Food Patents (Class 434/127)
  • Patent number: 11915605
    Abstract: A method includes executing a diet recommendation process through a server to baseline an optimized diet to be recommended to a user with an elevated blood LDL level of 100-150 mg/dL and an elevated C-reactive protein level of >3 mg/L and/or an elevated ESR of >20 mm/hr based on performing statistical analyses on investigation data of a population of human subjects, and to modify a composition of the baselined optimized diet to be recommended to the user based on determining that adhering to the baselined optimized diet results in an increase in the elevated blood LDL level of the user accompanied by a decrease in the elevated C-reactive protein level and/or a decrease in the elevated ESR thereof and one or more parameter(s) of the user with reference to an additionally baselined optimal blood LDL level and an optimal blood C-reactive protein level and/or an optimal blood ESR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Inventor: Nicolas Tzenios
  • Patent number: 11894121
    Abstract: A method of creating a genetically personalized intravenous or intramuscular nutrition therapy treatment formula includes developing an initial mapping of individual micronutrients to SNPs, symptoms, conditions, and therapeutic objectives based on existing individual scientific literature references that link the specific micronutrient to an SNP, a symptom, a condition, or a therapeutic objective. The method includes receiving an SNP and a symptom, a condition, or a therapeutic objective for a patient, comparing the SNP, symptom, condition, therapeutic objective combination with the initial mapping to identify matching micronutrients, creating a custom treatment formula with the identified micronutrients, and treating the patient with the formula. Feedback data about the formula's effectiveness is received and the initial mapping is updated to account for the feedback data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Inventors: Sarah Lomas, Michael Barnish, Johnny Parvani
  • Patent number: 11839982
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for controlling a target device are disclosed. For example, a system includes a user computing device including a user interface, a user motion database communicatively coupled to the user computing device, a controller, a controller motion database communicatively coupled to the controller, and a target device communicatively coupled to the controller. The user computing device can be configured to connect the user motion database and the controller motion database to share corresponding sets of motion instructions in real-time in response to receiving a sync indication from the user computing device. The target device can be configured to implement the corresponding sets of motion instructions in real-time on the target device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Animax Designs, Inc.
    Inventor: Harold Fred Bufford, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11838144
    Abstract: A method for calibrating an induction cooking device includes capturing image data representing a cooking vessel and processing the image data to identify one or more features. The method further includes comparing the image data representing the cooking vessel to a library of stored image data of calibrated cookware. In response to identifying stored image data in the library that matches the one or more features, the method accesses preconfigured calibration data and configures the operation of the induction cooking device based on the preconfigured calibration data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Alessandro Boccotti, Alessandro Caruso, Stefano Moroni, David R. Vehslage
  • Patent number: 11830603
    Abstract: Disclosed are a system and a method for providing nutritional information based on image analysis using artificial intelligence. The system includes: at least one imaging device acquiring at least one image including at least one dish or at least one food contained in each dish; a service providing apparatus for detecting at least one food included in the at least one image when the at least one image is received, confirming the name of each detected food on the basis of a learning model, mapping food information included in pre-stored food information on the basis of the confirmed name, and generating nutritional information using the mapped food information; and a user terminal for visualizing and displaying the nutritional information when the nutritional information is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: doinglab Corp.
