory system. In this manner, the information sensed from the sample chamber includes sensed information about the unique physical or chemical label in the sample chamber and is compared with information about the only physical or chemical label provided on the readable label or tag . Wherein if the sensed information about the unique physical or chemical label matches the information provided on the readable label or tag, then the sensed information comprising all information sensed from the sample chamber with respect to the conditioned sample . If the sensed information regarding the unique physical or chemical label does not match the information provided on the readable label or tag, then the information sensed from the sample chamber with respect to the conditioned sample may be corrupted, uncertain, Otherwise it may be considered suspicious, in which case an alarm or warning could be registered or communicated by the detection module or the automated laboratory system.

In an alternative embodiment, the sensing module includes one or more track mounted Raman spectrometers, a superspectral spectrometer, a near infrared spectrometer, or some other type of spectrometer, so that corresponding one or more spectrometers So that it can be moved in one, two, or three axes with respect to the contents of the container. It is understood that any other known type of sensor can be track mounted so that it can move in one, two, or three axes with respect to the contents of the container.

In one embodiment, when the contents are loaded into the logistics shipping container, the sensing module is not provided with a Raman spectrometer, a superspectral spectrometer, a near-infrared spectrometer, or any other type of spectrometer, A separate device is used that includes a Raman spectrometer, a superspectral spectrometer, a near-infrared spectrometer, or some other type of spectrometer to detect when the contents arrive at a particular intermediate or final destination, such as a point of inspection or delivery The same device or other separate Raman spectrometer, superspectral spectrometer, near-infrared spectrometer or any other type of spectrometer is used to sense the contents of the shipping container. Some other known type of sensor, including a spectrometer of the type operating in a known wavelength range, is used to sense the contents when the contents of the logistics container are loaded into the container and when the contents arrive at a particular intermediate or final destination It will be understood that it may be used. It will also be appreciated that sensors of the type requiring contact with raw or homogenized physical samples may be used and may be used for stand-off measurements (i.e., contact with raw or processed physical samples It is further understood that a sensor of the type capable of performing measurements that are not needed may be used and preferably used. The information obtained by the various sensors that are part of the sensing module or separated everywhere the logistics transport container passes and at particular intermediate or final destinations includes information obtained at the loading of the logistics container, May be transmitted periodically or continuously (such as transmitting on sensing) and may be used to understand the evolution of nutritional, sensory, or aesthetic values of the contents. If the information provided by some particular sensor provides an incompatible understanding of the deployment, it may indicate that the particular sensor is suspicious and the result of the notification to verify that particular sensor or other sensors may also be will be.

In a further embodiment, the information sent from the sensors of the discrete sensors and the sensing module is stored to enable data from the sensing module to be correlated with data from the discrete sensors , Information from the sensing module, and information from the discrete sensors to provide an understanding of the relationship between the evolving nutritional value or sensory value.

In an alternative embodiment where the sensing module is not provided with a Raman spectrometer, a superspectral spectrometer, a near-infrared spectrometer, or any other type of spectrometer, the container is configured such that when the contents of the shipping container are loaded into the container, Includes a discrete device including a Raman spectrometer, a spectroscopic spectrometer, a near-infrared spectrometer, or some other type of spectrometer used for sensing and the contents arrive at a particular intermediate or final destination, such as the point of inspection or delivery The same device is used to sense the contents of the logistics shipping container.

In further embodiments, a separate device comprising the sensing module or a Raman spectrometer, a superspectral spectrometer, a near-infrared spectrometer, or some other type of spectrometer is provided as detachable units detachable from the container. In this way, they may be arranged in a container without a separate device or sensing module, including a Raman spectrometer, a superspectral spectrometer, a near-infrared spectrometer, or some other type of spectrometer, And to enable it to function in accordance with the described inventions. A detachable discrete device or detachable sensing module comprising a Raman spectrometer, a superspectrospectometer, a near-infrared spectrometer, or some other type of spectrometer may be disposed individually or together within the container and may be, for example, May be removed from the container for use in a container, for service, or for any other reason thereafter.

