Method of analyzing industrial food products, cosmetics, and/or hygiene products, a measurement interface for implementing the method, and an electronic system for implementing the interface
US7577530B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 27, 2004 |
| Grant date | Aug 18, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 23, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N33/14
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention seeks to improve the taking of physical measurements on an industrial product represented by organoleptic perceptions, the method providing a measurement interface that submits descriptors in a relative arrangement such that testers are not influenced by the order in which they appear, regardless of the descriptor and regardless of the field of the descriptor. For this purpose, the invention provides a method of analyzing industrial products in order to characterize them, in order to distinguish between them, and/or in order to modify them so as to improve them, by analyzing the responses of a panel of testers in application of certain descriptors. The method comprises steps consisting in selecting descriptors that are a priori pertinent for determining the organoleptic characteristics of the products; selecting a response mode; providing all of the descriptors simultaneously to the panel of testers on a single occasion and for a determined duration in a measurement interface presenting a center and an input zone for each descriptor, the input zones being distributed uniformly over at least a section of at least one conic about the center of the interface; collecting …
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