    Inventors: Hyun Suk Lee, Song Baik Jin, Jae Yeol Kim, Dae Han Kim, Yoo Bin Shin, Chae Yoon Han
  • Patent number: 11822304
    Abstract: A technique to operating a kitchen system for at least partially automatic preparation of food, a kitchen system and a computer program product are proposed, wherein one or more preparation parameters for one or more preparation steps and/or one or more kitchen appliances of the kitchen system to be used for the preparation are determined, adjusted and/or selected automatically and using a database system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding Gmbh
    Inventors: Robert Frielinghaus, Stefan Kraut-Reinkober
  • Patent number: 11817200
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed herein for generating personalized food guidance using predicted food responses. Using the technologies described herein, instead of providing food guidance that is generalized for a group of individuals, personalized food guidance is provided that takes into account an individual's personalized responses to foods, such as the individual's glucose and fat responses, the individual's micro biome, the individual's overall health, potential health risks for the individual, and/or other data associated with the individual. Providing an individual with personalized food guidance can make choosing food easier and healthier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Zoe Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan Thomas Wolf, Richard James Davies, Elco Bakker
  • Patent number: 11806179
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems for surview scans are provided. In one aspect, a method includes: collecting an image for a subject on a scan bed of a computed tomography system when the scan bed is stationary; determining a scan beginning position for a surview scan in the image, where graduation patterns are marked on the scan bed, and a relative position between the graduation patterns and the scan bed remains unchanged; obtaining a first distance between the scan beginning position and a surview collection plane perpendicular to the scanning bed according to the graduation patterns in the image; controlling the scan bed to move toward the surview collection plane; and in response to determining that a scan bed moving distance reaches the first distance, starting the surview scan to obtain a surview image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Neusoft Medical Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuangxue Li, Jun Yu, Wei Li
  • Patent number: 11741390
    Abstract: A cooking system and methods are provided. The cooking system includes a cooking appliance and an interactive assembly. The interactive assembly includes a display device that presents various images and information to a user, e.g., suggested recipes. An image capture device of the system can capture one or more images of food items being cooked, and based on the captured images, a controller of the system can classify the food item and can determine one or more parameters indicative of how the food item is or has been cooked by the cooking appliance. Thereafter, a machine-learned model of the controller determines one or more suggested recipes to present to a user based on the classification of the food item and how the food item is prepared. Then, the suggested recipes are presented to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeff Donald Drake
  • Patent number: 11734546
    Abstract: A method and a device for recommending food based on an artificial intelligence based user status are disclosed. The method includes obtaining use information from a mobile terminal and an external terminal connected to the mobile terminal, determining a user status through an AI device, and determining a preferred food of the user based on the user status, thereby providing convenience for the user's life. The device for recommending food based on the artificial intelligence based user status can be associated with an artificial intelligence module, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, devices related to 5G services, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaemyung Lee, Jichan Maeng, Seungjun Lee
  • Patent number: 11728025
    Abstract: The method provides for detecting information associated with consumed food. Data associated with detection events of food for possible consumption by a user is received from a plurality of sources. The data of detected food is parsed using a first criteria and parsing of event metadata is done using a second criteria and the data received from the detection event. Aggregate data is created for the food items by combining the detected food item data and the respective metadata of the detection event. An ordered list of food items from the aggregate data is generated and arranged according to a determined user consumption probability for the ordered list food items. The aggregate data of respective food items of the ordered list includes nutritional information of macronutrients and calories, accessed from a database, and the list of food items potentially consumed by the user are formatted into a predetermined form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Haertel, Wing Hon Lee, Lior Aronovich
  • Patent number: 11664098
    Abstract: Methods and systems to de-identify a longitudinal dataset of personal records based on journalistic risk computed from a sample set of the personal records, including determining a similarity distribution of the sample set based on quasi-identifiers of the respective personal records, converting the similarity distribution of the sample set to an equivalence class distribution, and computing journalistic risk based on the equivalence distribution. In an embodiment, multiple similarity measures are determined for a personal record based on comparisons with multiple combinations of other personal records of the sample set, and an average of the multiple similarity measures is rounded. In an embodiment, similarity measures are determined for a subset of the sample set and, for each similarity measure, the number of records having the similarity measure is projected to the subset of personal records. Journalistic risk may be computed for multiple types of attacks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: PRIVACY ANALYTICS INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Korte, Luk Arbuckle, Andrew Baker, Khaled El Emam, Sean Rose
  • Patent number: 11651413
    Abstract: A system for connecting food interests with food providers, the system including a computing device configured to receive, from each of a plurality of remote devices located in a specified location, a plurality of inputs containing food interest data; calculate, using a first machine-learning process, a nourishment intake theme for each of the plurality of remote devices; detect, a plurality of food providers located within the specified location providing a nourishment provision; identify, using a second machine-learning process; compare a remote device containing the nourishment intake theme with a food provider that offers a nourishment provision that compares the nourishment intake theme; and support transmission of the nourishment provision that compares the nourishment intake theme to the remote device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: KPN INNOVATIONS, LLC.
