System and Method for Determining Nutritional Information from a Restaurant Menu
OwnerMichael Gayedinventor
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Abstract
A method of determining the nutritional content of a menu item is described. The method includes receiving from a restaurant patron's camera an image of at least a portion of a restaurant menu and converting, using an optical character recognition (OCR) algorithm, at least portions of the image to text. The method also includes identifying menu dishes from the text using a matching algorithm with a database of dishes. Further, the method includes sending to a mobile device of a user the menu items identified and receiving from the user a selected menu item.
Claims20
A method of determining the nutritional content of a menu item, comprising:
- receiving from a restaurant patron's camera an image of at least a portion of a restaurant menu;
- converting, using an optical character recognition (OCR) algorithm, at least portions of the image to text;
- identifying menu dishes from the text using a matching algorithm with a database of dishes;
- sending to a mobile device of a user the menu items identified;
- and
- receiving from the user a selected menu item.
A system for determining the nutritional content of a menu item, comprising:
- a server for receiving a restaurant patron's camera image of at least a portion of a restaurant menu;
- an optical character recognition (OCR) program configured to convert at least portions of the image to text;
- a server running a program configured to identify menu dishes from the text using a matching algorithm with a database of dishes;
- a communication device configured to send to a mobile device of a user, the menu items identified;
- and
- a display on the mobile device of the user configured to display information related to a selected menu item.
A system of determining the nutritional content of a menu item, comprising:
- a means for receiving from a restaurant patron's camera an image of at least a portion of a restaurant menu;
- a means for converting, using an optical character recognition (OCR) algorithm, at least portions of the image to text;
- a means for identifying menu dishes from the text using a matching algorithm with a database of dishes;
- a means for sending to a mobile device of a user the menu items identified;
- and
- a means for receiving from the user a selected menu item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.