Physical change evaluation device, method, and recording medium stored with program

• US 10,175,247 B2
• Filed: 02/11/2015
• Issued: 01/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tanita Corporation (Tanita)
• Original Assignee: Tanita Corporation (Tanita)
• Inventors: Kodama, Miyuki, Sano, Ayumi, Kasahara, Yasuhiro, Minagawa, Naotaka, Watabe, Moe
• Primary Examiner(s): Alter, Mitchell E
• Application Number:
  US14/619,175
• Publication Number:
  US 20150226747A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,427 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/64 involving ketones
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets

Abstract

The invention provides a physical change evaluation device, method, and program capable of easily evaluating physical change from the past to the present, and from the present into the future.

A physical change evaluation device 10 acquires a ketone concentration measurement measuring ketone excreted from a user, acquires physical data relating to the body of the user, evaluates physical change in the user based on the acquired ketone concentration measurement and the physical data, and outputs an evaluation result.

Claims

1. A physical change evaluation device comprising:

a ketone concentration sensor configured to acquire a ketone concentration measurement measuring ketone excreted from a user;

a physical data meter configured to acquire body weight data of the user and body fat data of the user;

a storage unit configured to store body weight data of the user and body fat data of the user, wherein the storage unit has stored a three-dimensional lookup table containing entries based on the variables (1) ketone concentration, (2) body weight change, and (3) body fat change direction;

a processor configured to (i) determine a body weight change by comparing current body weight data of the user with past body weight data of the user that is stored in the storage unit, (ii) determine a body fat change direction by comparing current body fat data of the user with past body fat data of the user that is stored in the storage, and (iii) retrieve from the three-dimensional lookup table the respective entry associated with the ketone concentration measurement acquired by the ketone concentration sensor, the calculated body weight change, and the calculated body fat change direction; and

a display configured to output an evaluation result by the processor.

2. The physical change evaluation device of claim 1, wherein the display is configured to output advice information corresponding to the evaluation result.

3. The physical change evaluation device of claim 1, wherein the ketone excreted from the user are acetone contained in breath exhaled from the user.

6. The physical change evaluation device of claim 1, wherein:

the processor is configured to evaluate fat metabolism based on the ketone concentration measurement;

the processor is further configured to (i) permit a user to select an evaluation without measuring the physical data, (ii) when a user selects an evaluation without measuring the physical data, retrieve an entry from a lookup table containing entries based on the measured fat metabolism and generate advice information on the retrieved entry, and (iii) transmit the advice information to the display;

the processor is further configured to (i) permit a user to select an evaluation based on fat metabolism, body weight change, and body fat change direction, (ii) when a user selects an evaluation based on fat metabolism, body weight change, and body fat change direction, retrieve from the three-dimensional lookup table the respective entry based on the measured fat metabolism, the calculated body weight change, and the calculated body fat change direction and generate advice information on the retrieved entry, and (iii) transmit the advice information to the display; and

the processor is further configured to (i) permit a user to select an evaluation based on fat metabolism and body weight change, (ii) when a user selects an evaluation based on fat metabolism and body weight change, retrieve from a two-dimensional lookup table the respective entry based on the measured fat metabolism and the calculated body weight change and generate advice information on the retrieved entry, and (iii) transmit the advice information to the display.

4. A physical change evaluation method comprising:

acquiring a ketone concentration measurement measuring ketone excreted from a user;

acquiring body weight data of the user and body fat data of the user at a first time;

storing the body weight data of the user and the body fata data of the user at the first time;

acquiring body weight data of the user and body fat data of the user at a second time;

determining a body weight change by comparing the body weight data of the user at the second time with body weight data of the user at the first time;

determine a body fat change direction by comparing body fat data of the user at the second time with body fat data of the user at the first time;

retrieving from a three-dimensional lookup table the respective entry associated with the acquired ketone concentration measurement, the calculated body weight change, and the calculated body fat; and

outputting an evaluation result.

5. A non-transitory recording medium stored with a physical change evaluation program that causes processing to be executed on a computer, the processing comprising:

acquiring a ketone concentration measurement measuring ketone excreted from a user;

acquiring body weight data of the user and body fat data of the user at a first time;

storing the body weight data of the user and the body fata data of the user at the first time;

acquiring body weight data of the user and body fat data of the user at a second time;

determining a body weight change by comparing the body weight data of the user at the second time with body weight data of the user at the first time;

determine a body fat change direction by comparing body fat data of the user at the second time with body fat data of the user at the first time;

retrieving from a three-dimensional lookup table the respective entry associated with the acquired ketone concentration measurement, the calculated body weight change, and the calculated body fat; and

outputting an evaluation result.