Patent ID: 7711515
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: G01K

Abstract:
1. A method for automated parameter measurement, comprising: maintaining a first sensing zone in which a first food product is handled; strategically positioning a first identifier tag storing location-specific information associated with the first food product in the first sensing zone; maintaining a second sensing zone in which a second food product is handled, the second food product of a different type than the first food product; strategically positioning a second identifier tag storing location-specific information associated with the second food product in the second sensing zone; using a sensor to collect an internal temperature measurement from the first food product while the first food product is in the first sensing zone; receiving, at the sensor, the location-specific information from the first identifier tag of the first sensing zone; using the location-specific information received from the first identifier tag to identify, to the sensor, a first set range associated with a type of the first food product; and using the sensor to compare the internal temperature measurement to the first set range to determine if the internal temperature measurement is within an acceptable range; using said sensor to collect a second internal temperature measurement from the second food product while the second food product is in the second sensing zone; receiving, at the sensor, the location-specific information from the second identifier tag of the second sensing zone; using the location-specific information received from the second identifier tag to identify, to the sensor, a second set range associated with a type of the second food product, the second set range different from the first set range; and using the sensor to compare the second internal temperature measurement to the second set range to determine if the second internal temperature measurement is within an acceptable range.