Calorie management apparatus
First Claim
1. A calorie management apparatus for calculating and managing a calorie intake, comprising:
- an input unit;
a storage unit;
a display unit; and
a control unit, wherein said input unit enters the name and the amount of food ingested, said storage unit stores the name and the calorie per unit amount of each of the foods in corresponding relation, and further stores the category to which each food belongs, said display unit displays the result of calorie intake calculated and other information about the food of which name is entered, said control unit controls calculation of calorie intake, based on the calorie per unit amount of the food stored in said storage unit corresponding to the name of food entered by said input unit and the amount of food also entered by said input unit, and if the name of food entered by the input unit is one that represents the category of the food stored in the storage unit, then said control unit causes a list of the foods belonging to that category to be displayed on the display unit so that a user selects and enters the food ingested from among the list of the foods displayed.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a calorie management apparatus for calculating and managing a calorie intake, comprising: an input unit; a storage unit; a display unit; and a control unit. According to the present invention said input unit enters the name and the amount of food ingested, and said storage unit stores the name and the calorie per unit amount of each of the foods in corresponding relation, and further stores the category to which each food belongs. The display unit displays the result of calorie intake calculated and other information about the food of which name is entered. Furthermore, said control unit controls calculation of calorie intake, based on the calorie per unit amount of the food stored in said storage unit corresponding to the name of food entered by said input unit and the amount of food also entered by said input unit. If the name of food entered by the input unit is one that represents the category of the food stored in the storage unit, then said control unit causes a list of the foods belonging to that category to be displayed on the display unit so that a user selects and enters the food ingested from among the list of the foods displayed.
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9 Claims
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1. A calorie management apparatus for calculating and managing a calorie intake, comprising:
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an input unit;
a storage unit;
a display unit; and
a control unit, wherein said input unit enters the name and the amount of food ingested, said storage unit stores the name and the calorie per unit amount of each of the foods in corresponding relation, and further stores the category to which each food belongs, said display unit displays the result of calorie intake calculated and other information about the food of which name is entered, said control unit controls calculation of calorie intake, based on the calorie per unit amount of the food stored in said storage unit corresponding to the name of food entered by said input unit and the amount of food also entered by said input unit, and if the name of food entered by the input unit is one that represents the category of the food stored in the storage unit, then said control unit causes a list of the foods belonging to that category to be displayed on the display unit so that a user selects and enters the food ingested from among the list of the foods displayed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5)
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3. A calorie management apparatus for calculating and managing a calorie intake, comprising:
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an input unit;
a food group name registration unit;
a storage unit;
a control unit; and
a display unit;
whereinsaid input unit enters the name and the amount of food ingested, said food group name registration unit enters a new desired set name for a food group including a plurality of foods, said storage unit stores the name and the calorie per unit amount of each of the foods in corresponding relation, and further stores the set name for the food group including a plurality of foods entered by said food group name registration unit and the corresponding calorie value, said control unit controls calculation of calorie intake, based on the calorie per unit amount of the food stored in said storage unit corresponding to the name of food entered by said input unit and the amount of food also entered by said input unit, and allows entering of the food ingested with the new set name for the food group by said input unit, and said display unit displays the result of calorie intake calculated and other information about the food of which name is entered.
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6. A calorie management apparatus for calculating and managing a calorie intake, comprising:
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an input unit;
a storage unit;
a control unit; and
a display unit, wherein said input unit enters the name and the amount of food ingested, said storage unit stores the name and the calorie per unit amount of each of the foods in corresponding relation, said control unit controls calculation of calorie intake, based on the calorie per unit amount of the food stored in said storage unit corresponding to the name of food entered by said input unit and the amount of food also entered by said input unit, while the name and the amount of the food stored in said storage unit is displayed, said control unit causes confirmation by calculating the calorie intake that would be resulted if such food is eaten, and said display unit displays the result of calorie intake calculated and other information about the food of which name is entered. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. A calorie management apparatus for calculating and managing a calorie intake, comprising:
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an input unit;
a storage unit;
a control unit; and
a display unit, wherein said input unit enters the name and the amount of food ingested, said storage unit stores the name and the calorie per unit amount of each of the foods in corresponding relation, and further stores the information about contents of nutritive substance classified by food grouping for each of the foods, said display unit displays the result of calorie intake calculated and other information about the food of which name is entered, and said control unit controls calculation of calorie intake, based on the calorie per unit amount of the food stored in said storage unit corresponding to the name of food entered by said input unit and the amount of food also entered by said input unit, for calorie intake management according to a plurality of food groups. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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