Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to alerting device for one or more fluids consumption. The device 100 includes a housing to receive and accommodate the one or more fluids, a first set of sensors 106 configured to detect fluidic attributes of the one or more fluids inside the housing and correspondingly generate a first set of signals, a second set of sensors 108 configured to detect spectral attributes of the one or more fluids and correspondingly generate a second set of signals, a processing unit 110 operatively coupled with the first set of sensors 106, and the second set of sensors 108, and configured to generate a set of alert signals when at least one of fluidic attributes along with quantitative, analytical and chemical attributes associated with first set of signals and the second set of signals is beyond the predefined limit after comparison of the fluidic attributes along with the quantitative, analytical and chemical attributes with predefined limits.
[0001] The present disclosure relates generally to field of health safety. More particularly, the present disclosure provides an alerting device for excessive fluid consumption like beverages, alcohol, aerated drinks, energy shot drinks, and the likes.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Background description includes information that may be useful in understanding the present invention. It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art or relevant to the presently claimed invention, or that any publication specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.
[0003] Consumption of beverages, alcohol, medicinal syrup, aerated drinks sometimes increases dramatically and unknowingly due to which intake of chemicals like caffeine, alcohol, acid, and other harmful constituents rises and causes health related problems. The health related problems, can be heart diseases, lung disease, blood pressure problems, diabetes problem, liver problem, and the likes. Entity consuming the beverages like tea or coffee, alcohol, aerated drinks is unable to find intake of the chemicals through such consumption. So there is a need of mechanism with use of which intake of such chemicals can be regulated.
[0004] Existing solution includes tracking of such chemicals like caffeine, alcohol, and the likes by looking at contents of the beverages, aerated drinks, alcohol, and the likes provided by a seller. However, keeping a record of consumption for each day and calculating amount of the chemicals is bit challenging. Also, such approach can be tiresome and most of the entity can give up due to busy lifestyle and then neglect the amount of the consumption.
[0005] There is a need to overcome the above mentioned problems by bringing a solution that facilitates in determining the amount of consumption of the beverages, alcohol, aerated drinks, and the likes correctly and intake in a single day to avoid health related problems. Also, the solution aids in alerting the entity when the consumption of beverages, alcohol, aerated drinks, and the likes exceeds a predefined limit.
OBJECTS OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE
[0006] Some of the objects of the present disclosure, which at least one embodiment herein satisfies are as listed herein below.
[0007] It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a device that monitors intake of chemicals during consumption of beverages, alcohol, aerated drinks and the likes.
[0008] It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a device alerts an entity upon excessive intake of chemicals like acid, caffeine, alcohol, and the likes and helps the entity in taking precautions accordingly.
[0009] It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a device that enables the entity in controlling and reducing consumption of beverages, aerated drinks, alcohol, and the likes.
[0010] It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a device that helps in informing the entity quantity of intake of caffeine, alcohol, aerated drinks and the likes should be taken as per the entity’s body mass ratio.
[0011] . It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a device that aids in maintaining good health and reduces health related risk caused due to over consumption of beverages, alcohol, aerated drinks, and the likes.
[0012] It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a device that estimates chemical constituents like caffeine, acid, alcohol content, and other heavily conjugated molecules with help of spectral sensor or other similar spectral device.
[0013] It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a handy, light in weight, efficient, and portable device for monitoring consumption of beverages, alcohol, aerated drinks, and the likes, and alerting the entity upon excessive use.
SUMMARY
[0014] The present disclosure relates generally to field of health safety. More particularly, the present disclosure provides an alerting device for excessive fluid consumption like beverages, alcohol, aerated drinks, energy shot drinks, and the likes.
[0015] An aspect of the present disclosure pertains to an alerting device for excessive one or more fluids consumption, the device may include a housing to receive accommodate the one or more fluids. The device may include a first set of sensors configured to detect fluidic attributes of the one or more fluids inside the housing and correspondingly generate a first set of signals and a second set of sensors configured to detect spectral attributes of the one or more fluids and correspondingly generate a second set of signals. The device may include a processing unit operatively coupled with the first set of sensors, and the second set of sensors, where the processing unit may include one or more processors coupled with a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors. The processing unit may be configured to extract a third set of signals and a fourth set of signals from the first set of signals and the second set of signals respectively, and where the third set of signals pertain to any or a combination of weight, density, and volume and the fourth set of signals corresponds to spectral attributes, where the spectral attributes corresponds to quantitative, analytical and chemical attributes. The processing unit may be configured to compare the fluidic attributes and quantitative, analytical and chemical attributes with a dataset, where the dataset may include predefined limits and generate a set of alert signals when at least one of the quantitative, analytical and chemical attributes is beyond the predefined limit.
[0016] In an aspect, the device may include an inlet configured to receive one or more fluids and an outlet configured at a predetermined position of the housing.
[0017] In an aspect, the device may include a valve configured at the outlet of the housing, and wherein the valve is operatively coupled with the processing unit, and facilitates outflow of the one or more fluids based on the generated set of alert signals.
