WO2012043901A1

WO2012043901A1 - Diet management method and diet management apparatus

Info

Publication number: WO2012043901A1
Application number: PCT/KR2010/006667
Authority: WO
Inventors: 서동규
Original assignee: 엘지전자 주식회사
Priority date: 2010-09-30
Filing date: 2010-09-30
Publication date: 2012-04-05

Abstract

The present invention relates to a diet management method and a diet management apparatus. More specifically, the present invention relates to a diet management method comprising the following steps: photographing a menu to determine food types and calorie content of the menu; and implementing a diet plan based on at least one food type and the calorie content of the menu, and a diet management apparatus.

Description

Dietary Management Methods and Dietary Management Devices

The present invention relates to a dietary management method and a dietary management device. More specifically, the present invention relates to a dietary management method and a dietary management apparatus for imaging a diet to determine the type of food and calorie of the diet, and to perform a diet guide based on at least one of the type of food and calorie of the diet. will be.

As society develops, interest in personal health is gradually increasing. In particular, as the well-being culture has emerged recently, the demand for dietary management services has exploded.

The problem to be solved by the present invention is as follows.

One object of the present invention is to provide a dietary management method and a dietary management apparatus for outputting the calories of the diet by imaging the diet.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a dietary management method and a dietary management device with improved user convenience in selecting the food category of the food contained in the diet.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a dietary management method and a dietary management apparatus capable of analyzing various types of diets.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a diet management method and a dietary management device to improve the user's convenience by selecting a food category for a plurality of foods of the diet at a time.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a dietary management method and a dietary management apparatus that provides a comprehensive information for the health of the user as well as calories of the diet by imaging the diet.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a dietary management method and a dietary management device for providing calories for a portion of the diet.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a dietary management method and a dietary management device that accurately grasps the amount of food actually ingested by a user and provides more accurate calorie intake.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a dietary management method and a dietary management device which communicate with a dietary management server and the like to provide more comprehensively analyzed health guide information.

Technical problems to be achieved by the present invention are not limited to the technical problems mentioned above, and other technical problems not mentioned above will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Could be.

The present invention solves the above problems by providing a dietary management method and a dietary management device as follows.

The dietary management device according to an aspect of the present invention includes an image and a food image for displaying a plurality of objects reflecting a camera, a food image, and a plurality of food categories, respectively, by capturing a diet including food. The input unit receives an input corresponding to one of the plurality of objects, and determines the type of food based on the food category reflected by the corresponding object, calculates the calories of the diet based on the type of food, and calculates the calories of the diet. And a control unit for controlling the output unit to display.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a dietary management device includes a camera for obtaining a food image by photographing a diet including food, an input unit for receiving a diet type of a diet, a food image, and a plurality of food categories belonging to a diet type, respectively. Receiving an input to correspond to the food image and one of the plurality of objects through the output unit and the input unit for displaying a plurality of objects to determine the type of food based on the food category reflected by the corresponding object, It includes a control unit for calculating the calories of the diet based on the type, and controls the output unit to display the calories of the diet.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a dietary management device includes a camera for obtaining a food image by photographing a diet including food, an food image, and an output unit for displaying a plurality of objects reflecting a plurality of food categories, respectively, and a food image. And determine the type of food based on the food category reflected by the corresponding object when at least a portion of the input unit, the food image, and the corresponding object overlap with each other, the input unit corresponding to one of the plurality of objects. And a control unit for calculating a calorie value of the diet based on the control unit, and controlling the output unit to display calorie value of the diet.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a dietary management device includes a camera for obtaining a food image by photographing a diet including food, an food image, and an output unit for displaying a plurality of objects reflecting a plurality of food categories, respectively, and a food image. Is an input unit for receiving an input corresponding to one of the plurality of objects, the type of food is determined based on the food category reflected by one object, the amount of food is determined based on the food image, the type of food and It includes a control unit for calculating the calorie of the diet based on the amount of food, and controls the output unit to display the calorie of the diet.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a dietary management device includes a camera for obtaining a food image by photographing a diet including food, an food image, and an output unit for displaying a plurality of objects reflecting a plurality of food categories, respectively, and a food image. The input unit to receive the input corresponding to the first object of the plurality of objects, the type of food is determined based on the first food category reflected by the first object, the calorie of the diet is calculated based on the type of food, And a controller configured to control the output unit to obtain diet guide information based on at least one of a type and calories of the diet, and output at least one of calories and diet guide information of the diet. Here, the controller may acquire body information and obtain dietary guide information by further considering the body information.

A dietary management method according to an aspect of the present invention includes the steps of obtaining a food image by photographing a diet including food, displaying a plurality of objects reflecting a food image and a plurality of food categories, and a plurality of food images. Receiving an input corresponding to one of the objects of the object, determining the type of food based on the food category reflected by the corresponding one object, calculating calories of the diet based on the type of food, and diet Displaying the calorific value of the.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a dietary management device includes a camera for obtaining a food image by photographing a diet including food, an output unit for displaying a plurality of objects reflecting a plurality of objects, and a food image and a plurality of food categories, respectively, a food image. Is an input unit for receiving an input corresponding to the first object among the plurality of objects, and transmits the first food category and the food image reflected by the first object to an external device, and judges the external food based on the first food category and the food image. And a control unit configured to calculate a calorie value of the diet based on the type of food and control the display to display the calorie value based on the type of food.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a dietary management device includes a camera for obtaining a food image by photographing a diet including food, an output unit for displaying a plurality of objects reflecting a plurality of objects, and a food image and a plurality of food categories, respectively, a food image. Is an input unit for receiving an input corresponding to one of the plurality of objects, a controller for determining an object in which at least a portion of the food image overlaps with the food image among the plurality of objects, and a first food reflected by the first object by an external device. And a communication unit configured to transmit the category and the food image, and to receive the type of food determined based on the first food category and the food image from an external device. Here, the control unit calculates the calories of the diet based on the type of food, and controls the display to display the calories.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a dietary management device includes a camera for obtaining a food image by photographing a diet including food, an output unit for displaying a plurality of objects reflecting a plurality of objects, and a food image and a plurality of food categories, respectively, a food image. Is an input unit for receiving an input corresponding to the first object among the plurality of objects, and transmits the first food category and food image reflected by the first object to an external device, and determines the food of the food determined based on the first food category from the external device. It includes a communication unit for receiving the calories of the calculated diet according to the type and a control unit for controlling the display to display the calories.

The present invention has the following effects.

According to the present invention, the dietary management device determines the type of food according to the image related to the image of the diet and the food category, calculate the calorie of the diet and provide it to the user, the user can know the calorie of the diet There is.

According to the present invention, the calorie of the user's diet is provided to control his diet accordingly, there is an effect that can be adjusted to suit the health and disease management.

According to the present invention, there is an effect that the dietary management device can more conveniently determine the food category of the food by providing the user with a suitable food category according to various diet types to the user.

According to the present invention, the dietary management device calculates the calories of the diet in consideration of the amount of food in addition to the type of food, thereby providing the user with a more accurate calorie of the diet.

