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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2019
N.v. Nutricia, Zoetermeer, NL;
Agathe Camille Foussat, Singapore, SG;
Jiahang Song, Singapore, SG;
Enzo Acerbi, Singapore, SG;
Laurens Alexander Drapers, Utrecht, NL;
Ruben Zadok Hekster, Utrecht, NL;
N.V. Nutricia, Zoetermeer, NL;
Abstract
The invention provides a computer-implemented method of detecting a liquid level inside a container, the method comprising the steps of: capturing, by a camera of a portable device, a first image of the container; providing the first image to an input layer of a convolutional neural network, CNN; obtaining, from a final layer of the CNN, the liquid level inside the container in the first image; and storing the obtained liquid level, wherein the CNN is configured to identify features of a plurality of volume indicators of the container in the first image and determine the liquid level in the container in the first image based on the identified features.