US Patent Issued to Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings on Feb. 17 for "Odor-based produce identification system" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,876, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corp. (Tokyo).

"Odor-based produce identification system" was invented by Susan W. Brosnan (Raleigh, N.C.), Jessica Snead (Cary, N.C.), Patricia Hogan (Raleigh, N.C.) and Daniel Robert Goins (Wake Forest, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for identifying different types of produce at checkout based on an odor emitted by the produce is provided herein. An olfactometer is used to detect chemical compounds contributing to an odor of the produce at checkout. Based on the detected odor, an odor profile is constructed and compared to on...