According to the present invention, the dietary management device not only provides the user with calories of a simple diet, but also provides a user-customized diet guide information by comprehensively considering a variety of information such as the type of food and calories of the diet, so that the user more efficiently It is effective to carry out diet management.

According to the present invention, there is an effect that the user can know the calories for the part of the entire diet.

According to the present invention, by providing a user with calories about a portion of the diet, the user can select a portion of the diet in various ways and the calorie information accordingly can find out what foods to eat in the entire diet.

According to the present invention, when the dietary management device has a plurality of foods in the diet, instead of selecting a food category for each food, the user conveniently selects a food category by selecting a food category belonging to the same food category at a time. It works.

According to the present invention, the dietary management device compares the pre-die and post-diet to calculate the correct food intake to provide a more accurate intake to the user.

According to the present invention, a dietary management device can provide information to a user more quickly and accurately by providing a user with more accurately analyzed information obtained from an external device by transmitting and receiving information related to dietary management. It has an effect.

According to the present invention, the user is provided with a service related to health care by using a dietary management device, the individual has an effect that can lead to a healthier life and save medical costs that are unnecessarily socially wasted.

1 is a perspective view of a dietary management device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a block diagram of a dietary management device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a view of the camera of the dietary management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a view of the output unit of the dietary management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a first view of an input unit of a dietary management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a second view of the input unit of the dietary management apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a view of the communication unit of the dietary management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a flowchart of a dietary management method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a first view of an input corresponding to a food image and an object in the dietary management method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a second view of an input corresponding to a food image and an object in the dietary management method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a third view of an input for associating a food image with an object in the dietary management method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

12 is a view of the types of food belonging to the food category in the diet management method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

13 is a view of the selection of the type of food in the dietary management method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

14 is a flowchart of a dietary management method according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

15 is a view of the selection of the diet type of the diet in the dietary management method according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

16 is a view of the food category belonging to the type of diet in the dietary management method according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a first view of the output of food category belonging to a type of diet in the dietary management method according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

18 is a second view of the output of the food category belonging to the type of diet in the diet management method according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

19 is a flowchart of a dietary management method according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

20 is a view of the determination of the amount of food in the diet management method according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

21 is a flowchart of a dietary management method according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 22 is a first view of output of dietary guide information in the dietary management method according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 23 is a second diagram of output of dietary guide information in the dietary management method according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

24 is a third view of outputting dietary guide information in the dietary management method according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

25 is a flowchart of a dietary management method according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 26 is a first view of selecting at least a portion of a diet in a dietary management method according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

FIG. 27 is a second view of selecting at least a portion of a diet in a dietary management method according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

FIG. 28 is a first view of a change in at least a portion of a diet in a dietary management method according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

29 is a second view of the change of at least a part of the diet in the dietary management method according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

30 is a flowchart of a dietary management method according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 31 is a diagram of setting food and drink groups in a dietary management method according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

32 is a view of the addition of the food group in the diet management method according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

33 is a view of the exclusion of the food group in the diet management method according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 34 is a diagram illustrating an input corresponding to a food group and an object in a dietary management method according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

35 is a flowchart of a dietary management method according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention.

36 is a view of the dietary diet image of the dietary management method according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 37 is a first view of a dietary meal image of the dietary management method according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

FIG. 38 is a second view of a dietary meal image of the dietary management method according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

39 is a diagram illustrating output of dietary guide information in the dietary management method according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention.

40 is a flowchart of a dietary management method according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention.

41 is a view of the communication unit of the dietary management method according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention.

The terms used in the present specification are used to easily explain the present invention. Accordingly, the invention is not limited by the terms used herein.

The present invention can be modified or modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. At this time, modifications or variations that do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, the present invention includes modifications or variations without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

For the same components, the same reference numerals are used in the drawings, and redundant descriptions may be omitted.

This invention is not limited by the Example described below.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, the present invention will be described.

Hereinafter, a dietary management apparatus 100 according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. 1 is a perspective view of a dietary management device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a block diagram of a dietary management device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The dietary management device 100 may allow a user to perform dietary management. Here, diet management may mean adjusting the intake of food or food for the treatment of diseases or maintenance of health. For example, chronic diseases, such as metabolic syndrome, high blood pressure, diabetes, need to adjust the usual eating habits in order to manage the disease will be able to receive diet management using this dietary management device (100). Not only that, even healthy people may need to adjust their eating habits for various purposes, such as maintaining their health and managing their body shape, but will also be able to receive dietary management using the dietary management device 100.

The dietary management apparatus 100 according to the present invention may allow the user to control his or her diet by imaging the diet and providing calorie or other dietary guide information accordingly. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the dietary management apparatus 100 provides information for determining the type of food using a camera 110 for photographing a diet, an image captured by the camera 110, and the like. And, the output unit 130 for outputting information for dietary management, such as calories of the diet and other dietary guide information, the input unit for receiving a signal for determining the type of food in the diet and information for other dietary management 120, the communication unit 140 for transmitting and receiving information for dietary management by communicating with an external device, the storage unit 150 for storing the information for dietary management and the type or amount of food, based on this It may include at least one of the control unit 160 for controlling the other components of the dietary management device 100 to calculate the calorie of the diet, obtain diet guide information, and perform dietary management. Since the dietary management apparatus 100 according to the present invention does not necessarily include all the above-described components, the dietary management apparatus 100 may optionally include the above-described components.

Hereinafter, with reference to FIGS. 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 with respect to each configuration of the dietary management apparatus 100 according to the present invention, the camera 110, the output unit 130, the input unit 120, The communication unit 140, the storage unit 150, and the control unit 160 will be described in this order. 3 is a view of the camera 110 of the dietary management apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 4 is an output unit 130 of the dietary management apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. 5 is a first view of the input unit 120 of the dietary management apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a dietary management apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a communication unit 140 of the dietary management apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The camera 110 may photograph a diet. The diet may include at least one food. For example, the diet may consist of foods such as rice, soft tofu soup, salad and bulgogi as shown in FIG.

The camera 110 may acquire a diet image by photographing such a diet. Here, the diet image may be a still image or a video, and may include at least one food image. For example, the camera 110 may capture a diet as shown in FIG. 3 to obtain a diet image including food images of rice, tofu soup, salad, and bulgogi.

The output unit 130 may output information to the outside. As a result, the user may be provided with information from the dietary management apparatus 100. The output unit 130 may output information in various ways. The output unit 130 may output information using the visual signal, the audio signal, and the tactile signal. The output unit 130 may include at least one of a display, a speaker, a vibrator, and various other output devices.

The output unit 130 may provide various information. Here, the output unit 130 may output information for dietary management, including an interface for determining the type of food and calories of meals or other dietary guide information, using an image captured by the camera 110. . For example, as illustrated in FIG. 4, the output unit 130 may display an object reflecting a food image and a food category captured by the camera 110.

The input unit 120 may receive information from the outside. The input unit 120 may receive information in various ways. The input unit 120 may receive information according to a signal, a touch signal, a gesture signal, an audio signal, an image signal, etc. according to pressing the keyboard. The input unit 120 may include at least one of various input devices such as a keyboard, a mouse, a touch screen, a microphone, and the like.

