Apparatus for calculating nutrient requirement amount, an apparatus for suggesting a nutritional supplement, a blending apparatus of a nutritional supplement and a blending system of a nutritional supplement

• US 10,068,062 B2
• Filed: 07/08/2010
• Issued: 09/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nutrition Act Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Nutrition Act Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Ishikawa, Masahito, Sano, Kayo
• Primary Examiner(s): Lubin, Valerie
• Application Number:
  US12/832,235
• Publication Number:
  US 20100286999A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,980 Days
• Field of Search: 435 13, 705 2, 705 3, 128921, 600300
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3674 involving authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets

Abstract

It is provided with a medical inquiry processing unit for acquiring the response to a medical inquiry presenting medical inquiry items to a person to be examined, a nutrient requirement amount calculating unit for calculating the nutrient requirement amount of the person to be examined from the response to the medical inquiry, a nutritional supplement suggesting unit for suggesting the blend of a nutritional supplement based on the nutrient requirement amount of the person to be examined and a nutritional supplement blending unit for blending nutrients to prepare the nutritional supplement based on the blend of the nutritional supplement.

Claims

1. An apparatus for calculating a nutrient requirement amount of a person to be examined from a response to a medical inquiry, comprising:

a living environment database; and

a processor configured to

acquire said response to said medical inquiry of a medical inquiry item from said person to be examined using a terminal connected to the apparatus with a network,

acquire living environment information, from the living environment database indicating a living environment of said person to be examined, corresponding to an address related to said person to be examined by searching the living environment database by using said address related to said person to be examined,

replace, using an environment searching unit connected to the terminal with the network, said acquired response to said medical inquiry with an obtained response from said acquired living environment information,

determine an insufficient degree of nutrient corresponding to each acquired response to said medical inquiry using a nutrient amount processing unit connected to the terminal with the network, wherein the insufficient degree is associated with a certainty degree of each acquired response,

calculate said nutrient requirement amount of said person to be examined based on a correlation between a condition relating to the living environment information and the insufficient degree of nutrient, and

cause blending, by a blending unit including an apparatus for preparing nutritional supplements, of a consumable nutritional supplement using blend information generated based on the calculated nutrient requirement amount;

wherein

the living environment database is for storing said living environment information corresponding to each region.

2. The apparatus for calculating a nutrient requirement amount as claimed in claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured to

acquire said living environment information corresponding to an address of said person to be examined by searching said living environment database by using said address predetermined by said person to be examined,

acquire living environment information corresponding to an address of a workplace of said person to be examined by searching said living environment database by using said address of said workplace predetermined by said person to be examined, and

calculate said nutrient requirement amount of said person to be examined by using said living environment information corresponding to said address related to said person to be examined and said address of said workplace.

3. The apparatus for a calculating nutrient requirement amount as claimed in claim 1, wherein said living environment database holds a medical inquiry ID and a response to a medical inquiry in association with an address.

6. The apparatus for calculating a nutrient requirement amount as claimed in claim 1, wherein the calculator and the living environment database are configured to be remotely located from said person, and the calculator is configured to be accessed by said person over a network.

9. The apparatus for calculating a nutrient requirement amount as claimed in claim 1, wherein the calculator is configured to change said response to said medical inquiry by replacing said response to said medical inquiry.

4. A method for a calculating nutrient requirement amount of a person to be examined from a response to a medical inquiry, comprising:

acquiring said response to said medical inquiry of a medical inquiry item from said person to be examined using a terminal connected to the apparatus with a network;

acquiring living environment information from a living environment database, indicating a living environment of said person to be examined, corresponding to an address related to said person to be examined by searching a living environment database by using said address related to said person to be examined;

replacing, using an environment searching unit connected to the terminal with the network, said acquired response to said medical inquiry with an obtained response from said acquired living environment information;

determining an insufficient degree of nutrient corresponding to each acquired response to said medical inquiry using a nutrient amount processing unit connected to the terminal with the network, wherein the insufficient degree is associated with a certainty degree of each acquired response;

calculating said nutrient requirement amount of said person to be examined based a correlation between a condition relating to the living environment information and the insufficient degree of nutrient, and

causing blending, by a blending unit including an apparatus for preparing nutritional supplements, of a consumable nutritional supplement using blend information generated based on the calculated nutrient requirement amount;

wherein

the living environment database is for storing said living environment information corresponding to each region.

7. The method for calculating a nutrient requirement amount as claimed in claim 4, wherein the plurality of responses to said medical inquiry from said person are acquired over a network.

10. The method for calculating a nutrient requirement amount as claimed in claim 4, wherein changing said response to said medical inquiry by using said acquired living environment information comprises replacing said response to said medical inquiry.

5. A non-transitory recording medium having a program stored thereon for calculating a nutrient requirement amount of a person to be examined from a response to a medical inquiry, the program comprising:

a medical inquiry processing unit for, using a terminal connected to the program with a network, acquiring said response to said medical inquiry of a medical inquiry item from said person to be examined;

a nutrient requirement amount calculating unit connected to the terminal with the network for determining an insufficient degree of nutrient corresponding to each response to said medical inquiry acquired by said medical inquiry processing unit, wherein the insufficient degree is associated with a certainty degree of each acquired response;

a living environment searching unit for acquiring living environment information, indicating a living environment of said person to be examined, corresponding to an address related to said person to be examined by searching a living environment database by using said address related to said person to be examined; and

a nutritional supplement suggesting unit for causing blending, by a blending unit including an apparatus for preparing nutritional supplements, of a consumable nutritional supplement using blend information generated based on said nutrient requirement amount, wherein

said nutrient requirement amount calculating unit replaces said response to said medical inquiry with an obtained response from said living environment information acquired by said living environment searching unit connected to the terminal with a network,

said nutrient requirement amount calculating unit calculates said nutrient requirement amount of said person to be examined based on a correlation between a condition relating to the living environment information and the insufficient degree of nutrient,

the living environment database is for storing said living environment information corresponding to each region.

8. The non-transitory recording medium as claimed in claim 5, wherein the medical inquiry processing unit is configured to be remotely located from said person and is configured to be accessed by said person over a network.

11. The non-transitory recording medium as claimed in claim 5, the nutrient requirement amount calculating unit is configured to change said response to said medical inquiry by replacing said response to said medical inquiry.