Food Intake Pie Chart Visualization for Dietary Assessment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional dietary recording devices and applications fail to provide a comprehensive assessment of food intake status and do not offer personalized balanced recommended dietary intake based on individual physiological data.

Innovation Solution

A method and device that calculates a user's recommended calorie intake, determines reference portion sizes for various food types, and generates a pie chart to visually represent food intake, using a computer-readable storage medium to execute these processes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If conventional recording functions are used to record the number of servings or calculate calorie intake for each food, then the recording process is simple, but it is difficult to perform a comprehensive assessment of the intake status of various food types

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecomprehensive assessment of food intake statusVSAvoidrecording function complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transitions from one-dimensional data recording (number of servings) to two-dimensional visual representation (pie charts showing proportional distribution of different food types). This dimensional change enables comprehensive assessment of food intake status by displaying both the quantity and composition of dietary intake in a single visual interface, resolving the contradiction between information completeness and system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates visual copies (pie charts) of the dietary intake data that represent the proportional composition of different food types. These visual copies provide an intuitive overview of food intake status without requiring complex analytical functions, thus maintaining simple recording operations while enabling comprehensive assessment through visual representation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Adaptability or versatility

If no personalized recommendation is provided, then the system remains simple, but there is no personalized balanced recommended dietary intake calculated from personal physiological data

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepersonalized dietary recommendationVSAvoidpersonalization function complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary calculation of personalized recommended dietary intake based on user physiological data before the user actually records their food intake. This pre-computation of personalized recommendations allows the system to adapt to individual users without adding complexity to the food recording process itself, as the recommendations are prepared in advance and can be directly compared with actual intake.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces visual pie charts as an intermediary representation that bridges personalized recommendations and actual food intake. The pie charts visually display both recommended and actual dietary composition, allowing users to easily compare and understand personalized recommendations without requiring complex computational interfaces or data analysis functions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Loss of information

If detailed food intake data is recorded, then comprehensive assessment is possible, but the user experience becomes less intuitive

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefood intake assessment accuracyVSAvoiduser interface intuitiveness
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses color-coded pie charts to represent different food types and their proportional composition in dietary intake. Different colors correspond to different food categories, enabling users to intuitively understand the composition of their diet at a glance. This visual encoding maintains accurate food intake assessment while dramatically improving ease of operation and user interface intuitiveness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #32Color changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent transforms detailed numerical food intake data into two-dimensional visual pie charts that display proportional composition. This dimensional transformation from one-dimensional numbers to two-dimensional visual representations enables comprehensive food intake assessment to be conveyed intuitively through visual proportions, areas, and colors, making the data easily interpretable without requiring numerical analysis skills.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentUS20240177825A1Method and device for presenting food information and computer readable storage medium
Publication Date: 2024.05.30 WISTRON CORP
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AI summary

A method and device for presenting food information and a computer readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: obtaining a recommended calorie intake of a user; determining a reference portion size of each of multiple food types based on the recommended calorie intake; determining a relative portion size of the reference portion size of each of the food types relative to a reference object; determining a food volume corresponding to the relative portion size of each of the food types according to an object volume of the reference object; and generating a pie chart according to the food volume corresponding to each of the food types.