    Inventor: Kenneth Neumann
  • Patent number: 11622007
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to communicating with and controlling operation of electronically-controlled appliances. In one scenario, a computer system receives a first input from a computing system indicating that an electronically-controlled appliance is permitted to communicate with a cloud computing platform. The computer system generates a notification that is to be sent to a software application, where the software application is configured to control functions of the electronically-controlled appliance. The computer system transmits the generated notification to the software application, where the generated notification indicates that the cloud computing platform is communicably connected to the electronically-controlled appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Traeger Pellet Grills, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Colston
  • Patent number: 11610643
    Abstract: A personalized health formula system which combines genetic and metabolic data to generate personalized intervention plan, termed Genetic and Metabolic Data Associated Intervention (GMDAI), as well as a computer readable medium and device containing the same is disclosed. The GMDAI personalized health formula system includes a pathway decision module and a supplement intervention module. The pathway decision module can make a decision of increasing or decreasing one or more of the markers by weighing detected levels of these markers, and the supplement intervention module can recommend a personalized supplementation formula including the type and dosage of supplement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Govita Tech Limited
    Inventor: Vincent Chun Xin Gao
  • Patent number: 11593468
    Abstract: A method may include acquiring first physiological data relating to a first subject, extracting at least one first physiological feature from the first physiological data relating to the first subject, determining a first model relating to at least one first reference physiological feature, generating, based on the first model and the at least one first physiological feature, a second model, the second model relating to at least one second reference physiological feature corresponding to the second model, and determining, based on the second model and the at least one first physiological feature, at least one identification physiological feature relating to the first subject. In some embodiments, the at least one identification physiological feature may correspond to the at least one second reference physiological feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Vita-Course Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chuanmin Wei, Heng Peng, Jiwei Zhao
  • Patent number: 11587145
    Abstract: Systems and methods to predict and optimize automated recipe selection and item delivery for a customer. An item-selection server selects a plurality of predicted recipes based on customer preferences and order history. Hard and soft constraints are obtained to perform the optimization of the predicted recipes. The hard constraints define parameters that cannot be violated by a recipe or set of recipes, and soft constraints define parameters that expresses a tradeoff value associated with a recipe or set of recipes. Optimization includes selecting multiple sets of predicted recipes based on the hard constraints and scoring each recipe set based on the soft constraints, item inventory, and customer preferences. A specific set of recipes is selected for the order based on the scores, and the filling of the order is initiated for the customer with items associated with the selected set of recipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: HUNGRYROOT, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Pierce McKean, Da Kong, Luke Joseph Vaccaro, Rachel Lynn Donze, Jiaming Zhang, Alex Weinstein
  • Patent number: 11527317
    Abstract: The invention provides a system and method for the Interactive input of information and generation of data that may provide for provision of meal plans and an optimizer score to optimize human health goals through nutrient consumption to enhance body functions, health goals and disease prevention. A computer system may be provided to communicate using a communication network that may provide software configured to develop a user profile based upon user information entered by the user including in connection with health goals, health information and meal, raw food and ingredients that may be developed by the software based upon user information and searching of the data bases of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: MychewIQ, Inc.
    Inventors: Cem B Alptekin, William J Alptekin, Megan C Alptekin, Shannon E Alptekin, Courtney E Alptekin
  • Patent number: 11521734
    Abstract: An illustrative aspect of the present disclosure is a system and method of generating a recipe, which includes determining rankings for a plurality of food ingredients for a target food product according to at least one of a health-based feature, a cost, or a prevalence of the plurality of food ingredients. A neural network can receive, as inputs, the rankings of the plurality of food ingredients, and a plurality of existing recipes for food products in a same category as the target food product. The neural network can generate, as output, according to the rankings of the plurality of food ingredients and the plurality of existing recipes, a new recipe for the target food product that incorporates a select food ingredient from the plurality of food ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Journey Foods Inc.
