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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2021
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Shohei Ogawa, Osaka, JP;
Naomi Tomiyama, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/31 (2006.01); G01J 3/28 (2006.01); G01N 21/25 (2006.01); G01N 33/02 (2006.01); G01N 33/12 (2006.01); H04N 23/11 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/314 (2013.01); G01J 3/2823 (2013.01); G01N 21/255 (2013.01); G01N 33/025 (2013.01); G01N 33/12 (2013.01); H04N 23/11 (2023.01); G01J 2003/2826 (2013.01);
Abstract
A food selection method includes obtaining one or more spectra corresponding to each of one or more foods, the one or more spectra being a result of measurement of each of the one or more foods using a spectral camera, comparing desire information indicating an attribute of a food desired by a user and a state of each of the one or more foods based on the one or more spectra, and selecting a food that suits the user's desire on a basis of a result of the comparing.