US 12,265,020 B2
Food selection method, food selection system, robot, non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing program, and comparison method
Shohei Ogawa, Osaka (JP); and Naomi Tomiyama, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Nov. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/515,764.
Application 18/515,764 is a continuation of application No. 17/543,646, filed on Dec. 6, 2021, granted, now 11,860,086.
Application 17/543,646 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/045149, filed on Dec. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-235971 (JP), filed on Dec. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0085316 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. G01N 21/31 (2006.01); G01J 3/28 (2006.01); G01N 21/25 (2006.01); G01N 33/02 (2006.01); G01N 33/12 (2006.01); H04N 23/11 (2023.01)
CPC G01N 21/314 (2013.01) [G01J 3/2823 (2013.01); G01N 21/255 (2013.01); G01N 33/025 (2013.01); G01N 33/12 (2013.01); H04N 23/11 (2023.01); G01J 2003/2826 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining one or more spectra corresponding one-to-one to one or more foods, each of the one or more spectra being a result of measurement of each of the one or more foods using a spectral camera;
comparing desire information indicating an attribute of a food desired by a user and a state of each of the one or more foods based on each of the one or more spectra; and
selecting a food that suits the user's desire on a basis of a result of the comparing,
wherein the state includes freshness, ripeness or freshness and ripeness,
wherein the freshness is represented as a freshness index over a period of time that is predicted based on the result of measurement, and
wherein the ripeness is represented as a ripeness index over a period of time that is predicted based on the result of measurement.