Image-based food analysis for medical condition warnings
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorMarwan Sati
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Abstract
A method of performing image based analysis of food. The method includes receiving, with an electronic processor, image data captured by an image capture device, analyzing the image data to identify a food represented in the image data, and determining a characteristic of the food identified in the image data. The method further includes accessing medical information of a user, determining a level of risk associated with the user ingesting the food identified in the image data based on the medical information of the user, and outputting a notification, where the notification providing information related to the level of risk associated with the user ingesting the food identified in the image data.
Claims20
A method of performing image based analysis of food, the method comprising:
- receiving, with an electronic processor, image data captured by an image capture device;
- analyzing the image data, with the electronic processor, to identify a food represented in the image data;
- determining, with the electronic processor server, a characteristic of the food identified in the image data;
- accessing, with the electronic processor, medical information of a user;
- determining, with the electronic processor, a level of risk associated with the user ingesting the food identified in the image data based on the medical information of the user, and
- outputting, with the electronic processor, a notification, the notification providing information related to the level of risk associated with the user ingesting the food identified in the image data.
A system for performing image based analysis of food, the system comprising:
- an electronic processor configured to
- receive image data capture by an image capture device,
- analyze the image data and identify a food represented in the image data,
- determine a characteristic of the food identified in the image data,
- determine a level of risk associated with the user ingesting the food identified in the image data based on the medical information of the user, and
- output a notification providing information related to the level of risk associated with the user ingesting the food identified in the image data.
Non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by an electronic processor, perform a set of functions, the set of functions comprising:
- receiving image data captured by an image capture device;
- analyzing the image data to identify a food represented in the image data;
- determining a characteristic of the food identified in the image data by accessing a food database containing a library of foods and associated characteristics of the foods;
- accessing medical information of a user;
- determining a level of risk associated with the user ingesting the food identified in the image data based on the medical information of the user;
- and
- communicating with a medical device to prepare a dosage of medicine based on the level of risk.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.