In an alternative embodiment, the sensing module is provided in a format that enables it to be used as a unit independent of the container and as a remote sensing station. For example, independent sensing modules may be located at various locations along the movement path of the logistics container. The locations preferably include, but are not limited to, the location at which the container is loaded and a particular intermediate or final destination, such as a point of inspection or delivery.

In an alternative embodiment, the sensing module is provided in a format that enables it to be used as a unit independent of the container and as a mobile sensing station. For example, independent sensing modules may be transported to various locations along the movement path of the logistics container. The locations preferably include, but are not limited to, the location at which the container is loaded and a particular intermediate or final destination, such as a point of inspection or delivery.

In further embodiments, an information screen is provided to the sensing module or to a separate device comprising a Raman spectrometer, a superspectral spectrometer, a near infrared spectrometer, or some other type of spectrometer, in which case various current or stored information May be displayed relative to the container, the contents of the container, and the discrete device including the sensing module and a Raman spectrometer, a supersmolar spectrometer, a near infrared spectrometer, or some other type of spectrometer. The displayed information may include a unique identifier associated with the contents of the container, information provided by the various sensors of the container, current state of the power source, current location, time or date, Or information about an aesthetic value, such as a nutritional value, a sensory value, or an aesthetic value. The information on? N or the corresponding residual nutritional value, sensory value, or aesthetic value may be conveyed by dynamic indicators such as the dynamic indicators shown in Figs. 15A and 15B and described herein.

Figures 15A and 15B show the formats of the dynamic indicator according to the present invention in which DELTA N and related residual and initial nutritional values, sensory values, and aesthetic values may be expressed. The ear of corn labeled "INNIT" on the microphone stand in FIGS. 15A and 15B represents a nutritional value, sensory value, or aesthetic value associated with the nutrient. In a preferred embodiment, the selected object corresponds to a logo, symbol, mascot, or other object associated with the brand, although any object may be selected to represent a nutritional value, sensory value, or aesthetic value. Such brands may include, but are not limited to, the present invention, Measurement, Inspection, Engineering, Regulatory, Certification, or other standards, Information systems. Objects selected to represent nutritional values, sensory values, or aesthetic values are also referred to herein as? N meters. In the following examples, the [Delta] N meter corresponds to the logo of the supplier of the nutrient information system according to the present invention, which is shown on the microphone stand in Figures 15A and 15B and is a corn bar labeled "INNIT ".

In Fig. 15A, the DELTA N meter according to the present invention conveys a variety of items relating to nutritional values in the corresponding nutrient material, e.g., orange juice containers provided with dynamic information identifiers, e.g., vitamin C values. A consumer desiring information on the vitamin C value of the orange juice can use his or her own smartphone to scan the dynamic information identifier and can identify the desired information. In this example, the information is presented to the consumer on the screen of the smartphone of the photo in the form of a ΔN meter as shown in FIG. 15a. The ΔN meter in this example codes the initial vitamin C value, the current vitamin C value, and the expired vitamin C value through color and color changes. The values may be viewed as relative values without a measurement unit as shown, or may be further provided with an actual measurement unit. In this example, the consumer is provided with a conceptual indicator of how much the vitamin C value is reduced relative to the initial value of the vitamin C and where the current vitamin C value is relative to the expiration value of the vitamin C.

In Fig. 15B, the DELTA N meter according to the present invention conveys a variety of items relating to nutritional values, e.g., vitamin C values, in the orange juice containers provided with corresponding nutrients, e.g., dynamic information identifiers. A consumer desiring information on the vitamin C levels of the orange juice can use his smartphone to scan the dynamic information identifier and can determine the desired information. In this example, the information is presented to the consumer on the screen of the smartphone of the photo in the form of the N meter shown in Figure 15B. The ΔN meter in this example codes the initial vitamin C value, the current vitamin C value, and the expired vitamin C value through percent fill-level and percent fill-level changes. The values may be viewed as relative values without a measurement unit as shown, or may be further provided with an actual measurement unit. In this example, the consumer is provided with a conceptual indicator of how much the vitamin C value is reduced relative to the initial value of the vitamin C and where the current vitamin C value is relative to the expiration value of the vitamin C.

