Method and system for providing cooking information about food

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9269133-B2
Application number	US-201414180500-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 14, 2014
Priority date	May 10, 2013
Publication date	Feb 23, 2016
Grant date	Feb 23, 2016

Abstract

Provided are a method and system for providing cooking information about food. The method includes receiving, from a camera, an ingredients image of at least one ingredient on a plate; determining the at least one ingredient based on the ingredients image; determining a food recommendation list related to the at least one ingredient, based on user information about a user of a mobile device; obtaining cooking information about food that is selected from the food recommendation list; and providing the cooking information to a projector that is connected to the mobile device, wherein the cooking information is projected, via the projector, onto the plate on which the at least one ingredient is disposed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, performed by a mobile device, of providing information that is used by a user to cook food, the method comprising:
receiving, from a camera, an ingredients image of at least one ingredient on a plate;
determining the at least one ingredient based on the ingredients image;
determining a food recommendation list related to the at least one ingredient, based on user information;
receiving an input from a user selecting a food from the food recommendation list;
obtaining cooking information about the selected food, wherein the cooking information comprises information about a type and a weight of at least one additional ingredient that is used to cook the food, and information about a series of detailed cooking processes of cooking the food; and
providing the cooking information to a projector that is connected to the mobile device, wherein providing the cooking information comprises first providing the information about the type and the weight of the at least one additional ingredient to the projector, and second, sequentially providing the series of detailed cooking processes to the projector.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the at least one ingredient comprises providing the ingredients image to a server, and receiving, from the server, information about a type and a weight of the at least one ingredient.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the food recommendation list comprises providing the user information to a server, and receiving, from the server, the food recommendation list, wherein the food recommendation list comprises food recommended by the server based on the ingredients image and the user information.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the food recommendation list is recommended based on at least one of a weight of the user, a gender of the user, preferred food of the user, and a health condition of the user.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining whether one or more additional ingredients that are used to cook the food are contained in a refrigerator connected to the mobile device; and
obtaining shopping information about at least one ingredient that is not contained in the refrigerator and that is one of the one or more additional ingredients.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising at least one of:
displaying the shopping information on a screen of the mobile device, and
providing the shopping information to the projector.

7. A method, performed by a mobile device, of providing information that is used by a user to cook food, the method comprising:
receiving, from a camera, an ingredients image of at least one ingredient on a plate;
determining the at least one ingredient based on the ingredients image;
determining a food recommendation list related to the at leas one ingredient, based on user information;
receiving an input from a user selecting a food from the food recommendation list;
obtaining cooking information about the selected food;
providing the cooking information to a projector or that is connected to the mobile device; and
when an amount of the at least one ingredient on the plate is changed, determining new cooking information based on a new weight of the at least one ingredient, and
providing the new cooking information to the projector.

8. A method, performed by a mobile device, of providing information that is used by a user to cook food, the method comprising:
receiving, from a camera, an ingredients image of at least one ingredient on a plate;
determining the at least one ingredient based on the ingredients image;
determining a food recommendation list related to the at least one ingredient, based on user information;
receiving an input from a user selecting a food from the food recommendation list;
obtaining cooking information about the selected food; and
providing the cooking information to a projector that is connected to the mobile device,
wherein the receiving the ingredients image comprises receiving the ingredients image from the camera via a cradle device with which the mobile device is docked, and wherein the providing the cooking information to the projector comprises providing the cooking information to the projector via the cradle device.

9. A system for providing cooking information, the system comprising:
a mobile device, comprising:
a memory in which a cooking information program is stored; and
a display which displays the cooking information,
a communication unit which receives, from a camera, an ingredients image of at least one ingredient on a plate;
an input/output unit which receives input from a user;
a communication unit which communicates with a projector; and
a processor which executes the cooking information program and provides cooking information to a display;

wherein the processor determines the at least one ingredient based on the ingredients image; determines a food recommendation list related to the at least one ingredient, based on user information stored in the memory; receives, from the input/output unit, information regarding a food selected by the user; determines cooking information about the selected food; and instructs the communication unit to transmit the cooking information to the projector,
wherein the cooking information comprises information about a type and a weight of at least one additional ingredient that is used to cook the food, and information about a series of detailed cooking processes of cooking the food, and
wherein the projector first projects the information about the type and the weight of the at least one additional ingredient, and second, sequentially projects the series of detailed cooking processes.

10. The system of claim 9 , further comprising:
the projector which projects the cooking information onto the plate on which the at least one ingredient is disposed.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein:
the processor determines whether one or more additional ingredients that are used to cook the food are contained in a refrigerator connected to the mobile device; and
the processor obtains shopping information about at least one ingredient that is not contained in the refrigerator and that is one of the one or more additional ingredients.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the processor provides the shopping information to at least one of the display and the projector.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the processor provides the ingredients image to a server, and receives information about a type and a weight of the ingredients from the server.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the food recommendation list is determined based on at least one of a weight of the user, a gender of the user, preferred food of the user, and a health condition of the user.

15. The system of claim 9 , wherein the processor provides the user information to a server, and receives, from the server, the food recommendation list; wherein the food recommendation list comprises food recommended by the server based on the ingredients image and the user information.

16. A system for providing cooking information, the system comprising:
a mobile device, comprising:
a memory in which a cooking information program is stored; and
a display which displays the cooking information,
a communication unit which receives, from a camera, an ingredients image of at least one ingredient on a plate;
an input/output unit which receives input from a user;
a communication unit which communicates with a projector; and
a processor which executes the cooking information program and provides cookin

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cho Young-Ei
• Kim Na-Ri

Classifications

• G06T2207/10004

  Still image; Photographic image · CPC title

• G06T7/0004 Primary

  Industrial image inspection · CPC title

• G06T2207/30128

  Food products · CPC title

• G06Q30/0643

  graphically representing goods, e.g. 3D product representation · CPC title

• G06Q30/0631 Primary

  Recommending goods or services · CPC title