TWM634594U - Carbohydrates monitoring plate - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a carbohydrate monitoring plate, which includes a plate body, a bottom shell and an extension shell. The plate body is arranged above the bottom shell, and one side of the extension shell is connected to one side of the bottom shell. Carbohydrate food is placed in at least one food placement area on the dinner plate body, and a weight sensor is arranged under the food placement area to generate food weight information. There is an image capture module on the extension housing to generate carbohydrate food image information. The carbohydrate monitoring plate transmits food weight information and carbohydrate food image information to the meal monitoring system for analysis, and generates and displays carbohydrate monitoring result information. This creation can assist in monitoring the intake of carbohydrates, and solve the problem of lack of management of carbohydrate intake in the current healthy meal plate.

Description

Carb Monitoring Plate

The invention is a diet monitoring device, especially a dinner plate for monitoring carbohydrate foods.

Diabetes is a metabolic disease, mainly divided into type I diabetes and type II diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is caused by autoimmune problems leading to insufficient insulin secretion, which occurs in children or teenagers under the age of 14. Type 2 diabetes is due to abnormal insulin resistance, which occurs mostly in adults or the elderly. Both require long-term Treatment and diet control can maintain normal. According to the statistics of the National Health Service, there are more than 2 million diabetic patients in Taiwan, and 25,000 new diabetic patients are added every year. If diabetic patients have poor blood sugar control, it is easy to cause various complications. In addition to causing a huge medical burden for the society, diabetes is also listed as one of the top ten causes of death.

Therefore, for diabetic patients, continuous follow-up treatment and maintaining a good lifestyle, such as normal work and rest, more exercise and strict control of carbohydrate intake, can effectively prevent the occurrence of complications. Controlled healthy meal plates, but these goals are mainly to manage the overall calories of food, record the calories of each meal or the total amount of calories consumed daily, in order to achieve the purpose of monitoring the overall calories of the diet, but for diabetic patients , because carbohydrates will be converted into glucose after ingestion and digestion, which is one of the main factors affecting blood sugar changes, and the lack of management of carbohydrate intake in current products may lead to diabetes patients or users who need blood sugar control, although The overall calorie is controlled, but the intake of carbohydrates is ignored, which affects blood sugar control.

One purpose of this creation is to solve the problem that the current healthy meal plate lacks the management of carbohydrate intake.

According to the purpose of this creation, a carbohydrate monitoring dinner plate is provided, including a dinner plate body, a bottom shell and an extension shell, wherein at least one food placement area is provided on the dinner plate body, and at least one food placement area is used for placing Carbohydrate food; where the plate body is set above the bottom shell, and a weight sensor is respectively set at the position corresponding to each food placement area on the bottom shell, and each weight sensor is used to sense the weight on the corresponding food placement area. The weight of the placed food generates and transmits the corresponding food weight information; one side of the extension shell is connected to one side of the bottom shell, and there is an inclination angle between the extension shell and the bottom shell, and the extension shell The body is equipped with an image capture module, a display module and a control module, wherein the image capture module is used to shoot images of carbohydrate foods placed on the food placement area, and generate carbohydrate food image information and carry out Transmission; the display module is used to display the weight information of each food; the control module is coupled with the image capture module, the display module and each weight sensor, and is used to receive and transmit the weight information of each food and the carbohydrate food image information , wherein the control module transmits the weight information of each food to the display module for display, and transmits the weight information of each food and the carbohydrate food image information to the meal monitoring system for analysis, and generates carbohydrate monitoring result information, and displays it at mealtime The monitoring system displays; wherein the tilt angle refers to the angle required for the image capture module to capture the carbohydrate food placed on the food placement area.

Wherein the plate body further includes at least one indicator pattern, and each indicator pattern is marked on at least one food placement area.