The N meter would take many features and could convey a variety of messages regarding the A N value or the residual nutritional value, sensory value, and / or aesthetic value of the nutrients, and the examples provided above are for illustrative purposes only And that it is not an intention to restrict in any way. It is also understood that the N meter may be utilized to deliver the ΔN values and the determined residual nutritional, sensory, and / or aesthetic values in a determined or some manner. The dynamic indicators such as? N meters can be used by the inventive inventive sensors or sensing modules through the user interface of the readers of the preservation modules of the present invention to generate modules, conversion modules, conditioning modules, Through the user interface provided for the information module, and through any other known format capable of conveying such information. In preferred embodiments, the DELTA N values or the residual nutrient value, sensory value, and / or aesthetic value are determined using systems utilizing dynamic information identifiers and corresponding nutrient databases, nutritional property sensors and corresponding nutrition Systems utilizing materials property libraries, or combinations of both. ≪ RTI ID = 0.0 >

In one embodiment, a method is provided for determining and delivering a nutritional value, a sensory value, or an evolution of a esthetic value of a nutrient. In the method, a first value of a particular nutritional property, sensory property, or aesthetic property is initially determined. Those skilled in the art of data processing and analysis, including first scanning the nutrients, applying statistical methods and generating analytical algorithms to obtain a first scan-response associated with the target attribute And then correlating the first scan-response with a first value of the particular nutritional property, sensory property, or aesthetic property of the nutrient and analyzing the nutrient Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > ID < / RTI > In the second, a second value of the particular nutritional property, sensory property, or aesthetic property is determined. The usual knowledge in the art of data processing and analysis, including scanning the nutrients a second time to obtain a second scan-response associated with the target attribute, applying statistical methods and generating analytical algorithms Analyzing the second scan-response by methods known to those skilled in the art and correlating the second scan-response with the second value of the particular nutritional, sensory, or aesthetic properties of the nutrient The determination is performed by correlating the dynamic information identifier associated with the nutrient material. The next time, the following values of the particular nutritional, sensory, or aesthetic properties are determined. The usual knowledge in the art of data processing and analysis, including scanning the nutrients, applying statistical methods and generating analytical algorithms next time to obtain the next scan-response associated with the target attribute Analyzing the next scan-response by methods known to those skilled in the art and correlating the next scan-response to the next value of the particular nutritional, sensory, or aesthetic properties of the nutrient, The determination is performed by correlating to the dynamic information identifier associated with the nutrient material. The difference between the two values of the first, second and next values of the particular nutritional, sensory, or aesthetic properties of the nutrient describes the ΔN that occurs between the corresponding times, Can be referenced to the dynamic information identifier associated with that nutrient. In addition, the values of the first, second, and next values of the particular nutritional, sensory, or aesthetic properties of the nutrient may vary depending on the particular nutritional quality, sensory Property, or aesthetic properties, and may be referenced to the dynamic information identifier associated with the nutrient material. In a further embodiment, each of the first scan-response, the second scan-response, and the next scan-response may be transmitted when the dynamic information identifier of the nutrient is referenced and first obtained.

Delivery of a particular nutritional value, sensory value, or evolution of the aesthetic value of the nutrient may be accomplished in a manner known to those of ordinary skill in the art. Examples include, but are not limited to: the first value, the second value or the next value, and the corresponding value between the first value and the second value or the next value It provides simple presentation in units; Providing the percentage of change between the first value, the second value or the next value, and the first value and the second value or the next value; The first value, the second value or the next value, and the change between the first value and the second value or the next value, is expressed as a percentage of the daily recommended requirement (for example,% RDA Such values can be expressed as a percentage of the FDA's recommended daily allowance); Graphic or curve showing the first value and the second value, in which case the values may be expressed as a percentage, as a percentage of the daily recommended requirements, or in any known graphical way, It could be expressed; And △ N meters.

