Monitoring and status detection for consumable items

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10699595-B2
Application number	US-201514821205-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 7, 2015
Priority date	Aug 7, 2015
Publication date	Jun 30, 2020
Grant date	Jun 30, 2020

Abstract

Monitoring oral intake of consumable items may include aggregating, using a processor, oral intake information for a user from a plurality of devices belonging to a same device domain of the user in real time and comparing, using the processor, the oral intake information with a user profile of the user. An instruction for a selected device of the plurality of devices may be generated, using the processor, according to the comparing. The instruction may be sent to the selected device, using the processor. The selected device may execute the instruction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of monitoring oral intake of consumable items, comprising:
aggregating, using a processor, oral intake information for a user from a plurality of devices belonging to a same device domain of the user in real time;
comparing, using the processor, the oral intake information with a user profile of the user;
generating, using the processor, an instruction for a selected device of the plurality of devices according to the comparing; and
sending, using the processor, the instruction to the selected device, wherein
the selected device is smart glasses that executes the instruction and are configured to display information,
the comparing the oral intake information comprises:
retrieving ingredients for each of a plurality of variations of a detected consumable item;
comparing an allergen of the user from the user profile with the ingredients of the plurality of variations of the consumable item; and
determining a probability of the consumable item including the allergen based upon the retrieved ingredients of the plurality of variations of the consumable item,
results in a determination that the consumable item is expired, and

the instruction, upon the determination that the consumable item is expired, is to display, within the smart glasses, a visual indication that consumable item is expired, wherein
the detected consumable items is determined from image data generated by at least one of the plurality of devices.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a status of the selected device of the device domain;
wherein the instruction is also generated according to the status of the selected device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein
the oral intake information specifies a plurality of available consumable items, the method further comprising:
detecting removal of a consumable item from an appliance device of the device domain; and
marking the consumable item as unavailable responsive to the detecting.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
correlating consumption data with biometric data for the user;
detecting a user pattern from the correlated consumption data and biometric data; and
sending a further instruction, determined according to the biometric data for the user pattern, to the selected device of the device domain.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein
comparing the oral intake information comprises:
comparing a visual feature of a consumable item with a reference visual feature; and
determining whether the consumable item is expired according to the comparing of the visual feature with the reference visual feature.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein
comparing the oral intake information comprises:
comparing an expiration date of a consumable item with a current date; and
determining whether the consumable item is expired or is to expire within a predetermined amount of time.

7. A system for monitoring oral intake of consumable items, comprising:
a processor programmed to initiate executable operations comprising:
aggregating oral intake information for a user from a plurality of devices belonging to a same device domain of the user in real time;
comparing the oral intake information with a user profile of the user;
generating an instruction for a selected device of the plurality of devices according to the comparing; and
sending the instruction to the selected device, wherein

the selected device is smart glasses that executes the instruction and are configured to display information,
the comparing the oral intake information comprises:
retrieving ingredients for each of a plurality of variations of a detected consumable item;
comparing an allergen of the user from the user profile with the ingredients of the plurality of variations of the consumable item; and
determining a probability of the consumable item including the allergen based upon the retrieved ingredients of the plurality of variations of the consumable item,
results in a determination that the consumable item is expired, and

the instruction, upon the determination that the consumable item is expired, is to display, within the smart glasses, a visual indication that consumable item is expired, wherein
the detected consumable items is determined from image data generated by at least one of the plurality of devices.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein
the processor is further programmed to initiate executable operations comprising:
determining a status of the selected device of the device domain;
wherein the instruction is also generated according to the status of the selected device.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein
the oral intake information specifies a plurality of available consumable items, and wherein the processor is further programmed to initiate executable operations comprising:
detecting removal of a consumable item from an appliance device of the device domain; and
marking the consumable item as unavailable responsive to the detecting.

10. The system claim 7 , wherein
the processor is further programmed to initiate executable operations comprising:
correlating consumption data with biometric data for the user;
detecting a user pattern from the correlated consumption data and biometric data; and
sending a further instruction, determined according to the biometric data for the user pattern, to the selected device of the device domain.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein
comparing the oral intake information comprises:
comparing a visual feature of a consumable item with a reference visual feature; and
determining whether the consumable item is expired according to the comparing of the visual feature with the reference visual feature.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein
comparing the oral intake information comprises:
comparing an expiration date of a consumable item with a current date; and
determining whether the consumable item is expired or is to expire within a predetermined amount of time.

13. A computer program product, comprising
a computer readable storage medium having program code stored thereon for monitoring oral intake of consumable items,
the program code executable by a processor to perform:
aggregating oral intake information for a user from a plurality of devices belonging to a same device domain of the user in real time;
comparing the oral intake information with a user profile of the user;
generating an instruction for a selected device of the plurality of devices according to the comparing; and
sending the instruction to the selected device, wherein

the selected device is smart glasses that executes the instruction and are configured to display information,
the comparing the oral intake information comprises:
retrieving ingredients for each of a plurality of variations of a detected consumable item;
comparing an allergen of the user from the user profile with the ingredients of the plurality of variations of the consumable item; and
determining a probability of the consumable item including the allergen based upon the retrieved ingredients of the plurality of variations of the consumable item,
results in a determination that the consumable item is expired, and

the instruction, upon the determination that the consumable item is expired, is to display, within the smart glasses, a visual indication that consumable item is expired, wherein
the detected consumable items is determined from image data generated by at least one of the plurality of devices.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein
the method further comprises:
determining a status of the selected

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Flores Christina I
• Flores Romelia H
• Katzen Erik H
• Patel Sumit

Classifications

• G09B19/0092 Primary

  Nutrition · CPC title

• G16H20/40

  relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture · CPC title

• G16H20/30

  relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising · CPC title

• G16H20/60

  relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets · CPC title