Patent ID: 6857317
Filing Date: 2005-02-22
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A device for measuring a food physicality, comprising: a thrust jig with a concave-convex shape on a side thereof, a conveying means to convey said thrust jig to a food sample, a fastening means to fasten said thrust jig and said conveying means, an oscillation detecting means to detect an oscillation which is generated when said thrust jig is pierced into said food sample, an amplifying means to amplify an oscillation signal detected at said oscillation detecting means, a Fourier transformation means to Fourier-transform said oscillation signal from said amplifying means into an oscillation spectrum, a coefficient table storing predetermined coefficients, a calculating means to calculate said oscillation spectrum and said coefficient table to provide a given data to be employed as a texture of said food sample.