    Inventors: Riana Lynn, Carol Schmitz
  • Patent number: 11488701
    Abstract: Embodiments for generating personalized advice to a user by a processor. A health state of a user may be learned from feedback information collected from a plurality of data sources for providing one or more customized communications. One or more customized communications may be provided to a user to alter one or more activities of the user so as to avoid one or more possible negative impacts upon the health state of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joao H. Bettencourt Da Silva, Spyros Kotoulas, Natasha Mulligan, Marco Luca Sbodio
  • Patent number: 11472689
    Abstract: Systems and methods for developing a recipe using a network of beverage synthesis devices are disclosed. A disclosed method includes transmitting, from a network architecture, the recipe to at least two beverage synthesis devices in the network of beverage synthesis devices. The recipe is compatible with the network of beverage synthesis devices for synthesis into a beverage. The method further includes receiving, at the network architecture, information from the at least two beverage synthesis devices. The method further includes modifying, subsequent to receiving of the information and using the network architecture, the recipe to produce a modified recipe. The method further includes transmitting, from the network architecture, the modified recipe to the network of beverage synthesis devices. The modified recipe is compatible with the network of beverage synthesis devices for synthesis into a modified beverage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Cana Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas D. Posner, Yashodhan Deshpande, Gregory Allen Springer
  • Patent number: 11475505
    Abstract: The embodiments herein provide a method and system for providing an integrated cooking machine, which automates the process of cooking completely and support connected operation in the cooking such as share recipes, order recipes and even support connecting with the ingredient supplier ecosystem for ordering the required item, thereby eliminating several food processing machines and even to the extent of removing kitchen in a house. The system includes electro-mechanical components for performing the cooking operation, which is driven by electronic circuits fed by programs that make this operation happen. The programs are stored in the device or downloaded from the cloud platform, which authenticates these machines and provide the required information. The system also has intuitive interface on the device to create recipes. The system is also configured to measure the output parameters of the food.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventor: Vishnu Gurusamy Sundaram
  • Patent number: 11461864
    Abstract: A means for food allergy management system, a smart AI driven restaurant menus on QR Code or barcode for enhanced dining experience is disclosed. This software invention brings Artificial Intelligence to restaurant menus, making them smarter, intelligent, enhanced and multilingual with advanced dish and item visuals and descriptions, strong analytics and hyperlinks to the meaning of industry terms. By bringing exceptional skills for content intelligence and ingredient safety management to menus, this invention fills the void on previously restaurant menus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Inventor: Paul Kpatcha Gnakou
  • Patent number: 11443844
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a smart tray for measuring a food intake and a weight change, and a weight management system comprising the smart tray, the smart tray comprising: a weight sensor for detecting the weight of an object placed on the upper surface and generating object weight information; an input unit for inputting the current weight information of an eater; and a control unit for controlling the weight sensor, generating weight deduction information, which is a value deducted from the object weight information, as food intake information within a predetermined time, and, by using same, generating estimated changed weight information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventor: Kwang-Cheol Jeong
  • Patent number: 11443286
    Abstract: Aspects relate to methods and systems for exploiting value within certain domains. An exemplary method includes interrogating, using a remote device, a user for scheduling data and at least a domain, wherein the at least a domain includes at least one domain and no more than a predetermined maximum number of domains, receiving, using the remote device, the at least a domain from the user, interrogating, using the remote device, the user for domain-specific data associated with the at least a domain, receiving, using the remote device, the domain-specific data from the user, generating, using a computing device, a domain target for the at least a domain as a function of the domain-specific data, generating, using the computing device, a user schedule as a function of the domain target and the scheduling data, and displaying, using the remote device, the user schedule and the domain target to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Flourish Worldwide, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph J Janiczek
  • Patent number: 11430347
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides method and apparatus for providing diet assistance to a user in a session. At least one message may be received in the session, the session being between the user and an electronic conversational agent. A diet intention associated with the user may be deduced based on the session and the at least one message. Diet information may be extracted from the at least one message. A diet requirement of the user may be identified based at least on the session and the at least one message. A diet suggestion for the user may be obtained based at least on the diet intention, the diet information and the diet requirement. A response including the diet suggestion may be generated and provided to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Xianchao Wu
  • Patent number: 11373545
    Abstract: Described herein are kits and methods for identifying the likelihood of having a food sensitivity or intolerance, and determining dietary modifications accordingly. For example, the likelihood of having sensitivities, intolerances or allergies to gluten, lactose, FODMAPs and others tested and calculated. Additionally, diet modifications can be determined according to the likelihood of particular sensitivities, and the effectiveness of diet modifications can be evaluated by monitoring of meals and subsequent symptoms, and evaluating the monitoring information. Through application of the methods herein, dietary intake and symptom data may be collected and aggregated to evaluate the effect or desirability of particular foods on a population of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Inventors: Brennan Spiegel, William D. Chey
  • Patent number: 11354607
