Calorie control apparatus with voice recognition

• US 6,745,214 B2
• Filed: 01/29/2001
• Issued: 06/01/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tanita Corporation (Tanita)
• Original Assignee: Tanita Corporation (Tanita)
• Inventors: Inoue, Koki, Sekiguchi, Junko
• Primary Examiner(s): Mai, Tan V.
• Application Number:
  US09/770,297
• Publication Number:
  US 20010014903A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,219 Days
• Field of Search: 708/133, 434/127
• US Class Current: 708/133
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/4146 for controlling caloric intake, e.g. diet control

Abstract

Disclosed is a calorie control apparatus for calculating and controlling calorie intake by entering names of food ingested. The apparatus includes a voice input unit, a memory unit, a voice recognition unit, and a control unit. The voice input unit enters a voice signal, and the memory unit stores the calorie value per a unit amount of each of a plurality of foods. The voice recognition unit identifies a food name on the basis of the voice signal entered, and the control unit calculates the calorie intake on the basis of the calorie value per a unit amount of the food stored in the memory unit corresponding to the identified food name.

Claims

1. A calorie control apparatus for calculating and controlling a calorie intake by entering a name of food ingested, comprising:

a voice input unit;

a memory unit;

a voice recognition unit;

a display unit; and

a control unit, wherein said voice input unit is for entering a voice signal;

said memory unit stores the calorie values per a unit amount of each of a plurality of foods and information about a voice signal for each of the food names;

said voice recognition unit compares the voice signal entered with the information about the voice signal for each of the food names stored in the memory unit and determines a degree of matching therebetween;

said display unit displays a plurality of the food names having a higher degree of matching as determined by the voice recognition unit, from among which the correct food name can be selected; and

said control unit calculates the calorie intake on the basis of the calorie value per a unit amount of the food stored in the memory unit corresponding to the food name selected.

2. A calorie control apparatus for calculating and controlling the calorie intake by entering a name of food ingested, comprising:

a memory unit;

a voice recognition unit;

a display unit; and

a control unit, wherein said voice input unit is for entering a voice signal;

said memory unit stores the calorie value per unit amount of each of a plurality of foods, information about a voice signal for each of the food names and a history of the foods ingested in the past;

said voice recognition unit compares the voice signal entered with the information about the voice signal for each of the food names stored in the memory unit and determines a degree of matching therebetween;

said display unit displays specific food names selected from among those having a higher degree of matching as determined by the voice recognition unit on the basis of the history of the foods ingested in the past stored in the memory unit, from among which the correct food name can be selected; and

said control unit calculates the calorie intake on the basis of the calorie value per a unit amount of the food stored in the memory unit corresponding to the food name selected.