The input unit 120 may receive various information or signals. Here, the input unit 120 may receive a signal for determining the type of food in the diet and information for other dietary management. For example, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, when the output unit 130 displays an object reflecting a food image and a food category including a food image, the input unit 120 is as shown in FIG. 5. A touch signal for selecting one of the displayed objects or dragging and dropping one of the displayed objects to the food image as shown in FIG. 6 may be received.

The communication unit 140 may communicate with an external device. Here, the external device may include a dietary management server 10, a mobile communication terminal, a personal computer, and various sites on the Internet. The communication unit 140 may perform communication in various ways through various external devices and wired and wireless networks. For example, the communication unit 140 may perform wired communication such as a universal serial bus (USB), an RS-232 (RS-232) method, and the like. For another example, the communication unit 140 may perform wireless communication such as Wi-Fi, Wibro, Bluetooth, Zigbee, RF, and IR communication. Could be. The communication method of the communication unit 140 is not limited to the above-described example, but may also include various methods of transmitting and receiving information with an external device.

The communication unit 140 may transmit and receive information for dietary management. For example, the communication unit 140 transmits a food image and a food category to the dietary management server 10 as shown in FIG. 7, and receives at least one of food type, calorie value of the food, and other dietary guide information. Can be.

The storage unit 150 may store information. The storage unit 150 may include various storage media. For example, the storage unit 150 may include a flash memory, a RAM, a ROM, a hard disk, an SD card, an optical disk such as a CD or a Blu-ray disk, and various other storage media. You can do it. The storage unit 150 may be provided in a form embedded in the interior of the dietary management device 100 or a form that can be mounted and detached.

The storage unit 150 may store information related to dietary management. The storage unit 150 may receive and store information from the input unit 120, the communication unit 140, the control unit 160, and the like. Information related to such a dietary management, diet image, food image, food type, food category, diet type, food type, amount of food, calories of diet, user's body information, diet guide information and other various information can do.

The controller 160 may determine the type or amount of food, calculate calories of the diet, obtain diet guide information, and control other components of the dietary management apparatus 100 to perform dietary management. have. Details of the control unit 160 will be described later in the description of the dietary management method according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, a dietary management method according to the present invention will be described.

The dietary management method according to the present invention will be described using the dietary management apparatus 100 according to the present invention. Here, the dietary management device 100 is used to easily explain the dietary management method according to the present invention. Therefore, the dietary management method according to the present invention is not limited by the dietary management apparatus 100 according to the present invention.

The dietary management method according to the present invention may be performed using another apparatus that performs the same function as the dietary management apparatus 100 according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, a dietary management method according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13. 8 is a flowchart of a dietary management method according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 9 is a first diagram of an input corresponding to an image of food and an object in the dietary management method according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a second view of an input corresponding to a food image and an object in the dietary management method according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 11 is a dietary management method according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an input for mapping a food image and an object. FIG. 12 is a diagram of a type of food belonging to a food category in the dietary management method according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the selection of foods in the dietary management method according to the embodiment.

In the diet management method according to the first embodiment of the present invention, as shown in Figure 8, the step of obtaining a food image by imaging a diet containing food (S110), each reflecting a food image and a plurality of food categories Displaying a plurality of objects (S120), receiving an input for mapping the food image to one of the plurality of objects (S130), the type of food based on the food category reflected by the object corresponding to the food image The determining may include at least one of the step (S140), calculating the calorie of the diet based on the type of food (S150) and outputting the calorie of the diet (S160). Hereinafter, each step of the dietary management method according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described.

The dietary management apparatus 100 may obtain a food image by photographing a diet including food (S110).

The camera 110 may capture a diet to obtain a diet image. Here, the diet may include at least one food, and the diet image may include at least one food image regarding at least one food. For example, as described above, the camera 110 may acquire a diet image including food images related to rice, soft tofu soup, salad, and bulgogi by imaging the diet as shown in FIG. 3.

The dietary management apparatus 100 may display a plurality of objects reflecting a food image and a plurality of food categories, respectively (S120).

The output unit 130 may display a food image. As shown in FIG. 4, the output unit 130 may display all or part of a diet image including a food image. Alternatively, the output unit 130 may extract the food image from the diet image to display only the food image.

The output unit 130 may display a plurality of objects. Here, the object may include a character, a symbol, a figure, an icon, an image, a color, a shape, etc. reflecting a food category. The plurality of objects may reflect different food categories, respectively. Here, the food category may mean a higher category including similar food types among various food types. For example, a food category includes a food category including a food category including rice, barley rice, and other food categories including rice, seaweed soup, and miso soup, and a food category including soup, kimchi, seaweed, and radish. It could include side dishes, which are categories. In FIG. 4, the object is displayed as a letter, but the object is not necessarily output as a letter. For example, a food category reflecting rice may be displayed as a picture of rice.

The dietary management apparatus 100 may receive an input for mapping the food image to one of the plurality of objects (S130).

The input unit 120 may receive an input or a signal corresponding to a food image from a user. The input unit 120 may receive such a signal in various ways.

For example, the input unit 120 may receive an input such that at least a portion of the displayed food image and one of the plurality of objects overlap each other on the screen. The input unit 120 may thereby obtain an input corresponding to one object overlapping the food image. In detail, as illustrated in FIG. 6, the input unit 120 may be provided as a touch screen to receive a touch input of dragging and dropping a specific object among a plurality of displayed objects to a specific food image among a plurality of food images. The input unit 120 may thereby obtain an input corresponding to the specific food image and the specific object. Alternatively, as illustrated in FIG. 9, the input unit 120 may be provided as a touch screen to receive a touch input of dragging and dropping a specific food image among a plurality of displayed food images to a specific object among the plurality of objects.

For another example, as illustrated in FIG. 10, the input unit 120 may be provided as a touch screen to receive a touch input regarding a specific food image among a plurality of displayed food images and a touch input regarding a specific object among a plurality of objects. have. The input unit 120 may thereby obtain an input corresponding to the specific food image and the specific object. In detail, the input unit 120 may receive an input for simultaneously multi-touching a specific food image and a specific object. Alternatively, the input unit 120 may receive an input for touching a specific food image, receive an input for touching a specific object, or the input unit 120 may receive an input in the reverse order.

For another example, as illustrated in FIG. 11, the output unit 130 provides a plurality of objects, each reflecting a plurality of food categories, to a predetermined area of the screen, and the input unit 120 touches a food image. You can get The touch input may be a gesture for moving the food image in a direction in which a specific object is displayed among the plurality of objects. That is, the input unit 120 does not necessarily receive a touch signal for overlapping at least a portion of the specific object and the food image through drag and drop, and the input unit 120 displays the specific object from the location where the food image is output. Receive a touch input moving in the direction.

As another example, the input unit 120 may receive a touch input regarding a food image and a voice signal regarding a food category.

The input unit 120 may receive an input from the user, which corresponds to the food category, through the above-described various methods. However, the method of obtaining the input by the input unit 120 is not limited to the above-described example and may include all other similar methods.

The dietary management apparatus 100 may determine the type of food based on the food category reflected by the object corresponding to the food image (S140).

