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Food advising system for diet-restricted person

  • US 20030059747A1
  • Filed: 11/15/2001
  • Published: 03/27/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A meal advice system for dieters each equipped with remote terminal means capable of sending information about a previous meal eaten and of receiving information about a next meal to be eaten, said system comprising:

  • a meal advice center having a server linked to a database and linked through a communication network to said remote terminal means to exchange the information about the previous and next meals, said database including;

    a dieter table storing, for each of the individual dieters, an identification code, a network address, and a prescribed nutrient amount for each of Food Groups into which foods are categorized according to the nutrients a meal-food table storing the names of the meals and names of foods contained in the meal;

    a food-nutrient table storing the names of the foods, a group code identifying each the Food Group into which the foods are classified, and a nutrient amount contained in per unit of the food, said server including;

    image data receiving means for receiving an image data of the previous meal transmitted from the remote terminal means;

    meal analysis assisting means which provides the image data in addition to the food-nutrient table in order to assist analyzing the image data to determine the kinds of the foods contained in the previous meal, classifying the foods into the corresponding Food Groups, and calculating the nutrient amount for each of the Food Groups with reference to the food-nutrient table;

    meal selecting means which compares the calculated nutrient amount for each Food Group with the prescribed nutrient amount from the dieter table for determining a deficient nutrient amount for each Food Group, and selects a plurality of next meals containing the foods compensating for the deficient nutrient amount for each Food Group with reference to the meal-food table and the food-nutrient table;

    meal proposal means which proposes a menu listing the selected next meal or meals received from the meal selecting means to the remote terminal means over the communication network.

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