Interactive foodware systems and methods to generate data for location and movement of utensil, and controller that instructs speaker to generate audio data based on location of the utensil
AssigneeUniversal City Studios LLC
InventorsThomas Michael Boessel, Gregory Shellman Hall
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Abstract
A foodware system includes an identifier coupled to a utensil configured to be used by a user to engage a food item. The foodware system also includes a detector configured to generate data indicative of a location of the utensil, a movement of the utensil, or both based on detection of the identifier. The foodware system further includes a controller communicatively coupled to the detector and configured to instruct a speaker to generate audio data based on the location of the utensil, the movement of the utensil, or both.
Claims19
A foodware system, comprising:
- an identifier coupled to a utensil configured to be used by a user to engage a food item;
- a detector configured to generate data indicative of a location of the utensil, a movement of the utensil, or both based on detection of the identifier;
- and
- a controller communicatively coupled to the detector and configured to instruct a speaker to generate audio data based on the location of the utensil, the movement of the utensil, or both.
A method of providing an immersive dining experience, the method comprising:
- identifying, via one or more processors and based on data obtained by one or more sensors, an interaction between a food item and a user;
- and
- projecting, via a projector, an image onto the food item in response to the interaction between the food item and the user;
- wherein identifying the interaction between the food item and the user comprises identifying initiation of movement of a utensil held by the user toward the food item, sustained movement of the utensil toward the food item for a threshold time, the utensil being within a threshold distance of the food item, the food item being moved toward a mouth of the user via the utensil, or any combination thereof.
A foodware system, comprising:
- one or more sensors configured to obtain data indicative of an interaction between a food item and a user, wherein the data indicative of the interaction between the food item and the user comprises data indicative of contact between the food item and a utensil held by the user, initiation of movement of the utensil held by the user toward the food item, sustained movement of the utensil toward the food item for a threshold time, the utensil being within a threshold distance of the food item, the food item being moved toward a mouth of the user via the utensil or any combination thereof;
- and
- a controller communicatively coupled to the one or more sensors and configured to:
- select an image based on a type of the food item, historic data related to the user, or both;
- and
- instruct a projector to project the image onto the food item in response to identifying the interaction between the food item and the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.