The control module includes a processor, a wireless transmission module, a storage module and a power supply module, and the processor is coupled to the wireless transmission module, storage module, power supply module, image capture module, display module and various weights The sensor and processor are used to receive and transmit the weight information of each food and the image information of carbohydrate food, and communicate with the meal monitoring system through the wireless transmission module, and transmit the image information of carbohydrate food and the weight information of each food to the meal monitor The system analyzes and generates carbohydrate monitoring result information, and displays the carbohydrate monitoring result information on the meal monitoring system; the storage module is used to store information from the processor, including carbohydrate food image information and food weight information, And the processor can extract the stored information; the power supply module is used to supply the power of the control module, image capture module, display module and weight sensors.

The meal monitoring system includes a computing device and an application program installed on the computing device. The computing device is used to receive the carbohydrate food image information and the weight information of each food transmitted by the control module, and compare the carbohydrate food image information and the weight information of each food. The weight information is transmitted to the application program for analysis to generate carbohydrate monitoring result information, and then the application program transmits the carbohydrate monitoring result information to the computing device for display.

The application program performs image recognition on the carbohydrate food image information to determine the carbohydrate category to generate carbohydrate category information, and then combines the food weight information transmitted by the weight sensor in the food storage area where the carbohydrate food is placed. Comparison and conversion of carbohydrate units to generate carbohydrate unit information, and integrate carbohydrate type information, food weight information transmitted by weight sensors in the food storage area where carbohydrate foods are placed, and carbohydrate unit information to generate Carbohydrate monitoring result information is transmitted to the computing device for display.

The image capture module is a camera.

The display module is a light emitting diode display.

The processor is a raspberry pie or a single chip.

The wireless transmission module is a Bluetooth module, an NFC module or a WiFi module.

The computing device is a smart phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer or a desktop computer.

To sum up, this invention provides a carbohydrate monitoring plate combined with image recognition and weight sensing to help monitor the carbohydrate intake of the user.

In order to make it easy for those with ordinary knowledge in the technical field of this creation to understand the content of this creation, the following will further describe this creation in conjunction with the embodiments and drawings. Each embodiment is only used to illustrate the technical characteristics of this creation. The mentioned content It is not a limitation of this creation.

In the description of this creation, it should be noted that the orientation or positional relationship indicated by the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", etc. are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience This practical and simplified description does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operate in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention. In addition, "first", "second", "third", and "fourth" are used for descriptive purposes only, and should not be understood as indicating or implying relative importance.

"An embodiment" described throughout the specification means that a specific feature, structure or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment. References to "an embodiment" in various places throughout the specification therefore do not necessarily all refer to the same embodiment. In addition, particular features, structures or characteristics may be combined in any manner in one or more embodiments.

Please refer to Fig. 1 and Fig. 4, this invention provides a kind of carbohydrate monitoring plate 1, comprises plate body 10, bottom shell 12 and extension shell 14, and plate body 10 is arranged on the top of bottom shell 12, and bottom shell One side of the body 12 is connected to one side of the extension housing 14 , and an inclination angle is formed between the extension housing 14 and the bottom housing 12 . At least one food placement area is provided on the dinner plate body 10, and at least one food placement area is used for placing carbohydrate food. A weight sensor is respectively arranged on the bottom shell 12 corresponding to each food placement area. The extension housing 14 is provided with a control module 2 , an image capture module 3 and a display module 4 . The control module 2 is coupled to the image capture module 3 , the display module 4 and various weight sensors. The image capture module 3 is used to take images of the carbohydrate foods placed on the food placement area, generate image information of the carbohydrate foods and transmit them to the control module 2 . Each weight sensor is used to sense the weight of the food placed on the corresponding food placement area to generate corresponding food weight information and transmit it to the control module 2 . The control module 2 is used to receive and transmit the carbohydrate food image information transmitted by the image capture module 3, and receive and transmit the weight information of each food transmitted by each weight sensor, and transmit the weight information of each food to the display module. Group 4 is displayed to achieve the effect of displaying the weight of food placed on each food placement area. In addition, the control module 2 can communicate with the meal monitoring system 5, and transmit the image information of carbohydrate foods and the weight information of each food to the meal monitoring system 5 for analysis, and generate carbohydrate monitoring result information, and display it in the meal monitoring system 5 Carbohydrate monitoring result information is displayed on the screen. The angle of inclination mentioned herein refers to the angle required for the image capture module 3 to capture the carbohydrate food placed on the food placement area.

