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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2016
The Trustees of Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (US);
Paul M. Meaney, Norwich, VT (US);
Timothy Raynolds, Lebanon, NH (US);
THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, Hanover, NH (US);
Abstract
A system for dielectric testing of wine in a bottle includes (a) a coaxial probe for interrogating the wine, wherein the coaxial probe has an open end for contacting an exterior surface of the bottle, and (b) a measurement module for determining a dielectric property associated with the wine by generating and measuring radio waves propagating through the coaxial cable. A method for dielectric testing of wine in a bottle includes measuring a radio-wave reflection signal associated with the wine by interrogating the wine, through the bottle, with radio waves, and determining a dielectric property associated with the wine from the radio-wave reflection signal. A probe for radio-wave interrogation of wine in a bottle has an inner conductor, an outer conductor, and an open end with curvature matching the curvature of an exterior surface of the bottle.