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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Fang Lu, Billerica, MA (US);
Italo Buleje, Orlando, FL (US);
Jingwei Yang, Cambridge, MA (US);
Piyush Madan, Boston, MA (US);
Rachita Chandra, Cambridge, MA (US);
Shilpa N. Mahatma, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Sundar Saranathan, Framingham, MA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for identifying health trends via the identification of ambiguous food items via container identification may be provided by: receiving an image captured from a user device that includes a food item; identifying a food container present in the image; identifying a utensil present in the image; determining a cluster of food items from a food recognition database corresponding to the food container and to the utensil; selecting a candidate food item from the cluster based on a confidence score of the candidate food item matching the food item; and adding the candidate food item to a dietary log associated with the user device.