Female physical condition management apparatus

• US 20040193069A1
• Filed: 01/08/2004
• Published: 09/30/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tanita Corporation (Tanita)
• Original Assignee: Tanita Corporation (Tanita)
• Inventors: Takehara, Tomoko
• Application Number:
  US10/752,706
• Publication Number:
  US 20040193069A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/551
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 10/0012 Ovulation-period determination for animals A61D17/002
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2010/0016 based on measurement of electric currents, e.g. conductivity tests
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2010/0019 based on measurement of temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0537 Measuring body composition by impedance, e.g. tissue hydration or fat content
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4857 Indicating the phase of biorhythm clocks or watches with indicators for biological cycles G04B19/264

Abstract

There is provided a female physical condition management apparatus which facilitates a user planning activities, comprising physical condition data acquiring means, appearance time estimation means, estimation accuracy determination means, and display means, wherein the physical condition data acquiring means acquires data about physical conditions of a female which appear in a monthly cycle, the appearance time estimation means estimates the oncoming times of appearance of the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female based on the acquired data about the physical conditions, the estimation accuracy determination means determines the accuracy of the estimations made by the appearance period estimation means, and the display means displays data about the estimated times of appearance and data about the determined estimation accuracy. Thus, the female physical condition management apparatus allows the female user to know how reliable the estimation is and facilitates the user planning activities in the future.

Claims

1. A female physical condition management apparatus comprising:

physical condition data acquiring means,

appearance time estimation means,

estimation accuracy determination means, and

display means,

wherein

the physical condition data acquiring means acquires data about physical conditions of a female which appear in a monthly cycle,

the appearance time estimation means estimates the oncoming times of appearance of the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female based on the acquired data about the physical conditions,

the estimation accuracy determination means determines the accuracy of the estimations made by the appearance period estimation means, and

the display means displays data about the estimated times of appearance and data about the determined estimation accuracy.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the estimation accuracy determination means determines the accuracy of the estimations made by the appearance time estimation means based on the number of times the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female has been acquired by the physical condition data acquiring means in the past.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 or 2, wherein the data about the estimation accuracy which is displayed by the display means is a probability that the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female actually appear at the estimated times of appearance.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 or 2, wherein the physical condition data acquiring means is used by the female to input the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle.

5. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the physical condition data acquiring means is used by the female to input the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 or 2, wherein the physical condition data acquiring means measures physical data of the female and acquires the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female based on the measured physical data.

7. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the physical condition data acquiring means measures physical data of the female and acquires the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female based on the measured physical data.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the physical data of the female is the basal body temperature of the female.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the physical data of the female is the basal body temperature of the female.

10. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the physical data of the female is the bioelectric impedance of the female.

11. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the physical data of the female is the bioelectric impedance of the female.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 or 2, wherein the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female which is acquired by the physical condition data acquiring means is the start date of menstruation of the female.

13. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female which is acquired by the physical condition data acquiring means is the start date of menstruation of the female.

14. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female which is acquired by the physical condition data acquiring means is the start date of menstruation of the female.

15. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female which is acquired by the physical condition data acquiring means is the start date of menstruation of the female.

16. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female which is acquired by the physical condition data acquiring means is the start date of menstruation of the female.

17. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female which is acquired by the physical condition data acquiring means is the start date of menstruation of the female.

18. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female which is acquired by the physical condition data acquiring means is the start date of menstruation of the female.

19. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female which is acquired by the physical condition data acquiring means is the start date of menstruation of the female.

20. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female which is acquired by the physical condition data acquiring means is the start date of menstruation of the female.

21. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female which is acquired by the physical condition data acquiring means is the start date of menstruation of the female.

22. The apparatus of claim 1 or 2, wherein the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female which is acquired by the physical condition data acquiring means is the ovulation date of the female.

23. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female which is acquired by the physical condition data acquiring means is the ovulation date of the female.

24. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female which is acquired by the physical condition data acquiring means is the ovulation date of the female.

25. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female which is acquired by the physical condition data acquiring means is the ovulation date of the female.

26. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female which is acquired by the physical condition data acquiring means is the ovulation date of the female.

27. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female which is acquired by the physical condition data acquiring means is the ovulation date of the female.

28. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female which is acquired by the physical condition data acquiring means is the ovulation date of the female.

29. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female which is acquired by the physical condition data acquiring means is the ovulation date of the female.

30. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female which is acquired by the physical condition data acquiring means is the ovulation date of the female.

31. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female which is acquired by the physical condition data acquiring means is the ovulation date of the female.

32. The apparatus of claim 1 or 2, wherein the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female which is acquired by the physical condition data acquiring means is the number of days in the monthly cycle of the female.

33. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female which is acquired by the physical condition data acquiring means is the number of days in the monthly cycle of the female.

34. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female which is acquired by the physical condition data acquiring means is the number of days in the monthly cycle of the female.

35. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female which is acquired by the physical condition data acquiring means is the number of days in the monthly cycle of the female.

36. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female which is acquired by the physical condition data acquiring means is the number of days in the monthly cycle of the female.

37. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female which is acquired by the physical condition data acquiring means is the number of days in the monthly cycle of the female.

38. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female which is acquired by the physical condition data acquiring means is the number of days in the monthly cycle of the female.

39. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female which is acquired by the physical condition data acquiring means is the number of days in the monthly cycle of the female.

40. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female which is acquired by the physical condition data acquiring means is the number of days in the monthly cycle of the female.

41. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the data about the physical conditions appearing in a monthly cycle of the female which is acquired by the physical condition data acquiring means is the number of days in the monthly cycle of the female.