Willpower watch (TM)—a wearable food consumption monitor
First Claim
1. A tamper-resistant wearable device that automatically monitors caloric intake comprising:
- a motion sensor which is configured to be worn on the person'"'"'s wrist;
a camera which is configured to be worn on a person'"'"'s wrist, wherein the field of view of this camera is automatically moved based on data from the motion sensor so that the camera automatically takes pictures of the person'"'"'s mouth when the person eats and automatically takes pictures of a reachable food source when the person eats, wherein a reachable food source is a food source that the person can reach by moving their arm; and
wherein food can include liquid nourishment as well as solid food;
a tamper-resisting mechanism, wherein this tamper-resisting mechanism detects when the camera is removed from the person'"'"'s body, and wherein this tamper-resisting mechanism further detects when the field of view of this camera does not include the person'"'"'s mouth when the person eats and/or a reachable food source when the person eats; and
a computer which automatically analyzes pictures of the person'"'"'s mouth and pictures of the reachable food source in order to estimate the types and quantities of food that are consumed by the person.
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Abstract
This invention is a wearable, automatic, and tamper-resistant device and method for monitoring and measuring food consumption and caloric intake. It can help people to manage their energy balance and weight. It can be embodied as: (a) one or more automatic-imaging members that are worn on a person from which these members collectively and automatically take pictures of the person'"'"'s mouth and pictures of a reachable food source when the person eats; (b) a tamper-resisting mechanism which detects and responds if the operation of the one or more automatic-imaging members is impaired; and (c) an image-analyzing member which automatically analyzes pictures of the person'"'"'s mouth and pictures of the reachable food source in order to estimate the types and quantities of food that are consumed by the person.
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19 Claims
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1. A tamper-resistant wearable device that automatically monitors caloric intake comprising:
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a motion sensor which is configured to be worn on the person'"'"'s wrist; a camera which is configured to be worn on a person'"'"'s wrist, wherein the field of view of this camera is automatically moved based on data from the motion sensor so that the camera automatically takes pictures of the person'"'"'s mouth when the person eats and automatically takes pictures of a reachable food source when the person eats, wherein a reachable food source is a food source that the person can reach by moving their arm; and
wherein food can include liquid nourishment as well as solid food;a tamper-resisting mechanism, wherein this tamper-resisting mechanism detects when the camera is removed from the person'"'"'s body, and wherein this tamper-resisting mechanism further detects when the field of view of this camera does not include the person'"'"'s mouth when the person eats and/or a reachable food source when the person eats; and a computer which automatically analyzes pictures of the person'"'"'s mouth and pictures of the reachable food source in order to estimate the types and quantities of food that are consumed by the person. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A tamper-resistant wearable device that automatically monitors caloric intake comprising:
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a motion sensor which is configured to be worn on the person'"'"'s wrist; a first camera which is configured to be worn on a first narrow side of a person'"'"'s wrist at a location where a conventional wrist-watch face which was originally on the anterior surface of the wrist would wind up after that face has been rotated 90 degrees around the person'"'"'s wrist; a second camera which is configured to be worn on a second narrow side of a person'"'"'s wrist at a location which is located on the opposite side of the wrist from the first narrow side; a tamper-resisting mechanism, wherein this tamper-resisting mechanism detects when the cameras are removed from the person'"'"'s body, and wherein this tamper-resisting mechanism detects when the field of view of the first camera does not include the person'"'"'s mouth and/or the field of view of the second camera does not include a reachable food source when the person eats; and a computer which automatically analyzes pictures of the person'"'"'s mouth and pictures of the reachable food source in order to estimate the types and quantities of food that are consumed by the person. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A tamper-resistant wearable device that automatically monitors caloric intake comprising:
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a motion sensor which is configured to be worn on the person'"'"'s wrist; a first camera which is configured to be worn on a first narrow side of a person'"'"'s wrist facing toward the person'"'"'s mouth when the person eats and automatically take pictures of the person'"'"'s mouth when the person eats; a second camera which is configured to be worn on a second narrow side a person'"'"'s wrist facing away from the person'"'"'s mouth when the person eats and automatically take pictures of a reachable food source when the person eats, wherein a reachable food source is a food source that the person can reach by moving their arm, and wherein food can include liquid nourishment as well as solid food; a tamper-resisting mechanism, wherein this tamper-resisting mechanism detects and responds when the cameras are removed from the person'"'"'s body, and wherein this tamper-resisting mechanism detects and responds if the field of view of the first camera does not include the person'"'"'s mouth and/or the field of view of the second camera does not include a reachable food source when the person eats; and a computer which automatically analyzes pictures of the person'"'"'s mouth and pictures of the reachable food source in order to estimate the types and quantities of food that are consumed by the person.
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