Method and associated device for personal weight control
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1. A weight control method comprising:
- providing a device for monitoring motion of a hand to a person'"'"'s mouth;
attaching said device at least in part to an appendage of the person including an arm and a hand of the person;
operating said device to detect each time that the person'"'"'s hand moves toward the person'"'"'s mouth;
further operating said device to automatically count the times that the person'"'"'s hand moves toward the person'"'"'s mouth; and
additionally operating said device to provide a numerical indication to the person.
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Abstract
A weight control method utilizes a device for monitoring motion of a hand to a person'"'"'s mouth. The user attaches the device at least in part the arm or hand used to during food consumption. The device is operated to detect each time that the person'"'"'s hand approaches the person'"'"'s mouth. The device automatically counts the times that the person'"'"'s hand approaches the person'"'"'s mouth and issues an alarm or alert signal once a predetermined count number has been attained.
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22 Claims
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1. A weight control method comprising:
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providing a device for monitoring motion of a hand to a person'"'"'s mouth;
attaching said device at least in part to an appendage of the person including an arm and a hand of the person;
operating said device to detect each time that the person'"'"'s hand moves toward the person'"'"'s mouth;
further operating said device to automatically count the times that the person'"'"'s hand moves toward the person'"'"'s mouth; and
additionally operating said device to provide a numerical indication to the person. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 19)
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6. A weight control device comprising:
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at least one casing;
means for attaching said casing to an appendage of a person, said appendage consisting of an arm and a hand of the person;
monitoring means mounted at least in part to said casing for sensing each time that the person'"'"'s hand moves toward the person'"'"'s mouth;
counting means operatively connected to said monitoring means for automatically counting the times that the person'"'"'s hand moves toward the person'"'"'s mouth; and
indicator means operatively connected to said counting means for providing a numerical indicator. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 20)
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15. A weight control device comprising:
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at least one casing attachable to an appendage of a person, said appendage consisting of an arm and a hand of the person;
sensing componentry mounted at least in part to said casing, said sensing componentry being taken from the group consisting of a proximity sensor, an acceleration detector, and a strain sensor;
a counter operatively connected to said sensing componentry for automatically counting the times that the person'"'"'s hand moves toward the person'"'"'s mouth; and
an indicator or communications element operatively connected to said counter for providing feedback to the person. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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21. A weight control method comprising:
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providing a device for monitoring a person'"'"'s feeding action during a meal;
attaching said device at least in part to an arm or hand of the person;
operating said device to detect an action involving transport of food to the person'"'"'s mouth;
further operating said device to automatically count the times that the person transports food to the mouth; and
additionally operating said device to provide a numerical indication to the person. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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