Spectrometry systems, methods, and applications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9933305-B2
Application number	US-201615379292-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 14, 2016
Priority date	Jan 3, 2014
Publication date	Apr 3, 2018
Grant date	Apr 3, 2018

Abstract

A hand held spectrometer is used to illuminate the object and measure the one or more spectra. The spectral data of the object can be used to determine one or more attributes of the object. In many embodiments, the spectrometer is coupled to a database of spectral information that can be used to determine the attributes of the object. The spectrometer system may comprise a hand held communication device coupled to a spectrometer, in which the user can input and receive data related to the measured object with the hand held communication device. The embodiments disclosed herein allow many users to share object data with many people, in order to provide many people with actionable intelligence in response to spectral data.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus to measure spectra of an object, comprising:
a spectrometer; and
a mobile communication device comprising a processor and wireless communication circuitry to couple to the spectrometer and communicate with a remote server, the processor comprising instructions to transmit spectral data of an object to a remote server and receive object data in response to the spectral data from the remote server,
wherein the processor comprises instructions for a user to (1) tag the spectral data with meta data, the meta data comprising one or more of an identification of the object, a classification of the object, a date of the spectral data, and a location of the object, and (2) to transmit the spectral data with the meta data to the remote server.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the object data comprises one or more of an identification of the object, a classification of the object among a plurality of classifications, one or more components of the object, and food categories of the object.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor comprises instructions to display a number of scans of a class of object, a number of countries associated with the number of scans, and a number of sub-classes of the class of object.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor comprises instructions for the user to control the spectrometer in response to user input on the mobile communication device.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the spectral data comprises compressed spectral data and wherein the processor comprises instructions to transmit the compressed spectral data to the remote server.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the spectral data comprises compressed spectral data and wherein the processor comprises instructions to relay the compressed spectral data to the remote server and receive the object data in response to the relayed compressed spectral data.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the remote server comprises a cloud based server.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the remote server comprises a database and a tangible medium embodying instructions of an algorithm to compare the spectral data to the database.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the remote server comprises instructions to (1) receive compressed, encrypted spectrometer data, (2) generate a spectrum from the compressed, encrypted spectrometer data, (3) generate a comparison the spectrum with a database of spectral information, and (4) output one or more results of the comparison to the mobile communication device.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor comprises instructions to provide a plurality of user navigable screens, the plurality of user navigable user interface screen configurations comprising one or more of a home screen, a user data screen, a user tools screen, a scan screen, a screen of a database of objects, and a result screen.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor comprises instructions to receive an identification of the object from the remote server and to display the identification to the user.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor comprises instructions to receive a plurality of possible identifications from the remote server and to display the plurality of possible identifications to the user and to allow the user to select one of the plurality of possible identifications and to transmit the selected one to the remote server.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor comprises instructions to display a graphical depiction of a plurality of classes of objects of a spectral database of the remote server to the user.

14. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor comprises instructions to receive a notification from the remote server that a user has scanned a new class of objects and to display the notification.

15. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor comprises instructions of a user application downloaded onto the mobile communication device and wherein the mobile communication device comprises a smart phone coupled to the spectrometer with a wireless communication protocol.

16. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor comprises instructions to display a message on the communication device that the communication device is waiting for a scan of the object from the spectrometer.

17. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor comprises instructions to display one or more spectrometer controls on the mobile communication device.

18. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor comprises instructions to display one or more user selectable applications for the user to operate spectrometer.

19. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the spectrometer comprises a unique identification and wherein the mobile communication device comprises instructions to receive the unique identification from the spectrometer with wireless communication and transmit the unique identification to the remote server with the spectral data.

Assignees

• Verifood Ltd

Inventors

• Goldring Damian
• Sharon Dror
• Brodetzki Guy
• Ruf Amit
• Kaplan Menahem
• Rosen Sagee
• Keilaf Omer
• Kinrot Uri
• Engelhardt Kai
• Nir Ittai
• Waisberg Nitzan
• Bar-On Dana Cohen

Classifications

• G01N2201/0221

  Portable; cableless; compact; hand-held · CPC title

• G01N21/31

  Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry {(G01N21/72 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• G01J5/10

  using electric radiation detectors · CPC title

• G01J3/0291

  Housings; Spectrometer accessories; Spatial arrangement of elements, e.g. folded path arrangements · CPC title

• G01J3/0275

  making use of sensor-related data, e.g. for identification of sensor parts or optical elements · CPC title