Bai Ou,Bourg, Jr. Wilfred Marcellien,Fagan Scott,Michel-Sanchez Enrique,Mirza Shahmeer Ali,Richardson Scott G.,Shao Chen C.
申请号：
US201615380943
公开号：
US10101143(B2)
申请日:
2016.12.15
申请国别(地区):
美国
年份:
2018
代理人:
Cahoon Colin P.`Allada Sudhakar V.`Carstens & Cahoon, LLP
摘要：
A photo acoustic non-destructive measurement apparatus and method for quantitatively measuring texture of a food snack is disclosed. The apparatus includes a laser generating tool, an acoustic capturing device, and a data processing unit. The laser generating tool directs a laser towards a food snack placed on a surface and creates pressure waves that propagate through the air and produce an acoustic signal. The acoustic capturing device records and forwards the signal to a data processing unit. The data processing unit further comprises a digital signal processing module that processes the received acoustic signal. A statistical processing module further filters the acoustic signal from the data processing unit and generates a quantitative acoustic model for texture attributes such as hardness and fracturability. The quantitative model is correlated with a qualitative texture measurement from a descriptive expert panel. Texture of food snacks are quantitatively measured with the quantitative acoustic model.