The controller 160 may determine the specific food category reflected by the specific object corresponding to the food image by the input unit 120 of the food category corresponding to the food image. The controller 160 may determine the type of food based on the specific food category.

The storage unit 150 may store food types for each food category. For example, as shown in FIG. 12, the storage unit 150 stores food types such as rice, barley rice, soybean rice, and grain rice for food category rice, and seaweed soup, miso soup, and bean sprouts for food category soup. Soup, kimchi stew, etc. may be stored, and as for the food category side dish, kimchi, nori, radish, crude meat, bulgogi, and the like may be stored. Alternatively, the storage 150 may store food types and store information on food categories to which the food types belong. For example, the storage unit 150 may store food types such as rice, barley rice, and soybean rice, and information indicating that these food types belong to food category rice may be stored.

The controller 160 may determine the type of food based on the specific food category using the information stored in the storage 150. The controller 160 may obtain a type of food belonging to a specific food category from the storage unit 150 based on the above-described specific food category, and select one food type from among them to determine the type of food.

For example, the controller 160 controls the output unit 130 to display food types belonging to a specific food category, obtains an input for selecting one of these food types through the input unit 120, and inputs such inputs. Depending on the type of food can be determined. As shown in FIG. 13, when the food category is a side dish, the output unit 130 displays food types such as kimchi, seaweed, radish, radish, bulgogi, and the like, and the input unit 120 displays one type of food from the user. It can receive a signal to select. The controller 160 determines the type of food accordingly.

For another example, the controller 160 obtains a food type belonging to a food category reflected by the object corresponding to the food image from the storage 150, and selects one food type based on the food image among the food types. The kind of food can be judged by doing this. The controller 160 determines the food type having the same image pattern as the pattern or the food type having the most similar image pattern among the food types belonging to a specific food category based on the color pattern or the shape pattern of the food image as the food type. Can be. In detail, the controller 160 may determine the food category of the food as the rice through the input unit 120, and may obtain food types such as rice, barley, and soybean rice. Here, the food is bean rice, and the food image may be an image of white and green mixed in a regular pattern by mixing white rice and green beans. The control unit 160 may determine the soybean rice as the type of food among the types of food such as rice, barley rice, and soy rice based on the food image.

The dietary management device 100 may calculate calories of the diet based on the type of food (S150).

The controller 160 may calculate calories of the diet based on the type of food. The storage unit 150 may store calories according to food types. The controller 160 may calculate the calories of the diet based on the calories according to the types of foods determined as described above and the types of foods stored in the storage unit 150. For example, when the diet includes rice, soft tofu soup, salad, storage unit 150 is 500kcal in calories of rice, 150kcal in calories of soft tofu soup, 100kcal in calories of salad is stored, the control unit 160 Based on this, calories in the diet could be calculated as a total of 750 kcal.

The dietary management device 100 may output the calories of the diet (S160).

The output unit 130 may output the amount of heat calculated in this way. The output unit 130 may display the calculated amount of heat or output a voice message, for example.

The dietary management device 100 may transmit the calories of the diet to an external device, for example, the dietary management server 10. The dietary management server 10 may collect, store, and provide the stored information about the calories of the diet to a health care company or a person related to the user's health.

According to the dietary management method according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the type of food is determined based on the image related to the food category and the food category of the food imaged by the camera 110, and accordingly calories of the diet. By calculating and providing to the user, there is an effect that the user can know the calories of the diet. As a result, the user has the effect of controlling his diet according to the calories of the diet. In addition, the user can use this information to adjust the diet to suit health and disease management.

Hereinafter, a dietary management method according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18. 14 is a flow chart of a dietary management method according to a second embodiment of the present invention, Figure 15 is a view of the selection of the diet type of the diet in the dietary management method according to a second embodiment of the present invention, Figure 16 is In the dietary management method according to the second embodiment of the present invention, it is a diagram relating to the food category belonging to a diet type, and FIG. 17 shows the output of the food category belonging to the diet type in the dietary management method according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 18 is a second view of the output of a food category belonging to a type of diet in the dietary management method according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

In the dietary management method according to the second embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 14, step S210 of receiving a diet type of a diet is performed, and imaging a diet including food is obtained to obtain a food image S220. Displaying a plurality of objects respectively reflecting a plurality of food categories belonging to a food image and a type of a diet (S230); receiving an input for mapping the food image to one of the plurality of objects (S240); Determining the type of food based on the food category reflected by the object corresponding to the image (S250), calculating the calorie of the diet based on the type of food (S260) and outputting the calorie of the diet (S270) It may include at least one of). Hereinafter, each step of the dietary management method according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. Photographing a diet including foods to obtain a food image (S220), receiving an input for mapping the food image to one of a plurality of objects (S240), based on the food category reflected by the corresponding object Determining the type of food (S250), calculating the calorie of the diet based on the type of food (S260) and outputting the calorie of the diet (S270) is a dietary management according to the first embodiment of the present invention The method may be the same as described above.

The dietary management device 100 may receive the type of diet of the diet (S210).

The input unit 120 may receive the type of diet of the diet. Here, the type of diet may include a type of diet according to a region such as Korean, Chinese, Japanese, and Western, and a type of diet according to a meal time such as breakfast, lunch, dinner, and late night. The input unit 120 may receive such a type of diet through various methods.

For example, as shown in FIG. 15, the output unit 130 may display at least one diet type on the screen, and the input unit 120 may receive an input for selecting one of these diet types. For another example, the input unit 120 may receive a voice signal relating to the type of diet.

A plurality of objects respectively reflecting a plurality of food categories belonging to the food image and the type of diet may be displayed (S230).

The output unit 130 may display the food image and the plurality of objects as described above in the dietary management method according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In this case, the plurality of objects may reflect a food category belonging to the type of diet received.

The storage unit 150 may store a food category for each type of diet. For example, as shown in FIG. 16, the storage unit 150 stores Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and Western foods as a diet type, stores food categories such as rice, soup, and side dishes for Korean food, and stores Japanese food. Store food categories such as rice, soup, tsukemono, and refreshments, store food categories such as rice, soup, and dumplings for lunch, and store food categories such as soup, appetizer, main dish, and side dish for Western food. Can be.

The controller 160 may control the output unit 130 to obtain a type of diet through the input unit 120 and output an object reflecting a food category belonging to the type of diet according to the obtained diet type. For example, as shown in FIG. 17, the controller 160 may control the output unit 130 to provide an object reflecting rice, soup, and side dishes when Korean food is obtained as a type of diet. For example, as shown in FIG. 18, the controller 160 may control the output unit 130 to provide an object reflecting a soup, an appetizer, a main dish, and a side dish when a form is obtained as a diet type. have.

According to the dietary management method according to the second embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to more conveniently determine the food category of the food by providing a user with a food category suitable for the user according to various diet types.

