Wearable food nutrition feedback system

• US 9,189,021 B2
• Filed: 11/29/2012
• Issued: 11/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Jerauld, Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Thai, Xuan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bullington, Robert P
• Application Number:
  US13/689,293
• Publication Number:
  US 20140147829A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,083 Days
• Field of Search: 434/430
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0092 Nutrition
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/02 with visual presentation of the material to be studied, e.g. using film strip
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets

Abstract

A see-through, head mounted display and sensing devices cooperating to provide feedback on food items detected in the device field of view. Feedback can include warnings based on personal wearer needs, general nutrition information, food consumption tracking and social interactions. The system includes one or more processing devices in communication with display and the sensors which identify food items proximate to the apparatus, determine feedback information relevant to a wearer of the apparatus; and render feedback information in the display.

Claims

1. An augmented display apparatus, comprising:

a see-through, head mounted display;

a plurality of sensors detecting visual information in a field of view of the apparatus;

one or more processing devices in communication with the see-through, head mounted display and the sensors, the one or more processing devices automatically

identify food items proximate to the apparatus;

track consumption of one or more of the food items of a wearer wearing the apparatus;

determine feedback information for the one or more of the food items identified and relevant to the wearer of the apparatus before consumption of one or more of the food items, the feedback information based on social feedback information for the food items from a social network provided by one or more friends of the wearer; and

render the feedback information as a virtual object, based on the social feedback information and prior to consumption, in the see-through, head mounted display.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the one or more processing devices determine nutritional information for the food items, and the feedback information includes nutritional information based on the consumption.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the one or more processing devices access image data to match sensor data to food types based on the image data and wherein the one or more processing devices nutritional data based on recipe data for identified food items.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein the one or more processing devices access wearer profile information, and wherein the one or more processing devices identify the food items based on wearer consumption history.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the one or more processing devices access recipe information provided by a third party, and wherein the one or more processing devices provide nutritional feedback in the see-through, head mounted display based on said recipe information and the consumption.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the one or more processing devices access wearer profile information, and wherein the consumption data is recorded in the wearer profile information and incorporated into feedback information for subsequent consumption events.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the consumption is identified by detecting a wearer gesture of consumption.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the consumption is identified by detecting wearer consumption sounds.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein feedback includes feedback on the food items by one or more friends of the wearer.

10. A see-through, head mounted display device including a processor and computer readable storage, the storage including computer readable instructions when executed by the processor performing a method comprising:

receiving input from a plurality of sensors mounted on the see-through, head mounted display device, the sensors mounted to detect image data in a field of view of the see-through, head mounted display device and wearer gaze of the see-through, head mounted display device;

identifying food items proximate to the see-through, head mounted device based on the image data and the wearer gaze;

accessing social feedback information for the one or more food items from a social network, the social feedback information based on social media information from one or more friends of a wearer concerning one or more of the food items identified;

detecting consumption of one or more of the food items identified and generating consumption feedback information for the one or more of the food items identified; and

providing the social feedback information and the consumption feedback information on the food items for display in the see-through, head mounted display device as virtual objects, each of the feedback information together identifiable with one or more of the food items.

11. The see-through, head mounted display device of claim 10 wherein the feedback information comprises one of:

nutritional information for the one or more food items;

wearer health information for the one or more food items; and

social friend recommendations concerning the one or more food items.

12. The see-through, head mounted display device of claim 10 wherein identifying comprises:

determining a location for the display device;

accessing food item data associated with the location;

evaluating the image data to determine food items based on the location and the food item data.

13. The see-through, head mounted display device of claim 12 wherein identifying comprises evaluating the image data and the wearer gaze to parse items on a menu associated with the location, matching items on the menu with the food item data associated with the location, and wherein providing feedback includes providing location specific feedback for the food items.

14. The see-through, head mounted display device of claim 10 wherein identifying comprises evaluating the image data and the wearer gaze matching items in the image data with data associated with known food on a menu with food item data associated with a location, and wherein providing feedback includes providing location specific feedback for the food items.

15. A method for providing nutritional feedback for food items in a field of view of a see-through, head mounted display system, comprising:

determining a location, orientation and the field of view for the see-through, head mounted display system;

determining whether third party data is available for the location and if so, associating the third party data with the location, the third party data including food identification data and nutritional information for food items from a social network;

evaluating sensor data from the see-through, head mounted display system to identify food items proximate to the system, the evaluating using the third party data acquired from the social network;

determining nutritional feedback information matching one or more of the food items identified and relevant to a wearer of the system;

detecting consumption of at least a portion of the one or more food items by the wearer; and

providing nutritional feedback based on the third party data for at least one of the food items and the consumption to the wearer in the see-through, head mounted display system as a virtual object.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein determining includes accessing user profile information determining one or more friends of the user, and further providing social feedback information to the wearer based on the one or more friends of the wearer.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the evaluating includes matching food item data with sensor data to identify food items in the field of view.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein the determining includes matching estimated nutritional data with identified food items based on a determination of the food item.

19. The method of claim 18 further including detecting consumption by detecting a wearer gesture of consumption.

20. The method of claim 18 including detecting consumption by detecting a wearer sound of consumption.