GLOBAL OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY PREVENTING AND TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20080294370A1
• Filed: 05/22/2008
• Published: 11/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yefim G. Kriger
• Original Assignee: Yefim G. Kriger
• Inventors: Kriger, Yefim G.
• Granted Patent: US 10,295,399 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/173
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/4146 for controlling caloric intake, e.g. diet control
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 23/3735 using a digital network
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

An obesity preventing and tracking system, the system comprising: at least one in-building overweight and obesity preventing module for collecting anthropometry information from a person at a fixed location in order to forecast and prevent development of an obesity condition; and/or at least one on-board vehicle overweight and obesity preventing module for collecting the anthropometry information from the person in a vehicle operable by the person in order to forecast and prevent development of an obesity condition and/or at least one entertainment overweight and obesity preventing module for collecting anthropometry information from said person while said person is a guest at an entertainment facility in order to forecast and prevent development of an obesity condition; and a communications network for linking at least one in-building overweight and obesity preventing module and at least one on-board vehicle overweight and obesity preventing module and at least one entertainment overweight and obesity preventing module to a trend obesity preventing service for predicting the development of an obesity condition of the person.

Claims

1. An obesity preventing and tracking system, the system comprising:

at least one in-building overweight and obesity preventing module for collecting anthropometry information from a person at a fixed location in order to forecast and prevent development of an obesity condition of the person;

at least one on-board vehicle overweight and obesity preventing module for collecting anthropometry information from the person in a vehicle operable by the person in order to forecast and prevent development of an obesity condition;

at least one entertainment overweight and obesity preventing module for collecting anthropometry information from the person while the person is a guest at an entertainment facility in order to forecast and prevent development of an obesity condition; and

a communications network for linking the at least one in-building overweight and obesity preventing module, the at least one on-board vehicle overweight and obesity preventing module and the at least one entertainment overweight and obesity preventing module to a trend obesity preventing service for predicting the development of an obesity condition of the person.

2. The obesity preventing and tracking system as in claim 1, wherein the at least one in-building overweight and obesity preventing module comprises a local trend obesity preventing service included in a height and weight news sender for memorizing and analyzing anthropometry information of a person at the fixed location, the local trend obesity preventing service comprises a client database and a weight trend analyzer.

3. The obesity preventing and tracking system as in claim 2, wherein the weight trend analyzer collects measurements of weight and height of the person and estimates an overweight or obesity probability of the person by using a body mass index of the person.

4. The obesity preventing and tracking system as in claim 3, wherein the at least one in-building overweight and obesity preventing module further comprises means for obtaining the height of the person and sending corresponding data into the weight trend analyzer.

5. The obesity preventing and tracking system as in claim 4, wherein the at least one in-building overweight and obesity preventing module further comprises means for determining whether a prescribed period of time has elapsed since the height of the person has been measured.

6. The obesity preventing and tracking system as in claim 2, wherein the at least one in-building overweight and obesity preventing module further comprises means for determining whether a different person is having their weight measured by the at least one in-building overweight and obesity preventing module.

7. The obesity preventing and tracking system as in claim 1, wherein the trend obesity preventing service further comprises a client data base and a weight trend analyzer.

8. The obesity preventing and tracking system as in claim 2, wherein the trend obesity preventing service further comprises a client data base and a weight trend analyzer.

9. An obesity preventing and tracking system, the system comprising:

at least one in-building overweight and obesity preventing module for collecting anthropometry information from a person at a fixed location in order to forecast and prevent development of an obesity condition, wherein the at least one in-building overweight and obesity preventing module comprises a local trend obesity preventing service included in a height and weight news sender for memorizing and analyzing anthropometry information of a person at the fixed location, the local trend obesity preventing service of the at least one in-building overweight and obesity preventing module further comprises a client database and a weight trend analyzer;