There are many examples of sensor technologies that can be utilized as nutrient property sensors, including, but not limited to, the following: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Surface plasmon resonance sensors (SPRs) such as cell phones based on sensor platforms, as disclosed by Preechaburana et al. In " Surface plasmon resonance chemical sensing on cell phones "; Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, P.R. SPR sensors such as those disclosed by Zhang et al. In "Detection of penicillin via surface plasmon resonance biosensor "; The microfluidics disclosed in Focke et al., Www.rsc.org/loc, 19-Mar-2010, "Lab-on-a-Foil: microfluidics on thin and flexible films" ) And Lab-on-a-Foil solutions; Such as those disclosed by Roche et al. In " Journal of Sensors, volume 2011, article ID 406425, doi: 10.1155 / 2011/406425, "Low- cost label- Localized surface plasmon response sensors (LSPR); With printed sensors such as sensors available from Thin Film Electronics ASA, for example, thin film time-temperature sensors; IEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 3, March 2012 487 wireless pH sensors such as those described in "A passive radio-frequency pH sensing tag for wireless food quality monitoring"; A method for detecting biological quantities such as those discussed in Appl Microbiol Biotechnol (2013) 97: 1829-1840 "An overview of transducers as platform for the rapid detection of foodborne pathogens"; Cellphone-based E. Coli sensor developed by UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science that uses flowering imaging to detect bacteria in food and water; Sensors as described in Journal of Food Engineering 100 (2010) 377-387 "Biomimetric-based odor and taste sensing systems to food quality and safety characterization: An overview on basic principals and recent achievements"; Sensors 2010, 10, 3411-3443, doi 10.3390 / s100403411 The sensors described in "Advanced Taste Sensors Based on Artificial Lipids with Global Selectivity to Basic Taste Qualities and High Correlation to Sensory Scores & Chem. Sci., 2012, 3, 2542; " Fluorescent DNAs printed on paper: sensing food spoilage and ripening in the vapor phase & IEEE Photonics Journal, 1 (4), p. 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(Http://www.researchgate.net/ publication / 225410860) , Department of Material and Chemistry Engineering, Henan Institute of Engineering, Zhengzhou, 450007 China, Article-Voltammetric sensor for caffeine based on a glassy carbon electrode modified with Nafion and graphene oxide to detect caffeine values similar to those described by Zhao et al. Sensors; In Nanotechnology 20 135501 doi: 10.1088 / 0957-4484 / 20/13/135501, Issue 13, 1-April-2009, Optical nanoprobes based on gold nanoparticles for sugar sensing Sensors for detecting sugar values similar to those described by Scampicchio et al; Contact temperature sensors manufactured by MICRO-EPSILON and available at www.micro-epsilon. Temperature values similar to those described for non-contact IR sensors with a laser aimed at thermoMETER CSmicro and thermoMETER CSlaser Sensors for detecting; Sensors for detecting temperature values that may also include thermocouple type sensors suitable for touch sensing temperature. It is understood that the sensors may be configured to perform multiple test tests in a single use to develop multi-dimensional data sets from each use.

Other examples of sensor technologies that may be utilized include sensors that are similar to those described at www.micro-epsilon for color lens sensors OT-3-GL and OT-3-LU manufactured and fixed by MICRO-EPSILON . These sensors brighten the surface with white light and sense the reflected color values, and are used to detect non-homogeneous targets and glossy targets, such as shrink-wrapped or current It is particularly useful for color recognition of unpackaged beef pieces or other animal tissues. These sensors can also provide useful information about the turbidity of the liquids. Alternatively, the sensors may be similar to those described by fiber color sensors colorSENSOR LT-1-LC-20, WLCS-M-41, and LT-2 manufactured by MICRO-EPSILON and www.micro-epsilon . These sensors use a modulated white light LED to project a spot onto or through the target and focus a portion of the reflected or transmitted light onto the color detection element using a fiber lens. Common sensing techniques include, but are not limited to, projecting the spot directly onto the inspection target or perpendicular to the inspection target, and placing a portion of the back-scattered light onto a fiber lens To focus on the color detector; Projecting the spot indirectly to the inspection target, that is, by giving an angle to the inspection target, and focusing part of the reflected light onto the color detector using a fiber lens; Then, the spot is projected directly through the inspection target, and a portion of the transmitted light is focused on the color detector using a fiber lens. Such a nutrient property sensor is configured to include a color detector and a white light source, and a coupler as a permanent part of the detector, which projects light from the light source onto or through the target and reflects Or attaching the detector to a mating coupler of various fiber lens probe configurations to focus light transmitted from the target onto the color detector. Such fiber lens probes may be provided as a permanent part of the sealed nutrient package wherein the portions of the probe required to interface with the nutrient are in direct contact with the nutrient material and the sensor coupler The mating coupler allowing detachable attachment to the package is available outside the package. Permanently integrating the sensor probe into the package has many advantages. The portion of the sensor probes in contact with the nutrient material may be tailored to a particular product and package while the mating coupler on the exterior of the package is always provided in a configuration compatible with the sensor coupler on the detector. This enables a wide array of packaged nutrients to be detected without disrupting the integrity of the package. It also greatly simplifies tasks for users and ensures consistent and accurate detection technology.

