Global Patent Index - EP 3422872 A4

EP 3422872 A4 20191030 - QUANTITATIVE IN-SITU TEXTURE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD

Title (en)

QUANTITATIVE IN-SITU TEXTURE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD

Title (de)

QUANTITATIVE IN-SITU-TEXTURMESSVORRICHTUNG UND -VERFAHREN

Title (fr)

APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉ DE MESURE QUANTITATIVE IN SITU DE TEXTURE

Publication

EP 3422872 A4 20191030 (EN)

Application

EP 17760967 A 20170304

Priority

  • US 201662303511 P 20160304
  • US 201715448853 A 20170303
  • US 2017020833 W 20170304

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2017152154A1] A measurement apparatus and method for in-situ quantitative texture measurement of a food snack. The apparatus includes an acoustic capturing device and a data processing unit. The physical interaction in the mouth with saliva, when a human being eats/drinks a food snack, sends pressure waves that propagate through the ear bone and produce an acoustic signal. The acoustic capturing device records and forwards the signal to a data processing unit. The data processing unit further comprises a digital signal processing module that smoothens, transforms and filters the received acoustic signal. A statistical processing module further filters the acoustic signal from the data processing unit and generates a quantitative acoustic model for texture attributes such as hardness and fracturability. The quantitative model is correlated with a qualitative texture measurement from a descriptive expert panel. Another method includes a food snack fingerprinting using an in-situ quantitative food property measurement.

IPC 8 full level

A23L 19/00 (2016.01); G01H 15/00 (2006.01); G01N 29/04 (2006.01); G01N 29/14 (2006.01); G01N 29/44 (2006.01); G01N 33/10 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A23L 19/00 (2016.07); A23L 19/18 (2016.07); G01H 3/04 (2013.01); G01N 29/04 (2013.01); G01N 29/11 (2013.01); G01N 29/14 (2013.01); G01N 29/44 (2013.01); G01N 29/4418 (2013.01); G01N 29/449 (2013.01); G01N 29/46 (2013.01); G01N 33/02 (2013.01); G01N 2291/015 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0289 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

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  • [XYI] JP 2004085303 A 20040318 - NISSHIN OILLIO LTD
  • [XYI] JP 2006227021 A 20060831 - NISSHIN OILLIO GROUP LTD
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  • See references of WO 2017152154A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2017152154 A1 20170908; CA 3014206 A1 20170908; CN 108777988 A 20181109; CN 108777988 B 20220412; EP 3422872 A1 20190109; EP 3422872 A4 20191030; MX 2018010627 A 20190130

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 2017020833 W 20170304; CA 3014206 A 20170304; CN 201780015210 A 20170304; EP 17760967 A 20170304; MX 2018010627 A 20170304