TWI762285B - smart plate - Google Patents

Abstract

A smart plate includes a plate body, and a plurality of meal quantity sensing modules and plate management modules arranged on the plate body. Each meal quantity sensing module can carry and sense the weight of a container to obtain the food weight value. The plate management module can analyze the time change of the weight value of each food to obtain the meal sequence information of the corresponding food, and will collect the plate identification data and the meal sequence information to create a meal record, and record the meal Meal records are transmitted to a diet management system. Through the smart plate, the meal sequence information of each container can be analyzed, and the established meal records can be sent to the design of the meal management system, which can be used to obtain the meal information of the user, which can be provided by the nutrition manager accordingly. Appropriate dietary advice.

Description

smart plate

The present invention relates to a dinner plate, in particular to a smart dinner plate with sensing and communication functions.

Studies have found that daily diet has a great impact on physical health. Due to the improvement of living standards, modern people's dietary intake of nutrients is often greater than the body's needs, resulting in more and more diseases caused by diet, such as diabetes, heart disease, etc. Vascular disease, etc. In addition, in response to changes in physical conditions, such as pregnancy, postpartum recuperation, hospitalization, recuperation after surgery, or weight or nutritional management of athletes, there are usually different nutritional needs, and each person’s body and physique are different, so there is no A dietary management method that is universal to all people. Most people can only choose foods that they feel are suitable according to their current physical health characteristics, or control their diet according to the dietary recommendations of a dietitian or doctor, but usually do not know the various nutrients of the food they eat. The amount of ingredients, coupled with the high probability of eating out, and the inability to grasp the cooking conditions and ingredients of the food provided by the dining out restaurant, it is difficult to accurately control the nutritional content of the diet.

Therefore, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a smart dinner plate that can be used to assist the healthy management of diet.

Therefore, the smart dinner plate of the present invention is suitable for holding a plurality of containers for holding a food, and can be signal-connected with a food management system. The smart plate includes a plate body, a plurality of meal quantity sensing modules, a communication module, and a plate management module arranged on the plate body.

Each meal quantity sensing module can be used to carry a container, and can sense the weight of the container to obtain a food weight value. The communication module can be connected to the diet management system through wired communication technology and/or wireless communication technology signals. The plate management module has a built-in plate identification data, and includes a meal amount analysis unit and a meal information reporting unit, the meal amount analysis unit can analyze the food weight value of each meal amount sensing module. The amount of time change is used to obtain a meal sequence information of the corresponding food. The meal information reporting unit will collect the plate identification data and the meal sequence information to create a meal record, and communicate with the meal management system through the communication module. Send this meal record.

The effect of the present invention is that: through the smart plate, the meal sequence information corresponding to each container can be obtained through analysis, and the established meal record can be transmitted to the design of the food management system, which can be used to obtain the information of the smart plate. The user's meal information enables a nutritionist or medical staff to provide corresponding dietary advice to the user accordingly. .

Before the present invention is described in detail, it should be noted that in the following description, similar elements are designated by the same reference numerals.

1 , 2 and 3 , a first embodiment of the smart plate 2 of the present invention is suitable for carrying a plurality of containers 901 for accommodating food, and can communicate with a food management system 900 . Each container 901 has a container body 902 that can be used to contain food, and an RFID tag 903 arranged on the container body 902, the RFID tag 903 can be written by the catering supplier through the device to accommodate the container body 902. food delivery information. The distribution information is, for example, but not limited to, the name or number of the food, and the amount of food supplied. The diet management system 900 is a device that can be used by medical staff, nutritionists or physicians to analyze diet plans, such as but not limited to mobile devices such as mobile phones and tablet computers, as well as notebook computers and desktop computers.

The smart plate 2 includes a plate body 3 , and a plurality of meal quantity sensing modules 41 , a plurality of temperature sensing modules 42 , a label reading module 43 , and a reminder set on the plate body 3 . module 44 , a communication module 45 and a plate management module 46 .

The top surface of the plate body 3 is concavely provided with a plurality of accommodating grooves 30 , and each accommodating groove 30 can be used for accommodating one of the receiving containers 901 .

The meal quantity sensing modules 41 are respectively disposed and exposed at the bottom of the accommodating slots 30 , and each meal quantity sensing module 41 can be used to carry and sense the accommodating container placed in the corresponding accommodating slot 30 . 901 weight to get a food weight value.