Sensing technologies that utilize hyper-spectral imaging are potentially useful as nutrient property sensors and provide high volume in-line / in-process detection Due to the abilities and speed of the techniques to accomplish this. Super-spectroscopic imaging may be utilized for in-line inspection of products such as apples and strawberries, and may be utilized for rapid inspection of meat products such as poultry and seafood will be. This technique is particularly useful for identifying foreign substances in nutrients without destroying the nutrients. All materials have unique spectral signatures, which can be stored in a library. It contains spectral responses of known nutrients in known nutritional, sensory, or aesthetic conditions and further includes known sources of impurities such as feces, chemical contamination, micro-organisms and other pathogens or disease states Libraries can be used for comparison with the spectral responses of the nutrients currently being sensed and in this way the currently sensed nutrients can be quickly characterized according to the desired feature criteria. For plant and grain phenotyping, supersensitivity sensing may be further utilized, whereby the hybridization of the observable characteristics of the nutrient provides a unique fingerprint. This can be particularly beneficial for excluding impurities as by partial or total component substitution.

Other examples of optical sensor technologies that may be utilized include, but are not limited to, handheld Raman spectrometers available from Serstech, www.serstech.com; PinPointer ™ handheld Raman spectrometer available from Ocean Optics, www.oceanoptics.com; A TruScan RM handheld Raman spectrometer available from Thermo Fisher Scientific; A near-infrared sensor available from Thermo Fisher Scientific; Rigaku, Xantus Mini ™ remote control, Smartphone compatible Raman spectrometer available from www.rigaku.com; Asensetek, a Lighting Passport handheld or remote smartphone compatible spectrometer from www.alliedscientificpro.com.

In preferred embodiments, the packaged nutrients are detected by the nutrient property sensors without breaking the integrity of the package. As used herein, a nutrient packaging is a type of nutrient container, storage device or container and includes, but is not limited to, cups, bottles, glasses, boxes, wraps, caps, lids, covers, It is not. In some embodiments, this is accomplished using existing packaging. In other embodiments, the nutrient packaging is provided so that the nutrient property values can be sensed without opening the package. Such a package would incorporate non-contact interface ports, such as glass or plastic windows with known refractive indices, into the nutrient package, in which case such ports would be able to maintain the integrity between the nutrient property sensor and the nutrient material Lt; / RTI > This is also achieved by incorporating product contact portions of the nutrient property sensor into the nutrient packaging and by providing ports to enable interaction between the product content portion and the nutrient property sensor without harming packaging integrity . Alternatively, this could be accomplished by providing the device-attached device with the ability to transmit sensed values to the device mounted to receive the transmission, such as a detector. Alternatively, such transmission of sensed values may be performed by a signal generated by a passive RFID tag when in proximity to a corresponding RF scanner, by a signal generated by the active RFID tag and received by a corresponding RF scanner, Or some known formats for transmitting data. In one example, and in no way limited, thin film chips, such as the tagging system manufactured by Kovio, San Jose, Calif., May be used to track nutrients, And may include components for measuring attributes, recording and transmitting such information. Such information may be readable by a reader including a satellite-based system. Such a phase-based nutrient information tracking system may include a network of satellites with coverage of some or all of the surface of the earth, since the dynamic nutritional value database of the information module 100 may contain In real-time, or near real-time.

