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US 10,832,590 B2Granted
Monitoring food intake
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsRaghuraman Gopalan, Eric Zavesky, Bernard S. Renger, Zhu Liu, Behzad Shahraray, David Crawford Gibbon, Lee Begeja, Paul Triantafyllou, Tan Xu
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Abstract
In one example, the present disclosure describes a device, computer-readable medium, and method for monitoring a user's food intake. For instance, in one example, a user's food intake is monitored based on data collected from a sensor. The user's current nutrient consumption is estimated based on the monitoring. A recommendation is presented to the user based on the estimating, where the recommendation is designed to help the user achieve a target nutrient consumption.
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A method, comprising:
- monitoring, by at least one processor, a food intake of a user based on data collected from at least one sensor, wherein the data comprises an image of a food item consumed by the user and a reading from a pressure sensor attached to a plate on which the food item consumed by the user is placed;
- estimating, by the at least one processor, a current nutrient consumption of the user based on the monitoring, wherein the estimating comprises:
- aggregating the data to determine an identity and a quantity of the food item consumed by the user, wherein the identity comprises an identification of the food item consumed by the user;
- and
- based on the aggregating, determining a nutritional content of the food item consumed by the user;
- and
- presenting, by the at least one processor, a recommendation to the user based on the estimating, wherein the recommendation is designed to help the user achieve a target nutrient consumption, wherein the recommendation comprises a recipe for preparing another food item to be consumed by the user for meeting the target nutrient consumption, wherein the target nutrient consumption comprises at least one of:
- a target carbohydrate consumption, a target protein consumption, a target lipid consumption, a target vitamin consumption, or a target mineral consumption.
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A device, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- monitoring a food intake of a user based on data collected from a sensor, wherein the data comprises an image of a food item consumed by the user and a reading from a pressure sensor attached to a plate on which the food item consumed by the user is placed;
- estimating a current nutrient consumption of the user based on the monitoring, wherein the estimating comprises:
- aggregating the data to determine an identity and a quantity of the food item consumed by the user, wherein the identity comprises an identification of the food item consumed by the user;
- and
- based on the aggregating, determining a nutritional content of the food item consumed by the user;
- and
- presenting a recommendation to the user based on the estimating, wherein the recommendation is designed to help the user achieve a target nutrient consumption, wherein the recommendation comprises a recipe for preparing another food item to be consumed by the user for meeting the target nutrient consumption, wherein the target nutrient consumption comprises at least one of:
- a target carbohydrate consumption, a target protein consumption, a target lipid consumption, a target vitamin consumption, or a target mineral consumption.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a sensor to detect information about a food item placed in the apparatus;
- a processor to evaluate the information detected by the sensor and to generate a recommendation regarding a preparation of the food item, based on the information, by:
- aggregating the information to determine an identity and a quantity of the food item, wherein the identity comprises an identification of the food item;
- and
- based on the aggregating, determining a nutritional content of the food item;
- and
- a user interface to present the recommendation to a user regarding the preparation of the food item by the apparatus, wherein the recommendation is designed to help the user achieve a target nutrient consumption, wherein the recommendation comprises a recipe for preparing another food item to be consumed by the user for meeting the target nutrient consumption, wherein the target nutrient consumption comprises at least one of:
- a target carbohydrate consumption, a target protein consumption, a target lipid consumption, a target vitamin consumption, or a target mineral consumption.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.