Calorie balance system

• US 9,773,427 B2
• Filed: 05/04/2015
• Issued: 09/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shahrokh Ghalavand
• Original Assignee: Shahrokh Ghalavand
• Inventors: Ghalavand, Shahrokh
• Primary Examiner(s): Utama, Robert J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dragon, Kristen
• Application Number:
  US14/703,219
• Publication Number:
  US 20150325142A1
• Time in Patent Office: 876 Days
• Field of Search: 434127
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0092 Nutrition
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets

Abstract

A calorie balance system is designed for consumers who are interested in having a proper and adequate diet while monitoring daily activities. Disclosed embodiments enable consumers to be continuously aware of their caloric intake and to compare their caloric intake with current calories expended. Calories burned or expended may be measured by fitness tracking devices. Enabled utensils such as cups, spoons and forks are equipped with means of wireless communication, an accelerometer, a three axis slope meter sensor, a microcontroller, a scale, an analog to digital converter and a microcontroller. Enabled utensils measure the weight of food consumed are report to the consumer'"'"'s personal electronic device. The system is further enabled by consumers talking to an enabled utensil to report the type of food being consumed. The reported food weight is mapped to the type of food consumed and relevant food data is displayed.

Claims

1. A system for measuring and reporting food intake, the system comprising:

a) a plurality of utensils each comprising an integrated module;

b) the integrated module comprising a microphone, a digital board, the digital board comprising a battery or other power supply, a Wi-Fi system or wireless communication system, non-transitory medium containing an implementation software, an amplifier, an accelerometer, a slope meter sensor, a microcontroller, a scale and an analogue to digital converter;

c) the integrated module further comprising machine readable instructions contained within the microcontroller;

d) the microphone to receive voice input from a user, the received voice input from the user mapped to the type of food consumed by the user to create food data, the food data displayed upon a screen display, the screen display found upon a personal electronic device, the analogue to digital converter to convert the received input from the user, the scale to measure weight of the food consumed and the implementation software to implement this process of receiving, converting signal, weighing, and transmitting through Wi-Fi or wireless communication system;

e) the microcontroller in communication with the amplifier and the analogue to digital converter, the microcontroller to supply reference voltage to measure the weight of food being consumed;

f) the integrated module in communication with a the personal electronic device, the personal electronic device containing machine readable instructions to accept input from the integrated module and to produce a screen display showing calories consumed;

g) the machine readable instructions of the integrated module trigger a food weight measurement upon the utensil reaching an angle of 15 to 35 degrees and upon the accelerometer having a reading of zero and sending the food weight measurement to the personal electronic device; and

h) the slope meter sensors in communication with the accelerometer, the slope meter sensors sense changes in slopes of the utensil on X, Y, and Z axes.

2. The system of claim 1 including wherein a fitness tracker in communication with the personal electronic device, the fitness tracker comprising an accelerometer and wireless communication system, the fitness tracker to receive input from personal electronic device through the wireless communication system, the fitness tracker to track burnt calories and to alert the user on the consumed calories.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the personal electronic device includes a database of food variables, the database capable of adding new food variables, and the food variables comprising calories, protein, fat and carbohydrates.