Hereinafter, a dietary management method according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 19 and 20. 19 is a flowchart of a dietary management method according to a third embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 20 is a view related to the determination of the amount of food in the dietary management method according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

In the dietary management method according to the third embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 19, a step of acquiring a food image by imaging a diet including food (S310), reflecting a food image and a plurality of food categories, respectively Displaying a plurality of objects (S320), receiving an input for mapping a food image with one of the plurality of objects (S330), and determining a type of food based on a food category reflected by the corresponding object. (S340), determining the amount of food (S350), calculating calories of the diet based on the type and amount of food (S360), and outputting calories of the diet (S370). Can be. Hereinafter, each step of the dietary management method according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described. Obtaining a food image by photographing a diet including food (S310), displaying a plurality of objects reflecting a food image and a plurality of food categories (S320), and displaying a food image as one of a plurality of objects. Receiving an input corresponding to the step (S330), the step of determining the type of food based on the food category reflected by the corresponding object (S340) and outputting the calorie of the diet (S370) is the first embodiment of the present invention In the dietary management method according to the example may be the same as described above.

The dietary management device 100 may determine the amount of food (S350).

The controller 160 may determine the amount of food. The controller 160 may determine the amount of food based on the food image. The controller 160 may determine the amount of food based on the size of the food image. For example, the controller 160 may acquire a food image as shown in FIG. 20 through the camera 110. Specifically, FIG. 20 illustrates a full rice, half full rice, empty rice bowl, and a small bowl full of rice. The controller 160 may determine the amount of food according to the area of the food image. Specifically, the control unit 160 may determine that the largest amount of rice is filled in a large bowl according to the area of the food image, half full rice is next, and the amount of food in the bowl is empty when all the rice is empty. have. In addition, the controller 160 may determine that the amount of food of the rice filled in the small bowl is less than the rice filled in the large bowl.

The size of the image may vary depending on the distance captured by the camera 110. For this purpose, the controller 160 may correct the size of the food image. Alternatively, the output unit 130 may provide imaging guide information before the camera 110 captures an image. The user may prevent the size of the food image from changing according to the captured distance by capturing at a predetermined distance according to the imaging guide information.

The dietary management apparatus 100 may calculate calories of the diet based on the type and amount of food (S360).

The controller 160 may calculate the calories of the diet in consideration of the type and amount of food. The storage unit 150 stores calories per predetermined amount according to the type of food, and the controller 160 obtains information about calories per predetermined amount from the storage unit 150 in consideration of the type of food, and calculates the amount of food. In consideration of further calories can be calculated. The controller 160 may calculate calories of each food included in the diet, and calculate calories of the diet based on the calories.

According to the dietary management method according to the third embodiment of the present invention, by calculating the calorie of the diet in consideration of the amount of food in addition to the type of food, there is an effect that can provide a more accurate calorie of the diet to the user. .

Hereinafter, a dietary management method according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 21, 22, 23, and 24. FIG. 21 is a flowchart of a dietary management method according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 22 is a first diagram illustrating output of dietary guide information in a dietary management method according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. Is a second diagram relating to the output of dietary guide information in the dietary management method according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating the output of dietary guide information in the dietary management method according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a drawing.

In the dietary management method according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 21, a step of acquiring a food image by imaging a diet including food (S410), reflecting a food image and a plurality of food categories, respectively Displaying a plurality of objects (S420), receiving an input for mapping a food image with one of the plurality of objects (S430), and determining a type of food based on a food category reflected by the corresponding object. (S440), calculating calorie of the diet based on the type of food (S450), obtaining dietary guide information based on at least one of the type of food and calorie of the diet (S460) and outputting the dietary guide information. It may include at least one of the step (S470). Hereinafter, each step of the dietary management method according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described. Obtaining a food image by capturing a diet including food (S410), displaying a plurality of objects reflecting a food image and a plurality of food categories (S420), and an object of one of the plurality of food images. Receiving an input corresponding to the step (S430), the step of determining the type of food based on the food category reflected by one object (S440) and the step of calculating the calorie of the diet based on the type of food (S450) In the dietary management method according to the first embodiment of the present invention may be the same as described above.

The dietary management apparatus 100 may obtain dietary guide information based on at least one of the type of food and the calories of the diet (S460). In addition, the dietary management device 100 may output the dietary guide information (S470).

The controller 160 may obtain dietary guide information based on at least one of the type of food and the calories of the diet. Here, the diet guide information is information for guiding the user's diet and may provide various information to the user.

For example, the controller 160 may determine whether there is a avoided food among the determined types of food. Here, the avoided food may mean a type of food that the user preferably avoids ingesting. The storage unit 150 stores the body information of the user, and the controller 160 may determine the food to be avoided based on the stored body information. The body information may include a user's name, age, gender, medical history, blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol levels, and various other biometric information. The controller 160 may determine the food to avoid using this information. As shown in FIG. 22, when the user has a high cholesterol level, the controller 160 may determine the egg as the avoided food and may control the output unit 130 to output a warning message when the egg is included in the diet. These warnings may include instructions not to eat eggs and the reasons for them, ie high cholesterol levels, which may be harmful to your health. Alternatively, the communication unit 140 may receive information about the food to be avoided from the external device. The controller 160 may determine the avoided food based on the information, and control the controller 160 to output a warning message when the type of food corresponds to the avoided food. For example, as shown in FIG. 23, when the pig cholera is in fashion, the controller 160 obtains information that the pork cholera is in fashion through the communication unit 140, and determines a food made of pig as a avoided food, When the food corresponds to the pork cholera is in vogue, the output unit 130 may be controlled to output a warning message to refrain from eating pork.

For another example, the controller 160 may provide diet guide information according to the calories of the diet. The controller 160 may perform a dietary guide by comparing the preset calories with the calories of the diet. Here, the storage unit 150 may store the user's body information, and the controller 160 may calculate a preset heat amount in consideration of the body information. Here, the preset calories may be the recommended intake calories of the meal. As shown in FIG. 24, when the calorie content of the diet is higher than the recommended intake calories, the controller 160 may control the output unit 130 to output a warning message indicating that the calorie value of the diet is higher than the recommended intake calories. Could be.

According to the dietary management method according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention, it is not only providing the calories of a simple diet to the user, but provides a user-customized diet guide information by comprehensively considering various information such as calories of food and calories. By doing so, there is an effect that the user performs the diet management more efficiently.

Hereinafter, a dietary management method according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 25, 26, 27, 28, and 29. FIG. 25 is a flowchart illustrating a dietary management method according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 26 is a first diagram illustrating selection of at least a portion of a diet in the dietary management method according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. 27 is a second view of selecting at least a portion of a diet in a dietary management method according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 28 is at least a part of a diet in a dietary management method according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. 29 is a second view of a change in at least a part of a diet in a dietary management method according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

In the dietary management method according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 25, a step of acquiring a diet image by imaging a diet (S510), displaying a diet image (S520), and at least a portion of the diet is performed. The method may include selecting at least one of the target diet (S530), calculating the calorie of the target diet (S540), and outputting the calculated calorie (S550). Hereinafter, each step of the dietary management method according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described.

The dietary management apparatus 100 may obtain a diet image by photographing a diet (S510). The camera 110 may capture a diet to obtain a diet image. Here, the diet may include one or more foods, and the diet image may include one or more food images of foods included in the diet.

The dietary management device 100 may display a diet image (S520). The output unit 130 may display a diet image of the diet photographed by the camera 110.