The temperature sensing modules 42 are respectively disposed at the bottoms of the accommodating grooves 30 and correspond to the meal quantity sensing modules 41 respectively. Each temperature sensing module 42 can be used to contact the container 901 contained in the corresponding container 30 , and can be used to measure the temperature of the container 901 to obtain a food temperature value.

The tag reading module 43 can be used to read the delivery data of the RFID tag 903 of each container 901 carried by the plate body 3 inductively.

The reminder module 44 can be controlled to generate a reminder message. In the first embodiment, the reminder message is a reminder light signal, such as a red light signal and a green light signal. However, during implementation, the reminder module 44 generates a reminder signal. The reminder message can also be in the form of sound, image and/or vibration.

The communication module 45 can be signal-connected to the diet management system 900 through known wired communication technology and/or wireless communication technology, so as to communicate with each other and transmit data. Since the communication module 45 can communicate with the diet management system 900 in the prior art and there are many ways, it will not be described in detail.

The plate management module 46 is connected to the meal quantity sensing modules 41, the temperature sensing modules 42, the reminder module 44 and the communication module 45 by signals, and has a built-in plate identification data, and Having a plurality of control keys 460 exposed on the plate body 3, the plate management module 46 will activate a meal management function when a specific control key 460 is operated. The plate management module 46 further includes a meal confirmation unit 461, a meal quantity analysis unit 462, a meal temperature analysis unit 463, a meal information reporting unit 464, and a timing unit 465 for timing to provide time information .

After the plate management module 46 activates the meal control function, the timing unit 465 starts timing, and the meal confirmation unit 461 will immediately control the tag reading module 43 to read the RFID tag 903 of each container 901 The delivery data will also trigger the activation of the meal quantity sensing modules 41 and the temperature sensing modules 42, and each meal quantity sensing module 41 will start to sense the weight of the corresponding container 901 to obtain Corresponding to the food weight value of the food contained in the container 901 , each temperature sensing module 42 starts to sense the temperature of the corresponding container 901 to obtain the food contained in the container 901 the temperature value of the food.

During implementation, each meal amount sensing module 41 and each temperature sensing module 42 will sense and obtain a sum of the food weight value and a sum of the food temperature value at predetermined intervals, such as but not limited to 0.5 every interval. Sensing once every second or 1 second.

The meal preparation confirmation unit 461 also collects the plate identification data, the distribution data, the food weight value initially obtained by each meal size sensing module 41 , and the food temperature initially obtained by each temperature sensing module 42 value, so as to create a catering confirmation message, and send the catering confirmation message to the diet management system 900 through the communication module 45, and receive the catering confirmation message returned by the diet management system 900 through the communication module 45. a judgment result. The meal preparation confirmation unit 461 will control the reminder module 44 to generate a reminder message indicating that the food contained in the containers 901 is correct when the judgment result is correct, and will trigger the activation of the meal size analysis unit 462, The meal temperature analysis unit 463 and the meal information reporting unit 464; when the judgment result represents an error, the reminding module 44 is controlled to generate a reminder message indicating that the food contained in the containers 901 is wrong.

The meal size analysis unit 462 will continue to receive and analyze the time change of the food weight value of each meal size sensing module 41 during a predetermined meal period after being triggered to start, such as 30 minutes or 1 hour after the start, In order to obtain a meal timing information corresponding to the container 901, and after the predetermined meal period ends, the initial and final changes in the food weight value of each meal amount sensing module 41 are analyzed to obtain the corresponding food A serving size information for . The meal temperature analysis unit 463 also continuously receives and analyzes the time variation of the food temperature value of each temperature sensing module 42 during the predetermined meal period to obtain a meal temperature corresponding to the container 901 News.

The meal information reporting unit 464 collects the plate identification data, the delivery data, the meal timing information, the meal temperature information, and the consumption amount information to create a meal after the predetermined meal period expires. record, and send the meal record to the diet management system 900 through the communication module 45 .

When the smart plate 2 of the present invention is used for meals, when the user receives the containers 901, the user can first operate the predetermined control key 460 of the smart plate 2 to activate the meal control function, and store the containers 901. The containers 901 are placed in the accommodating grooves 30 respectively. The plate management module 46 will control the label reading module 43 to read the delivery data of the containers 901, and will aggregate the plate identification data, as well as the initial weight values of the food and the The food temperature value is used to create the meal preparation confirmation message, and the meal preparation confirmation message is sent to the diet management system 900 through the communication module 45 . When the plate management module 46 receives the judgment result returned from the diet management system 900, it will control the reminder module 44 to send out a corresponding reminder message according to the determination result, so that the user can know according to the reminder message. Whether the currently received containers 901 are correct. When the plate management module 46 confirms that the judgment result is correct, it will start timing the predetermined meal period, and the user can start eating the food in the containers 901 . However, during implementation, in another embodiment of the present invention, the content of the meal preparation confirmation message does not necessarily include the temperature value of the food.

