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Dietetic measurement apparatus

  • US 4,911,256 A
  • Filed: 02/02/1987
  • Issued: 03/27/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A dietetic measurement apparatus characterized in that it comprises computer means comprising a central processing unit, request means including alphabetic keyboard for allowing selection of food items by character string of the name of the food item, input/output means connected to the central processor unit for sending data from the central processor unit to a display means and for receiving requests from the request means and for routing such requests to the central processor unit, weighing means for providing a weighing signal to the central processor unit corresponding to the mass of an item being weighed, memory means connected to the central processor unit for containing data corresponding to food items and their nutrient levels and including instruction means for the central processor unit to correlate the weighing signal with data for a food item or items requested from the request means and providing a determination of the mass and the nutrient levels thereof to the display means, said request means including a scroll up and scroll down request key to direct the central processor unit via the instruction means to proceed and retreat, respectively, from data relating to a current food item in the memory means to data relating to an adjacent food item.

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