Eating utensil, meal monitoring system, and meal monitoring method
AssigneeFuji Corporation
InventorSatoshi SHIMIZU
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Abstract
An eating utensil used for eating includes a first sensor configured to detect a change in an electrostatic capacitance by a predetermined method, a second sensor configured to detect a change in an electrostatic capacitance by a method different from the predetermined method in a change in an electrostatic capacitance when a water droplet adheres, a determination section configured to determine a state of the eating utensil based on detection results of the first and second sensors; and an output section configured to output a determination result by the determination section to an outside.
Claims7
An eating utensil used for eating, the eating utensil comprising:
- a first sensor configured to detect a change in an electrostatic capacitance by a predetermined method and a second sensor configured to detect a change in an electrostatic capacitance by a method different from the predetermined method in a change in an electrostatic capacitance when a water droplet adheres;
- a determination section configured to determine a state of the eating utensil based on detection results of the first and second sensors;
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- an output section configured to output a determination result by the determination section to an outside.
A meal monitoring system for monitoring whether a monitoring target person is eating, the meal monitoring system comprising:
- a first sensor provided in an eating utensil used for eating and configured to detect a change in an electrostatic capacitance by a predetermined method and a second sensor provided in the eating utensil and configured to detect a change in an electrostatic capacitance by a method different from the predetermined method in a change in an electrostatic capacitance when a water droplet adheres;
- a determination section configured to determine a state of the eating utensil based on detection results of the first and second sensors;
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- a storage section configured to store a determination result by the determination section.
A meal monitoring method for monitoring whether a monitoring target person is eating, the meal monitoring method comprising:
- (a) a step of acquiring detection results detected by a first sensor provided in an eating utensil used for eating and configured to detect a change in an electrostatic capacitance by a predetermined method and a second sensor provided in the eating utensil and configured to detect the change in the electrostatic capacitance by a method different from the predetermined method in the change in the electrostatic capacitance when a water droplet adheres;
- (b) a step of determining a state of the eating utensil based on the detection results acquired in the step (a);
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- (c) a step of storing a determination result determined in the step (b) in a storage section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.