After the plate management module 46 starts timing the predetermined meal period, it will continue to receive and analyze the time variation of each food weight value and each food temperature value during the predetermined meal period, so as to obtain the corresponding meal timing information and The meal temperature information is analyzed and the consumption amount information corresponding to each container 901 is obtained after the predetermined meal time expires. In addition, the plate management module 46 will obtain the consumption amount information, the meal sequence information and the meal temperature information corresponding to each container 901 after the predetermined meal period expires, and the plate identification data Binding with the distribution data to create the meal record, and transmit the meal record to the diet management system 900 for storage, which can be used for management and analysis of the user's eating habits.

During implementation, in another embodiment of the present invention, it can also be designed that the user controls the plate management module 46 to end the predetermined meal by operating the control keys 460 of the smart plate 2 period and establish a meal record.

Referring to FIGS. 4 and 5 , the main differences between a second embodiment of the smart eating system of the present invention and the first embodiment are: the design of the containers 901 used in combination, and the smart plate 2 is designed to match the Changes made to container 901 design. For the convenience of description, only the differences between the second embodiment and the first embodiment will be described below.

In the second embodiment, each container 901 is not provided with the RFID tag, and the containers 901 are divided into a plurality of types according to different types of foods to be contained. The containers 901 are designed in the same color, and can be used to contain predetermined types of food. For example, the red container 901 is used to store meat, the white container 901 is used to store pasta or rice, the green container 901 is used to store vegetables, and the orange container 901 is used to store vegetables. The containers 901 are used to contain fruits and the like, but in practice, the colors of the containers 901 and the corresponding types of foods to be contained are not limited to the above-mentioned aspects.

The plate body 3 of the smart plate 2 is provided with an indicator icon 31 around each accommodating slot 30 , and each indicator icon 31 is designed as a ring pattern of a predetermined color surrounding the corresponding accommodating slot 30 , and The colors of the indication icons 31 correspond to the colors of the containers 901 respectively, and can be used to instruct the user to place the containers 901 in the accommodating slots 30 of the corresponding colors.

The plate management module 46 can also integrate the plate identification data, the food weight values of the meal quantity sensing modules 41, and the food temperature values of the temperature sensing modules 42 to establish the meal preparation Confirmation message, and can continue to receive and analyze the meal timing information and the meal temperature information corresponding to each container 901 during the predetermined meal period, and after the predetermined meal period ends, create a corresponding table for each container 901. The consumption information is sent to the diet management system 900 .

In other implementations of the above two embodiments of the present invention, the plate body 3 can be designed to only be used to carry a single container 901, and only one meal can be set on the plate body 3 Quantity sensing module 41 and a temperature sensing module 42, and make the plate management module 46 analyze the food weight value of the meal quantity sensing module 41 and the food temperature value of the temperature sensing module 42, And obtain the meal matching confirmation message and the meal record accordingly.

To sum up, through the smart plate 2, the meal timing information, the meal temperature information and the consumption amount information corresponding to each container 901 can be obtained through analysis, and the design of the meal record can be established, and the meal The design of record transmission to the diet management system 900 can not only be used to obtain each meal information of the user of the smart plate 2, but also allow nutritionists or medical staff to analyze the user's eating habits and grasp the user's eating habits. Dietary health status, and provide corresponding dietary advice to the user accordingly. In addition, when the application is implemented, the meal sequence, meal speed, meal speed variation, meal temperature, meal time recorded by the smart plate of the present invention can be converted into the application of meal speed and its variation by converting information such as meal sequence and consumption amount into meal speed and its variation. The amount and nutrient intake are used for big data analysis. After the machine learning analysis program, it can be used to further establish a personal dining profile (dining profile) and classification (classification), which helps users understand the long-term impact of personal diet on health. .