Please refer to FIG. 1, FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the control module 2 includes a processor 20, a wireless transmission module 22, a storage module 24 and a power supply module 26, wherein the processor 20 is coupled to the wireless transmission module 22, the storage module Group 24 , power supply module 26 , the aforementioned image capture module 3 , the aforementioned display module 4 and the aforementioned weight sensors. The processor 20 is used for receiving and transmitting the carbohydrate food image information transmitted by the aforementioned image capture module 3 , and receiving and transmitting the weight information of each food transmitted by the aforementioned weight sensors. The processor 20 can communicate with the meal monitoring system 5 through the wireless transmission module 22, and the meal monitoring system 5 is used to receive and analyze the carbohydrate food image information and the weight information of each food transmitted by the processor 20, and generate carbohydrate monitoring results information, and display carbohydrate monitoring result information on the meal monitoring system 5. The storage module 24 is used for storing information from the processor 20, including but not limited to carbohydrate food image information and weight information of each food, and the processor 20 can retrieve the stored information. The power supply module 26 is used to supply power to the control module 2 , the aforementioned image capture module 3 , the aforementioned display module 4 and the aforementioned weight sensors.

Please refer to FIG. 4, the meal monitoring system 5 includes a computing device 50 and an application program 52 installed on the computing device 50, the computing device 50 is used to receive the carbohydrate food image information and the weight information of each food transmitted by the control module 2, and The carbohydrate food image information and the weight information of each food are transmitted to the application program 52, and the application program 52 performs image recognition on the carbohydrate food image information to determine the carbohydrate category to generate carbohydrate category information, and then combine and place The food weight information transmitted by the weight sensor in the food storage area for carbohydrate foods is compared and converted to carbohydrate units to generate carbohydrate unit information, and integrates carbohydrate type information to place carbohydrate foods in the food storage area. The food weight information and carbohydrate unit information transmitted by the weight sensor are used to generate carbohydrate monitoring result information, and the carbohydrate monitoring result information is transmitted to the computing device 50 for display.

Please refer to FIG. 4 , the application program 52 includes an image recognition module 520 and a carbohydrate conversion module 522. The image recognition module 520 is used to determine the carbohydrate category of the carbohydrate food image information transmitted by the aforementioned control module 2. , such as white rice, sweet potato, yam, or potato, etc., to generate carbohydrate category information. Among them, the carbohydrate conversion module 522 will combine the carbohydrate type information and the food weight information transmitted by the weight sensor in the food storage area where the carbohydrate food is placed, and perform unit conversion between carbohydrate units and grams, so as to obtain The number of carbohydrate units corresponding to carbohydrate foods generates carbohydrate unit information, and integrates carbohydrate type information, food weight information transmitted by the weight sensor in the food storage area where carbohydrate foods are placed, and carbohydrate units information to generate carbohydrate monitoring result information, and transmit the carbohydrate monitoring result information to the computing device 50 for display.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , the plate body 10 may further include at least one indicator pattern, and each indicator pattern is marked on at least one food placement area. The indicator pattern is used to remind the types of food that should be placed in each food placement area, where the food types are carbohydrates, vegetables, fruits, eggs, beans, fish, etc. In principle, one indicator pattern corresponds to a food placement area, but not limited to this , and multiple indicator patterns can also be marked on one food placement area.

