Modifying a Person's Eating and Activity Habits
First Claim
1. A system for managing the food intake of a person, comprisingmeans for collecting information about food consumed by the subject, andmeans for providing feedback to the subject regarding the food consumed, characterized in that it further comprisesa sensor for obtaining a signal related to the person,monitoring means for generating the information by performing a pattern recognition of the obtained signal for detecting whether the person is consuming food.
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Abstract
A system for managing the food intake of a person comprises means for collecting information about food consumed by the subject, and means for providing feedback to the subject regarding the food consumed. It further comprises a sensor (57) for obtaining a signal related to the person and monitoring means for generating the information by performing a pattern recognition of the obtained signal for detecting whether the person is consuming food. The sensor comprises a camera and the pattern recognition comprises image processing. The image processing comprises the detection of a mouth and of a hand and of food. The system further comprises means for causing an audio/video-rendering device (56) to deliver the feedback. The camera is attached to the rendering device. The system further comprises means for identifying available rendering devices (56) arranged for being caused to deliver feedback.
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1. A system for managing the food intake of a person, comprising
means for collecting information about food consumed by the subject, and means for providing feedback to the subject regarding the food consumed, characterized in that it further comprises a sensor for obtaining a signal related to the person, monitoring means for generating the information by performing a pattern recognition of the obtained signal for detecting whether the person is consuming food.
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12. A method for managing the food intake of a person, comprising
collecting information about food consumed by the subject, and providing feedback to the subject regarding the food consumed, characterized in that it further comprises obtaining a signal related to the person, generating the information by performing a pattern recognition of the obtained signal for detecting whether the person is consuming food.
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