PREDICTIVE BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL CALCULATING DEVICE, PREDICTIVE BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL CALCULATING METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREOF

• US 20110118987A1
• Filed: 11/16/2010
• Published: 05/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Takeuchi, Jun, Shimatsu, Daichi, Hasegawa, Junko, Sano, Megumi
• Application Number:
  US12/946,961
• Publication Number:
  US 20110118987A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/19
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/50 for simulation or modelling of medical disorders

Abstract

A predictive blood sugar level calculating device acquires meal information about meal intake, calorie consumption information about calorie consumption, pulse information, and the like, calculates predictive blood sugar level change curves indicating change in blood sugar levels based on the plurality of information in a time series using predetermined numerical formulas, and combines the predictive blood sugar level change curves, thereby reducing an error between the calculated predictive blood sugar level curve and an actual change in a blood sugar level occurring in a human body.

Claims

1. A predictive blood sugar level calculating device, which calculates a predictive blood sugar level change curve indicating change in a predictive value of a blood sugar level of a user in a time series, the device comprising:

a meal information acquiring unit that acquires meal information about meal intake of the user;

a calorie consumption information acquiring unit that acquires calorie consumption information about calorie consumption of the user;

a first predictive blood sugar level calculating unit that calculates a first predictive blood sugar level change curve based on the meals using the meal information and a predetermined numerical formula;

a second predictive blood sugar level calculating unit that calculates a second predictive blood sugar level change curve based on the calorie consumption using the calorie consumption information and a predetermined numerical formula; and

a third predictive blood sugar level calculating unit that calculates a third predictive blood sugar level change curve based on the meals and the calorie consumption by combining the first predictive blood sugar level change curve and the second predictive blood sugar level change curve.

2. The predictive blood sugar level calculating device according to claim 1, further comprising a drinking information acquiring unit that acquires drinking information about drinking of the user, wherein the second predictive blood sugar level calculating unit calculates a predictive calorie consumption change curve indicating change in a predictive value of calorie consumption in a time series when the user drinks using the drinking information and a predetermined numerical formula, and calculates the second predictive blood sugar level change curve when the user drinks using the predictive calorie consumption change curve and a predetermined numerical formula.

3. The predictive blood sugar level calculating device according to claim 1, wherein the second predictive blood sugar level calculating unit calculates the second predictive blood sugar level change curve with respect to a period when the calorie consumption information cannot be acquired using calorie consumption information of a different period when the calorie consumption information can be acquired and a predetermined numerical formula.

4. The predictive blood sugar level calculating device according to claim 1, further comprising a fourth predictive blood sugar level calculating unit that calculates a fourth predictive blood sugar level change curve based on basal metabolism using basal metabolism information about the basal metabolism of the user and a predetermined numerical formula, wherein the third predictive blood sugar level calculating unit calculates the third predictive blood sugar level change curve based on the meals, the calorie consumption, and the basal metabolism by combining the first predictive blood sugar level change curve, the second predictive blood sugar level change curve, and the fourth predictive blood sugar level change curve.

5. The predictive blood sugar level calculating device according to claim 4, further comprising a fifth predictive blood sugar level calculating unit that calculates a fifth predictive blood sugar level change curve based on a liver function using liver function information about the liver function of the user and a predetermined numerical formula, wherein the third predictive blood sugar level calculating unit calculates the third predictive blood sugar level change curve based on the meals, the calorie consumption, the basal metabolism, and the liver function by combining the first predictive blood sugar level change curve, the second predictive blood sugar level change curve, the fourth predictive blood sugar level change curve, and the fifth predictive blood sugar level change curve.

6. The predictive blood sugar level calculating device according to claim 4, wherein the predictive blood sugar level calculating device selectively calculates different kinds of a plurality of predictive blood sugar level change curves, and the third predictive blood sugar level calculating unit calculates the third predictive blood sugar level change curve by combining the plurality of selectively calculated predictive blood sugar level change curves.

7. The predictive blood sugar level calculating device according to claim 1, wherein the third predictive blood sugar level calculating unit calculates the third predictive blood sugar level change curve at every predetermined unit of time.

8. A predictive blood sugar level calculating method by a predictive blood sugar level calculating device, which calculates a predictive blood sugar level change curve indicating change in a predictive value of a blood sugar level of a user in a time series, the method comprising:

acquiring meal information about meal intake of the user, by a meal information acquiring unit of the predictive blood sugar level calculating device;

acquiring process of acquiring calorie consumption information about calorie consumption of the user, by a calorie consumption information acquiring unit of the predictive blood sugar level calculating device;

calculating a first predictive blood sugar level change curve based on the meals using the meal information and a predetermined numerical formula, by a first predictive blood sugar level calculating unit of the predictive blood sugar level calculating device;

calculating a second predictive blood sugar level change curve based on the calorie consumption using the calorie consumption information and a predetermined numerical formula, by a second predictive blood sugar level calculating unit of the predictive blood sugar level calculating device; and

calculating a third predictive blood sugar level change curve based on the meals and the calorie consumption by combining the first predictive blood sugar level change curve and the second predictive blood sugar level change curve, by a third predictive blood sugar level calculating unit of the predictive blood sugar level calculating device.

9. A program for a predictive blood sugar level calculating device, which calculates a predictive blood sugar level change curve indicating change in a predictive value of a blood sugar level of a user in a time series, the program causing a computer to function as:

a meal information acquiring unit that acquires meal information about meal intake of the user;

a calorie consumption information acquiring unit that acquires calorie consumption information about calorie consumption of the user;

a first predictive blood sugar level calculating unit that calculates a first predictive blood sugar level change curve based on the meals using the meal information and a predetermined numerical formula;

a second predictive blood sugar level calculating unit that calculates a second predictive blood sugar level change curve based on the calorie consumption using the calorie consumption information and a predetermined numerical formula; and

a third predictive blood sugar level calculating unit that calculates a third predictive blood sugar level change curve based on the meals and the calorie consumption by combining the first predictive blood sugar level change curve and the second predictive blood sugar level change curve.