Please refer to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, in one embodiment of this creation, dinner plate body 10, bottom shell 12 and extension shell 14, dinner plate body 10 is installed on the top of bottom shell 12, bottom shell 12 One side of the extension housing 14 is pivotally connected to one side, so the angle between the extension housing 14 and the bottom housing 12 can be adjusted so that there is an inclination angle between the extension housing 14 and the bottom housing 12, wherein The tilt angle refers to the angle required for the image capture module 3 to capture the carbohydrate food placed on the food placement area. There are four food placement areas defined on the dinner plate body 10, including a first food placement area 100, a second food placement area 102, a third food placement area 104 and a fourth food placement area 106, all of which are concave. The trough structure, but not limited thereto, can also be a container structure of different shapes such as a bowl-shaped structure and a planar structure, and there are four indicating patterns, including the first indicating pattern 1000, the second indicating pattern 1020, the second indicating pattern Three indicating patterns 1040 and a fourth indicating pattern 1060, wherein the first indicating pattern 1000 is a vegetable indicating pattern, the second indicating pattern 1020 is a fruit indicating pattern, the third indicating pattern 1040 is a carbohydrate indicating pattern, the fourth indicating The pattern 1060 is an indication pattern of eggs, beans and fish. The first food placement area 100 is disposed on the upper left corner of the dinner plate body 10 , and the center of the first food placement area 100 is marked with a first indicator pattern 1000 . The second food placement area 102 is disposed at the lower left corner of the dinner plate body 10 , and the center of the second food placement area 102 is marked with a second indicator pattern 1020 . The third food placement area 104 is disposed on the upper right corner of the dinner plate body 10 , and the center of the third food placement area 104 is marked with a third indication pattern 1040 . The fourth food placement area 106 is disposed at the lower right corner of the dinner plate body 10 , and the center of the fourth food placement area 106 is marked with a fourth indicator pattern 1060 .

Please refer to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, in an embodiment of the present creation, the quantity of the weight sensor that is provided with on the bottom shell 12 has four, comprises the first weight sensor 120, the second weight sensor 122. The third weight sensor 124 and the fourth weight sensor 126, wherein the first weight sensor 120 is set under the center of the first food placement area 100, and the second weight sensor 122 is set on the second food Below the center of the placement area 102, the third weight sensor 124 is arranged under the center of the third food placement area 104, and the fourth weight sensor 126 is arranged under the center of the fourth food placement area 106, and the first weight sensor The bottom of the detector 120 , the bottom of the second weight sensor 122 , the bottom of the third weight sensor 124 and the bottom of the fourth weight sensor 126 are all embedded on the bottom shell 12 . The first weight sensor 120, the second weight sensor 122, the third weight sensor 124, and the fourth weight sensor 126 respectively generate corresponding first food weight information, second food weight information, and third food weight information. The weight information and the fourth food weight information are then transmitted to the processor 20 of the control module 2, and the processor 20 first stores the first food weight information, the second food weight information, the third food weight information and the fourth food weight information in the In the storage module 24, the storage module 24 extracts the first food weight information, the second food weight information, the third food weight information and the fourth food weight information and transmits them to the display module 4 for display. Wherein the first food weight information represents the weight of the vegetable food placed on the first food placement area 100, the second food weight information represents the weight of the fruit food placed in the second food placement area 102, and the third food weight information represents the weight of the third food weight information. The weight of the carbohydrate food placed in the food placement area 104 , the fourth food weight information represents the weight of the eggs, beans, fish and meat food placed in the fourth food placement area 106 . The weight of each food may be expressed in grams, but not limited thereto, and may also be expressed in other weight units such as kilograms.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 3 , in an embodiment of the invention, the image capture module 3 can be an image capture device such as a camera. The display module 4 can be a display device such as a light-emitting diode display. The processor 20 can be a computing element such as a Raspberry Pi or a single chip. The wireless transmission module 22 can be a Bluetooth module, an NFC module, or a WiFi module. The storage module 24 can be a storage element such as a secure digital card or a random access memory (random access memory, RAM). The power supply module 26 can be a power supply element such as an alkaline battery or a carbon-zinc battery.

