Need help with dinner? This invention from the British appliance manufacture Kenwood Limited uses a camera in your fridge to identify what food you have available. The fridge then determines what recipes might work with what you have on hand. Finally , recipe suggestions are sent to you wherever you might be via the cloud.
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ABSTRACT
A method and container for providing an enclosure for a food item includes a plurality of grading marks and a docking station to dock an electronic device. Yet further, the system includes a processor configured to take one or more pictures of the food item using the electronic device, transmit the one or more pictures to a cloud, receive recommended recipes for the food item and display the recommended recipes.
FOOD CONTAINER SYSTEM WITH IMAGE PROCESSING AND METHOD
Applicant : KENWOOD LIMITED , Havant ( GB )
Inventors : Paul PALMER , Havant ( GB ) ; Gilman GRUNDY , Havant ( GB )
( 22 ) Filed : Mar. 11 , 2022