The dietary management device 100 may select at least a portion of the diet as a target diet (S530).

The input unit 120 receives an input for selecting at least a portion of the diet, and the controller 160 may select at least a portion of the diet as a target diet according to the input. Wherein at least a portion of the diet may include certain foods or certain foods in the overall diet. The input unit 120 may receive an input for selecting at least a portion of a diet in various ways.

For example, the input unit 120 may receive an input for selecting a specific region of the entire diet image displayed by the output unit 130. The input unit 120 may obtain a touch input for forming a specific region by making a predetermined path on the output whole diet image. As illustrated in FIG. 26, the input unit 120 obtains a touch input for forming a closed curve through the touch screen, and the controller 160 forms an area inside the closed curve according to the touch input for forming a closed curve through the input unit 120. At least a portion of the diet may be determined as the target diet. Alternatively, as illustrated in FIG. 27, the input unit 120 may acquire a touch input for separating a diet image into a plurality of regions through a touch screen, and obtain an input for selecting one region among the plurality of divided regions. In addition, the controller 160 may determine at least a portion of the diet corresponding to the selected region as the target diet.

Here, the output unit 130 may display a path according to a touch input input to the input unit 120, and may display a specific region corresponding to a portion of the selected diet to be distinguished from the entire diet image. For example, the output unit 130 may distinguish the selected area from other areas, which are not selected, in black and white or by lowering the saturation or brightness. The method of distinguishing the specific region selected by the output unit 130 from other regions is not limited to the above-described example and may include all other various methods.

Meanwhile, the dietary management apparatus 100 may change the target diet.

The input unit 120 may receive an input of adding another portion of the diet to the selected target diet or excluding a portion from the selected target diet. The input unit 120 may receive an input for changing the target diet in various ways.

For example, as shown in FIG. 28, the input unit 120 may acquire a touch input forming a closed curve on the diet image. If the area selected by the closed curve is an area that is not selected as the target diet, the controller 160 may add the area selected by the closed curve to the target diet. In addition, when the area selected by the closed curve is an area selected by the target diet, the controller 160 may exclude the area selected by the closed curve from the target diet.

For another example, as illustrated in FIG. 29, the input unit 120 may obtain a touch input connecting the second point from the first point of the edge of the area corresponding to the target diet. As a result, a specific region may be formed by a touch input connecting the second point from the first point and an edge of an area forming the object diet connecting the second point from the first point. When the specific region is outside the region corresponding to the target diet, the controller 160 may add a diet corresponding to the specific region to the target diet. In addition, the controller 160 may exclude the diet corresponding to the specific region from the target diet when the specific region is inside the region corresponding to the target diet.

The dietary management apparatus 100 may calculate calories of the target diet (S540). The method of calculating the calorie value of the target diet by the dietary management apparatus 100 may be the same as described in the dietary management method according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Here, the dietary management device 100 may calculate calories for the foods included in the selected target diet instead of the entire diet.

The dietary management device 100 may output the calculated amount of heat (S550). The method of outputting the calories calculated by the dietary management apparatus 100 may be the same as the content described in the dietary management method according to the first embodiment of the present invention described above.

According to the dietary management method according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention, there is an effect that the user can know the calories for the part of the entire diet. The dietary management device 100 provides the user with calories for the target diet in the entire diet, so that the user can select various target diets and be provided with the calorie information according to them to find out what foods to eat in the entire diet. .

Hereinafter, a dietary management method according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 30, 31, 32, 33, and 34. 30 is a flowchart of a dietary management method according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 31 is a diagram of setting food and drink groups in a dietary management method according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 33 is a diagram illustrating the addition of a food group in a dietary management method according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 33 is a diagram illustrating the exclusion of a food group in the dietary management method according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention. In the dietary management method according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention, a diagram is provided relating to an input of a food group and an object.

In the dietary management method according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 30, the step of obtaining a plurality of food images by imaging a diet including food (S610), a plurality of food images and a plurality of food categories Displaying a plurality of objects each reflecting (S620), obtaining a food group including a plurality of foods (S630), and receiving an input for mapping the food group to one of the plurality of objects (S640). ), Determining the type of food included in the food group based on the food category reflected by the object corresponding to the food group (S650), calculating calories of the diet based on the type of food (S660), and the diet. It may include at least one of the step (S670) of outputting the amount of heat. Hereinafter, each step of the dietary management method according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described. Computing the calorie of the diet based on the type of food (S660) and outputting the calorie of the diet (S670) may be the same as described above in the dietary management method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

The dietary management apparatus 100 may acquire a plurality of food images by imaging a diet including food (S610). The camera 110 may acquire a plurality of food images by photographing a diet including a plurality of foods.

The dietary management apparatus 100 may display a plurality of objects reflecting a plurality of food images and a plurality of food categories, respectively (S620). The output unit 130 may display a plurality of food images acquired by the camera 110. The dietary management device 100 may obtain a food group including a plurality of foods (S630).

The input unit 120 may obtain an input for selecting at least one food item among a plurality of food items according to the displayed food image, and the controller 160 may set at least one food item as a food group according to the input. The input unit 120 may receive an input for selecting at least one food from among a plurality of foods in various ways.

For example, as shown in FIG. 31, the output unit 130 provides a plurality of food images to the user, the input unit 120 receives a touch input forming a specific area, and the control unit 160 receives the input. Accordingly, at least one food included in a specific region may be set as a food group. Herein, the method of receiving the touch input for forming the specific region by the input unit 120 may be the same as the method for receiving the input for selecting the target diet in the fifth embodiment according to the present invention.

In addition, the dietary management device 100 may change the food group. For example, as illustrated in FIGS. 32 and 33, the input unit 120 receives an input for adding food to the food group or excluding food from the food group, and the controller 160 may change the food group accordingly. . Here, the method of changing the food group may be performed in the same manner as the method of changing the target diet in the dietary management method according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention described above.

The dietary management apparatus 100 may receive an input for mapping the food group with one of the plurality of objects (S640). The input unit 120 may receive an input for mapping the set food group to one of a plurality of objects, and the controller 160 accordingly determines that at least one food category included in the food group corresponds to the food group. It can be decided according to the food category to reflect. The input unit 120 may receive the input corresponding to the food group and the object may be the same as the method of receiving the input to associate the food image with the object in the dietary management method according to the first embodiment of the present invention described above. In this case, as shown in FIG. 34, instead of one food image and an object, a food group including at least one food may correspond to the object.

The dietary management apparatus 100 may determine the type of food included in the food group based on the food category reflected by the object corresponding to the food group (S650). The controller 160 may determine a food category of at least one food included in the food group as the food category reflected by the object corresponding to the food group.

According to the dietary management method according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention, when there is a plurality of foods in the diet, the user selects food categories of foods belonging to the same food category at one time instead of selecting food categories for each food. It is effective to select food categories conveniently.

Hereinafter, a dietary management method according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 35, 36, 37, 38, and 39. 35 is a flowchart of a dietary management method according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 36 is a diagram showing a dietary diet image of the dietary management method according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 38 is a first view of a dietary diet image of the dietary management method according to a seventh embodiment. FIG. 38 is a second view of a dietary diet image of the dietary management method according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention. FIG. A diagram relating to the output of dietary guide information in the dietary management method according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention.

