Portable computing apparatus particularly useful in a weight management program
First Claim
1. Portable computing apparatus for aiding a user in monitoring the consumption of consumable items and in reordering said items, comprising:
- a housing constructed and dimensioned to be handheld by the user;
a storage device carried by said housing for storing data concerning said items;
item-identification input means carried by said housing for inputting item-identification information identifying said items as and when to be consumed by the user;
a display carried by said housing; and
a processor within said housing programmed to process said inputted item-identification information with respect to the data stored in said storage device;
(a) to maintain a log of the items as they are consumed;
(b) to prepare a list of items to be reordered; and
(c) to selectively display said log of consumed items and said list of items to be reordered.
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Abstract
Portable computing apparatus for aiding a user in the monitoring of the consumption of consumable items, such as food items or prescribed medicaments, and reordering such items includes a common database for use in monitoring the items as consumed, and for preparing the reorder list at the proper time. The apparatus preferably includes an imaging device for recording the image of the item to be consumed, and recognition circuitry for utilizing the recorded image to identify the item and also to provide information concerning its nutritional content in a weight management program. The consumable item may also be identified in other manners, such as by a barcode reader, or a voice-recognition circuit.
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1. Portable computing apparatus for aiding a user in monitoring the consumption of consumable items and in reordering said items, comprising:
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a housing constructed and dimensioned to be handheld by the user;
a storage device carried by said housing for storing data concerning said items;
item-identification input means carried by said housing for inputting item-identification information identifying said items as and when to be consumed by the user;
a display carried by said housing; and
a processor within said housing programmed to process said inputted item-identification information with respect to the data stored in said storage device;
(a) to maintain a log of the items as they are consumed;
(b) to prepare a list of items to be reordered; and
(c) to selectively display said log of consumed items and said list of items to be reordered. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. Portable computing apparatus for aiding a user in monitoring the consumption of food items, comprising:
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a housing constructed and dimensioned to be handheld;
a storage device carried by said housing for storing data concerning said food items;
an image sensing device for sensing the image of an item to be consumed or the food package thereof;
a display carried by said housing; and
a processor within said housing programmed to process said sensed image to identify the food item thereof to maintain a log of the items as they are consumed. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method of diet management by a user comprising the steps:
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recording optical images of food to be consumed by the user;
analyzing said optical images to identify the constituents of said food and the quantity of each constituent; and
computing the nutritional content of each of said constituents in said food. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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