Electronic coaster for estimating calorie consumption
AssigneeWipro Limited
InventorsVijay Kumar, Saurav Labana
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Abstract
The present disclosure discloses an electronic coaster for estimating amount of calories consumed by a user, through a beverage present in a beverage holder. The electronic coaster comprises at least one weight sensor to measure weight of a beverage holder comprising a beverage and a computing unit to receive the measured weight from the at least one weight sensor, determine weight of the beverage based on the received weight, identify beverage type and a predefined calorific value corresponding to the beverage type, determine change in weight from the weight of the beverage and estimate total amount of calories consumed by a user based on the change in weight and the predefined calorific value.
Claims20
An electronic coaster, comprising:
- at least one weight sensor to:
- measure weight of a beverage holder comprising a beverage;
- at least one image sensor to:
- capture an image of beverage in the beverage holder;
- and
- a computing unit to:
- receive the measured weight from the at least one weight sensor;
- determine weight of the beverage based on the received weight;
- determine spectral signature of the beverage based on the image of the beverage;
- identify beverage type based on the spectral signature by comparing the determined spectral signature of the beverage with predefined spectral signature of plurality of beverages stored in a database;
- identify a predefined calorific value corresponding to the beverage type;
- determine change in weight from the weight of the beverage corresponding to the beverage type;
- and
- estimate total amount of calories consumed by a user based on the change in weight and the predefined calorific value corresponding to the beverage type.
A method for estimating calories consumed by a user through a beverage, placed on an electronic coaster, comprising:
- measuring, by at least one weight sensor of the electronic coaster, weight of a beverage holder comprising a beverage;
- receiving, by a computing unit of the electronic coaster, the measured weight from the at least one weight sensor;
- determining, by the computing unit, weight of the beverage based on the received weight;
- determining, by the computing unit, spectral signature of the beverage based on the image of the beverage;
- identifying, by the computing unit, beverage type based on the spectral signature by comparing the determined spectral signature of the beverage with predefined spectral signature of plurality of beverages stored in a database;
- identifying, by the computing unit, predefined calorific value corresponding to the beverage type;
- determining, by the computing unit, change in weight from the weight of the beverage corresponding to the beverage type;
- and
- estimating, by the computing unit, total amount of calories consumed by the user based on the change in weight and the predefined calorific value corresponding to the beverage type.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.