    Abstract: An iterative process for cognitive assessment of generated work products relies on a variety of assessors providing different granularities such as coarse, medium and fine, in combination with user guidance. A cognitive system generates candidates based on soft constraints such as user preferences. The candidates are analyzed using first assessors to compute preliminary scores which are ranked and presented to a user. Based on user selection/adjustment, the system generates a final work product which is analyzed using second assessors, and presents the final work product and final scores to the user. There may be multiple iterations of the user adjustment and refined presentation of final work products. The invention may be consummated by receiving confirmation of the final work product from the user, and taking some action such as electronically completing a purchase of a product or electronically reserving a third-party service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Donna K. Byron, Carmine DiMascio, Christian Ewen, Florian Pinel
  • Patent number: 11348479
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed herein for improving the accuracy of nutritional responses measured in a non-clinical setting. Using the technologies described herein, different techniques can be utilized to improve the accuracy of test data associated with one or more “at home” tests. In some examples, more than one test is utilized to improve the accuracy of test data associated with a particular biomarker. In other examples, a data accuracy service can programmatically analyze data received from an individual and determine whether the data is accurate. In some examples, a computing device is utilized to assist in determining what food item(s) are consumed, as well as determine whether a test protocol was followed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Zoe Limited
    Inventors: George Hadjigeorgiou, Jonathan Thomas Wolf, Richard James Davies
  • Patent number: 11335089
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a food detection and identification method based on deep learning, which realizes food positioning and identification by a deep convolutional network. The method comprises: firstly, training a general multi target positioning network and a classification network by using food pictures; secondly, inputting the results of the positioning network into the classification network; finally, providing a classification result by the classification network. The method uses two deep convolutional networks with different functions to respectively detect and identify the food, which can effectively reduce the labeling cost of the food and improve the accuracy of positioning and identification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Inventors: Jiping Xiong, Lingfeng Ye, Lingyun Zhu, Jinhong Li
  • Patent number: 11322241
    Abstract: Embodiments provide systems and methods for processing information related to nutrient intake of a user associated with a user device. The method performed by a server system includes receiving a request to register the user with the server system through a health application installed on the user device. The method includes extracting user information from one or more sources and creating a user profile based on the user information. The method includes determining at least one nutrient for recommending to the user. The at least one nutrient is determined based on the user information. Further, the method includes comparing two or more products including the at least one nutrient. The method further includes facilitating a display of the comparison of at least a quantity of each ingredient in the two or more products on the health application installed on the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Nonstop Evolving Corp.
    Inventor: Sami Choura
  • Patent number: 11322235
    Abstract: We disclose a digital vaccine system which presents a user-driven avatar with tasks that test the avatar's physical fitness and food offerings at various stages. The avatar's appearance is responsive to the avatar's performance on the tasks and selection of the food offerings. The digital vaccine system uses deep learning systems to configure and update its parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Inventor: Bhargav Sri Prakash
  • Patent number: 11321583
    Abstract: An image annotating method includes: acquiring an image collected at a terminal; acquiring voice information associated with the image; annotating the image according to the voice information; and storing an annotated result of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: CLOUDMINDS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shiguo Lian, Zhaoxiang Liu, Ning Wang, Yibing Nan
  • Patent number: 11311135
    Abstract: Image analysis for comparison utilizes a combined image distance determined between the one or more captured images and the one or more reference images from a dual path analysis. The dual path analysis can comprise a first image analysis based on histograms of image colors and a second image analysis based a one-dimensional power spectral density of a black and white instance of the one or more captured images and the one or more reference images. In one case, the one-dimensional power spectral density derived by integrating a Discrete Fourier Transform of a two-dimensional image over annular rings of substantially equal area starting from the center of the two-dimensional image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Inventor: Prashant Choudhary
  • Patent number: 11295860
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed herein for using standardized meals and digital devices can be utilized outside a clinical setting to assist in determining/predicting one or more clinical states associated with one or more individuals. Using the technologies described herein, different techniques can be utilized to for using nutritional response measurements. For example, response measurements can be obtained for two fat meals instead of a single fat meal. Data associated with a circadian rhythm (e.g., sleep times, awake times) can also be utilized to improve the accuracy of the measured biomarkers. In other examples, biome data and other data can be utilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Zoe Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan Thomas Wolf, Richard James Davies, George Hadjigeorgiou
  • Patent number: 11238960
    Abstract: A system, method and computer readable memory for determining journalist risk of a dataset using population equivalence class distribution estimation. The dataset may be a cross-sectional data set or a longitudinal dataset. The determine risk of identification can be determined and used in de-identification process of the dataset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Privacy Analytics Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Korte, Luk Arbuckle, Andrew Baker, Khaled El Emam, Sean Rose
  • Patent number: 11232259
    Abstract: A system for personal recipe generation, the system including a computing device, the computing device configured to receive a target profile relating to a user, wherein the target profile identifies a nutrient target computed for a measured time interval; locate in a lexicon of ingredients, a first ingredient identifier including a first ingredient impact and a first semantic unit; compare the first ingredient impact to the target profile; and generate a personal recipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: KPN INNOVATIONS, LLC.
