1. Brian Murphy, Jason Stanley, Jeremy Darby, Edgar Watson II EECS 497: Food Allergies App

2. Need source: www.fda.gov/Food/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/ucm0 79311.htm Over 160 foods are known to cause food allergies FDA requires only 8 to be identified on food labels People with special dietary needs must know what brands they can/can’t buy Some ingredients are “tricky” and unexpectedly contain allergens e.g. Whey(milk), lecithin(soy), flour(wheat)

3. Solution Easy-to-use Android app that identifies specific allergens in food Character recognition software reads label ingredients Notifies user of potential allergens Customizable allergen filters

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5. Software Architecture Character recognition software (OCR) Database of FDA-identified ingredients Database of user allergies Classifies ingredients

6. GOTCHA’S Implementing character recognition software Small vocabulary Simple typefaces Building database of ingredients and allergies Photographic quality of phone Label corner cases “Does not contain nuts”

7. Secret Sauce Character recognition software Taking picture of ingredients label Character recognition vs. barcode Supports unlimited number of products Customizable allergy filter

8. Milestone chart Week:EdgarBrianJeremyJason Jan. 15-22Brainstorming Jan. 22-29 Architecture Design Jan. 29-Feb. 5 Ingredient Database Allergy Database Ingredient Database Allergy Database Feb. 5-12 Ingredient Database OCR Ingredient Database OCR Feb. 12-19OCR Photo CapturingOCR Feb. 19-26 Menu & UI Framework OCR Menu & UI Framework OCR Feb. 26-March 4Core Code March 4-11Initial TestingAudio Initital Testing March 11-18 Ingredient Helper Testing Ingredient Helper March 18-25Optional Features Eating PringlesOptional Features March 25-April 1Final Testing April 1-8 Presentation Preparation

9. Competition “My Food Facts” iPhone App Similar idea, costs $1.99, and has relatively poor reviews Only allows scanning of barcodes From about.com’s review: “My Food Facts shows a lot of promise, but the database behind the app is not quite robust enough at this point to make it useful on a day-to-day level for people with food allergies. The limited number of allergens that My Food Facts will screen for also limits the usefulness of the app.”

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