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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2019
Applicant:
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yuko Ohta, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromi Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/00 (2006.01); A47J 31/44 (2006.01); A47J 31/52 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/525 (2018.08); A47J 31/44 (2013.01); G01N 33/0062 (2013.01); G01N 33/0073 (2013.01); A47J 31/521 (2018.08);
Abstract
A control apparatus () includes a signal detection unit () and a data acquisition unit (). The signal detection unit () acquires operation signals relating to an operation of a processing apparatus () that processes food and drink, and detects a specific operation signal relating to a specific operation from among the operation signals. The data acquisition unit () determines, based on a detection timing of the specific operation signal, a data acquisition period of an odor sensor () provided in the processing apparatus (), and acquires output data being output from the odor sensor () during the data acquisition period.