Food Odor Recognition via Multi-step Classification

Abstract: Predicting food labels and freshness from its odor remains a decades-old task that requires a complicated algorithm combined with high sensitivity sensors. In this paper, we initiate a multi-step classifier, which firstly clusters food into four categories, then classifies the food label concerning the predicted category, and finally identifies the freshness. We use BME688 gas sensors packed with BME AI studio for data collection and feature extraction. The normalized dataset was preprocessed with PCA and LDA. We evaluated the effectiveness of algorithms such as tree methods, MLP, and CNN through assessment indexes at each stage. We also carried out an ablation experiment to show the necessity and feasibility of the multi-step classifier. The results demonstrated the robustness and adaptability of the multi-step classifier.