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US 2018/0005545 A1Published application
Assessment of nutrition intake using a handheld tool
AssigneeVerily Life Sciences LLC
InventorsAnupam Pathak, Timothy J. Prachar
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Abstract
Embodiments regard nutrition assessment using a handheld device. An embodiment of an apparatus includes a handle with a controller within the handle, an attachment arm extending from the handle, and a user-assistive device coupled with an end of the attachment arm, wherein the apparatus is to determine a mass held by the user-assistive device, the determination being made during a task by a user of the handheld tool including manipulation of the handheld tool.
Claims26
A handheld tool, comprising:
- a handle;
- a controller within the handle;
- an attachment arm extending from the handle;
- and
- a user-assistive device coupled with an end of the attachment arm;
- wherein the handheld tool is to determine a mass held by the user-assistive device, the determination being made during a task by a user of the handheld tool, the task including manipulation of the handheld tool.
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A method comprising:
- monitoring motions of a handheld tool during an activity;
- detecting the beginning of a task, the task including manipulation of the handheld tool;
- and
- determining by the handheld tool a mass held by a user-assistive device coupled with the handheld tool;
- wherein the determination of the mass is made during the task.
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A method for nutrition assessment comprising:
- monitoring motions of a handheld tool during a meal for a user;
- detecting the beginning of an eating task, the task including manipulation of the handheld tool;
- determining by the handheld tool an estimate of a mass of food held by a user-assistive device coupled with the handheld tool;
- and
- upon detecting an end of the eating task, automatically recording data regarding an amount of food consumed in the eating task.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.