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App. No. 18/617,950

Detecting Unhealthy Food and Using Tactile and/or Haptic Sensations to Reduce a Person's Consumption of the Unhealthy Food

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App. No.
18/617,950
Abstract

This invention can be embodied in methods and systems for reducing a person's consumption of unhealthy food by providing the person with haptic and/or tactile sensations in response to detection of unhealthy food near the person and/or detection of consumption of unhealthy food by the person. Detection of unhealthy food near the person can be done using a camera on a device worn by the person. Detection of consumption of unhealthy food by the person can be done using a food consumption sensor on a device worn by the person. Haptic and/or tactile sensations can be vibrations.

Claims (12)

1 . A method for reducing a person's consumption of unhealthy food comprising:

receiving images from at least one camera on at least one wearable device worn by a person;

analyzing the images to detect types and/or quantities of nearby food; and

providing haptic and/or tactile sensations for the person via at least one haptic and/or tactile component on the one or more wearable devices when analysis of the images detects unhealthy types and/or quantities of food near the person.

2 . A method for reducing a person's consumption of unhealthy food comprising:

receiving data from at least one food consumption sensor on at least one wearable device worn by a person;

analyzing the data to detect types and/or quantities of food consumed by the person; and

providing haptic and/or tactile sensations for the person via at least one haptic and/or tactile component on the one or more wearable devices when analysis of the data detects consumption of unhealthy types and/or quantities of food by the person.

3 . A system for reducing a person's consumption of unhealthy food comprising:

at least one wearable device worn by a person;

at least one camera on the at least one wearable device, wherein the camera captures images of nearby food, and wherein these images are analyzed to detect types and/or quantities of the nearby food; and

at least one haptic and/or tactile component on the one or more wearable devices, wherein the haptic component provides haptic sensations for the person when analysis of the images detects unhealthy types and/or quantities of food in the nearby food.