Method and system for estimating food commodity intake

• US 9,116,077 B2
• Filed: 06/27/2011
• Issued: 08/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Sejong University Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation (Sejong University)
• Original Assignee: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Sejong University Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation (Sejong University)
• Inventors: Ko, Sang Hoon, Lee, Joong Keun, Woo, Hee Dong, Kim, Seung Won, Kwon, Ki Sung, Oh, Jae Ho, Do, Jung Ah
• Primary Examiner(s): Gibson, Randy W
• Application Number:
  US13/581,987
• Publication Number:
  US 20130186695A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,520 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/4146 for controlling caloric intake, e.g. diet control
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 5/00 Analysing materials by weighing, e.g. weighing small particles separated from a gas or liquid G01N9/00 takes precedence ; weighing per se G01G
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0092 Nutrition
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and a system for estimating food commodity intakes. The method includes (a) obtaining a food intake of a food searched as a subject to be estimated for food commodity intake based on food intake database, (b) obtaining a material mix ratio of the food searched based on the material mix ratio database and estimating a material mix ratio intake using the food intake, (c) detecting whether or not the material contained in the material mix ratio intake estimation results is a food commodity, (d) accumulating a weight data of the material that is detected to be a food commodity among the materials obtained from the material mix ratio intake estimation results, (e) repeatedly performing operations (b) to (d) on materials that are not food commodities, until all of the materials contained in the material mix ratio intake estimation results become food commodities, and (f) summing the accumulated weight data of each food commodity to estimate a food commodity intake of the food, when all of the materials contained in the material mix ratio intake estimation results are food commodities. According to the present invention, more accurate food intake data can be conveniently estimated by converting all ingredients of mixed foods into food commodities.

Claims

1. A method for estimating a food commodity intake comprising:

(a) obtaining a food intake of a food searched as a subject to be estimated for food commodity intake based on food intake database;

(b) obtaining a material mix ratio of the food searched based on the material mix ratio database and estimating a material mix ratio intake using the food intake;

(c) detecting whether or not the material contained in the material mix ratio intake estimation results is a food commodity;

(d) accumulating a weight data of the material that is detected to be a food commodity among the materials obtained from the material mix ratio intake estimation results;

(e) repeatedly performing operations (b) to (d) on materials that are not food commodities, until all of the materials contained in the material mix ratio intake estimation results become food commodities; and

(f) summing the accumulated weight data of each food commodity to estimate a food commodity intake of the food, when all of the materials contained in the material mix ratio intake estimation results are food commodities.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

updating the estimated food commodity intake on food commodity intake databases.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

adding a material contained in the intake database, among materials contained in the food the material mix ratio intake estimation results, to an unregistered commodity database, wherein the unregistered commodity database is established with information on materials not registered in the food intake database.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the food intake database is established from the results obtained from the Korea National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES).

5. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program to execute the method according to claim 1.

6. A system for estimating a food commodity intake comprising:

a material mix ratio intake conversion portion to estimate a material mix ratio intake of a material mix ratio of a food searched using a food intake and a material mix ratio database of the food searched as a subject to be estimated for a food commodity intake based on the food intake database;

a food commodity detection portion to detect whether or not the material contained in the material mix ratio intake estimation results is a food commodity;

a food commodity data accumulation portion to accumulate a weight data of the material that is detected to be a food commodity contained in the material mix ratio intake estimation results; and

a food commodity intake conversion portion to calculate a total of the accumulated weight data of each food commodity to estimate a food commodity intake of the food, when all of the materials contained in the material mix ratio intake estimation results are food commodities,

wherein the system repeats conversion of material mix ratio intake, detection of food commodity and accumulation of material weight data on the materials that are not food commodities, until all of the materials contained in the material mix ratio intake become food commodities.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein the food commodity intake conversion portion updates the estimated food commodity intake on the food commodity intake database.

8. The system according to claim 6, wherein the food intake database is established from the results obtained from the Korea National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES).