US 12,329,311 B2
Control apparatus, data acquisition method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium
Yuko Ohta, Tokyo (JP); and Hiromi Shimizu, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/431,848
Filed by NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/007124
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 18, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/174546, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0133079 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. A47J 31/00 (2006.01); A47J 31/44 (2006.01); A47J 31/52 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 31/525 (2018.08) [A47J 31/44 (2013.01); G01N 33/0062 (2013.01); G01N 33/0073 (2013.01); A47J 31/521 (2018.08)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control apparatus comprising:
a memory storing instructions; and
one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to:
acquire operation signals relating to an operation of a processing apparatus that processes food and drink;
detect a specific operation signal relating to a specific operation from among the operation signals;
determine, based on a detection timing of the specific operation signal, a data acquisition period of an odor sensor provided in the processing apparatus; and
acquire output data being output from the odor sensor during the data acquisition period, wherein
determination of the data acquisition period comprises setting, as a start point of the data acquisition period, a time point after passage of a reference time from a detection time point of the specific operation signal.