[0018] In an aspect, the first set of sensors may include any or a combination of force resistive sensor, force transducer, ultrasonic level sensor, and hydrostatic pressure level sensor, and the second set of sensors comprise spectroscopy sensor, SEN 15050, Triad spectroscopy sensor AS76215, spectrometers, and spectrum sensors.
[0019] In an aspect, the quantitative, analytical and chemical parameters may include caffeine concentration, transition metal ions concentration, highly conjugated organic compounds concentration, biological macromolecules concentration, and alcohol concentrations.
[0020] in an aspect, the housing may be provided with graduations, to facilitate in determining a quantity of one or more fluids being consumed by users.
[0021] In an aspect, the device may include a communication unit operatively coupled to the processing unit, and configured to communicatively couple with one or more mobile computing device associated with the users, where the device may be configured to transmit the set of alert signals to the one or more mobile computing devices.
[0022] In an aspect, the device may include an alerting unit operatively coupled with the processing unit, where the alerting unit may be configured to receive the set of alert signals.
[0023] In an aspect, the alerting unit may include any or a combination of light emitting diode (LED), buzzer, alarm, and vibration unit, and where the alerting unit facilitates alerting the user.
[0024] In an aspect, the one or more fluids may include any or a combination of coffee, alcohol, syrup, aerated drinks, and tea.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0025] The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the present disclosure, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the present disclosure.
[0026] The diagrams are for illustration only, which thus is not a limitation of the present disclosure, and wherein:
[0027] FIG. 1 illustrates a block diagram of proposed alerting device for excessive fluid consumption, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0028] FIG. 2 illustrates exemplary functional components of the processing unit of the proposed alerting device for excessive fluid consumption, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0029] FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary view of the proposed alerting device for excessive fluid consumption, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
DETAIL DESCRIPTION
[0030] Embodiments of the present invention include various steps, which will be described below. The steps may be performed by hardware components or may be embodied in machine-executable instructions, which may be used to cause a general-purpose or special-purpose processor programmed with the instructions to perform the steps. Alternatively, steps may be performed by a combination of hardware, software, firmware and/or by human operators.
[0031] If the specification states a component or feature “may”, “can”, “could”, or “might” be included or have a characteristic, that particular component or feature is not required to be included or have the characteristic.
[0032] As used in the description herein and throughout the claims that follow, the meaning of “a,” “an,” and “the” includes plural reference unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Also, as used in the description herein, the meaning of “in” includes “in” and “on” unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.
[0033] The present disclosure relates generally to field of health safety. More particularly, the present disclosure provides an alerting device for excessive fluid consumption like beverages, alcohol, aerated drinks, energy shot drinks, and the likes.
[0034] FIG. 1 illustrates a block diagram of proposed alerting device for excessive fluid consumption, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0035] As illustrated in FIG. 1, the proposed device 100 (also referred to as device 100, herein) can include a housing, an inlet 102, an outlet 104, a first set of sensors 106, a second set of sensors 108,a processing unit 110 and an alerting unit 112. In an illustrative embodiment, the first set of sensors 106 and the second set of sensors 108 can be operatively coupled with the processing unit 110. The device 100 can facilitate in alerting a user for one or more fluids consumption, when the one or more fluids consumption exceeds a predefined limit. The one or more fluids can include any or a combination of coffee, tea, alcohol, medicinal syrup, aerated drinks, and the likes. The alerting unit 112 can be operatively coupled with the processing unit 110. In an illustrative embodiment, the housing or the device 100 can include graduations configured to facilitate in determining a quantity of one or more fluids being consumed by the users.
[0036] In an embodiment, the housing can be configured to receive and accommodate one or more fluids. In an illustrative embodiment, the housing can be in shape of a cup, glass, container, bottle, mug, beaker, and the likes. The housing can be configured to receive and accommodate the one or more fluids with help of the inlet 102. In an illustrative embodiment, the inlet 102 can be separate channel configured to connect the housing from one end to other and enables inside movement of the one or more fluids inside the housing. In another illustrative embodiment, the inlet 102 can be top portion of the housing configured to accommodate the one or more fluids.
[0037] In an embodiment, device 100 can include the outlet 104 configured at a predetermined position of the housing or the device 100. The device 100 can include a valve configured at the outlet 104of the housing, and where the valve can be operatively coupled with the processing unit 110, and facilitates outflow of the one or more fluids based on generated set of alert signals by the processing unit 110. In an illustrative embodiment, the value can be a solenoid valve but not limited to the likes.
[0038] In an embodiment, the first set of sensors 106can be configured to detect fluidic attributes of the one or more fluids present inside the housing and correspondingly generate a first set of signals. In an illustrative embodiment, the first set of sensors 106can include any or a combination of force resistive sensor, force transducer, ultrasonic level sensor, hydrostatic pressure level sensor, and the likes. When the housing receives the one or more fluids with help of the inlet102, the first set of sensors 106can be configured to detect the fluidic attributes associated with the one or more fluids and correspondingly generate the first set of signals and transmit the first set of signals to the processing unit 110.
[0039] In an embodiment, device 100 can include the outlet 104configured at a predetermined position of the housing or the device 100. The device 100 can include a valve configured at the outlet 104 of the housing, and where the valve can be operatively coupled with the processing unit 110, and facilitates outflow of the one or more fluids based on generated set of alert signals by the processing unit 110. In an illustrative embodiment, the value can bea solenoid valve but not limited to the likes.