Nutritional values packaged using known packaging, such as by detecting packages of nutrient values and by providing packages that broaden the ability to do so, without compromising the integrity of the package, And the ability to determine evidence of authenticity of an aesthetic value provide great benefits and benefits for nutrient supply systems.

It is understood that the present invention is not limited in scope by the examples of sensors and sensor probes disclosed herein. The nutritional material packages may be provided with sensor probe portions of any known sensing technology that come into contact with the nutrients contained therein, and the sensed values may be provided by optical coupling, electronic coupling, audible coupling, mechanical coupling, Additional capabilities may be provided for delivery by any known mechanism, including, but not limited to, RF, Bluetooth, inductive field, or any other non-contact coupling.

It is also understood that many other sensing functions and sampling formats may be employed. The present invention is based on the finding that users of packaged nutrients determine evidence of authenticity of current values of nutritional values, sensory values, and aesthetic values of the nutrients and their nutrients dynamically changing and evolving It is also understood that it enables. Such changes and developments may be through the expected degradation of orange juice as if it lost vitamin C or yogurt loses the active lactic acid bacterium, through unexpected degradation, such as oxidation caused by broken packaging seals, Of the sugar, alcohol, and tannin may be developed, or may be through aging such as cheese maturation. Determining the current nutritional, sensory, and aesthetic values of a nutrient is dependent on the corresponding nutritional, sensory, and aesthetic values, as well as the corresponding nutritional, sensory, and aesthetic values Provide information on changes. It also provides useful information about optimal use, maturation, stabilization, or expiration of the corresponding nutritional value, sensory value, and aesthetic value, and may even be utilized to indicate impurities in the nutrient have.

The ability to periodically or continuously detect, transmit or transmit residual nutritional, sensory, or aesthetic values of packaged nutrients, the ability to exclude impurities from packaged nutrients, and Systems with the ability to provide evidence of authenticity of the packaged nutrient without compromising the integrity of the package (including any aspect of logistics transport) are particularly beneficial during logistics transportation. For example, the time, labor, and costs associated with shipping goods and other nutrients through agricultural checkpoints could be dramatically reduced by such systems. As an example, and without limitation in any way, such a system could be utilized by highway, rail, or maritime product shipper, in which case the residual nutritional value, sensory value, or Aesthetic values, exclusion of impurities, and evidence of authenticity of packaged nutrients provide immediate agricultural checkpoints without compromising the integrity of the packaging and without the passive validation, delays and product retention currently experienced. do. For example, with RFID tags associated with packaged nutrients, in this case the logistics transportation system of highway, train, or sea product shipments, proximity to RFID sensors located next to the fast-track lanes provided in the checkpoint , Automatically transmit the residual nutritional value, sensory value, or aesthetic value of the packaged nutrients, the exclusion of impurities, and the evidence of authenticity.

It is to be understood that the words "including," "including," and the like, as opposed to an exclusion or non-exhaustive sense, in the context of the description and claims unless the context clearly dictates otherwise, Should not be construed as limited to them. &Quot; As used herein, "connected," "coupled, " or variations thereof, means any direct or indirect connection or connection between two or more elements. Such connection or connection between the elements may be physical, logical, or a combination thereof. In addition, the words "here "," above ", "below ", and similar terms are used herein to refer generally to the subject matter and not to any particular portion of the subject matter. Where context permits, the words in the above detailed description using the singular or plural number may also include the plural number or the number of the singular number, respectively. The word "or" when referring to a list of two or more items covers all of the following interpretations of the word: any of the items in the list, all the items in the list, .

The foregoing detailed description of the examples of the present invention is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed above. Although specific examples of the invention have been described above for illustrative purposes, various equivalent modifications are possible within the scope of the invention, which will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art to which the invention belongs. Although processes or blocks are presented in the order given herein, alternative implementations will be capable of performing routines with steps performed in a different order, or systems employing different ordering blocks. Some of the processes or blocks may be deleted, removed, added, partitioned, combined, and / or modified to provide alternative or sub-combinations. Also, it is to be appreciated that processes or blocks are shown as being performed serially, but these processes or blocks may instead be performed in parallel or implemented, or may be performed in a different number of times. Also, any particular number noted herein is merely an example. It is understood that alternative implementations may use different values or ranges.