In the dietary management method according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 35, the step of acquiring a dietary diet image by photographing a diet before meals (S710), the type of food and the food based on the dietary diet image. Determining the amount of food before meals (S720), the step of obtaining a post-prandial dietary image by imaging the diet after a meal (S730), comparing the pre-dining image and post-prandial dietary image to determine the intake of food (S740), food It may include at least one of calculating the calorie intake (S750) and outputting the calorie intake (S760) based on the type and amount of food intake. Hereinafter, each step of the dietary management method according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention will be described.

The dietary management apparatus 100 may obtain a pre-meal diet image by photographing a diet before a meal (S710). As illustrated in FIG. 36, the camera 110 may acquire a dietary meal image by photographing a diet before a meal. The camera 110 may acquire a pre-meal diet image in the same manner as described in the dietary management method according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Here, the camera 110 may photograph the diet before the meal.

The dietary management apparatus 100 may determine the type of food and the amount of food before the meal, based on the pre-meal diet image (S720). The controller 160 may determine the type of food and the amount of food before the meal, based on the pre-meal meal image. The control unit 160 is the same as or similar to the method of determining the type of food and the method of determining the amount of food in the diet management method according to the first embodiment of the present invention described above You can judge the amount.

The dietary management apparatus 100 may obtain a post-prandial diet image by photographing a diet after a meal (S730).

The camera 110 may acquire a postprandial diet image by photographing a diet after a meal. The camera 110 may capture a post-prandial diet including food left over from food taken by the user. The postprandial diet image of the postprandial diet may be, for example, as shown in FIGS. 37 and 38. The postprandial dietary image of FIG. 37 shows a postprandial dietary image in which the amount of food is reduced and the location of the food is not changed as the user ingests food. On the other hand, when the user is eating, the position of the food in the diet can be changed, the after-dining diet image of Figure 38 shows the post-prandial diet image in which both the position of food and the amount of food changed as the user eats.

The dietary management device 100 may determine the intake amount of food by comparing the pre-diet image and the post-diet image. The controller 160 may determine the intake amount of food by comparing the pre-meal diet image and the post-prandial diet image.

For example, as shown in FIGS. 36 and 37, when the food location is substantially the same in the food meal image and the food meal image, and the amount of food is changed, the controller 160 includes the food image included in the food meal image. Food intake may be determined by comparing food images included in the post-prandial diet images at substantially the same location with. Here, the controller 160 may determine the intake amount by comparing the size of the food image included in the pre-meal diet image and the size of the food included in the post-prandial diet image. At this time, when the food in the dietary image is not in the dietary image after meals can be determined to have all taken.

For example, as shown in FIGS. 36 and 38, when the food location is different from the food meal image and the food meal image, and the amount of food is changed, the controller 160 first includes a plurality of food items included in the food meal. Each can correspond to a plurality of foods included in the diet. The controller 160 may correspond to a post-food meal having a pattern of an image that substantially matches the pattern of the pre-food image. The pattern of the image may include a color pattern or a pattern of a shape. Alternatively, the controller 160 may match the pre-food and the post-food food by comparing the image pattern of the dish containing the food. Here, the image pattern of the plate may include the color of the plate, the size of the plate, the shape of the plate, and the like. In particular, when the control unit 160 uses the image of the plate, even if all of the food is ingested, it may be advantageous to be able to correspond to the food before meals and food after meals. As such, when the pre-food and the post-food food correspond to each other, the controller 160 may compare the images of both foods and determine an intake amount. For example, the controller 160 may compare the size of the food image, or may determine that the food is consumed when all the foods are not eaten.

The dietary management device 100 may calculate calorie intake based on the type and amount of intake of food (S750).

The control unit 160 determines the type of food in the same manner as the method of determining the type of food in the dietary management method according to the first embodiment of the present invention described above, and calorie intake using the intake obtained as described above Can be calculated. The control unit 160 stores information about calories per predetermined amount of food for each food type, and the control unit 160 obtains such calorie information per food amount according to food type, and calculates total calorie intake in consideration of calorie information per food amount and intake amount. Will be able to calculate.

The dietary management device 100 may output calorie intake (S760).

The output unit 130 may output the calculated calorie intake. The user can thereby be provided with the calories he or she has eaten. Here, the communication unit 140 may transmit the calculated calorie intake to an external device, for example, the dietary management server 10. The dietary management server 10 may collect and store such information. In addition, the dietary management server 10 may provide such information to a variety of devices. For example, the dietary management server 10 may provide information to a doctor terminal, pharmacy terminal, personal computer, and the like. In this way, the doctor or pharmacist, nutritionist, health manager (health manager), etc. will be able to comprehensively manage the user's health by obtaining information about the user's diet.

In addition, the output unit 130 may output a diet guide, exercise guide according to the intake amount. For example, the storage unit 150 stores the user's body information, the controller 160 obtains dietary guide information and exercise guide information to the user in consideration of the intake amount and such body information, and output unit 130 ) Can provide such diet guide information and exercise guide information. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 39, the output unit 130 may output food intake, diet guide information, and exercise guide information. The diet guide information may include the user's body information, and may include information for dietary control. Here, the exercise guide information may include an exercise item to be performed by the user after a meal, an exercise place, and the like.

According to the dietary management method according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention, there is an effect of obtaining a precise food intake by comparing the dietary diet and the dietary diet.

Hereinafter, a dietary management method according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 40 and 41. 40 is a flowchart of a dietary management method according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 41 is a diagram of the communication unit 140 of the dietary management method according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention.

In the dietary management method according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 40, a step of acquiring a food image by photographing a diet including food (S810) reflects a food image and a plurality of food categories, respectively. Displaying a plurality of objects (S820), receiving an input for mapping the food image image to one of the plurality of objects (S830), transmitting the food image and the food category of the object corresponding to the food image (S840) Receiving the type of food or calories of the diet determined based on the food image and the food category (S850), calculating the calorie of the diet based on the type of food when receiving the type of food (S860) And outputting a calorie value of the diet (S870). Hereinafter, each step of the dietary management method according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention will be described. Obtaining a food image by imaging a diet including food (S810), displaying a plurality of objects reflecting a food image and a plurality of food categories (S820), and an object of one of the plurality of food images. Receiving an input corresponding to the step (S830) and outputting the calorie of the diet (S870) may be the same as described above in the dietary management method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

The dietary management apparatus 100 may transmit a food category and a food category of an object corresponding to the food image (S840). As illustrated in FIG. 41, the communicator 140 may transmit a food image and a food category of an object corresponding to the food image to an external device. Here, the external device may include a dietary management server 10. The diet management server 10 manages information about the diet, such as collecting, storing, and providing information about the diet, analyzing the information about the diet, and accordingly, calories, diet guide information, exercise guide information, and the like. Can be obtained.

