Patents by Inventor Tom Pschar

Tom Pschar has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • FOOD RECOGNITION USING VISUAL ANALYSIS AND SPEECH RECOGNITION
    Publication number: 20180075774
    Abstract: A method and system for analyzing at least one food item on a food plate is disclosed. A plurality of images of the food plate is received by an image capturing device. A description of the at least one food item on the food plate is received by a recognition device. The description is at least one of a voice description and a text description. At least one processor extracts a list of food items from the description; classifies and segments the at least one food item from the list using color and texture features derived from the plurality of images; and estimates the volume of the classified and segmented at least one food item. The processor is also configured to estimate the caloric content of the at least one food item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Manika PURI, Zhiwei Zhu, Jeffrey Lubin, Tom Pschar, Ajay Divakaran, Harpreet Sawhney
  • FOOD RECOGNITION USING VISUAL ANALYSIS AND SPEECH RECOGNITION
    Publication number: 20130260345
    Abstract: A method and system for analyzing at least one food item on a food plate is disclosed. A plurality of images of the food plate is received by an image capturing device. A description of the at least one food item on the food plate is received by a recognition device. The description is at least one of a voice description and a text description. At least one processor extracts a list of food items from the description; classifies and segments the at least one food item from the list using color and texture features derived from the plurality of images; and estimates the volume of the classified and segmented at least one food item. The processor is also configured to estimate the caloric content of the at least one food item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: SRI International
    Inventors: MANIKA PURI, ZHIWEI ZHU, JEFFREY LUBIN, TOM PSCHAR, AJAY DIVAKARAN, HARPREET SAWHNEY
  • Food recognition using visual analysis and speech recognition
    Patent number: 8439683
    Abstract: A method and system for analyzing at least one food item on a food plate is disclosed. A plurality of images of the food plate is received by an image capturing device. A description of the at least one food item on the food plate is received by a recognition device. The description is at least one of a voice description and a text description. At least one processor extracts a list of food items from the description; classifies and segments the at least one food item from the list using color and texture features derived from the plurality of images; and estimates the volume of the classified and segmented at least one food item. The processor is also configured to estimate the caloric content of the at least one food item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: SRI International
    Inventors: Manika Puri, Zhiwei Zhu, Jeffrey Lubin, Tom Pschar, Ajay Divakaran, Harpreet S. Sawhney
  • FOOD RECOGNITION USING VISUAL ANALYSIS AND SPEECH RECOGNITION
    Publication number: 20100173269
    Abstract: A method and system for analyzing at least one food item on a food plate is disclosed. A plurality of images of the food plate is received by an image capturing device. A description of the at least one food item on the food plate is received by a recognition device. The description is at least one of a voice description and a text description. At least one processor extracts a list of food items from the description; classifies and segments the at least one food item from the list using color and texture features derived from the plurality of images; and estimates the volume of the classified and segmented at least one food item. The processor is also configured to estimate the caloric content of the at least one food item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Manika Puri, Zhiwei Zhu, Jeffrey Lubin, Tom Pschar, Ajay Divakaran, Harpreet S. Sawhney