[0040] In an illustrative embodiment, the force resistive sensor include at least two substrate layer followed by a conductive film and a plastic spacer. When the one or more fluids is received by the housing, the conductive film can be deformed against the at least two substrate layer due to the force associated with the one or more fluids. The force resistive sensor can detect physical pressure, and weight of the one or more fluids received inside the housing and resistance of the sensor changes according to the pressure or weight applied due to received one or more fluids and correspondingly generate the first set of signals and transmit to the processing unit 110.
[0041] In an embodiment, the second set of sensors 108can be configured to detect spectral attributes of the one or more fluids inside the housing and correspondingly generate a second set of signals. In an illustrative embodiment, the second set of sensors 110 can include spectroscopy sensor, SEN 15050, Triad spectroscopy sensor AS76215, spectrometers, spectrum sensors, and the likes. When the first set of sensors 106detect the fluidic attributes of the one or more fluids inside the housing, the second set of sensors108can be configured to detect the spectral attributes from the one or more fluids and after generation of the second set of signals, the second set of sensors 108can be configured to transmit the second set of signals to the processing unit 110.
[0042] In an embodiment, the device 100 can include a processing unit 110with one or more processors coupled with a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors. In another embodiment, the processing unit 110 can be configured to extract a third set of signals and a fourth set of signals from the first set of signals and the second set of signals respectively. The third set of signals can pertain to any or a combination of weight, density, and volume and the fourth set of signals corresponds to spectral attributes, where the spectral attributes can correspond to quantitative, analytical and chemical attributes. In yet another embodiment, the processing unit 110 can be configured to compare the fluidic attributes and quantitative, analytical and chemical attributes with a dataset, where the dataset can include predefined limits and can generate a set of alert signals when at least one of the quantitative, analytical and chemical attributes is beyond the predefined limit.
[0043] In an illustrative embodiment, the processing unit 110 can be configured to receive the first set of signals from the first set of sensors 106 and the second set of signals from the second set of sensors 108in electrical form. In another illustrative embodiment, the processing unit 110 can be microprocessor, microcontroller, Arduino Uno, At mega 328, and other similar processing unit 110. In yet another illustrative embodiment, the processing unit 110 can bein form of a chip with small memory and a small processor, and where the processing unit 110 can be configured to monitor intake of the one or more fluids in a single day.
[0044] In an embodiment, the alerting unit 112can be configured to receive the set of alert signals from the processing unit 110. The alerting unit 112 can be configured to alert the user when the fluidic attributes, quantitative, analytical, and chemical attributes of the one or more fluids are found beyond the predefined limit. In an illustrative embodiment, the alerting unit 112can include any or a combination of light emitting diode (LED), buzzer, alarm, vibration unit, and the likes. The alerting can be done with help of LED illumination, buzzer, alarm, vibration, and the likes.
[0045] In an illustrative embodiment, when the housing is adapted to receive and accommodate the one or more fluids with the help of the inlet 102,the first set of sensors 106 like the force resistive sensor but not limited to the likes can be configured to detect the fluidic attributes like weight of the one or more fluids and correspondingly generate a first set of signals to the processing unit 110, where the processing unit 110 can be configured to extract the fluidic attributes like volume of the one or more fluids from the weight of the one or more fluids. In another illustrative embodiment, after calculation of the volume of the one or more fluids, the second set of sensors 108 like the Triad spectroscopy sensor AS76215but not limited to the likes can be configured to detect the spectral attributes of the one or more fluids inside the housing and correspondingly generate a second set of signals. The second set of signals can be transmitted to the processing unit 110, where the processing unit 110 can be configured to extract the spectral attributes like quantitative, analytical, and chemical attributes of the one or more fluids. In another illustrative embodiment, the housing can be in shape of a cup, bottle, glass, container, and the likes.
[0046] In an illustrative embodiment, the one or more fluids can be beverages, alcohol, aerated drinks, and the likes. The quantitative, analytical and chemical attributes can pertain to caffeine concentration, acid concentration, transition metal ions concentration, highly conjugated organic compounds concentration, biological macromolecules concentration, alcohol concentrations, and the likes. The processing unit 110 after extracting the spectral attributes like caffeine concentration, and the likes can compare the volume and caffeine concentration of the one or more fluids inside the housing with a dataset, where the dataset can include predefined limits. The predefined limits can include range of four hundred milligrams for caffeine concentration intake in a single day and four cups but not limited to the likes can be predefined limit for volume of the one or more fluids consumed in a single day. The processing unit 110 can be configured to generate the set of alert signals when the volume and caffeine concentration is found beyond the predefined limits.
[0047] In an illustrative embodiment, the device 100 can include an alerting unit 112 operatively coupled with the processing unit 110. The processing unit 110 can be configured to transmit the set of alert signals to the alerting unit 112 like LED, but not limited to the likes, where the LED can illuminate upon receiving the set of alert signals from the processing unit 110. In another illustrative embodiment, the device 100 can include an outlet 104 configured at the predetermined position of the housing. The device 100 can include a solenoid valve, but not limited to the likes, configured at the outlet 104of the housing, where the solenoid valve can facilitate outflow of the one or more fluids based on the generated set of alert signals.
