Living body measuring apparatus

• US 20060241360A1
• Filed: 07/20/2005
• Published: 10/26/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tanita Corporation (Tanita)
• Original Assignee: Tanita Corporation (Tanita)
• Inventors: Miyashita, Yuichi, Ishikawa, Toshihiko, Montagnino, James G.
• Application Number:
  US11/184,922
• Publication Number:
  US 20060241360A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/310
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0537 Measuring body composition by impedance, e.g. tissue hydration or fat content
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4869 Determining body composition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4872 Body fat
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/50 having additional measuring devices, e.g. for height

Abstract

Disclosed a living body measuring apparatus which comprises data measurement means for measuring plural types of biological data of a user, data selection means for selecting one of the plural types of measured biological data, data display means for displaying the selected biological data, a plurality of light emitters corresponding to the plural types of biological data, and illumination control means for activating one of the light emitters which corresponds to one selected from the biological data by the data selection means. The living body measuring apparatus of the present invention can eliminate the possibility of user'"'"'s confusion about biological data display and operational complication, at the lowest cost possible.

Claims

1. A living body measuring apparatus comprising:

data measurement means for measuring plural types of biological data of a user;

data selection means for selecting one of said plural types of measured biological data;

data display means for displaying said selected biological data, wherein said apparatus further comprises;

a plurality of light emitters corresponding to said plural types of biological data; and

illumination control means for activating the light emitters corresponding to said biological data selected by said data selection means.

2. The living body measuring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of said plurality of light emitters is covered by a transparent cover having characters or a sign representing biological data corresponding to said light emitter.

3. The living body measuring apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said data selection means comprises:

automatic data-selection means for automatically selecting each of the plural types of biological data in turn at given time intervals; and

optional data-selection means for selecting one of the plural types of biological data according to a selection operation performed by the user, and wherein said illumination control means is operable to change a illumination mode of said light emitters depending on whether the selection of the biological data is performed by said automatic data-selection means or said optional data-selection means.

4. The living body measuring apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising data storage means for storing the plural types of biological data measured by said data measurement means, wherein said data selection means comprises:

latest-data selection means for selecting one of the latest biological data measured by said data measurement means; and

past-data selection means for selecting one of past biological data stored on said data storage means,

and wherein said illumination control means is operable to change a illumination mode of said light emitters depending on whether the selection of the biological data is performed by said latest-data selection means or said past-data selection means.

5. The living body measuring apparatus according to any of claims 1 to 4, wherein said data measurement means comprises:

an input key for inputting at least a body height data of the user;

a weight sensor for measuring a body weight data of the user; and

a combination of an electrode and an electric circuit, for measuring a data about an impedance between two legs of the user,

wherein said plural types of biological data are a plurality of index values about a body composition of the user calculated based on at least said body height, body weight and impedance data.