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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Kazuhiro Hara, Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
Hiroki Nakano, Shiga, JP;
Hiroki Nishiyama, Chiba-Ken, JP;
Ai Okada, Tokyo, JP;
Tadayuki Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Mayumi Yoshitake, Ichikawa, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided are an apparatus and method for acquiring information designating a plurality of menu items provided in a meal; reading a characteristic of each of the plurality of menu items provided in the meal, from a menu item database that stores a characteristic for each menu item; generating an classification model for classifying a specified menu item from among the plurality of menu items, based on characteristics of the menu items; acquiring measurement data measured by a sensor attached to a utensil during the meal; and classifying a menu item corresponding to the measurement data, from a characteristic corresponding to the measurement data, using the classification model.