Google wants to count calories in their food photos Instagram

Google could be the one to turn from now on to keep a check on your weight. Apparently, the company is developing a new artificial intelligence project that will identify food images published in Instagram, and tell you the number of calories contained in the food.

Im2Calories codenamed the potential tool announced in the deep rework Learning Summit last week. According to a report by Popular Science, Google researcher Kevin P Murphy released a project using 'deep learning sophisticated algorithms to analyze a set of food photo, and estimate how many calories there are in the dish.' In one example, the system seemed on an image and counted 'two eggs, two pancakes and three strips of bacon.' Although these food products are not universal measurement units, the system could measure the size of each piece of food relative to the plate along with any condiments also.

Murphy says: "For me it is obvious that people really want this and this is really helpful." He agrees that the IA can not get the correct calorie content in the first attempts but will improve as more people use and share the results. Murphy has not given details on when the new tool will be available.

During the presentation, he said, "We semi-automated. If only works 30 percent of the time, enough that people will start using it, we will collect data, and will improve over time." Users can edit the software, so if they go wrong identify certain foods, for example, if the poached eggs fried eggs confused.

Murphy is not intended users of shame with the new system, but just want the 'process of keeping a food diary and identify food. "This turns out to be much easier than manually feed the application information food that includes lots of food, type of food and so on.

Im2Calories believed to be popular, particularly in the USA as obesity remains a crisis. Even if Im2Calories never completely accurate, Murphy believes the new system will have an impact.

Speaking to CNET, Google spokesman said Jason Freidenfelds Im2Calories and algorithms that run it are still under investigation and that there are "no current product plans at this stage."

However, a report from The Verge said smart food diary Google as indeed, 'a bit silly'. Despite claiming that there is no possibility of challenging Google to collect and process data from a large number of users, you could face his biggest challenge is revolves around the way it really is unreliable counting calories .