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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2019
Zest Labs, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Peter A. Mehring, Los Altos, CA (US);
Thomas C. Reese, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Zest Labs, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for evaluating a food product using images of the food product, according to one embodiment, includes receiving images of a food product taken at different points of a supply chain of the food product. An environmental condition near or on the food product at at least some of the different points of the supply chain is also received. Photo analytics are performed on the images to interpret the images and changes over time of the food product included in the images. The food product is evaluated using the image interpretations and the environmental conditions for determining a characteristic of the food product selected from the group of characteristics consisting of: a quality of the food product and a remaining shelf life of the food product. An action is taken based at least in part on the evaluation of the food product.