Transaction Description:
MEAT IS A HIGHLY PERISHABLE FOOD AND REQUIRES PROPER STORAGE, PROCESSING, AND PACKAGING. MEAT PRODUCTS DECOMPOSE NATURALLY BECAUSE OF HIGH FAT AND WATER CONTENTS THAT RENDER THEM SUSCEPTIBLE TO SPOILAGE BY BOTH LIPID OXIDATION AND MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION. THE SPOILED MEAT IS HAZARDOUS DUE TO MICROBIAL GROWTH AND THE SUBSEQUENT TRANSMISSION OF FOOD BORNE ILLNESSES. FOOD PACKAGING IS ONE OF THE MAIN PROCESSES TO PRESERVE THE QUALITY OF FOOD PRODUCTS FOR TRANSPORTATION, STORAGE, AND END USE. CURRENTLY, THERE IS A RAPIDLY GROWING DEMAND BY CONSUMERS AND MANUFACTURERS FOR SMART FOOD QUALITY MONITORING SOLUTIONS TO (I) DETECT, SENSE AND RECORD DETERIORATION INSIDE THE FOOD PACKAGE AND (II) ENSURE THE SAFETY, PRESERVE QUALITY, AND WARN ABOUT POSSIBLE PROBLEMS DURING FOOD TRANSPORT AND STORAGE. THESE SMART STRATEGIES HELP TO INCREASE THE FOOD PRODUCTS SHELF-LIFE BY REAL-TIME QUALITY MONITORING, THEREBY IMPROVING THE PROFITABILITY TO MANUFACTURERS AND SUPERMARKETS AND REDUCING THE COST OF FOODPRODUCTS FOR CONSUMERS.WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP AND COMMERCIALIZE A LOW-COST, CLIP-BASED ADD-ON SYSTEM THAT UTILIZES THE AVAILABLE CAMERA IN A SMARTPHONE TO CREATE A HIGH-PERFORMANCE MULTISPECTRAL IMAGER (MSI). OUR PROPOSED ADD-ON UTILIZES A CUSTOM DEVELOPED 9-POSITION ELECTRONIC FILTER WHEEL WITH BLUETOOTH CONNECTIVITY THAT WORKS WITH OUR CUSTOM IMAGE PROCESSING APPLICATION THAT CAN BE DOWNLOADED FREE OF COST. THIS SMARTPHONE BASED MSI SYSTEM CAN BE USED WITH MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING (MAP) OR AEROBICALLY PACKAGED MEAT TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE QUALITY AND SAFETY OF MEAT PRODUCT, AND THE PROPOSED TECHNOLOGY DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY MODIFICATION OF THE MEAT PACKAGING. WE DEVELOPED A NEURO-FUZZY APPROACH TO PROVIDE AN INTELLIGENT DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR THE DETECTION OF MEAT SPOILAGE USING MULTISPECTRAL IMAGES. THE INNOVATION OF THE PROPOSED APPROACH IS FURTHER EXTENDED TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE TEMPERATURE USED FOR STORAGE, ALONG WITH MEAT SPOILAGE, WHILE UTILIZING ONLY IMAGING SPECTRAL INFORMATION.
