Nutritional value accumulating and display device

• US 4,321,674 A
• Filed: 06/16/1980
• Issued: 03/23/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/1979
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Lester Krames
• Original Assignee: Kyong Kim, Lester Krames
• Inventors: Kim, Kyong, Krames, Lester
• Primary Examiner(s): Atkinson, Charles E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chin, Gary
• Application Number:
  US06/159,976
• Time in Patent Office: 645 Days
• Field of Search: 364/413, 364/415, 364/705, 364/709, 364/715, 364/200, 364/900, 235/92 MT, 235/92 T
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/00 ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical references
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/921 Diet management

Abstract

A device for accumulating and displaying nutritional values has first and second display units each of which displays carbohydrate, protein, fat and calorie values. Food items to be consumed are keyed into the device on a keyboard and the values assigned by the device to those items are displayed on the first display unit. When an entry key is pressed, the values for the newly entered items are added to the values of items previously entered for the day and the new totals are displayed in the first display unit. A desired daily calorie limit is selected by a selector button and the second display unit shows this limit and also the values assigned by a memory to that limit. If the calorie total in the first display unit exceeds the calorie limit displayed in the second display unit, an alarm is activated.

Claims

1. A device for accumulating and displaying nutritional values comprising:

(a) first and second display units, each having at least two display sections, namely a calorie display section and another food value display section,

(b) a keyboard for entering food items,

(c) control and memory means coupled to said keyboard for assigning a calorie value and said other food value to each food item keyed in on said keyboard,

(d) new entry storage means coupled to said control and memory means for receiving the calorie value and said other food value of a new food item keyed in on said keyboard,

(e) means connecting said first display unit with said new entry storage means and with said control and memory means for said first display unit to display the calorie value and said other food value of a food item keyed in on said keyboard,

(f) accumulator means coupled to said control and memory means, to said new entry storage means and to said first display means and operative to accumulate said values for a food item entered on said keyboard with the values of food items previously entered on said keyboard, to produce new total values of calories and said other food value,

(g) said keyboard including enter key means coupled to said accumulator means and to said control and memory means and operative to cause said new total values to be displayed in said first display unit,

(h) desired value storage means coupled to said second display unit and to said control and memory means for storing and for causing said second display unit to display a desired set of calorie and said other food value values;

(i) and comparison means coupled to said accumulator means and to said desired value storage means for comparing the calorie counts in each and for operating an alarm if the calorie count in said accumulator means exceeds the desired calorie count stored in said desired value storage means.

2. A device according to claim 1 wherein said other food value is selected from the group consisting of carbohydrate, protein and fat.

3. A device according to claim 1 wherein said first and second display units have four display sections, namely a carbohydrate display section, a protein display section, a fat display section and a calorie display section.

4. A device according to claim 1 including adjustable calorie limiter means coupled to said control and memory means for selecting from a desired calorie range a desired calorie total to be stored in said desired value storage means, said control and memory means including a stored program for assigning values of said other food value to selected calorie values in said desired calorie range.

5. A device for accumulating and displaying nutritional values comprising:

(a) first and second display units, each having four display sections, namely a carbohydrate display section, a protein display section, a fat display section and a calorie display section,

(b) a keyboard for entering food items,

(c) control and memory means coupled to said keyboard for assigning carbohydrate, protein, fat and calorie values to each food item keyed in on said keyboard,

(d) new entry storage means coupled to said control and memory means for receiving the carbohydrate, protein, fat and calorie values of a new food item keyed in on said keyboard,

(e) means connecting said first display unit with said new entry storage means and with said control and memory means for said first display unit to display the carbohydrate, protein, fat and calorie values of a food item keyed in on said keyboard,

(f) accumulator means coupled to said control and memory means, to said new entry storage means and to said first display means and operative to accumulate said values for a food item entered on said keyboard with the values of food items previously entered on said keyboard, to produce new total values of carbohydrate, protein, fat and calories,

(g) said keyboard including enter key means coupled to said accumulator means and to said control and memory means and operative to cause said new total values to be displayed in said first display unit,

(h) desired value storage means coupled to said second display unit and to said control and memory means for storing and for causing said second display unit to display a desired set of carbohydrate, protein, fat and calorie values,

(i) and comparison means coupled to said accumulator means and to said desired value storage means for comparing the calorie counts in each and for operating an alarm if the calorie count in said accumulator means exceeds the desired calorie count stored in said desired value storage means.

6. A device according to claim 5 including reject key means operatively coupled to said accumulator means for cancelling from the total values in said accumulator means the values contained in said new entry storage means.

7. A device according to claim 6 including adjustable calorie limiter means coupled to said control and memory means for selecting from a desired calorie range a desired calorie total to be stored in said desired value storage means, said control and memory means including a stored program for assigning desired carbohydrate, protein and fat values to selected calorie values in said desired calorie range.

8. A device according to claim 7 wherein said keyboard includes keys for entering milk, meat, bread, vegetable, fruit and fat food items.

9. A device according to claim 8 wherein said keyboard includes keys for entering drinks in addition to milk.

10. A device according to claim 5 wherein said control and memory means includes means responsive to operation of said enter key for operating said accumulator means to cause said values of a food item just entered on said keyboard to be accumulated with the values of food items previously entered on said keyboard.