[0048] In an illustrative embodiment, when the entity consumes the one or more fluids more than four cups and the caffeine concentration is found more than four hundred milligrams, the LED blinks or illuminate and the solenoid valve can facilitate outflow of the one or more fluids. The device 100 can help the entity in determining when the entity consumes excessive one or more fluids and aids in regulating consumption of the excessive one or more fluids. The LED can facilitate informing the entity about correct level of the consumption. In another illustrative embodiment, the device 100 can include graduations configured with housing, where the graduations can have four levels but not limited to the likes. The four levels can help the entity for determining quantity of the one or more fluids consumption.
[0049] In an illustrative embodiment, the device 100 can include a communication unit operatively coupled to the processing unit 110, and configured to communicatively couple with one or more mobile computing device associated with the entity, where the device 100 can be configured to transmit the set of alert signals to the one or more mobile computing devices. In another illustrative embodiment, the communication unit can include any or a combination of Bluetooth module, Wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) module, and the likes and the one or more mobile computing devices can include any or a combination of cell phones, laptop, I-pad, tablet, and the likes.
[0050] FIG. 2 illustrates exemplary functional components of the processing unit of the proposed alerting device for excessive fluid consumption, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0051] As illustrated in an embodiment, the processing unit 110 can include one or more processor(s) 202. The one or more processor(s) 202 can be implemented as one or more microprocessors, microcomputers, microcontrollers, digital signal processors, central processing units, logic circuitries, and/or any devices that manipulate data based on operational instructions. Among other capabilities, the one or more processor(s) 202 are configured to fetch and execute computer-readable instructions stored in a memory 204 of the processing unit 110. The memory 204 can store one or more computer-readable instructions or routines, which may be fetched and executed to create or share the data units over a network service. The memory 204 can include any non-transitory storage device including, for example, volatile memory such as RAM, or non-volatile memory such as EPROM, flash memory, and the like.
[0052] In an embodiment, the processing unit 108 can also include an interface(s) 206. The interface(s) 206 may include a variety of interfaces, for example, interfaces for data input and output devices, referred to as I/O devices, storage devices, and the like. The interface(s) 206 may facilitate communication of the processing unit 110 with various devices coupled to the processing unit 110. The interface(s) 206 may also provide a communication pathway for one or more components of processing unit 110. Examples of such components include, but are not limited to, processing engine(s) 208 and data 210.
[0053] In an embodiment, the processing engine(s) 208 can be implemented as a combination of hardware and programming (for example, programmable instructions) to implement one or more functionalities of the processing engine(s) 208. In examples described herein, such combinations of hardware and programming may be implemented in several different ways. For example, the programming for the processing engine(s) 208 may be processor executable instructions stored on a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium and the hardware for the processing engine(s) 208 may include a processing resource (for example, one or more processors), to execute such instructions. In the present examples, the machine-readable storage medium may store instructions that, when executed by the processing resource, implement the processing engine(s) 208. In such examples, the processing unit 110 can include the machine-readable storage medium storing the instructions and the processing resource to execute the instructions, or the machine-readable storage medium may be separate but accessible to processing unit 110 and the processing resource. In other examples, the processing engine(s) 208 may be implemented by electronic circuitry. A database 210 can include data that is either stored or generated as a result of functionalities implemented by any of the components of the processing engine(s) 208.
[0054] In an embodiment, the processing engine(s) 208 can include an extraction unit 212, a comparison unit 214, a signal generation unit 216, and other unit (s) 218. The other unit(s) 220 can implement functionalities that supplement applications or functions performed by the device 100 or the processing engine(s) 208.
[0055] The database 210 can include data that is either stored or generated as a result of functionalities implemented by any of the components of the processing engine(s) 208.
[0056] It would be appreciated that units being described are only exemplary units and any other unit or sub-unit may be included as part of the device 100. These units too may be merged or divided into super- units or sub-units as may be configured.
[0057] As illustrated in FIG. 2, the processing unit 110 can be configured to extract a third set of signals and a fourth set of signals from a first set of signals and a second set of signals respectively with help of the extraction unit 212. The first set of signals can be generated by a first set of sensors 106 and the second set of signals can be generated by the second set of sensors 108. The third set of signals can pertain to any or a combination of weight, density, and volume and the fourth set of signals can correspond to spectral attributes, where the spectral attributes can correspond to quantitative, analytical and chemical attributes respectively. In an illustrative embodiment, the first set of signals can correspond to fluidic attributes and the second set of signals can correspond to spectral attributes of the one or more fluids.
[0058] In an embodiment, the processing unit 110can be configured to compare the fluidic attributes and quantitative, analytical and chemical attributes with a dataset with help of the comparison unit214, where the dataset can include predefined limits. In another embodiment, the processing unit can be configured to generate a set of alert signals with help of the signal generation unit 216 when at least one of the quantitative, analytical and chemical attributes is beyond the predefined limit.
