Diet and calories measurements and control

• US 9,314,206 B2
• Filed: 11/13/2013
• Issued: 04/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Memphis Technologies Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Memphis Technologies Incorporated
• Inventors: Menczel, Yaron, Shachar, Yair, Weiss, Odelia
• Primary Examiner(s): Frisby, Kesha
• Application Number:
  US14/078,675
• Publication Number:
  US 20150132722A1
• Time in Patent Office: 888 Days
• Field of Search: 434/127
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/01 Measuring temperature of body parts ; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/117 Identification of persons methods or arrangements for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints, G06F18/00, G06V40/00; identification of persons by analysing their voice or speech G10L17/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4866 Evaluating metabolism A61B5/083 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0092 Nutrition
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets

Abstract

The present invention depicts systems and methods for utilizing sensors and other means that are able to track a User, and grasp his pattern of food intake (e.g., the volume, Calories, content, and other attributes of food entities), Calories outtake, and online network capabilities for tracking the balance of User Calories and other nutritional attributes.

Claims

1. A method for non-invasive monitoring food intake comprising:

at least one means for user identification;

at least one means for identification of a food type providing at least one nutritional information item pertaining to the food type;

at least one means for consumption analysis providing at least one of volume and weight the at least one food type that has been consumed by the user, and

wherein the at least one means for consumption analysis is at least partially based on counting a number and length of time of bite chewing of food intake by the user and an estimation of a volume of each bite of a food intake by using the user identification and a food type and the length of time of bite chewing.

2. The method for monitoring food intake of claim 1, wherein the at least one user identification includes User authorization.

3. The method for monitoring food intake of claim 1, wherein the at least one food identification method is selectable from at least one plate analysis, hand analysis, bun analysis or a combination thereof.

4. The method for monitoring food intake of claim 1, wherein the at least one food identification method consists of visual comparing of plate portions with a known set of food plates or food items.

5. The method for monitoring food intake of claim 1, wherein the at least one method of counting the number and length of bite chewing uses a visual inspection of a mouth.

6. A method for providing a distributed nutritional and calorie balance control service over a computer data network comprising:

at least one means for user identification and/or user authorization;

at least one means for food identification providing at least one nutritional information item pertaining to at least one food type;

at least one means for consumption analysis, providing information on volume of the at least one food type has been consumed by the user;

at least one means for estimating calorie expenditure by the user; and

a management means for gathering user consumption analysis and calorie expenditure records over the computer data network and provide nutritional control feedback to the user.

7. A system that non-invasively monitors food intake comprising:

at least one means for user identification;

at least one means for identification of food type providing at least one nutritional information item pertaining to at least one of the food type;

at least one means for consumption analysis providing at least one of volume and weight of the said at least one food type that has been consumed by the user, and

wherein the at least one means for consumption analysis is at least partially based on counting a number and length of time of bite chewing of food intake by the user and an estimation of a volume of each bite of a food intake by using the user identification and food type and the length of time of bite chewing.