Lori E Porter

US Patent:

20200202086, Jun 25, 2020

Filed:

Dec 20, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/723260

Inventors:

- Mentor OH, US
Lori Porter - Dayton OH, US

International Classification:

G06K 7/10
G06K 19/06

Abstract:

A smart prep table and associated method of food traceability is disclosed which comprises an RFID system used in conjunction with a machine vision or intelligent imaging system to unobtrusively obtain, maintain and update information on the current inventory levels of the food items and/or ingredients on or in proximity to the prep table. The device and related method of the present invention may also be used to gather traceability data with respect to the food items and/or ingredients, and the food products that result therefrom. In turn, the traceability data may be provided to consumers or other users, and may also be used to generate a variety of different consumer or user alerts.

US Patent:

20190354940, Nov 21, 2019

Filed:

May 20, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/417268

Inventors:

- Mentor OH, US
Txus CARRION - Bayern, DE
Michael SCHABERL - Munich, DE
Susan DAUM - Miamisburg OH, US
Lori PORTER - Dayton OH, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00
G06Q 10/06
G06Q 50/12
G06Q 50/28

Abstract:

An automated method of tracing food products that are to be donated or disposed of and that is comprised of (1) the configuration and setup of an application for the food product items to be donated or disposed of; (2) the execution of the food product item donation or disposal event, wherein labels may be created with appropriate data about the food product and/or event printed thereon and/or the data captured in a data log; and (3) the viewing and/or extraction and further processing of the captured data from the data log of the updates to the food products that are being donated or disposed of. The method of the present invention may be used in conjunction with an intelligent printer, such as a RFID, QR code, or barcode printer.

US Patent:

20190354992, Nov 21, 2019

Filed:

May 20, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/417293

Inventors:

- Mentor OH, US
Susan Daum - Miamisburg OH, US
Lori PORTER - Dayton OH, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00
G06F 16/23

Abstract:

A method of remotely updating information related to a food product item is disclosed herein. The method is comprised of configuring an application that can receive nutritional, allergen, dating or other important information specific to the food product. The information may be updatable either automatically or manually. The data is input into the application and linked to a remote database via a key identifier. The food product is then tagged or labeled so that a user may access the most current updated information. The method of the present invention may be used in conjunction with an intelligent printer, such as a RFID, QR code, or barcode printer, a smart device, or a personal computer.