Foodware system having visual-stimulating, sensing, and wireless-communication components, and method of using with a plurality of dining plates

An active foodware system comprising:

• a plurality of dining plates, each dining plate supporting a dining surface, each dining surface being recessed in relation to a region surrounding said dining surface, said dining surfaces recessed for receiving solid food and preventing spillage from said dining surfaces;
• a plurality of sensing components, wherein each sensing component is for electrically sensing characteristics of foods on respective dining surfaces, wherein said sensed characteristics of said foods include weights of said foods on said respective dining surfaces;
• a mechanical structure for supporting and positioning said dining plates for dining;
• and
• a visual stimulating component configured to, when said sensing components sense said weight of said food on said dining surfaces, cause a related visual stimulation to be presented and provide information other than information provided by a scale.

An active foodware system comprising:

• a plurality of dining plates, each dining plate supporting a dining surface, each dining surface being recessed in relation to a region surrounding said dining surface, said dining surfaces recessed for receiving solid food and preventing spillage from said dining surfaces;
• a plurality of sensing components, wherein each sensing component is for electrically sensing characteristics of foods on respective dining surfaces, wherein said sensed characteristics of said foods include weights of said foods on said respective dining surfaces;
• a mechanical structure for supporting and positioning said dining plates for dining;
• and
• a wireless communication component for wirelessly communicating.

A method employing:

• a plurality of dining plates, each dining plate supporting a dining surface, each dining surface being recessed in relation to a region surrounding said dining surface, said dining surfaces recessed for receiving solid food and preventing spillage from said dining surfaces;
• a plurality of sensing components;
• a mechanical structure for supporting and positioning said dining plates;
• and a visual stimulating component;
• said method comprising the steps of:
• at least two sensing components of said plurality of sensing components electrically sensing characteristics of foods on respective dining surfaces, said characteristics of said foods including weights of said foods on said respective dining surfaces, said electrically sensing providing sensed data;
• said visual stimulating component presenting a visual stimulation related to said sensed data and providing information other than information provided by a scale.