[0059] In an illustrative embodiment, the extraction unit 212 can be configured to receive the first set of signals in electrical form, from which a third set of signals can be extracted by the extraction unit in machine readable form or binary form. The third set of signals can pertain to weight, density, volume, and the likes of the one or more fluids. In another illustrative embodiment, the extracted third set of signals or the fluidic attributes can be transmitted to the comparison unit 214 in machine readable form or binary form. In yet another illustrative embodiment, the one or more fluids can include any or a combination of coffee, tea, alcohol, medicinal syrup, aerated drinks, and the likes.
[0060] In an illustrative embodiment, when a housing associated with the device receives and accommodate the one or more fluids, the first set of sensors 106 configured with the housing, like force resistive sensor, but not limited to the likes, can detect physical pressure, and weight of the one or more fluids received inside the housing and resistance of the sensor changes according to the pressure or weight applied due to received one or more fluids and correspondingly generate the first set of signals and transmit to the extraction unit 212. The extraction unit 212 can be configured to extract volume from weight of the one or more fluids and transmits the volume in machine readable form to the comparison unit 214. In another illustrative embodiment, the detection of the fluidic attributes is not limited to the force resistive sensor, and combination of first set of sensors can be used to detect the fluidic attributes of the one or more fluids inside the housing.
[0061] In an illustrative embodiment, when the force resistive sensor can be configured to detect the fluidic attributes like volume of the one or more fluids, the second set of sensors like Triad spectroscopy sensor AS76215 but not limited to the likes, can be configured to detect the spectral attributes of the one or more fluids and correspondingly generate and transmit the spectral attributes to the extraction unit 212 in electrical form. The extraction unit 212 can be configured to extract the fourth set of signals from the second set of signals in machine readable form. The fourth set of signals can pertain to quantitative, analytical, and chemical attributes of the one or more fluids like caffeine concentration, alcohol concentration, carbonic acid concentration, transition metal ions concentration, highly conjugated organic compounds concentration, biological macromolecules concentration, and the likes.
[0062] In an illustrative embodiment, the extraction unit 212 can be configured to extract the caffeine concentration, but not limited to the likes from the one or more fluids and transmits the caffeine concentration to the comparison unit 214 in machine readable form.
[0063] In an illustrative embodiment, the comparison unit 214 can be configured to receive the extracted fluidic attributes, quantitative, analytical, and chemical attributes of the one or more fluids from the extraction unit 212 in machine readable form. The comparison unit 214 can facilitate in comparing the extracted fluidic attributes with a first data set, where the first data set can pertain to predefined limit ranges. The comparison unit 214 can receive the extracted fluidic attributes of the one or more fluids from the extraction unit 212, and can compare with the first dataset stored in database 210. The predefined limit ranges can include threshold values pertaining to the fluidic attributes like volume, density, weight, and the likes associated with the one or more fluids received by the housing. The comparison unit 214 can compare the extracted fluidic attributes, and can facilitate in finding whether the extracted fluidic attributes has reached the predefined limit ranges.
[0064] In an illustrative embodiment, the comparison unit 214 can facilitate in comparing the extracted quantitative, analytical, and chemical attributes of the one or more fluids with a second data set, where the second data set can pertain to predefined limit ranges. The comparison unit 214 can receive the extracted quantitative, analytical, and chemical attributes of the one or more fluids from the extraction unit 212, and can compare with the second dataset stored in database 210. The predefined limit ranges can include threshold values pertaining to the quantitative, analytical, and chemical attributes of the one or more fluids. The comparison unit 214 can compare the extracted quantitative, analytical, and chemical attributes of the one or more fluids, and can facilitate in finding whether the extracted quantitative, analytical, and chemical attributes of the one or more fluids has reached the predefined limit ranges.
[0065] In another illustrative embodiment, the threshold values pertaining to the fluidic attributes like volume can include four cups in a day, but not limited to the likes and the quantitative, analytical, and chemical attributes of the one or more fluids can include predefined limit ranges of four hundred milligrams of caffeine concentration in a day for an entity, but not limited to the likes.
[0066] In an illustrative embodiment, the comparison unit 214 can receive the extracted fluidic attributes, quantitative, analytical, and chemical attributes of the one or more fluids in machine readable form. The comparison unit 214 can facilitate in comparing the received extracted fluidic attributes, quantitative, analytical, and chemical attributes of the one or more fluids in machine readable form with help of a comparator. The comparator can enable comparing the extracted fluidic attributes, quantitative, analytical, and chemical attributes of the one or more fluids with the predefined limit ranges. The comparator can include an analogue comparator or a digital comparator. The digital comparators can compare the extracted fluidic attributes, quantitative, analytical, and chemical attributes of the one or more fluids with the predefined limit ranges. The digital comparators can facilitate comparison with help of logic gates such as AND, NOT or NOR gates. The digital comparator can be configured to accept the extracted fluidic attributes, quantitative, analytical, and chemical attributes of the one or more fluids in the machine readable form. Further three conditions can be applicable for the comparison of the extracted fluidic attributes, quantitative, analytical, and chemical attributes of the one or more fluids with the predefined limit ranges.
