Information processing apparatus, information outputting method and computer program storage device
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsMasanori Miyahara, Takehiro Hagiwara, Tomohiro Tsunoda
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Abstract
An apparatus, method and computer program storage device cooperate to acquire an image of at least a part of a meal. An analysis is then done on the image to determine a substance in the image. The analysis also considers caloric intake and exercise data and compares the same with a health management model to arrive at a recommendation for a user who consumed the meal. Various optional features include using wireless communications to receive exercise data from sensors, as well as communication related images such as the menu of a restaurant or the location of the restaurant.
Claims19
A computer comprising:
- an interface configured to acquire an image, said image including at least part of a meal;
- and
- an image analysis mechanism configured to analyze the image using a discriminant function of discriminating the content of a meal from the image of the at least part of the meal, and to recognize a property of the at least part of the meal, said property including at least one of an energy and a quantity of one or more nutrients associated with the at least part of a meal,
- the image analysis mechanism further being configured to assign a score for said property to the at least part of the meal based on the discriminant function,
- wherein said image analysis mechanism is further configured to receive at least one of an image of a menu or a text-based version of said menu to assist the image analysis mechanism in recognizing the property.
An apparatus comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable storage device configured to store therein computer readable instructions;
- and
- a processor configured to acquire an image of at least a part of a meal and when said processor executes said computer readable instructions, said processor sends a request to another device for analyzing the image using a discriminant function of discriminating the content of a meal from the image of the at least part of the meal, to recognize a property of the at least part of a meal,
- said property including at least one of an energy and a quantity of one or more nutrients associated with the at least part of a meal,
- wherein the processor is further configured to assign a score for said property to the at least part of the meal based on the discriminant function.
A non-transitory computer readable storage device, comprising:
- an interface configured to receive and store therein downloaded instructions, said downloaded instructions when executed by a computer processor perform a method including
- acquiring an image of at least a part of a meal;
- and
- analyzing with the computer processor the image using a discriminant function of discriminating the content of a meal from the image of the at least part of meal, to recognize a property of the at least part of the meal, said property including at least one of an energy and a quantity of one or more nutrients associated with the at least part of a meal,
- wherein the analyzing step includes assigning a score for said property to the at least part of the meal based on the discriminant function.
A method for analyzing at least part of a meal, comprising:
- acquiring an image of at least part of a meal;
- and
- analyzing with a computer processor the image using a discriminant function of discriminating the content of a meal from an image of the at least part of the meal, to recognize a property of the at least part of the meal as a factor in an analysis result, said property including at least one of an energy and a quantity of one or more nutrients associated with the at least part of a meal,
- wherein the image analyzing step includes assigning a score for said property to the at least part of the meal based on the discriminant function.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.