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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2016
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Mariana Simons-Nikolova, Bolton, MA (US);
Maarten Peter Bodlaender, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A system for managing the food intake of a person comprises means for collecting information about food consumed by the subject, and means for providing feedback to the subject regarding the food consumed. It further comprises a sensorfor obtaining a signal related to the person and monitoring means for generating the information by performing a pattern recognition of the obtained signal for detecting whether the person is consuming food. The sensor comprises a camera and the pattern recognition comprises image processing. The image processing comprises the detection of a mouth and of a hand and of food. The system further comprises means for causing an audio/video-rendering deviceto deliver the feedback. The camera is attached to the rendering device. The system further comprises means for identifying available rendering devicesarranged for being caused to deliver feedback.