Nutrition analysis module for a food processing device or food storage device

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PATENT NO 11940434
APP PUB NO 20210364488A1
SERIAL NO

17051199

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A food processing device or food storage device (70), having: a chamber (72) for housing a foodstuff (42) to be processed or stored; and a nutrition/ingredient analysis system (30), having: an electromagnetic radiation source (32); a radiation guide (34) for guiding the electromagnetic radiation based on total internal reflection (attenuated total reflection, ATR), wherein the radiation guide comprises an input (36) coupled to the electromagnetic radiation source (32), an output (38), and a sensing surface (40) between the input and output for placing against a foodstuff to be analyzed, wherein the sensing surface (40) is for contact with the foodstuff (42); a detector (44) for detecting guided electromagnetic radiation at the output of the radiation guide; and a filter arrangement (46) for wavelength filtering the guided electromagnetic radiation reaching the detector, wherein the filter arrangement includes a plurality of optical bandpass filters (46a, 46b), and the plurality of filters are selectively movable into the path of the detector (44) or there is a respective detector (44a, 44b) for each optical bandpass filter.

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VERSUNI HOLDING B VHIGH TECH CAMPUS 42 EINDHOVEN 5656 AE

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Leitner, Raimund Klagenfurt, AT 4 2
Maier, Dieter Johann Klagenfurt, AT 5 23
Pulko, Jozef Klagenfurt, AT 5 1

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