Furthermore, through the design of the smart plate 2, the meal preparation confirmation message can be sent to the meal management system 900 for confirmation of meal preparation, and a corresponding reminder message is generated according to the confirmation result, so that when the user obtains the containers 901, It is possible to first confirm that the food contained in the currently obtained containers 901 is correct before starting to eat it, which can prevent the health from being affected by mistakenly ingesting wrongly prepared meals. Therefore, the smart dinner plate 2 of the present invention is indeed a rather innovative creation, and can indeed achieve the purpose of the present invention.

However, the above are only examples of the present invention, and should not limit the scope of implementation of the present invention. Any simple equivalent changes and modifications made according to the scope of the patent application of the present invention and the contents of the patent specification are still included in the scope of the present invention. within the scope of the invention patent.

2: Smart dinner plate 3: Plate body 30: accommodating slot 31: Indicator icon 41: Meal Quantity Sensing Module 42: Temperature sensing module 43: Tag reading module 44: Reminder Module 45: Communication module 46: Plate Management Module 460: Control key 461: Catering confirmation unit 462: Meal Quantity Analysis Unit 463: Meal temperature analysis unit 464: Meal Information Bulletin Unit 465: Timing Unit 900: Diet Management System 901: Containers 902: Container body 903: RFID tags

Other features and effects of the present invention will be clearly presented in the embodiments with reference to the drawings, wherein: 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a first embodiment of a smart dinner plate of the present invention when used in multiple groups with a diet management system; 2 is an exploded perspective view of the first embodiment when used with a plurality of containers; FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the first embodiment; 4 is an exploded perspective view of a second embodiment of the smart dinner plate of the present invention when used with multiple containers; and FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of the second embodiment.

2: Smart dinner plate

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Claims (7)

A smart plate is suitable for carrying a plurality of containers for containing food, and can be connected with a food management system signal. The smart plate includes: a plate body; a plurality of meal quantity sensing modules, Disposed on the plate body, the meal quantity sensing modules can be used to respectively carry the containers, and each meal quantity sensing module can sense the weight of the corresponding container to obtain a food weight value A plurality of temperature sensing modules are respectively arranged on the plate body corresponding to the meal quantity sensing modules, each temperature sensing module can be used to sense the corresponding meal quantity sensing module carried by the meal quantity sensing module The temperature of the container to obtain a food temperature value; a communication module, which can be connected to the food management system through wired communication technology and/or wireless communication technology signals; and a plate management module, which has a built-in plate Identification data, including a timing unit for timing, a meal size analysis unit, a meal temperature analysis unit, and a meal information reporting unit, the meal size analysis unit will analyze the food of each meal size sensing module The time change of the weight value to obtain a meal sequence information, the meal temperature analysis unit will analyze the time change of the food temperature value of each temperature sensing module to obtain a meal temperature information, and the meal information reports The unit will collect the plate identification information, the meal timing information and the meal temperature information to create a meal record, and through the communication The module sends the meal record to the meal management system. The smart dinner plate according to claim 1, wherein the meal amount analysis unit can analyze the change of the food weight value of each meal amount sensing module after a predetermined meal period after being activated, so as to obtain the corresponding food The meal information reporting unit will also compile and add the consumption amount information to the meal record. The smart plate of claim 1, wherein the plate management module further includes a meal preparation confirmation unit, which can be activated to collect the plate identification data and the current food weight values to establish A meal matching confirmation message is sent to the diet management system through the communication module. According to the smart plate of claim 3, each container has a container body and an RFID tag arranged on the container body and built with delivery data, wherein the smart plate further includes a container installed on the container body. The label reading module of the plate body, the label reading module can read the distribution data of the RFID tag arranged on each container of the plate body, and the meal confirmation unit will collect the weight of the food value, the delivery data, and the plate identification data to create the meal confirmation message. According to the smart plate of claim 3 or 4, the food management system will reply a judgment result to the confirmation message of the meal, wherein the communication module can receive the judgment result of the food management system, and the smart plate also It includes a reminder module installed on the plate body, and the meal preparation confirmation unit controls the reminder module to generate a reminder message according to the judgment result. The smart dinner plate according to claim 1, wherein the top surface of the plate body is concave There are a plurality of accommodating slots, each accommodating slot can be used to accommodate one of the containers, the meal quantity sensing modules are respectively arranged in the accommodating slots, and the temperature sensing modules are respectively arranged in these accommodating grooves. The smart dinner plate according to claim 6, wherein the plate body further comprises a plurality of indication icons respectively arranged around the accommodating grooves.

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