The dietary management apparatus 100 may receive a calorie of the type of food or the diet determined based on the food image and the food category (S850). As shown in FIG. 41, the communication unit 140 may receive a type of food, calories of diet, diet guide information, exercise guide information, and the like from an external device. Here, the external device may include a dietary management server 10. As described above, the dietary management server 10 receives a food category and a food category of an object corresponding to the food image from the dietary management apparatus 100 and uses the food category, the amount of food, the calories of the diet, and the dietary guide. Information related to the user's diet including information and exercise guide information may be obtained. Here, the method of determining the type of food and the amount of food using the food image and the food category by the dietary management server 10 is a dietary management apparatus 100 in the dietary management method according to the first embodiment of the present invention described above. The image and the food category of the food may be the same or similar to the method of determining the type of food and the amount of food. Similarly, the method of calculating the calorie of the diet by the management server 10 may be the same as or similar to the method of calculating the calorie of the diet by the management apparatus 100.

The dietary management apparatus 100 may calculate calories of the diet based on the type of food when receiving the type of food (S860). The controller 160 may calculate calories of the diet based on the type of food received. In addition, when the communication unit 140 receives the amount of food from an external device, for example, the diet management server 10, the communication unit 140 may further calculate the calorie value of the diet in consideration of the amount of food.

In the dietary management method according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention, the dietary management apparatus 100 determines, obtains, selects, or calculates the type of food, amount of food, calories of diet, dietary guide information, exercise guide information, and the like. It will be described that the process can be performed by replacing the external device, for example, the diet management server (10). This may be applied to other processes described in the dietary management method according to the first to seventh embodiments of the present invention described above.

Therefore, the steps included in the dietary management method according to the first to seventh embodiments of the present invention described above are not necessarily to be performed by the dietary management apparatus 100, the first embodiment according to the present invention The previous step or some steps of the dietary management method according to the seventh embodiment may be performed by an external device, for example, the dietary management server 10.

According to the dietary management method according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention, an external device having better performance than the dietary management apparatus 100 generates information related to the dietary management, and the dietary management apparatus 100 communicates the result. By receiving and providing to the user, there is an effect that can provide faster and accurate information to the user.

The dietary management method according to each embodiment of the present invention described above can be used individually or in combination with each other. In addition, the steps configuring each embodiment may be used separately or in combination with the steps configuring another embodiment.

The present invention described above is capable of various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the spirit of the present invention for those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is not limited by the drawings. In addition, the embodiments described in this document may not be limitedly applied, but may be configured by selectively combining all or part of the embodiments so that various modifications may be made.

According to the present invention, by imaging the diet to determine the type of food and calories of the diet, by performing a diet guide based on at least one of the type of food and calories of the diet, the diet so that the user can lead a correct diet Management methods and dietary management devices can be provided.

Claims

A camera for capturing a diet including food to obtain a food image;

An output unit displaying a plurality of objects reflecting the food image and the plurality of food categories, respectively;

An input unit configured to receive an input corresponding to the food image and one object of the plurality of objects; And

A controller for determining the type of food based on a food category reflected by the object corresponding to the food image, calculating a calorie value of the diet based on the type of food, and controlling the output unit to display the calorie value; Containing

Dietary Management Device.
The method of claim 1,

The input unit receives the type of diet of the diet,

The controller may be configured to control the output unit to display the plurality of objects that respectively reflect the plurality of food categories belonging to the diet type.

Dietary Management Device.
The method of claim 1,

The control unit may determine the type of food based on the food category reflected by the object corresponding to the food image when the food image and at least a portion of the object corresponding to the food image overlap.

Dietary Management Device.
The method of claim 1,

The controller may be configured to select a type of food from among food types belonging to a food category reflected by the object corresponding to the food image.

Dietary Management Device.
The method of claim 4, wherein

The controller selects the type of food from the type of food by further considering the food image.

Dietary Management Device.
The method of claim 1,

The controller calculates the amount of heat by further considering the amount of food.

Dietary Management Device.
The method of claim 6,

The controller is configured to determine the amount of food based on the size of the food image.

Dietary Management Device.
The method of claim 1,

Controlling the output unit to obtain diet guide information based on at least one of the type of food and calories of the diet, and to output the diet guide information.

Dietary Management Device.
The method of claim 8,

The controller may be configured to obtain the dietary guide information by further considering physical information.

Dietary Management Device.
The method of claim 9,

The controller determines the type of food to be avoided based on the body information, and obtains the food guide information including a warning message when the type of food corresponds to the food to be avoided.

Dietary Management Device.
The method of claim 1,

The control unit may be configured to obtain the dietary guide information including a warning message when the calorie of the diet is equal to or greater than a preset calorie value.

Dietary Management Device.
The method of claim 1,

It further comprises a communication unit for communicating with an external device,

The control unit, the dietary management device for controlling to transmit the calorie of the diet to the external device.
Photographing a diet including food to obtain a food image;

Displaying a plurality of objects reflecting the food image and the plurality of food categories, respectively;

Receiving an input for mapping the food image with one of the plurality of objects;

Determining the type of food based on a food category reflected by the object corresponding to the food image;

Calculating calories of the diet based on the type of food; And

Displaying calories of the diet;

Dietary Management.
The method of claim 13,

Receiving a type of diet of the diet; further comprising:

The plurality of objects, each reflecting the plurality of food categories belonging to the type of diet

Dietary Management.
The method of claim 13,

Determining the type of food based on the food category reflected by the food image and the object corresponding to the food image when at least a portion of the food image and the object corresponding to the food image are overlapped;

Dietary Management.
The method of claim 13,

Determining the amount of the food based on the size of the food;

The amount of calories is further calculated in consideration of the amount of food

Dietary Management.
The method of claim 13,

Obtaining dietary guide information based on at least one of the type of food and the calories of the diet;

Dietary Management.
A camera for capturing a diet including food to obtain a food image;

An output unit displaying a plurality of objects reflecting the food image and the plurality of food categories, respectively;

An input unit configured to receive an input corresponding to the food image and one object of the plurality of objects;

The food category and the food image reflected by the object corresponding to the food image is transmitted to an external device, and the food category determined by the food category and the food image reflected by the object corresponding to the food image from the external device. Communication unit for receiving the kind; And

And a controller configured to calculate a calorie value of the diet based on the type of food and to control the display to display the calorie value.

Dietary Management Device.
The method of claim 18,

The input unit receives the type of diet of the diet,

The controller may be configured to control the output unit to display the plurality of objects that respectively reflect the plurality of food categories belonging to the diet type.

Dietary Management Device.
The method of claim 18,

The controller may determine the type of food based on a food category reflected by the one object when at least a portion of the food image and at least one object of the plurality of objects overlap.

Dietary Management Device.
A camera for capturing a diet including food to obtain a food image;

An output unit displaying a plurality of objects reflecting the food image and the plurality of food categories, respectively;

An input unit configured to receive an input corresponding to the food image and one object of the plurality of objects;

Transmitting a food category reflected by the object corresponding to the food image and the food image to an external device, and calculated according to the type of food determined based on the food category reflected by the object corresponding to the food image from the external device Communication unit for receiving a calorie of the diet; And

And a control unit controlling the display to display the calorie value.

Dietary Management Device.