System and method for food categorization
AssigneeMyFitnessPal, Inc.
InventorsJoohyun Kim, Chul Lee, Bryan Levine
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Abstract
Disclosed embodiments include apparatuses, methods and storage media associated with food item categorization. In embodiments, an apparatus may include one or more processors and a food categorization engine. The food categorization engine may be operated by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to receive a description of a food item; analyze the description of the food item; and select one or more food categories with which to associate the food item based at least in part on a result of the analysis. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
Claims30
A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a food item categorization engine to be operated in an operational phase by the one or more processors to:
- receive a description of a food item;
- analyze the description of the food item;
- and
- select one or more food categories with which to associate the food item based at least in part on a result of the analysis.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a food categorization engine operating in an operational mode, a description of a food item;
- analyzing, by the food categorization engine, the description of the food item;
- and
- selecting, by the food categorization engine, one or more food categories with which to associate the food item based at least in part on a result of the analysis.
One or more computer-readable media having a plurality of instructions stored thereon, the instructions, in response to execution by a processor of a computing device, provide the computing device with a food item categorization engine operated in an operational phase to:
- receive a description of a food item;
- analyze the description of the food item;
- and
- select one or more food categories with which to associate the food item based at least in part on a result of the analysis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.