PERSONAL FOOD DATABASE

• US 20180061270A1
• Filed: 08/25/2016
• Published: 03/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chainer, Timothy J., McVicker, Gerard, Parida, Pritish R.
• Granted Patent: US 11,074,831 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0092 Nutrition

Abstract

A Personal Food Database (PFD) that resides on a consumer'"'"'s mobile device is presented. The PFD maintains an inventory that keeps track of amount of available food items. The mobile device operating the PFD has sensors for measuring the activities or biometric data of the user. The PFD uses the sensor data to assess the nutrition need of the user and to recommend recipes accordingly.

Claims

1. A mobile device comprising:

a processor;

a data input device;

a global positioning device;

a display; and

a memory storing a software, wherein the execution of the software by the processor configures the processor to perform acts comprising;

(i) updating an inventory based on data received through the data input device;

(ii) identifying a type of items based on the inventory;

(iii) identifying a supplier of the identified type of items based on a position of the mobile device provided by the global positioning device; and

(vi) presenting information regarding the identified supplier at the display.

2. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the execution of the software further configures the processor to perform an act comprising planning a route to the supplier for the identified type of items based on the current position of the mobile device.

3. The mobile device of claim 1, further comprising a wireless communication device configured to receive information from a server regarding a type of one or more items in the inventory.

4. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein:

the data input device is configured to receive an identification of an item, and

the execution of the software further configures the processor to perform an act comprising adding the item to the inventory according to the received identification.

5. The mobile device of claim 4, wherein receiving the identification comprises optically analyzing an image encoding the identification.

6. The mobile device of claim 5, further comprising a wireless communication device configured to receive information from a server based on the received identification of the item.

7. The mobile device of claim 1, further comprising a storage, wherein:

the data input device is configured to receive a recipe,

the storage is configured to store a set of received recipes,

each recipe enumerates a list of items to consume and an amount of each item in the list to consume.

8. The mobile device of claim 7, wherein:

the data input device is configured to receive a consumption specification,

the consumption specification comprises a selection of a recipe from the stored recipes,

the execution of the software further configures the processor to perform an act comprising;

removing items in the inventory according to the recipe selected by the consumption specification.

9. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the execution of the software further configures the processor to perform acts comprising:

storing a history of consumption in the memory; and

updating the history of consumptions based on the received consumption specification.

10. The mobile device of claim 9, wherein the execution of the software further configures the processor to perform an act comprising:

generating a recommendation for consumption based on the stored consumption history.

11. The mobile device of claim 10, wherein identifying the type of items by the processor comprises:

identifying a type of items whose count in the inventory is below a threshold, wherein the threshold is determined based on a prediction of an amount of the type of items for a period of time.

12. A mobile device comprising:

a processor;

a data input device;

a set of sensors;

a display;

a storage configured to store a plurality of recipes, a history of consumption, a set of biometric data, and a inventory of foods; and

a memory storing a software, wherein the execution of the software by the processor configures the processor to perform acts comprising;

(i) updating the set of biometric data based on a set of sensor data provided by the set of sensors;

(ii) updating an inventory based on data received through the data input device;

(iii) selecting a recipe from the plurality of recipes based on the history of consumption, the inventory of foods, and the set of biometric data; and

(iv) presenting the selected recipe at the display.

13. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the set of sensors comprises motion sensor configured to sense the motion of the mobile device.

14. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the set of sensors comprises a set of biometric sensors.

15. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the set of biometric data comprises a count of calories burned by the wearer of the mobile device.

16. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the history of consumption comprises a record of recipes consumed.

17. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the execution of the software further configures the processor to perform acts comprising:

selecting a recipe based on the inventory by selecting a recipe whose ingredients are available for consumption according to the inventory.

18. A computing device comprising:

a set of processing units for executing instructions; and

a computer readable storage medium storing sets of instructions for execution by the set of processing units, the sets of instructions for;

receiving data from a data input device of the mobile device;

identifying a current position of the mobile device;

storing an inventory of a plurality of types of items at the mobile device and updating the inventory based on the received data;

identifying a type of items based on the inventory;

identifying a supplier of the identified type of items based on the identified position of the mobile device; and

displaying information regarding the identified supplier at the mobile device.

19. The method of claim 18 further comprising planning a route to the supplier for the identified type of items based on the current position of the mobile device.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein displaying information regarding the identified supplier comprises displaying the planed route.