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Food intake controlling devices and methods

  • US 9,881,518 B2
  • Filed: 11/19/2014
  • Issued: 01/30/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2014
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A food intake controlling device comprising:

  • an image sensor configured to capture a captured image of at least one of a dish or a menu;

    a global positioning system (GPS) sensor configured to detect a location of the food intake controlling device;

    a dietary information identifier configured to;

    identify the at least one of the dish or the menu from the captured image based on the location of the food intake controlling device, andprovide meal dietary information based on the identified at least one of the dish or the menu,wherein the meal dietary information includes a meal calorie value;

    a dietary management unit configured to store personal dietary information, wherein the personal dietary information includes a previously consumed calorie value and to determine combined dietary information based on the personal dietary information and the meal dietary information,wherein the dietary management unit is further configured to determine a combined calorie value of the combined dietary information by adding the meal calorie value to the previously consumed calorie value; and

    an image display unit configured to;

    determine whether the combined calorie value of the combined dietary information exceeds a parameter allowance value,process the captured image to display a processed image based on the combined calorie value by processing the captured image such that at least a part of the captured image becomes less visible on the image display unit based on a determination that the combined calorie value exceeds the parameter allowance value, andproject an augmented future physical appearance of a user when the user continues to consume the dish from the less visible part of the processed image.

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