[0067] In an illustrative embodiment, the three conditions associated with the digital comparator can include a first condition, which can prevail when the extracted fluidic attributes, quantitative, analytical, and chemical attributes of the one or more fluids are found equal to the predefined limit ranges, a second condition can prevail when the extracted fluidic attributes, quantitative, analytical, and chemical attributes of the one or more fluids are found beyond the predefined limit ranges, and the third condition can prevail when the extracted fluidic attributes, quantitative, analytical, and chemical attributes of the one or more fluids are found within the predefined limit ranges. The digital comparator can compare and transmit the compared fluidic attributes, quantitative, analytical, and chemical attributes of the one or more fluids to the signal generation unit 216.
[0068] In an embodiment, the signal generation unit 216 can be configured to receive the compared fluidic attributes, quantitative, analytical, and chemical attributes of the one or more fluids in machine readable form or binary form. The signal generation unit 216 can be configured to generate a set of alert signals when at least one of the compared fluidic attributes, quantitative, analytical, and chemical attributes of the one or more fluids are found beyond the predefined limit. In an illustrative embodiment, the set of alert signals can be generated in machine readable form and can be transmitted to an alerting unit. The alerting unit can include any or a combination of light emitting diode (LED), buzzer, alarm, vibration unit, and the likes. The LED can illuminate upon receiving the set of alert signals, where the LED can enable identifying excess of the fluidic attributes, quantitative, analytical, and chemical attributes of the one or more fluids inside the housing and can take precautions accordingly.
[0069] FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary view of the proposed alerting device for excessive fluid consumption, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0070] As illustrated in FIG. 3, the device 100 can include a housing configured to accommodate one or more fluids with help of an inlet 102. The device can include a first set of sensors 106, a second set of sensors 108, a processing unit 110, an alerting unit 112, and a power source 302. The housing can be provided with graduations 304, to facilitate in determining a quantity of one or more fluids being consumed by a user. The housing can include an outlet 104 configured at a predetermined position of the housing. The predetermined position can be lower portion of the housing. The device 100 or the housing can include a valve 306 configured at the outlet, where the valve 306can be operatively coupled with the processing unit 110. The valve 306 can be a solenoid valve 306 which facilitates outflow of the one or more fluids from the housing based on generated set of alert signals by the processing unit 110. In an illustrative embodiment, the housing can be in shape of a cup, mug, glass, container, bottle, and the likes.
[0071] In an illustrative embodiment, when the housing is configured to receive and accommodate the one or more fluids, the first set of sensors 106like force resistive sensor, but not limited to the likes can be configured to detect fluidic attributes and correspondingly generate a first set of signals and transmit the first set of signals to the processing unit 110. In another illustrative embodiment, the second set of sensors 108 like Triad spectroscopy sensor AS76215, but not limited to the likes can be configured to detect quantitative, analytical, and chemical attributes of the one or more fluids inside the housing. The Triad spectroscopy sensor AS76215 can be configured to generate a second set of signals and transmit the second set of signals to the processing unit. In another illustrative embodiment, the quantitative, analytical, and chemical attributes can include any or a combination of caffeine concentration, transition metal ions concentration, highly conjugated organic compounds concentration, biological macromolecules concentration, alcohol concentrations, and the likes.
[0072] In an illustrative embodiment, the processing unit110 can be in form of a chip with memory and a processors and configured to alert an entity about excessive amount of the one or more fluids consumption. In another illustrative embodiment, the device 100 can include light emitting diode 112 configured to glow when caffeine concentration crosses predefined limits. The solenoid valve 306 can facilitate outflow of the one or more fluids when the one or more fluids volume crosses the predefined limits. In another illustrative embodiment, the device 100 can include graduations 304 configured with housing or the device 100, where the graduations304 can have four levels to facilitate the entity in determining the quantity of the one or more fluids consumption.
[0073] In an illustrative embodiment, the device 100 can include a communication unit operatively coupled to the processing unit 110, and configured to communicatively couple with one or more mobile computing device associated with the entity, where the device 100 can be configured to transmit the set of alert signals to the one or more mobile computing devices. In another illustrative embodiment, the power source 302can be configured to provide electrical power to the device 100, where the power source 302can include any or aa combination of battery, cell, capacitor bank, and the likes.
[0074] Thus, it will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that the diagrams, schematics, illustrations, and the like represent conceptual views or processes illustrating systems and methods embodying this invention. The functions of the various elements shown in the figures may be provided through the use of dedicated hardware as well as hardware capable of executing associated software. Similarly, any switches shown in the figures are conceptual only. Their function may be carried out through the operation of program logic, through dedicated logic, through the interaction of program control and dedicated logic, or even manually, the particular technique being selectable by the entity implementing this invention. Those of ordinary skill in the art further understand that the exemplary hardware, software, processes, methods, and/or operating systems described herein are for illustrative purposes and, thus, are not intended to be limited to any particular name.
[0075] While embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described, it will be clear that the invention is not limited to these embodiments only. Numerous modifications, changes, variations, substitutions, and equivalents will be apparent to those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, as described in the claim.
