Modifying a person's eating and activity habits
First Claim
1. A system for managing the food intake of a person, comprising:
- a camera for obtaining a signal related to an eating behavior of the person;
a memory for storing a program; and
a microprocessor for executing the program to;
perform camera image processing on the signal and, based primarily on the camera image processing, provide data corresponding to a limited moving pattern that indicates the eating behavior of the person;
provide the data as feedback comprising an animated object presented on an audio/video-rendering device, the animated object comprising a physical, visual appearance that changes based on a quantity or type of the food consumed by the person;
determine a total amount of food consumed by the person or a trend in the amount of food consumed by the person; and
periodically cause the audio/video-rendering device to deliver feedback relating to the total amount of food consumed or to the trend in the amount of food consumed.
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Abstract
A system for managing the food intake of a person comprises means for collecting information about food consumed by the subject, and means for providing feedback to the subject regarding the food consumed. It further comprises a sensor (57) for obtaining a signal related to the person and monitoring means for generating the information by performing a pattern recognition of the obtained signal for detecting whether the person is consuming food. The sensor comprises a camera and the pattern recognition comprises image processing. The image processing comprises the detection of a mouth and of a hand and of food. The system further comprises means for causing an audio/video-rendering device (56) to deliver the feedback. The camera is attached to the rendering device. The system further comprises means for identifying available rendering devices (56) arranged for being caused to deliver feedback.
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14 Claims
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1. A system for managing the food intake of a person, comprising:
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a camera for obtaining a signal related to an eating behavior of the person; a memory for storing a program; and a microprocessor for executing the program to; perform camera image processing on the signal and, based primarily on the camera image processing, provide data corresponding to a limited moving pattern that indicates the eating behavior of the person; provide the data as feedback comprising an animated object presented on an audio/video-rendering device, the animated object comprising a physical, visual appearance that changes based on a quantity or type of the food consumed by the person; determine a total amount of food consumed by the person or a trend in the amount of food consumed by the person; and periodically cause the audio/video-rendering device to deliver feedback relating to the total amount of food consumed or to the trend in the amount of food consumed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for managing the food intake of a person, comprising:
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obtaining a signal related to an eating behavior of the person; performing camera image processing on the signal; based primarily on the camera image processing, providing data corresponding to a limited moving pattern that indicates the eating behavior of the person; identifying available rendering devices arranged for being caused to deliver the data as feedback, obtaining properties of the identified rendering devices, selecting at least one of the rendering devices based on a predefined set of criteria related to the properties, and causing feedback corresponding to the data to be presented on the rendering device immediately after unhealthy food consumption is detected or after a predetermined period of the consumption of the unhealthy food, wherein the feedback comprises an animated object presented on the audio/video-rendering device, the animated object comprising a physical, visual appearance that changes based on a quantity or type of the unhealthy food and healthy food consumed by the person. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A system, comprising:
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means for providing feedback to a person regarding food consumed, the means for providing feedback comprising; a camera for obtaining a signal related to the person; and monitoring means for generating data primarily based on camera image processing of the signal, the data indicating an eating behavior of the person; means for causing an audio/video-rendering device to deliver the feedback; and means for identifying available rendering devices arranged for being caused to deliver the data as feedback, means for obtaining properties of the identified rendering devices, and means for selecting at least one of the rendering devices based on a predefined set of criteria related to the properties, wherein the means for causing the rendering device to deliver the feedback is arranged for causing the selected rendering device to deliver the feedback, wherein the feedback comprises an animated object presented on a audio/video-rendering device, the animated object comprising a physical, visual appearance that changes based on a quality of the food consumed by the person. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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