The various examples and teachings provided herein may also be applied to systems other than those described above. The elements and acts of the various examples described above may be combined to provide further implementations of the invention.

Any of the above-cited patents and applications and other references, including those which may be referred to as listings in the accompanying papers, are incorporated herein by reference. The features of the invention may be modified as necessary to embrace the systems, functions and concepts included in such references in order to provide additional implementations of the invention

These and other changes can be made to the invention in light of the above detailed description. Although the above description illustrates some examples of the present invention and describes the best mode contemplated, the present invention can be performed in many ways, no matter how detailed in the text above it may appear. The details of such systems may vary considerably in their particular implementations, but are still covered by the invention disclosed herein. As mentioned above, certain terms used in describing certain features or aspects of the present invention mean that the term is again defined herein to be limited to any particular feature, feature, or aspect of the invention to which the term relates. Should not be considered. In general, terms used in the following claims should not be construed as limiting the invention to the specific examples disclosed in the specification, unless the terms are explicitly defined in the Detailed Description section above. Thus, the actual scope of the present invention includes all the equivalent means of implementing or implementing the invention under the claims, rather than just the disclosed examples.

112의 6번째 단락 하에서의 means-plus-function 청구항으로서 열거되지만, 다른 모습들은 마찬가지로 means-plus-function 청구항, 또는 컴퓨터-판독가능 매체로 구현된 것과 같이 다른 모습들로 구현될 수 있을 것이다. 35 U.S.C.

112의 6번째 단락 하에서 다루어질 것으로 의도된 청구항들은 "means for"의 단어들로 시작할 것이다. 따라서, 본 출원인은 본 발명의 다른 모습들을 위한 그런 추가적인 청구항 모습들을 추구하기 위하여 본원 출원 이후에 추가적인 청구항들을 추가할 권리를 유보한다.While certain features of the invention are set forth with particularity in the claims below, the Applicant contemplates various aspects of the invention that are any number of claimed features. For example, one aspect of the present invention is a 35 USC

112 as a means-plus-function claim under the sixth paragraph, other aspects may likewise be embodied in means-plus-function claims, or in other aspects as embodied in a computer-readable medium. 35 USC

The claims intended to be covered under the sixth paragraph of 112 shall begin with the words "means for". Accordingly, Applicants reserve the right to add additional claims after the present application to pursue such additional claims for other aspects of the present invention.