[0076] While the foregoing describes various embodiments of the invention, other and further embodiments of the invention may be devised without departing from the basic scope thereof. The scope of the invention is determined by the claims that follow. The invention is not limited to the described embodiments, versions or examples, which are included to enable a person having ordinary skill in the art to make and use the invention when combined with information and knowledge available to the person having ordinary skill in the art.
ADVANTAGES OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE
[0077] The present disclosure provides a device that monitors intake of chemicals during consumption of beverages, alcohol, aerated drinks and the likes.
[0078] The present disclosure provides a device that alerts an entity upon excessive intake of chemicals like acid, caffeine, alcohol, and the likes and helps the entity in taking precautions accordingly.
[0079] The present disclosure provides a device that enables the entity in controlling and reducing consumption of beverages, aerated drinks, alcohol, and the likes.
[0080] The present disclosure provides a device that helps in informing the entity quantity of intake of caffeine, alcohol, aerated drinks and the likes should be taken as per the entity’s body mass ratio.
[0081] .The present disclosure provides a device that aids in maintaining good health and reduces health related risk caused due to over consumption of beverages, alcohol, aerated drinks, and the likes.
[0082] The present disclosure provides a device that estimates chemical constituents like caffeine, acid, alcohol content, and other heavily conjugated molecules with help of spectral sensor or other similar spectral device.
[0083] The present disclosure provides a handy, light in weight, efficient, and portable device for monitoring consumption of beverages, alcohol, aerated drinks, and the likes, and alerting the entity upon excessive use.
Claims:1. An alerting device for excessive one or more fluids consumption, the device comprising:
a housing to receive accommodate the one or more fluids;
a first set of sensors configured to detect fluidic attributes of the one or more fluids inside the housing and correspondingly generate a first set of signals;
a second set of sensors configured to detect spectral attributes of the one or more fluids and correspondingly generate a second set of signals, and
a processing unit operatively coupled with the first set of sensors, and the second set of sensors, wherein the processing unit comprises of one or more processors coupled with a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors and configured to:
extract a third set of signals and a fourth set of signals from the first set of signals and the second set of signals respectively, and wherein the third set of signals pertains to any or a combination of weight, density, and volume and the fourth set of signals corresponds to spectral attributes, where the spectral attributes corresponds to quantitative, analytical and chemical attributes;
compare the fluidic attributes and quantitative, analytical and chemical attributes with a dataset, wherein the dataset comprises predefined limits;
generate a set of alert signals when at least one of the fluidic attributes along with the quantitative, analytical and chemical attributes is beyond the predefined limit.
2. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the device comprises of an inlet configured to receive one or more fluids and an outlet configured at a predetermined position of the housing.
3. The device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the device comprises of a valve configured at the outlet of the housing, and wherein the valve is operatively coupled with the processing unit, and facilitates outflow of the one or more fluids based on the generated set of alert signals.
4. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first set of sensors comprise any or a combination of force resistive sensor, force transducer, ultrasonic level sensor, and hydrostatic pressure level sensor, and the second set of sensors comprise spectroscopy sensor, SEN 15050, Triad spectroscopy sensor AS76215,spectrometers, and spectrum sensors.
5. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the quantitative analytical chemical parameters comprise of caffeine concentration, transition metal ions concentration, highly conjugated organic compounds concentration, biological macromolecules concentration, and alcohol concentrations.
6. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the housing is provided with graduations, to facilitate in determining a quantity of one or more fluids being consumed by users.
7. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein device comprises a communication unit operatively coupled to the processing unit, and configured to communicatively couple with one or more mobile computing device associated with the users, wherein the device is configured to transmit the set of alert signals to the one or more mobile computing devices.
8. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the device comprises of alerting unit operatively coupled with the processing unit, wherein the alerting unit is configured to receive the set of alert signals.
9. The device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the alerting unit comprises any ora combination of light emitting diode (LED), buzzer, alarm, and vibration unit, and wherein the alerting unit facilitates alerting the user.
10. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more fluids comprise any or a combination of coffee, alcohol, medicinal syrup, aerated drinks, energy shot drinks, and tea.