at least one on-board vehicle overweight and obesity preventing module for collecting the anthropometry information from the person in a vehicle operable by the person in order to forecast and predict development of an obesity condition, wherein the at least one on-board vehicle overweight and obesity preventing module comprises a local trend obesity preventing service included in a height and weight news sender for memorizing and analyzing anthropometry information of a person in the vehicle, the local trend obesity preventing service of the least one on-board vehicle overweight and obesity preventing module comprises a client database and a weight trend analyzer;

at least one entertainment overweight and obesity preventing module for collecting anthropometry information from a person while the person is a guest at an entertainment facility in order to forecast and prevent development of an obesity condition, the at least one entertainment overweight and obesity preventing module comprises a local trend obesity preventing service having a height and weight news sender for memorizing and analyzing anthropometry information of the person is a guest at an entertainment facility, the local trend obesity preventing service of the least entertainment overweight and obesity preventing module comprises a client database and a weight trend analyzer; and

a communications network for linking the at least one in-building overweight and obesity preventing module, the at least one on-board vehicle overweight and obesity preventing module, and the at least one entertainment overweight and obesity preventing module to a trend obesity preventing service for predicting and preventing the development of an obesity condition of the person, wherein the trend obesity preventing service of the obesity preventing and tracking system having a main client database.

10. The obesity preventing and tracking system as in claim 9, wherein each weight trend analyzer collects measurements of weight and height of the person and estimates an overweight or obesity probability of the person by using a body mass index of the person.

11. The obesity preventing and tracking system as in claim 10, wherein the at least one on-board vehicle overweight and obesity preventing module further comprises a switch inserted in a back of a seat of the vehicle, the switch will signal to the at least one on-board vehicle overweight and obesity preventing module if the person'"'"'s back is touching the car seat during the person'"'"'s weight measurement.

12. The obesity preventing and tracking system as in claim 11, wherein the at least one in-building overweight and obesity preventing module further comprises means for determining whether a prescribed period of time has elapsed since the height of the person has been measured.

13. The obesity preventing and tracking system as in claim 12, wherein the at least one in-building overweight and obesity preventing module further comprises means for determining whether a different individual is being measured by the weight and height reading apparatus.

14. The obesity preventing and tracking system as in claim 9, wherein the at least one in-building overweight and obesity preventing module further comprises means for determining whether a different individual is being measured by the weight and height reading apparatus.

15. A method for determining if an individual is trending towards an obesity condition, comprising:

collecting information from an individual through at least one in-building overweight and obesity preventing module at a fixed location;

collecting information from the individual through at least one on-board vehicle overweight from the person in a vehicle operable by the person in order to forecast and prevent development of an obesity condition;

collecting information from at least one entertainment overweight and obesity preventing module from the person while the person is a guest at an entertainment facility;

linking the at least one in-building overweight and obesity preventing module, the at least one on-board vehicle overweight and obesity preventing module and the at least one entertainment overweight and obesity preventing module to provide the collected information to a trend obesity preventing service; and

predicting the development of an obesity condition of the person at the trend obesity preventing service.

16. The method as in claim 15, wherein the information is anthropometry information of the individual.

17. The method as in claim 16, wherein the at least one in-building overweight and obesity preventing module for collecting anthropometry information from a person at a fixed location comprises:

a remote weight and height reading apparatus configured for providing one way data communication with an obesity preventing system for interpreting received data, comprising;

a measuring platform being configured to power up a data input and data output device upon receipt of a load of an individual, said data input and said data output devices being adapted to be coupled to said measuring platform, said data input device comprising means to store data in a transferable format, said data output device being adapted to transfer data via electronic means to a system device adapted to receive and store the transferred data and said system device being adapted to analyze the transferred data and provide a signal indicative of an obesity trend;

wherein said measuring platform powers up said data input and data output device only after an individual has stepped on a platform of said apparatus; and

means for determining whether a prescribed period of time has elapsed since said individual has stepped off of said measuring platform.

18. The method as in claim 17, wherein the at least one in-building overweight and obesity preventing module for collecting anthropometry information from a person at a fixed location is adapted to provide said signal to an individual'"'"'s primary doctor who has been inputted into said data input device by said individual.