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ra: Bluetooth pocket kitchen scale ikt rešitve in storitve | ict solutions and services
Barbara Koroušić Seljak, Bojan Blažica, Anton Biasizzo, Gregor Papa,
Marina Santo Zarnik
The Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Computer Systems Department at the Jožef Stefan Institute developed a pock-
et-sized kitchen scale “Libra” designed for an accurate assessment of the nu-
tritional intake of food and beverages. Libra is a simple, non-expensive device
with a wireless connection to web services by mobile application that allows
users to record the consumed food and beverages. The wireless connection
is based on the standard Bluetooth protocol. The application allows the user
to record the consumed food and beverage, which mass is measured with the
linked scale.
Introduction: Within the ”Ballerina” project, which we carry out in the frame-
work of the Horizon 2020 project ”TETRAMAX”, we are upgrading the scale
with the modern low-energy technology (Bluetooth Low Energy). In cooper-
ation with our Irish partner Nutritics who are developing the Libro mobile ap-
plication, the scale will be connected with specialized web services. There are
several groups of potential users of such a system. For example, patients with
diabetes need to know the carbohydrate (OH) content of food intake. The es-
timation of OH content in a food or meal is not easy, as it requires information
about both the nutritional composition of food intake and their amount. Libra
and Libro will greatly simplify this evaluation. In the paper, we will present the
scale and possible ways of using it for different groups of users, with a special
focus on children and adolescents and their parents.
Keywords: pocket kitchen scale, Bluetooth, carbohydrate counting, diabetes
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Barbara Koroušić Seljak, Bojan Blažica, Anton Biasizzo, Gregor Papa,
Marina Santo Zarnik
The Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Computer Systems Department at the Jožef Stefan Institute developed a pock-
et-sized kitchen scale “Libra” designed for an accurate assessment of the nu-
tritional intake of food and beverages. Libra is a simple, non-expensive device
with a wireless connection to web services by mobile application that allows
users to record the consumed food and beverages. The wireless connection
is based on the standard Bluetooth protocol. The application allows the user
to record the consumed food and beverage, which mass is measured with the
linked scale.
Introduction: Within the ”Ballerina” project, which we carry out in the frame-
work of the Horizon 2020 project ”TETRAMAX”, we are upgrading the scale
with the modern low-energy technology (Bluetooth Low Energy). In cooper-
ation with our Irish partner Nutritics who are developing the Libro mobile ap-
plication, the scale will be connected with specialized web services. There are
several groups of potential users of such a system. For example, patients with
diabetes need to know the carbohydrate (OH) content of food intake. The es-
timation of OH content in a food or meal is not easy, as it requires information
about both the nutritional composition of food intake and their amount. Libra
and Libro will greatly simplify this evaluation. In the paper, we will present the
scale and possible ways of using it for different groups of users, with a special
focus on children and adolescents and their parents.
Keywords: pocket kitchen scale, Bluetooth, carbohydrate counting, diabetes
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