英語記事に慣れる「サクっと読む英文」
2017.9.5
App finds recipes based on pictures
Read the article to find out how researchers think this app could be used in the future.
マサチューセッツ工科大学で開発されたあるアプリが将来どのように使われる可能性があるのか、研究員たちの考えについて読んでみましょう。
The app was able to identify lots of different kinds of ingredients like flour, eggs, and butter using its database. The MIT researchers created Pic2Recipe using more data than other similar technology before. Researchers used more than one million photos and recipes to train the app’s AI system, and the majority of the images and recipes were desserts. For that reason, the app seems to have an easy time identifying desserts like cookies and muffins, but still has a little difficulty figuring out what’s inside of foods like smoothies or sushi.
Researchers are trying to improve the app so that it can recognize more complicated dishes and cooking techniques. One of their main goals is to create a fully functioning app that people can use to make the dishes they see on social media services like Instagram. Still, there are many other possible uses for the technology.
One of the graduate students working on the app is Nick Hynes. When discussing the app’s possibilities, Hynes said, “This could potentially help people figure out what’s in their food when they don’t have explicit nutritional information.” Hynes hopes that this technology will eventually be able to help people who are on special diets know more about what they’re eating.
Others hope to use the technology to help figure out what to make for dinner. Researchers think that the app could eventually be able to give recipe suggestions based on the food someone has in their fridge. Essentially, the user would put in the foods they have at home and then indicate the kind of dish they want to eat. After that, the system would give the user some options for recipes to make. This would certainly be useful to people who don’t have the time to look for different recipes online.
The technology that this new app offers could change the way people take pictures of their food. Instagram is full of pictures of great looking food, but there are almost never any recipes included. This app could finally make all of those Instagram pictures useful.
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston have made a new type of app that uses pictures to find foods. The app has a new kind of AI system and can recognize food in pictures. After the app recognizes the food, it gives the user a matching recipe. MIT has called the app “Pic2Recipe” and is now testing it. So far, the results have been pretty strong.
The app was able to recognize lots of different kinds of ingredients like flour, eggs, and butter. The MIT researchers used more than one million photos and recipes to train the app’s AI system. They mostly used images and recipes of desserts, so the app can easily recognize things like cookies and muffins. Still, Pic2Recipe has a little difficulty with foods like smoothies or sushi.
Researchers are trying to make the app better. They want the app to recognize more difficult dishes and cooking techniques. The researchers’ main goal is to help people make the dishes that they see on social media sites like Instagram. Still, there are many other possible uses for the technology.
One of the researchers working on the app is Nick Hynes. Hynes hopes that his app will be able to help people who have special diets. Many people with special diets need to be careful about the food they eat.
Others hope to use the technology to get dinner ideas. Researchers think that, in the future, users might be able to use the app in other interesting ways. A user might be able to enter information about the foods they have at home and then choose the kind of dish they want to eat. After that, the system would give the user some recipe choices. This would be useful to people who don’t have the time to look for recipes online.
The technology in this new app could change the way people take pictures of their food. Instagram has many pictures of great looking food, but there often aren’t any recipes with those pictures. This app could finally make all of those Instagram pictures useful.
キーフレーズ
identify 特定する、識別する
so far 今のところ
今の段階では、現時点では、という意味です。
例:Their new business has been successful so far.
(今のところ彼らの新しいビジネスは上手くいっている。)
pretty まあまあ、なかなか
“pretty” は、かわいらしい、などの形容詞としての用法以外に、”very” などと同じく程度を表す副詞としても使われます。通常 “pretty” は ”very” より低い程度を表し、適度に高い程度として、まあまあ、なかなか、比較的、などの意味で使われます。
例:He looked pretty fit for his age.
(彼は年齢のわりにはなかなか元気そうだ。)
impressive 素晴らしい、見事な
so that ~ ~できるように
~できるように、~するために、という意味で、目的を表す接続詞として使われます。
例:I’ll take the train instead of driving so that I can sleep on the way there.
(そちらに行く途中で寝れるよう、車ではなく電車にします。)
complicated dishes 複雑な(難しい)料理
potentially もしかすると、潜在的に
explicit 明確な
eventually いずれは、ゆくゆくは
fridge 冷蔵庫
essentially 基本的に
物事や人、状況などの基本的な性質や原則を表し、基本的に、本来、原則として、などという意味で使われます。
例:He’s a little argumentative but he’s essentially a good person.
(彼は少し理屈っぽいが、本来は良い人だ。)