Intelligent hydration systems and methods

• US 8,378,830 B2
• Filed: 03/15/2006
• Issued: 02/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Evergreen Point Capital Group Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Evergreen Point Capital Group Incorporated
• Inventors: Moran, Dan
• Primary Examiner(s): Lau, Hoi
• Application Number:
  US11/376,613
• Publication Number:
  US 20070222619A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,533 Days
• Field of Search: 340/573.1, 340/870.01, 221 2- 8, 738/617.9, 738/617.7, 222/243, 206/459.1
• US Class Current: 340/573.1
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 1/075 with magnetic or electromagnetic coupling to the indicating device
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 1/28 by drag-force, e.g. vane type or impact flowmeter
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 15/063 using electrical means
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 15/0755 involving digital counting
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/24 Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms

Abstract

A hydration system comprising a dispenser portion adapted to allow a drinking fluid to flow therethrough, a sensor unit positioned to take a measurement of a flow of the drinking fluid through said dispenser portion and to output said measurement, a logic unit in communication with the sensor portion to receive said measurement output, to set a target consumption over time based on a multidimensional profile of a user'"'"'s physical body information, and to determine if the user'"'"'s consumption meets the target consumption based upon the measurement.

Claims

1. An advanced hydration system comprising:

a flow unit for dispensing fluid;

a sensor unit for generating a measurement of said dispensed fluid;

a processor unit for comparing said measurement to a target consumption value of said fluid, wherein said flow unit, said sensor unit, and said processor unit are included in a liquid container cap assembly; and

a plurality of adaptors, each operable to couple to said liquid container cap assembly and to one or more beverage containers, thereby adapting said liquid container cap assembly to be interchangeable with a plurality of differently shaped beverage containers.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said processor unit receives user input indicating personal body characteristics and to set said target consumption value based on a multidimensional profile of said personal body characteristics.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein said processor unit generates said target consumption value at least in part by accessing a database of target consumption values indexed according to said personal body characteristics.

4. The system of claim 2 wherein said multidimensional profile includes two or more of the following personal body characteristics:

age;

sex;

height; and

body type.

5. The system of claim 2 wherein processor unit sets a time interval based upon said multidimensional profile, said time interval for notifying said user to increase an actual consumption of said fluid.

6. The system of claim 2 wherein said processor unit changes said target consumption value dynamically based on user input indicating a change in activity level.

7. The system of claim 2 wherein said processor unit changes said target consumption value dynamically based on a time of day.