    Inventor: Kenneth Neumann
  • Patent number: 11227673
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for deriving a dietary plan. In one embodiment, the method comprises enabling a user to enter a long-term dietary goal at a health tracking device; accessing user profile information relating to the user; generating at least one value representative of a short-term dietary goal for the user based at least in part on the long-term dietary goal and the user profile information; dividing the at least one value of the short-term dietary goal among a plurality of dietary portions; and enabling the user to adjust the relative amount of the at least one value apportioned to each of the plurality of dietary portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: MyFitnessPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Chul Lee, Angela Hsiao
  • Patent number: 11183080
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed herein for generating personalized nutritional recommendations using predicted values of target biomarkers. Using the technologies described herein, a programmatic analysis is performed on different data to predict values of target biomarkers that are associated with an individual. Personalized nutritional recommendations are then generated, using the predicted values, and provided to the individual. The predictions are based on data that is associated with the individual, such as microbiome data, ketone data, glucose data, nutritional data, questionnaire data, and the like. A prediction service can utilize a machine learning mechanism to generate the predicted value of the target biomarkers. A nutrition service utilizes the predicted value of the target biomarkers when generating the personalized nutritional recommendations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Zoe Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan Thomas Wolf, George Hadjigeorgiou, Richard James Davies
  • Patent number: 11183291
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed herein for generating personalized nutritional recommendations using predicted values of target biomarkers. Using the technologies described herein, a programmatic analysis is performed on different data to predict values of target biomarkers that are associated with an individual. Personalized nutritional recommendations are then generated, using the predicted values, and provided to the individual. The predictions are based on data that is associated with the individual, such as microbiome data, ketone data, glucose data, nutritional data, questionnaire data, and the like. A prediction service can utilize a machine learning mechanism to generate the predicted value of the target biomarkers. A nutrition service utilizes the predicted value of the target biomarkers when generating the personalized nutritional recommendations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Zoe Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan Thomas Wolf, George Hadjigeorgiou, Richard James Davies
  • Patent number: 11164477
    Abstract: The present concerns systems, methods and computer program products for promoting the mindful consumption of a resource. A method for promoting the mindful consumption of a resource in accordance with one embodiment comprises interacting with a device to enter an initial state, receiving data indicative of a magnitude and direction of acceleration of the device and determining if the received data exceeds a threshold. If the received data exceeds the threshold, the device transitions to a secondary state, causing initiation of a timer. Upon expiration of the timer, the device transitions back to the initial state. According to one embodiment, transitioning from the initial state to the secondary state comprises darkening a first LED, e.g., a green LED, and illuminating a second LED, e.g., a red LED. Likewise transitioning from the secondary state to the initial state may comprise darkening the second LED and illuminating the first LED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventor: Julian Rosenberg
  • Patent number: 11135230
    Abstract: The invention provides lipid compositions comprising phospholipids having a high docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) content, which compositions are preferably extracted from natural sources. The lipid compositions are excellent sources of highly bioavailable DHA and they can be used in oral delivery vehicles, dietary supplements, functional foods, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Arctic Nutrition AS
    Inventors: Hogne Hallaraker, Jan Remmereit, Alvin Berger
  • Patent number: 11107368
    Abstract: A mobile communication system based on digital content including images and video that may be acquired, processed, and displayed using a plurality of mobile device, smartphones, and tablet computers. The system enables a variety of priority of systems for interactions between the devices including network servers, wearable devices and appliances. The priority of systems includes various wireless communication of data and telephony between devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Inventors: Sanjay K Rao, Sunil K Rao, Rekha K Rao
