ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,089, issued on Jan. 27.
"Subject recognition and recommendation methods and apparatus" was invented by Thomas Marvin Coyle Jr. (Fairfax, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine learning backed photo recognition application that gives users a health risk assessment based on nutritional value of the foods consumed. This software labels not just standard western foods, but ethnic and fusion dishes as well to provide increased accuracy. This software also uses data from USDA health guidelines and risk assessments from American Association of Cancer Research (AACR guidelines, dietitian specific plans/requirements issued to the patien...