Intake Sensing Device Calorie Analysis via Cloud Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for controlling calorie intake are limited as they primarily focus on calorie consumption during exercise, are not applicable for non-human entities, and lack a timed reminding function, especially since they do not provide direct control over calorie intake and do not utilize cloud services.
Innovation Solution
An intake analysis system comprising an intake sensing device and a cloud computing device that analyzes ingesta components, weight variations, and temperature to calculate calorie and intake values, generating noticing signals if predetermined values are exceeded, allowing for real-time feedback on intake information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If calorie consumption is monitored through exercise devices, then calorie consumption information can be obtained, but direct control over calorie intake cannot be achieved
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of monitoring calorie consumption after intake through exercise, the patent inverts the approach by directly monitoring calorie intake at the source (food container). The sensing device detects food components and calculates calorie content before consumption, allowing direct control over calorie intake rather than indirect control through post-consumption exercise tracking.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary cloud computing device that receives sensing data from the food container, calculates calorie content based on detected food components, and provides feedback to the user. This intermediary processing system enables accurate calorie intake monitoring and control that neither simple sensors nor exercise devices can achieve alone.
2Adaptability or versatility
If exercise-based calorie control is used, then calorie consumption can be tracked, but the method is inapplicable for animals and plants
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal health control system that can be applied to humans, animals, and plants through the same basic mechanism. The sensing device monitors food intake, the cloud computing device calculates nutritional content, and the system provides feedback appropriate for each entity type, enabling one system to serve multiple functions across different species without requiring exercise-based methods.
3Loss of time
If traditional sport devices are used for health control, then exercise tracking is possible, but timed reminding function cannot be achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a closed-loop feedback system where the sensing device continuously monitors food intake, the cloud computing device processes the data and compares it against target values, and the system provides real-time feedback through notices and reminders. This feedback mechanism enables timed reminding functions that alert users when they approach their calorie or nutrient limits, something traditional one-way exercise tracking devices cannot provide.
4Extent of automation
If cloud computing is integrated into the intake analysis system, then timed reminding and real-time feedback can be provided, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the health control system into distinct functional segments: a simple sensing device in the food container that only collects data, a cloud computing device that performs complex calculations and analysis, and a feedback interface that presents information to users. This segmentation allows the complex cloud computing functions to be separated from the simple sensing device, reducing the complexity burden on any single component while maintaining automated intake analysis capabilities.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables effective health control by providing users with detailed intake information, applicable to humans, animals, and plants, with timely reminders through cloud computing and notification systems.
Implementation Method 1
the calorie detecting module is a near infrared ray measuring meter that emits a near infrared ray to the ingesta to obtain an absorption rate of the ingesta and generate the detecting signal
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed are an intake analysis system and a method thereof comprising an intake sensing device and a cloud computing device. The intake sensing device may be installed in a container containing an ingesta, providing for analyzing a component of the ingesta to generate a detecting signal, and sensing a weight variation of the container having the ingesta therein to generate a weight sensing signal; the cloud computing device receives the detecting signal and weight sensing signal transmitted and calculates a calorie value and an intake value to generate substance ingested information, and compares the calorie value and the intake value. When the calorie value or intake value is greater than a predetermined value respectively, the cloud computing device generates a noticing signal, and transmits the substance ingested information and noticing signal to the intake sensing device, and the intake sensing device displays the substance ingested information and noticing information.