	US 12,146,834 B2
	Systems and methods for detection of chocolate bloom
Joshua Stewart Heuler, Lutz, FL (US); Siyu He, New York City, NY (US); Sharad Ambardar, Tampa, FL (US); and Dmitri V. Voronin, Tampa, FL (US)
Assigned to University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US)
Filed by University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/682,578.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/154,994, filed on Mar. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0276172 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. G01N 21/65 (2006.01); A23G 1/00 (2006.01); A23G 1/50 (2006.01); G01N 33/02 (2006.01)

CPC G01N 21/65 (2013.01) [A23G 1/0006 (2013.01); A23G 1/50 (2013.01); G01N 33/02 (2013.01); G01N 2201/06113 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A method for detecting bloom on a chocolate product, the method comprising:

receiving a chocolate product;

generating a first spectrum of the chocolate product in a first region of the chocolate product by a computing device;

generating a second spectrum of the chocolate product in a second region of the chocolate product by the computing device;

comparing the first spectrum with the second spectrum by the computing device; and

detecting bloom in the second region based on the comparison by the computing device.