Container with calorie information display

• US 9,815,596 B1
• Filed: 07/07/2015
• Issued: 11/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2015
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Patchiouky Leveille
• Original Assignee: Patchiouky Leveille
• Inventors: Leveille, Patchiouky
• Primary Examiner(s): Walsh, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US14/792,766
• Time in Patent Office: 861 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 47/02 Closed containers for foodstuffs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07707 the visual interface being a display, e.g. LCD or electronic ink
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10722 Photodetector array or CCD scanning
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/08 Biomedical applications

Abstract

The container with calorie information display is an electronic display device that is adapted for use with food containers. The container with calorie information display is used to display nutritional information about the food that is stored in the container. The container with calorie information scans the nutritional label of the items being stored in the container and electronically displays the information on a display that is adapted to fit on the container. Alternative embodiments of the disclosure include a memory function to permanently store nutritional information for repeatedly stored items and an optical character recognition function and scale function that allows for the display of the total nutritional contents of the container.

Claims

1. A container station system comprising

a container station with a first electronic display;

wherein the container station is adapted to be used with a container of food physically separate from the container station, by placing contents of the food container into the container station;

wherein the electronic display displays nutritional information about the contents of the food container in the form of a nutritional label image captured from the container of food;

wherein the electronic display is operably connected to a remotely location station via a first wireless interface of the container station;

wherein the container station comprises a first microcontroller, the first display, a first power source, a first on off switch, a first housing, and a first wireless interface;

wherein the remote station further comprises a second microcontroller, a second display configured to display error messages and receive user commands and inputs, a memory device, a second power source, a second on off switch, a second housing and a second wireless interface;

wherein the first housing is a structure mounted on the outside of the food container;

wherein the first housing contains the first microcontroller, the first power source, and the first wireless interface;

wherein the first housing has mounted on it the first display and first on off switch;

wherein the second housing is a structure that is physically separate from the first housing and the food container and is configured to sit on a shelf or counter;

wherein the second housing contains the second microcontroller, the second power source, the memory device, and the second wireless interface;

wherein the second housing has mounted on it the second display and the second on off switch;

wherein the second electronic housing further comprises a scanner mounted on the second housing, and wherein the remote station is programmed to execute computerized instructions such that after turning on the remote station via the on off switch of the second housing, the scanner upon user activation;

captures an image of the nutritional label off the container of food of the contents of the container of food,

stores the image captured by the scanner is stored in the memory device,

the second microcontroller retrieves the stored image from the memory device,

the second microcontroller relays the image to the second wireless interfaces,

the second wireless interface transmits the image to the first wireless interface;

wherein the first wireless interface of the container station is programmed to execute computer instructions such that upon receipt of the transmitted image, the first wireless interface relays the image to the first microcontroller;

the first microcontroller is configured to display the image on the first display, upon receipt of the relayed image, the relayed image corresponding to the food within the container station, and wherein the memory device of the remote station is an SD memory card operable to store a plurality of images therein, wherein in response to user manipulation of the first display a corresponding one of the plurality of images is transmitted from the second wireless interface to the first wireless interface and relayed to the microcontroller for display, corresponding to contents of the container station placed therein from the food container.