Please refer to Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, in one embodiment of the present invention, the image capture module 3 shoots the image of the carbohydrate food placed on the third food placement area 104, and produces carbohydrate Food image information, and the carbohydrate food image information is transmitted to the processor 20 of the control module 2, the processor 20 first stores the carbohydrate food image information in the storage module 24, and then the storage module 24 Extract the carbohydrate food image information, and then transmit the first food weight information, the second food weight information, the third food weight information, the fourth food weight information and the carbohydrate food image information to the meal via the wireless transmission module 22 The computing device 50 of the monitoring system 5, the computing device 50 then transmits the first food weight information, the second food weight information, the third food weight information, the fourth food weight information and the carbohydrate food image information to the application program 52 for analysis , to generate carbohydrate monitoring result information, and the application program 52 transmits the carbohydrate monitoring result information to the computing device 50 for display.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , FIG. 2 and FIG. 4 , in an embodiment of the present invention, the computing device 50 may be a computing device including a display screen, such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer or a desktop computer. The application program 52 includes an image recognition module 520 and a carbohydrate conversion module 522. The image recognition module 520 is used to determine the carbohydrate category of the carbohydrate food image information transmitted by the processor 20, such as white rice, sweet potatoes, and yams. or potatoes, etc., to generate carbohydrate category information, wherein the image recognition module 520 pre-inputs photos of various types of carbohydrate foods collected into the image recognition module 520, and performs image recognition through machine learning algorithm learning, Different types of carbohydrates are classified, and after the training is completed, image recognition is performed on the image information of carbohydrate foods transmitted by the processor 20, and the type of carbohydrates is determined to generate carbohydrate type information. Wherein the image recognition module 520 can be constructed by the OpenCV module of Python. Among them, the carbohydrate conversion module 522 will combine the carbohydrate type information and the food weight information transmitted by the weight sensor in the food storage area where the carbohydrate food is placed, and perform unit conversion between carbohydrate units and grams, so as to obtain The number of carbohydrate units corresponding to carbohydrate foods to generate carbohydrate unit information. For example, in nutrition, a carbohydrate unit of 15 grams is equivalent to 40 grams of rice. When the image recognition module 520 recognizes When the carbohydrate food image information is white rice, and the third food weight information indicates that the carbohydrate food placed in the third food placement area 104 weighs 80 grams, the carbohydrate conversion module 522 can convert and obtain the third food placement The carbohydrate food placed on the zone 104 is 2 carbohydrate units, and so on for other situations. The carbohydrate conversion module 522 finally integrates the carbohydrate type information, the food weight information transmitted by the weight sensor in the food placement area where the carbohydrate food is placed, and the carbohydrate unit information to generate carbohydrate monitoring result information, and The carbohydrate monitoring result information is transmitted to the computing device 50 and displayed on the display screen of the computing device 50 . In addition, the user can record the user information, the number of carbohydrate units recommended to be ingested or the number of protein units to be ingested, etc. through the application program 52 installed on the computing device 50, and the carbohydrate unit information in the carbohydrate monitoring result information can be recorded Analyze and evaluate the preset recommended carbohydrate units, and record the dietary status of each meal, so as to facilitate discussions with doctors, health teachers and nutritionists when returning to the doctor. The user information includes general physiological information such as gender, age, height or weight.

To sum up, this invention provides a carbohydrate monitoring plate combined with image recognition and weight sensing to help monitor the carbohydrate intake of the user.

Each embodiment is only used to illustrate the content of this creation, and is not intended to limit the scope of implementation of this creation. Therefore, equal changes and changes made according to the patent scope of this creation should still fall within the scope of this creation.

1: The Carb Monitoring Plate 10: Plate body 100: The first food storage area 1000: the first indicator pattern 102: The second food storage area 1020: the second indication pattern 104: The third food storage area 1040: the third indicating pattern 106: The fourth food storage area 1060: The fourth indication pattern 12: Bottom shell 120: the first weight sensor 122: the second weight sensor 124: The third weight sensor 126: The fourth weight sensor 14: Extended shell 2: Control module 20: Processor 22: Wireless transmission module 24: Storage module 26: Power supply module 3: Image capture module 4: Display module 5: Meal monitoring system 50: Computing device 52: Apps 520: Image recognition module 522: Carb conversion module

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a carbohydrate monitoring plate according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of marking a first indicator pattern, a second indicator pattern, a third indicator pattern and a fourth indicator pattern on a carbohydrate monitoring plate according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of a control module in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a meal monitoring system in an embodiment of the present invention.

