WAIST BELT FOR AUTOMATICALLY MEASURING WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE

• US 20110106492A1
• Filed: 02/11/2009
• Published: 05/05/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Jang, Yong-Won, Kim, Seung-Hwan, Shin, Seung-Chul, Lee, In-Bum, Park, Seon-Hee
• Granted Patent: US 9,167,857 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/167
• CPC Class Codes: A41F 9/002 Free belts
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 11/005 Buckles combined with other articles, e.g. with receptacles

Abstract

Provided is a waist belt for automatically measuring a waist circumference. The waist belt includes a belt part (10) and a buckle part (20). The belt part has a plurality of magnets (11) attached thereto at a predetermined interval. The buckle part includes two or more magnetic field sensors sensing the plurality of magnets attached to the belt part, an operation processor processing and analyzing signals obtained by the magnetic field sensors, and a display displaying a measurement result of a waist circumference obtained by the operation processor.

Claims

1. A waist belt for automatically measuring a waist circumference comprising:

a belt part having a plurality of magnets attached thereto at a predetermined interval; and

a buckle part comprising;

two or more magnetic field sensors sensing the plurality of magnets attached to the belt part;

an operation processor processing and analyzing signals obtained by the magnetic field sensors; and

a display displaying a measurement result of a waist circumference obtained by the operation processor.

2. The waist belt of claim 1, wherein polarities of the plurality of magnets are alternately disposed.

3. The waist belt of claim 1, wherein the buckle part further comprises a user manipulating unit to receive a manipulating input from a user.

4. The waist belt of claim 1, wherein the buckle part further comprises a guard to prevent the belt part from shaking when the belt part is inserted into the buckle part.

5. The waist belt of claim 1, wherein an interval between the magnetic field sensors is an integer ±

¼

or ±

½

times an interval between the magnets.

6. The waist belt of claim 1, wherein the buckle part further comprises a storage storing the measurement result of the waist circumference obtained by the operation processor.

7. The waist belt of claim 6, wherein the buckle part further comprises a transmitter transmitting the measurement result of the waist circumference stored in the storage to an external terminal in a wired or wireless manner.

8. The waist belt of claim 7, wherein the external terminal comprises a personal computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), and a mobile terminal.

9. A waist belt for automatically measuring a waist circumference comprising:

a belt part having a plurality of magnets attached thereto at a predetermined interval; and

a buckle part comprising;

two or more magnetic field sensors sensing the plurality of magnets attached to the belt part;

an operation processor processing and analyzing signals obtained by the magnetic field sensors;

a storage storing a measurement result of the waist circumference obtained by the operation processor; and

a transmitter transmitting the measurement result of the waist circumference stored in the storage to an external terminal in a wire or wireless manner.

10. The waist belt of claim 9, wherein polarities of the plurality of magnets are alternately disposed.

11. The waist belt of claim 9, wherein the buckle part further comprises a user manipulating unit to receive a manipulating input from a user.

12. The waist belt of claim 9, wherein the buckle part further comprises a guard to prevent the belt part from shaking when the belt part is inserted into the buckle part.

13. The waist belt of claim 9, wherein an interval between the magnetic field sensors is an integer ±

¼

or ±

½

times an interval between the magnets.

14. The waist belt of claim 9, wherein the external terminal comprises a personal computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), and a mobile terminal.