Local body fat measurement device and method of operating the same

• US 20070239070A1
• Filed: 11/20/2006
• Published: 10/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Hwang, Jin Sang
• Granted Patent: US 8,150,504 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/587
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0059 using light, e.g. diagnosis by transillumination, diascopy, fluorescence A61B5/0093, A61B5/1455, A61B5/02416 and A61B5/0261 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4872 Body fat
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7475 User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick

Abstract

A method of operating a local body fat measurement device including: measuring a body fat thickness of the at least one predetermined measurement point of the predetermined anatomical area; displaying a measured body fat thickness at each measurement point on a output device; and maintaining a memory device storing a local body fat measurement table storing the at least one measurement point. The local body fat measurement table comprises an anatomical area image portraying a shape of the predetermined anatomical area, and the at least one measurement point is displayed in the anatomical area image.

Claims

1. A method of operating a local body fat measurement device, the method comprising:

measuring a body fat thickness of the at least one predetermined measurement point of the predetermined anatomical area;

displaying a measured body fat thickness at each measurement point on a output device; and

maintaining a memory device storing a local body fat measurement table storing the at least one measurement point,

wherein the local body fat measurement table comprises an anatomical area image portraying a shape of the predetermined anatomical area, and the at least one measurement point is displayed in the anatomical area image.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a user interface inducing measurement of body fat of at least one predetermined measurement point of the anatomical area.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the providing of the user interface comprises:

extracting the anatomical area image, which corresponds to the predetermined anatomical area, from the memory device and displaying the extracted anatomical area image on the output device; and

providing the user interface requesting the body fat to be measured at the measurement point.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the displaying a measured body fat thickness indicates the body fat thickness on the anatomical area image by connecting the body fat thickness with a line.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the displaying a measured body fat thickness indicates the body fat thickness in an envelope on the anatomical area image by using a cosine interpolation of the body fat thickness.

8. A computer-readable record medium storing a program for implementing the method of claim 1.

6. A method of operating a local body fat measurement device, the method comprising:

providing a user interface inducing measurement of body fat of at least one predetermined measurement point on a predetermined anatomical area;

measuring body fat thickness at each measurement point; and

displaying each first fat thickness measure on anatomical area image portraying a shape of the predetermined anatomical area.

7. A method of operating a local body fat measurement device, the method comprising:

measuring body fat thickness of at least one first measurement point on a predetermined anatomical area selected by a user; and

providing a user interface inducing measurement of body fat thickness of at least one predetermined second measurement point, when displaying each first body fat thickness measure, and when indicating that display of the measured thickness is impossible.

9. A local body fat measurement device comprising:

a measurement leading unit inducing measurement of body fat of at least one predetermined measurement point of a predetermined anatomical area;

a local body fat measurement unit measuring body fat thickness at each measurement point;

a graphics control unit controlling a display of each body fat thickness measure on an output device; and

a memory device storing a local body fat measurement table including the at least one measurement point,

wherein the local body fat measurement table comprises an anatomical area image portraying a shape of the predetermined anatomical area, and the at least one measurement point is displayed in the anatomical area image.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the measurement leading unit extracts the anatomical area image from a memory device, displays the extracted anatomical area image on the output device, and requests the body fat thickness to be measured at the at least one measurement point illustrated in the anatomical area image through a user interface.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein a graphic control unit causes the output device to display each body fat thickness measure on the anatomical area image on the output device and, when there are plural measures, the measures are connecting by a line.

12. The device of claim 10, wherein the graphics control unit indicates the body fat thickness on the anatomical area image in an envelope using a cosine interpolation of the at least one body fat thickness measure and causes the display of the at least one measured body fat thickness on the output device.