| Section | Controller | Decision Date |
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| # | Name | Date |
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| 1 | 202011036302-IntimationOfGrant15-11-2023.pdf | 2023-11-15 |
| 1 | 202011036302-STATEMENT OF UNDERTAKING (FORM 3) [24-08-2020(online)].pdf | 2020-08-24 |
| 2 | 202011036302-FORM FOR STARTUP [24-08-2020(online)].pdf | 2020-08-24 |
| 2 | 202011036302-PatentCertificate15-11-2023.pdf | 2023-11-15 |
| 3 | 202011036302-FORM FOR SMALL ENTITY(FORM-28) [24-08-2020(online)].pdf | 2020-08-24 |
| 3 | 202011036302-Annexure [01-11-2023(online)].pdf | 2023-11-01 |
| 4 | 202011036302-Written submissions and relevant documents [01-11-2023(online)].pdf | 2023-11-01 |
| 4 | 202011036302-FORM 1 [24-08-2020(online)].pdf | 2020-08-24 |
| 5 | 202011036302-EVIDENCE FOR REGISTRATION UNDER SSI(FORM-28) [24-08-2020(online)].pdf | 2020-08-24 |
| 5 | 202011036302-Correspondence to notify the Controller [14-10-2023(online)].pdf | 2023-10-14 |
| 6 | 202011036302-FORM-26 [14-10-2023(online)].pdf | 2023-10-14 |
| 6 | 202011036302-EVIDENCE FOR REGISTRATION UNDER SSI [24-08-2020(online)].pdf | 2020-08-24 |
| 7 | 202011036302-US(14)-ExtendedHearingNotice-(HearingDate-17-10-2023).pdf | 2023-10-12 |
| 7 | 202011036302-DRAWINGS [24-08-2020(online)].pdf | 2020-08-24 |
| 8 | 202011036302-FORM-26 [11-10-2023(online)].pdf | 2023-10-11 |
| 8 | 202011036302-DECLARATION OF INVENTORSHIP (FORM 5) [24-08-2020(online)].pdf | 2020-08-24 |
| 9 | 202011036302-COMPLETE SPECIFICATION [24-08-2020(online)].pdf | 2020-08-24 |
| 9 | 202011036302-Correspondence to notify the Controller [10-10-2023(online)].pdf | 2023-10-10 |
| 10 | 202011036302-FORM-26 [28-10-2020(online)].pdf | 2020-10-28 |
| 10 | 202011036302-US(14)-HearingNotice-(HearingDate-13-10-2023).pdf | 2023-08-25 |
| 11 | 202011036302-CLAIMS [12-10-2022(online)].pdf | 2022-10-12 |
| 11 | 202011036302-Proof of Right [13-01-2021(online)].pdf | 2021-01-13 |
| 12 | 202011036302-CORRESPONDENCE [12-10-2022(online)].pdf | 2022-10-12 |
| 12 | 202011036302-FORM 18 [12-05-2022(online)].pdf | 2022-05-12 |
| 13 | 202011036302-FER.pdf | 2022-06-29 |
| 13 | 202011036302-FER_SER_REPLY [12-10-2022(online)].pdf | 2022-10-12 |
| 14 | 202011036302-FER.pdf | 2022-06-29 |
| 14 | 202011036302-FER_SER_REPLY [12-10-2022(online)].pdf | 2022-10-12 |
| 15 | 202011036302-CORRESPONDENCE [12-10-2022(online)].pdf | 2022-10-12 |
| 15 | 202011036302-FORM 18 [12-05-2022(online)].pdf | 2022-05-12 |
| 16 | 202011036302-CLAIMS [12-10-2022(online)].pdf | 2022-10-12 |
| 16 | 202011036302-Proof of Right [13-01-2021(online)].pdf | 2021-01-13 |
| 17 | 202011036302-US(14)-HearingNotice-(HearingDate-13-10-2023).pdf | 2023-08-25 |
| 17 | 202011036302-FORM-26 [28-10-2020(online)].pdf | 2020-10-28 |
| 18 | 202011036302-COMPLETE SPECIFICATION [24-08-2020(online)].pdf | 2020-08-24 |
| 18 | 202011036302-Correspondence to notify the Controller [10-10-2023(online)].pdf | 2023-10-10 |
| 19 | 202011036302-DECLARATION OF INVENTORSHIP (FORM 5) [24-08-2020(online)].pdf | 2020-08-24 |
| 19 | 202011036302-FORM-26 [11-10-2023(online)].pdf | 2023-10-11 |
| 20 | 202011036302-DRAWINGS [24-08-2020(online)].pdf | 2020-08-24 |
| 20 | 202011036302-US(14)-ExtendedHearingNotice-(HearingDate-17-10-2023).pdf | 2023-10-12 |
| 21 | 202011036302-EVIDENCE FOR REGISTRATION UNDER SSI [24-08-2020(online)].pdf | 2020-08-24 |
| 21 | 202011036302-FORM-26 [14-10-2023(online)].pdf | 2023-10-14 |
| 22 | 202011036302-Correspondence to notify the Controller [14-10-2023(online)].pdf | 2023-10-14 |
| 22 | 202011036302-EVIDENCE FOR REGISTRATION UNDER SSI(FORM-28) [24-08-2020(online)].pdf | 2020-08-24 |
| 23 | 202011036302-FORM 1 [24-08-2020(online)].pdf | 2020-08-24 |
| 23 | 202011036302-Written submissions and relevant documents [01-11-2023(online)].pdf | 2023-11-01 |
| 24 | 202011036302-Annexure [01-11-2023(online)].pdf | 2023-11-01 |
| 24 | 202011036302-FORM FOR SMALL ENTITY(FORM-28) [24-08-2020(online)].pdf | 2020-08-24 |
| 25 | 202011036302-PatentCertificate15-11-2023.pdf | 2023-11-15 |
| 25 | 202011036302-FORM FOR STARTUP [24-08-2020(online)].pdf | 2020-08-24 |
| 26 | 202011036302-STATEMENT OF UNDERTAKING (FORM 3) [24-08-2020(online)].pdf | 2020-08-24 |
| 26 | 202011036302-IntimationOfGrant15-11-2023.pdf | 2023-11-15 |
| 1 | 202011036302E_28-06-2022.pdf |