1: The Carb Monitoring Plate

10: Plate body

100: The first food storage area

102: The second food storage area

104: The third food storage area

106: The fourth food storage area

12: Bottom shell

120: the first weight sensor

122: the second weight sensor

124: The third weight sensor

126: The fourth weight sensor

14: Extended shell

2: Control module

3: Image capture module

4: Display module

Claims (10)

A carbohydrate monitoring plate, comprising: A dinner plate body, the dinner plate body is provided with at least one food placement area, wherein at least one of the food placement areas is used to place a carbohydrate food; A bottom casing, the dinner plate body is arranged above the bottom casing, and a weight sensor is respectively arranged on the bottom casing corresponding to each of the food placement areas, and each of the weight sensors is used to sense the corresponding The weight of the food placed on the food storage area, and a corresponding food weight information is generated and transmitted; An extension casing, one side of the extension casing is connected to one side of the bottom casing, and there is an inclination angle between the extension casing and the bottom casing, and the extension casing is provided with: An image capture module, used to take images of the carbohydrate food placed on the food placement area, and generate and transmit carbohydrate food image information; a display module for displaying the weight information of each food; and A control module, coupled with the image capture module, the display module and each of the weight sensors, is used to receive and transmit each of the food weight information and the carbohydrate food image information, wherein the control module Transmitting the food weight information to the display module for display, and transmitting the food weight information and the carbohydrate food image information to a meal monitoring system for analysis, and generating a carbohydrate monitoring result information, and then The meal monitoring system displays; Wherein the inclination angle refers to the angle required for the image capture module to capture the carbohydrate food placed on the food placement area. The carbohydrate monitoring plate according to claim 1, wherein the plate body further includes at least one indicator pattern, and each indicator pattern is marked on the at least one food placement area. The carbohydrate monitoring plate as described in Claim 1, wherein the image capture module is a video camera. The carbohydrate monitoring plate according to claim 1, wherein the display module is a light-emitting diode display. The carbohydrate monitoring plate as described in claim 1, wherein the control module includes a processor, a wireless transmission module, a storage module and a power supply module, the processor is coupled to the wireless transmission module, The storage module, the power supply module, the image capture module, the display module and the weight sensors, the processor is used to receive and transmit the food weight information and the carbohydrate food image information, And communicate with the meal monitoring system through the wireless transmission module, transmit the carbohydrate food image information and the food weight information to the meal monitoring system for analysis, and generate the carbohydrate monitoring result information, and in the meal The carbohydrate monitoring result information is displayed on the monitoring system; the storage module is used to store the information from the processor, including the carbohydrate food image information and the weight information of each food, and the stored information can be retrieved by the processor ; The power supply module is used to supply the power of the control module, the image capture module, the display module and each of the weight sensors. The carbohydrate monitoring dinner plate as described in claim 5, wherein the processor is a raspberry pie or a single chip. The carbohydrate monitoring plate as described in claim 5, wherein the wireless transmission module is a Bluetooth module, an NFC module or a WiFi module. The carbohydrate monitoring plate as described in claim 1, wherein the meal monitoring system includes a computing device and an application program installed on the computing device, the computing device is used to receive the carbohydrates transmitted by the control module Food image information and each food weight information, and the carbohydrate food image information and each food weight information are transmitted to the application for analysis, and the carbohydrate monitoring result information is generated, and then the application uses the carbohydrate The monitoring result information is transmitted to the computing device for display. The carbohydrate monitoring plate as described in claim 8, wherein the application program performs image recognition on the carbohydrate food image information to determine the carbohydrate category to generate carbohydrate category information, and then place the carbohydrate in combination The food weight information transmitted by the weight sensor in the food storage area of the food is compared and converted to the carbohydrate unit to generate a carbohydrate unit information, and integrate the carbohydrate type information to place the carbohydrate food The food weight information and the carbohydrate unit information transmitted by the weight sensor in the food storage area are used to generate the carbohydrate monitoring result information and transmit it to the computing device for display. The carbohydrate monitoring plate as claimed in claim 8, wherein the computing device is a smart phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer or a desktop computer.

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