Automatic identification of food substance

US10528793B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Noel C. Codella · Lagrangeville, US
• Jonathan H. Connell, II · Somers, US
• Hariklia Deligianni · Alpine, US
• Nalini K. Ratha · Yorktown Heights, US
• Vince Siu · Thornhill, CA
• Hui Wu · White Plains, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 22, 2017
• Grant date: Jan 7, 2020
• Expiry date: Apr 3, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06V20/68
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method of displaying information relating to an allergen present in a food substance together with a user profile, the method including capturing an image of a scene, segmenting the image to determining at least a segmentation of the food substance in the image, determining a classification of the food substance using the segmentation, determining a presence of the allergen in the food substance using the classification of the food substance and a database of allergens and food substances, determining a risk to a user using the user profile specifying a user sensitivity to the allergen, and displaying an output including a view of the user profile and the image, wherein the image is augmented to identify the presence of the allergen.