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CLAIMS What is claimed is: 1. A system for tracking changes in nutritional or organoleptic values of nutrients during transport of goods, the system comprising:
Containers for transporting nutrients;
Detecting the initial property data of the nutrient relating to the nutritional value or sensory value of the nutrient at an early stage and detecting the next property data of the nutrient related to the nutritional value or sensory value of the nutrient at the next time A first type sensor for detecting the first type of sensor;
A second type sensor associated with the container for dynamically sensing data relating to the container environment or the nutrient during transportation of the container; And
The one or more transmitters for transmitting the initial attribute data, the next attribute data, and the dynamically sensed data.
A system that tracks changes in nutritional or sensory values of nutrients during logistics transportation. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first type sensor comprises one or more optical sensors,
A system that tracks changes in nutritional or sensory values of nutrients during logistics transportation. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the at least one optical sensor comprises any one of a Raman spectrometer, a hyper-spectral spectrometer, or a near infra-red spectrometer.
A system that tracks changes in nutritional or sensory values of nutrients during logistics transportation. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the second type sensor comprises a gas sensor, a temperature sensor, and a humidity sensor.
A system that tracks changes in nutritional or sensory values of nutrients during logistics transportation. The method according to claim 1,
The dynamically sensing is performed periodically or continuously during transportation,
A system that tracks changes in nutritional or sensory values of nutrients during logistics transportation. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first type sensor comprises one device for sensing the initial property data and the next property data,
A system that tracks changes in nutritional or sensory values of nutrients during logistics transportation. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first type sensor comprises a first device for sensing the initial property data and a second device for sensing the next property data.
A system that tracks changes in nutritional or sensory values of nutrients during logistics transportation. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the initial period corresponds to a time when the nutrient is loaded into the container,
A system that tracks changes in nutritional or sensory values of nutrients during logistics transportation. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the next time corresponds to inspecting the nutrient material at an intermediate or final destination,
A system that tracks changes in nutritional or sensory values of nutrients during logistics transportation. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the one or more transmitters further transmit at least one of the initial attribute data, the next attribute data, and the position, data, and time corresponding to the dynamically sensed data.
A system that tracks changes in nutritional or sensory values of nutrients during logistics transportation. CLAIMS What is claimed is: 1. A method for tracking changes in nutritional or sensory values of nutrients during transport of goods, the method comprising:
Sensing initial property data of the nutrient related to a nutritional value or sensory value of the nutrient material at an early stage using a first type sensor;
Sensing the next property data of the nutrient related to the nutritional value or sensory value of the nutrient at the next time using the first type sensor;
Dynamically sensing data related to the container environment or the nutrient during transportation of the container using a second type sensor associated with the container; And
Transmitting the initial attribute data, the next attribute data, and the dynamically sensed data.
A method for tracking changes in nutritional or sensory values of nutrients during logistics transportation. 12. The method of claim 11,
Correlating the output of the first type sensor and the output of the second type sensor with each other,
A method for tracking changes in nutritional or sensory values of nutrients during logistics transportation. 13. The method of claim 12,
Wherein the one or more optical sensors comprise any one of a Raman spectrometer, a superspectral spectrometer, or a near-infrared spectrometer.
A method for tracking changes in nutritional or sensory values of nutrients during logistics transportation. 12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the second type sensor comprises a gas sensor, a temperature sensor, and a humidity sensor.
A method for tracking changes in nutritional or sensory values of nutrients during logistics transportation. 12. The method of claim 11,
The dynamically sensing is performed periodically or continuously during transportation,
A method for tracking changes in nutritional or sensory values of nutrients during logistics transportation. 12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the first type sensor comprises one device for sensing the initial property data and the next property data,
A method for tracking changes in nutritional or sensory values of nutrients during logistics transportation. 12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the first type sensor comprises a first device for sensing the initial property data and a second device for sensing the next property data.
A method for tracking changes in nutritional or sensory values of nutrients during logistics transportation. 12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the initial period corresponds to a time when the nutrient is loaded into the container,
A method for tracking changes in nutritional or sensory values of nutrients during logistics transportation. 12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the next time corresponds to inspecting the nutrient material at an intermediate or final destination,
A method for tracking changes in nutritional or sensory values of nutrients during logistics transportation. 12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the transmitting further comprises transmitting at least one of the initial attribute data, the next attribute data, and the position, data, and time corresponding to the dynamically sensed data.
A method for tracking changes in nutritional or sensory values of nutrients during logistics transportation. An automated laboratory system for dynamically sampling and testing nutrients during logistics transportation,
Logistics containers for nutrients; And
A dynamic sample preparation system comprising one or more vessels for acquiring and periodically conditioning raw samples of the nutrient material; And
A sensor for sensing data from the periodically conditioned raw samples;
A second type sensor associated with the container for dynamically sensing data relating to the container environment or the nutrient during transportation of the container; And
An information storage module for storing the sensed data, and a transmitter for transmitting the sensed data.
An automated laboratory system that dynamically samples and tests nutrients during logistics transportation. 22. The method of claim 21,
Periodically conditioning the raw samples may include mechanical conditioning, chemical conditioning, or thermal conditioning.
An automated laboratory system that dynamically samples and tests nutrients during logistics transportation. 22. The method of claim 21,
Conditioning the raw samples periodically includes exposing to a target specific tag,
An automated laboratory system that dynamically samples and tests nutrients during logistics transportation. 22. The method of claim 21,
Wherein the sensor comprises a Raman spectrometer,
An automated laboratory system that dynamically samples and tests nutrients during logistics transportation. 22. The method of claim 21,
Further comprising a sample chamber having a unique identifier,
An automated laboratory system that dynamically samples and tests nutrients during logistics transportation.

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