MONITORING AND STATUS DETECTION FOR CONSUMABLE ITEMS

• US 20170039885A1
• Filed: 08/07/2015
• Published: 02/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Flores, Christina I., Flores, Romelia H., Katzen, Erik H., Patel, Sumit
• Granted Patent: US 10,699,595 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0092 Nutrition
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/40 relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets

Abstract

Monitoring oral intake of consumable items may include aggregating, using a processor, oral intake information for a user from a plurality of devices belonging to a same device domain of the user in real time and comparing, using the processor, the oral intake information with a user profile of the user. An instruction for a selected device of the plurality of devices may be generated, using the processor, according to the comparing. The instruction may be sent to the selected device, using the processor. The selected device may execute the instruction.

Claims

1. A method of monitoring oral intake of consumable items, comprising:

aggregating, using a processor, oral intake information for a user from a plurality of devices belonging to a same device domain of the user in real time;

comparing, using the processor, the oral intake information with a user profile of the user;

generating, using the processor, an instruction for a selected device of the plurality of devices according to the comparing; and

sending, using the processor, the instruction to the selected device, wherein the selected device executes the instruction.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a status of the selected device of the device domain;

wherein the instruction is also generated according to the status of the selected device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the oral intake information specifies a plurality of available consumable items, the method further comprising:

detecting removal of a consumable item from an appliance device of the device domain; and

marking the consumable item as unavailable responsive to the detecting.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

correlating consumption data with biometric data for the user;

detecting a user pattern from the correlated consumption data and biometric data; and

sending a further instruction, determined according to the biometric data for the user pattern, to the selected device of the device domain.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein comparing the oral intake information comprises:

comparing a visual feature of a consumable item with a reference visual feature; and

determining whether the consumable item is expired according to the comparing of the visual feature with the reference visual feature.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein comparing the oral intake information comprises:

comparing an expiration date of a consumable item with a current date; and

determining whether the consumable item is expired or is to expire within a predetermined amount of time.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein comparing the oral intake information comprises:

retrieving ingredients for each of a plurality of variations of a detected consumable item;

comparing an allergen of the user from the user profile with the ingredients of the plurality of variations of the consumable item; and

determining a probability of the consumable item including the allergen.

8. A system for monitoring oral intake of consumable items, comprising:

a processor programmed to initiate executable operations comprising;

aggregating oral intake information for a user from a plurality of devices belonging to a same device domain of the user in real time;

comparing the oral intake information with a user profile of the user;

generating an instruction for a selected device of the plurality of devices according to the comparing; and

sending the instruction to the selected device, wherein the selected device executes the instruction.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is further programmed to initiate executable operations comprising:

determining a status of the selected device of the device domain;

wherein the instruction is also generated according to the status of the selected device.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the oral intake information specifies a plurality of available consumable items, and wherein the processor is further programmed to initiate executable operations comprising:

detecting removal of a consumable item from an appliance device of the device domain; and

marking the consumable item as unavailable responsive to the detecting.

11. The system claim 8, wherein the processor is further programmed to initiate executable operations comprising:

correlating consumption data with biometric data for the user;

detecting a user pattern from the correlated consumption data and biometric data; and

sending a further instruction, determined according to the biometric data for the user pattern, to the selected device of the device domain.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein comparing the oral intake information comprises:

comparing a visual feature of a consumable item with a reference visual feature; and

determining whether the consumable item is expired according to the comparing of the visual feature with the reference visual feature.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein comparing the oral intake information comprises:

comparing an expiration date of a consumable item with a current date; and

determining whether the consumable item is expired or is to expire within a predetermined amount of time.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein comparing the oral intake information comprises:

retrieving ingredients for each of a plurality of variations of a detected consumable item;

comparing an allergen of the user from the user profile with the ingredients of the plurality of variations of the consumable item; and

determining a probability of the consumable item including the allergen.

15. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code stored thereon for monitoring oral intake of consumable items, the program code executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:

aggregating, using a processor, oral intake information for a user from a plurality of devices belonging to a same device domain of the user in real time;

comparing, using the processor, the oral intake information with a user profile of the user;

generating, using the processor, an instruction for a selected device of the plurality of devices according to the comparing; and

sending, using the processor, the instruction to the selected device, wherein the selected device executes the instruction.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises:

determining a status of the selected device of the device domain;

wherein the instruction is also generated according to the status of the selected device.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the oral intake information specifies a plurality of available consumable items, the method further comprising:

detecting removal of a consumable item from an appliance device of the device domain; and

marking the consumable item as unavailable responsive to the detecting.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising:

correlating consumption data with biometric data for the user;

detecting a user pattern from the correlated consumption data and biometric data; and

sending a further instruction, determined according to the biometric data for the user pattern, to the selected device of the device domain.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein comparing the oral intake information comprises:

comparing a visual feature of a consumable item with a reference visual feature; and

determining whether the consumable item is expired according to the comparing of the visual feature with the reference visual feature.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein comparing the oral intake information comprises:

comparing an expiration date of a consumable item with a current date; and

determining whether the consumable item is expired or is to expire within a predetermined amount of time, wherein the instruction specifies the status.