METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED FOOD LIFE SERVICE

• US 20150112759A1
• Filed: 10/16/2014
• Published: 04/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: HONG, Soon-hyuk, KANG, Woo-shik, KIM, Jung-wook, SHIN, Seung-young, LEE, Kyung-eun, BULRUTSKIY, Nikolay
• Application Number:
  US14/516,138
• Publication Number:
  US 20150112759A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.29
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/00 Speech recognition G10L17/00 takes precedence

Abstract

A method and apparatus for providing a customized food life service is provided. The method includes: sensing a wireless frequency identification tag attached to food to receive data; processing and storing the received data; analyzing and modeling the stored data; and providing food management information based on the analyzing and modeling result.

Claims

1. A method of providing a customized food life service, the method comprising:

sensing a wireless frequency identification tag attached to food to receive data;

processing and storing the received data;

analyzing and modeling the stored data; and

providing food management information based on the analyzing and modeling result.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing food purchase recommendation information based on the analyzing and modeling result.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing recipe recommendation information based on the analyzing and modeling result.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless frequency identification tag is a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

collecting a user voice,

wherein the processing and storing of the received data comprises recognizing the collected user voice to tag and store the collected user voice on the received data.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the modeling of the stored data comprises analyzing the stored data to model purchase and consumption patterns of food and/or food materials.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing of the food management information comprises providing at least one of information about whether the food and/or food materials exists and expiration date information of the food and/or food materials.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein the providing of the food purchase recommendation information comprises providing a shopping list based on the analyzing and modeling result.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

collecting an uttered voice of the user;

recognizing the collected uttered voice of the user;

searching the stored data for information about food and/or food materials corresponding to the recognized uttered voice of the user; and

providing the searched information about the food and/or food materials.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a user input through a user interface;

searching the stored data for information of food and/or food materials corresponding to the received user input; and

providing the searched information of the food and/or food materials.

11. An apparatus for providing a customized food life service, the apparatus comprising:

a display unit;

an antenna unit configured to sense a wireless frequency identification tag attached to food in order to receive data;

a storage unit configured to process and store the received data; and

a controller configured to control the display unit to analyze and model the stored data and display food management information based on the analyzing and modeling result.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the controller controls the display unit to display food purchase recommendation information based on the analyzing and modeling result.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the controller controls the display unit to recipe recommendation information based on the analyzing and modeling result.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the wireless frequency identification tag is an RFID tag.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising:

a voice collector configured to collect a user voice,

wherein the controller recognizes the collected user voice to tag and store the collected user voice on the received data.

16. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the controller analyzes the stored data to model purchase and consumption patterns of food and/or food materials.

17. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the controller controls the display unit to display at least one of information about whether food and/or food materials exists and expiration date information of the food and/or food materials.

18. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the controller controls the display unit to display a shopping list based on the analyzing and modeling result.

19. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising:

a voice collector configured to collect an uttered voice of a user,

wherein the controller controls the display unit to recognize the collected uttered voice of the user, search the stored data for information of food and/or food materials corresponding to the recognized uttered voice of the user, and display the searched information of the food and/or food materials.

20. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising:

a user input unit configured to receive a user input through a user interface,

wherein the controller controls the display unit to search the stored data for information of food and/or food materials corresponding to the received user input and display the searched information of the food and/or food materials.

21. A home appliance, comprising:

a display;

a wireless frequency identification tag reader to read information on tag items;

a control unit that analysis the wireless frequency identification tags and displays at least one of a recipe based on the read items, the expiration of the items, storage length of the items, and/or consumption rate of the items.

22. The home appliance of claim 21, further comprising:

a user input that allows a user to enter item information correspond to the read wireless frequency identification tag.

23. The home appliance of claim 22, further comprising:

a storage unit configured to process and store the received information.