US 11,696,660 B2
Smart food processing apparatus and method
Peichun Sun, Eindhoven (NL); Ming Li, Eindhoven (NL); Yun Chen, Eindhoven (NL); and Jiani Tang, Eindhoven (NL)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/619,585
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Dec. 4, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/084575
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 16, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/115942, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/CN2019/124932 (WO), filed on Dec. 12, 2019; and application No. 20152912 (EP), filed on Jan. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0296044 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. A47J 43/046 (2006.01); A47J 43/07 (2006.01); A47J 43/08 (2006.01); B02C 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 43/0722 (2013.01) [A47J 43/046 (2013.01); A47J 43/0716 (2013.01); A47J 43/0761 (2013.01); A47J 43/085 (2013.01); B02C 25/00 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A food processing apparatus for preparing a fluid food product comprising:
a food processing chamber including a blade arrangement driven by a motor;
a particle sensor arranged to measure an actual particle size within said fluid food product in said food processing chamber; and
a controller arranged to control said motor, wherein the controller is communicatively coupled to the particle sensor and is configured to disengage said motor in response to a signal from the particle sensor indicative of the actual particle size reaching a threshold value of no less than 400 μm within said fluid food product.