Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Ams Ag

Austriamicrosystems Ag

Dieter Johann Maier

Bernhard Schratter

Franciscus Jozef Marie Starmans

Franz Unterleitner

Bernd Fankhauser

Mirko Cartei

Raimund Leitner

Jozef Pulko

Thomas Schlug

Mario Pichler

Philipp Smole

There is provided an apparatus () for processing food stuff. The apparatus () comprises a container () for receiving a food stuff; a food processing unit () for processing the food stuff in the container; a force sensor () for measuring an operation parameter, and a control unit () for operating the food processing unit () based on measurements received from the sensor. The sensor is furthermore configured to measure an interaction with the apparatus by a user. The control unit is configured to receive measurements of the user interaction from the sensor () and process the received measurements to determine if a predetermined user interaction or a predetermined user interaction pattern corresponding to a user input command has been performed by the user.

Food processing apparatus and a method of operating the same

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

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

A system for detecting skin contact comprises a signal generator () for generating an electric trigger signal; a reference circuit () comprising a capacitance (C) and a resistance (RP) for generating a reference signal in dependence on the trigger signal; a probe () touchable by a skin for measuring a skin response signal in dependence on the trigger signal; and a comparator () for comparing the skin response signal with the reference signal. The capacitance (C) of the reference circuit () represents a lower bound of skin capacitance, and the resistance (RP) of the reference circuit represents an upper bound of skin resistance.

Skin contact detector

There is provided a food processing apparatus () for use with a near-infrared light source and a sensor. The apparatus comprises a food processing chamber () configured to receive a food stuff, a food processing unit () configured to process the food stuff in the food processing chamber, and an optical component () configured to reflect emitted near-infrared light from the near-infrared light source towards the sensor, wherein the optical component is arranged at the food processing unit or a channel formed in the food processing chamber.

Food processing apparatus

An electric food processor is of the type in which the user applies pressure to the food item against a rotary processing member () against during processing. A pressure indicator () is provided for displaying a signal at least representing the user-applied pressure.

Electric food processing device

A circuit arrangement for protection against electrostatic discharges has a diverting structure (ESD), which comprises a diverting element (DE) and a switchable element (SW). The diverting element (DE) is set up to drain off an electrostatic discharge between a first and a second terminal (K, K). The switchable element (SW) can take a first and a second switching state, where a function of the diverting element (DE) can be activated depending on the switching state of the switchable element (SW).

Circuit arrangement for protection from electrostatic discharges and method for operating same

A circuit arrangement for protection against electrostatic discharges has a diverting structure, which includes a diverting element and a switchable element. The diverting element can be set up to drain off an electrostatic discharge between a first and a second terminal. The switchable element can take a first and a second switching state, where a function of the diverting element can be activated depending on the switching state of the switchable element.

Circuit arrangement for protection against electrostatic discharges and a method for operating same

A circuit arrangement for protection against electrostatic discharges comprises a diverting element, which is connected between a first and a second terminal and has a control input, via which the diverting element can be controlled into the conducting state. Moreover, trigger elements are provided, which have a trigger output for outputting a trigger signal in a manner dependent on a voltage between the first and the second terminal. The circuit arrangement furthermore comprises at least one amplifier unit, which is coupled to one of the trigger outputs on the input side and to the control input on the output side.

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Dieter Johann Maier