System

The system addresses the challenge of reducing food waste and ensuring a balanced diet by using sensors and emotional engines to suggest recipes and recommend ingredients for near-expiration items, effectively utilizing close-expiration ingredients while considering user preferences and nutrient deficiencies.

JP2025053032APending Publication Date: 2025-04-07SOFTBANK GROUP CORP
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Patent Information

Application Number
JP2023162012
Authority / Receiving Office
JP · JP
Patent Type
Applications
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2023-09-26
Publication Date
2025-04-07

AI Technical Summary

Technical Problem

The challenge is to reduce food waste by utilizing ingredients with close expiration dates in the refrigerator while ensuring a balanced diet, taking into account temperature, preferences, and nutrient deficiencies.

Method used

A system that includes sensors or cameras to detect the expiration dates of ingredients, user input for preferences and nutrient deficiencies, temperature information, and an emotional engine to recognize user emotions, which together suggest recipes and recommend ingredients for replenishment.

Benefits of technology

The system effectively reduces food waste by utilizing near-expiration ingredients, ensures a balanced diet by considering user preferences and nutrient deficiencies, and provides personalized recipe suggestions based on user emotions.

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Abstract

To solve the problems of reducing food waste and supporting balanced meals by providing a system that utilizes ingredients in a refrigerator that are close to their best-before dates and proposes recipes taking into consideration temperature, preferences, and nutrients that are lacking.SOLUTION: A system includes means for utilizing ingredients in a refrigerator that are close to their best-before dates, means for taking into consideration temperature, preferences, and nutrients that are lacking, and means for proposing ingredients that would be good to replenish.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
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