Food texture presentation device, food texture presentation method and food texture presentation program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023143499-A1
Application number	US-202017912568-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 24, 2020
Priority date	Apr 24, 2020
Publication date	May 11, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

Disclosed is a food texture presentation apparatus 1 including a synthesizer 13 that acquires, with reference of a recipe of a food product selected, audio signals of mastication sounds of ingredients contained in the food product from a database 15 and synthesizes the acquired audio signals of the ingredients into an audio signal of a food texture to be presented, and a presentation unit 14 that uses the synthesized audio signal to present the food texture of the food product.

First claim

1 . A food texture presentation apparatus comprising:
a synthesizer configured to acquire, with reference of a recipe of a food product selected, audio signals of mastication sounds of ingredients contained in the food product from a database and synthesize the acquired audio signals of the ingredients into an audio signal of a food texture to be presented; and a presentation interface configured to use the synthesized audio signal to present the food texture of the food product.

2 . The food texture presentation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the presentation interface includes an audio speaker and a vibration speaker, and
the audio speaker presents the synthesized audio signal by a sound, and the vibration speaker presents the synthesized audio signal by a vibration.

3 . The food texture presentation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the synthesizer is configured to process audio signals acquired from the database in accordance with a cooking method in the recipe and synthesize the processed audio signals.

4 . The food texture presentation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the synthesizer is configured to process audio signals acquired from the database in accordance with an amount of each of the ingredients in the recipe and synthesize the processed audio signals.

5 . A food texture presentation method performed by a food texture presentation apparatus, the food texture presentation method comprising:
acquiring, with reference of a recipe of a food product selected, audio signals of mastication sounds of ingredients contained in the food product from a database and synthesizing the acquired audio signals of the ingredients into an audio signal of a food texture to be presented; and using the synthesized audio signal to present the food texture of the food product.

6 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing one or more instructions causing a computer to operate as a food texture presentation apparatus to execute:
acquiring, with reference of a recipe of a food product selected, audio signals of mastication sounds of ingredients contained in the food product from a database and synthesizing the acquired audio signals of the ingredients into an audio signal of a food texture to be presented; and using the synthesized audio signal to present the food texture of the food product.

7 . The food texture presentation method according to claim 5 , wherein using the synthesized audio signal to present the food texture of the food product comprises:
using an audio speaker to present the synthesized audio signal by a sound, and using a vibration speaker to present the synthesized audio signal by a vibration.

8 . The food texture presentation method according to claim 5 , comprising:
processing audio signals acquired from the database in accordance with a cooking method in the recipe and synthesizing the processed audio signals.

9 . The food texture presentation method according to claim 5 , comprising:
processing audio signals acquired from the database in accordance with an amount of each of the ingredients in the recipe and synthesizing the processed audio signals.

10 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 6 , wherein using the synthesized audio signal to present the food texture of the food product comprises:
using an audio speaker to present the synthesized audio signal by a sound, and using a vibration speaker to present the synthesized audio signal by a vibration.

11 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 6 , wherein the one or more instructions cause the computer to execute:
processing audio signals acquired from the database in accordance with a cooking method in the recipe and synthesizing the processed audio signals.

12 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 6 , wherein the one or more instructions cause the computer to execute:
processing audio signals acquired from the database in accordance with an amount of each of the ingredients in the recipe and synthesizing the processed audio signals.

Assignees

• Nippon Telegraph & Telephone

Inventors

• Niijima Arinobu
• Takeda Toki
• Mukouchi Takafumi
• Sato Takashi

Classifications

• G10K15/02 Primary

  Synthesis of acoustic waves (synthesis of speech G10L13/00) · CPC title

• G06F3/01

  Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer (G06F3/16 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04R5/033

  Headphones for stereophonic communication {(details thereof, e.g. relating to batteries, cables or control elements H04R1/10)} · CPC title

• A23L35/00

  Foods or foodstuffs not provided for in groups A23L5/00 - A23L33/00; Preparation or treatment thereof (preservation thereof A23B) · CPC title

• H04R2400/03

  Transducers capable of generating both sound as well as tactile vibration, e.g. as used in cellular phones · CPC title