  • Patent number: 11087749
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for human-machine interfaces for improving machine understanding and fulfillment of utterance-based requests provided via the interfaces. Multiple candidate understandings from multiple stages of a natural language processing flow are preserved for arbitration and choosing by an arbitrator that applies arbitration rules to the plurality of candidates and chooses a single candidate for initiation of a corresponding service. In an embodiment, the arbitrator uses a media content taste profile to choose a candidate understanding for initiation of a corresponding service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Kurt Jacobson, Ben Lambert, Marcus Isaksson
  • Patent number: 11080775
    Abstract: Embodiments for recommending meals by a processor. A collaboration of data capturing a plurality of factors of a group user profile for each user in a group of users may be received for aiding in recommending one or more meals. The one or more meals may be recommended for the group of users according to the group user profile such that the recommending balances a satisfaction level for the one or more meals for the group of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Oznur Alkan, Adi I. Botea, Akihiro Kishimoto, Radu Marinescu
  • Patent number: 11048939
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Fang Lu, Italo Buleje, Jingwei Yang, Piyush Madan, Rachita Chandra, Shilpa N. Mahatma, Sundar Saranathan
  • Patent number: 11049603
    Abstract: A system and method for generating a procreant nourishment program comprises a computing device configured to obtain a procreant marker as a function of a procreant system, identify a procreant fascicle as a function of the procreant marker, wherein identifying comprises receiving an ilk parameter as a function of a biological database, retrieving a procreant functional goal, and identifying the procreant fascicle using a procreant machine-learning model, produce a procreant enumeration as a function of the procreant fascicle using an enumeration machine-learning model, determine a procreant appraisal as a function of the procreant enumeration, wherein determining comprises receiving a safe range as a function of a procreant recommendation, and determining the procreant appraisal as a function of the procreant enumeration and safe range, ascertain an edible as a function of the procreant appraisal, and generate a nourishment program as a function of the edible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: KPN INNOVATIONS, LLC.
    Inventor: Kenneth Neumann
  • Patent number: 11037669
    Abstract: The disclosed system calculates a single score for a consumable that indicates the nutritional health of that consumable. Nutritional health in one embodiment is an indication of whether nutrients within a consumable are within a healthy range that is specific to a user based on a recommended caloric intake. The system determines the impact on the individual's nutritional health by determining whether the nutritional content of a consumable falls within a range customized to the individual. The disclosed system thus tracks and displays the impact of consumables on individuals personalized nutritional requirements. The disclosed system also generates nutritional advice, enabling the individual to discover the impact of changes to nutritional habits on the individual's overall nutritional health. In an embodiment, the disclosed system determines and displays consumables that would need to be consumed to meet an individual's nutritional health needs over a specified period, such as in a given day.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Societe Des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventor: Soren Solari
  • Patent number: 11024410
    Abstract: A muscle condition change determination apparatus includes a circuit. The circuit configures: a change information acquisition unit; and a type determination unit. The change information acquisition unit acquires change information indicating changes in a plurality of muscle indicators. The type determination unit determines the type of change in a muscle condition according to the change information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: TANITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoko Takehara, Satsuki Yukino, Tomoka Shimizu, Masataka Takesada
  • Patent number: 11010564
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for fine-grained affective states prediction. The computer-implemented method creates training data comprising content conveying emotions. The method creates a trained model by performing an emotion vector space model training process using the training data to train a model using a feed forward neural network that converts discrete emotions into emotion vector representations. The trained model can be used to predict fine-grained affective states for text conveying an emotion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Zhe Liu, Jalal Mahmud, Anbang Xu, Yufan Guo, Haibin Liu, Rama Kalyani T. Akkiraju