Method for monitoring food intake
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1. A method for providing information to a person under dietary limitations, prior and during a meal, regarding a food item positioned before said person, and making available in real time guidance messages relating thereto, said method comprising the steps:
- a) providing the user with video photographic means and directing same in the direction of said food item;
b) correlating pictures obtained in step a) with electronically-stored pictures of reference food items thereby to identify said food item;
c) correlating said identified food item with information stored in a data base regarding the content of the identified food item;
d) correlating information obtained in step c) with preprogrammed dietary restrictions of the person being monitored; and
e) generating a display message for the user regarding eating limitations related to the photographed food item.
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Abstract
The invention provides a method and a system for dietary control. The method provides information to a person under dietary limitations prior to and during a meal regarding an item positioned before the person in real time. The system includes, in combination, a video photographic means connected to a computer provided with a suitable database and further provided with a display unit connected to the computer.
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1. A method for providing information to a person under dietary limitations, prior and during a meal, regarding a food item positioned before said person, and making available in real time guidance messages relating thereto, said method comprising the steps:
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a) providing the user with video photographic means and directing same in the direction of said food item;
b) correlating pictures obtained in step a) with electronically-stored pictures of reference food items thereby to identify said food item;
c) correlating said identified food item with information stored in a data base regarding the content of the identified food item;
d) correlating information obtained in step c) with preprogrammed dietary restrictions of the person being monitored; and
e) generating a display message for the user regarding eating limitations related to the photographed food item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for dietary control comprising:
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video photographic means to obtain pictures of a food item;
a computer;
a data base associated with said computer; and
a display associated with said computer, wherein said computer is adapted to receive the pictures obtained by said video photographic means, to identify said food item by correlating the pictures obtained by said video photographic means with pre-stored pictures of a plurality of reference food items, to correlate said identified food item with information stored in said data base regarding the content of the identified food item, to correlate the information regarding the content of the identified food item with preprogrammed dietary restrictions of the person being monitored, and to generate on said display a message relating to said dietary restrictions. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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