Wearable Spectroscopy Sensor to Measure Food Consumption
First Claim
1. A wearable device to measure a person'"'"'s consumption of one or more selected types of food, ingredients, or nutrients comprising:
- a spectroscopy sensor that collects data concerning light energy reflected from the person'"'"'s body and/or absorbed by the person'"'"'s body, wherein this data is used to measure the person'"'"'s consumption of one or more selected types of food, ingredients, or nutrients;
a data processing unit; and
a power source.
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Abstract
This invention is a wearable device to measure a person'"'"'s consumption of selected types of food, ingredients, or nutrients comprising: a housing that is configured to be worn on the person'"'"'s wrist, arm, hand, or finger; a spectroscopy sensor that collects data concerning light energy reflected from the person'"'"'s body and/or absorbed by the person'"'"'s body, wherein this data is used to measure the person'"'"'s consumption of selected types of food, ingredients, or nutrients; a data processing unit; and a power source. The selected types of food, ingredients, or nutrients can be selected from the group consisting of: food that is high in simple carbohydrates; food that is high in simple sugars; food that is high in saturated or trans fat; fried food; food that is high in Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL); and food that is high in sodium.
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20 Claims
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1. A wearable device to measure a person'"'"'s consumption of one or more selected types of food, ingredients, or nutrients comprising:
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a spectroscopy sensor that collects data concerning light energy reflected from the person'"'"'s body and/or absorbed by the person'"'"'s body, wherein this data is used to measure the person'"'"'s consumption of one or more selected types of food, ingredients, or nutrients; a data processing unit; and a power source. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A wearable device to measure a person'"'"'s consumption of one or more selected types of food, ingredients, or nutrients comprising:
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a housing that is configured to be worn on the person'"'"'s wrist, arm, hand, or finger; a spectroscopy sensor that collects data concerning light energy reflected from the person'"'"'s body and/or absorbed by the person'"'"'s body, wherein this data is used to measure the person'"'"'s consumption of one or more selected types of food, ingredients, or nutrients; a data processing unit; and a power source.
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20. A method to measure a person'"'"'s consumption of one or more selected types of food, ingredients, or nutrients comprising:
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configuring a housing containing a spectroscopy sensor to be worn on the person'"'"'s wrist, arm, hand, or finger; using the spectroscopy sensor to collect data concerning light energy reflected from the person'"'"'s body and/or absorbed by the person'"'"'s body; and analyzing this data to measure the person'"'"'s consumption of one or more selected types of food, ingredients, or nutrients.
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