Method and apparatus for measuring distribution of body fat
First Claim
1. A method of measuring a distribution of body fat for human body, characterized in that it comprises the steps of:
- measuring a bioelectrical impedance and a thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat, based on personal data including at least one of sex, age, height, or weight; and
calculating an area of abdominal visceral fat, based on the measurements of the bioelectrical impedance and the thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for measuring a distribution of body fat for human body. The method comprises the step of measuring a bioelectrical impedance and a thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat, based on the personal data such as sex, age, height, weight, etc. The method further comprises the step of calculating an area or an amount of abdominal visceral fat or abdominal subcutaneous fat, based on the measurements of the bioelectrical impedance and the thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat as well as the girth of abdomen. According to another embodiment of the present invention, the method comprises the step of measuring the thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat and the girth of abdomen. Thereafter, the area of abdominal visceral fat and the area of abdominal subcutaneous fat are calculated, based upon the measurements of the thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat and the girth of abdomen.
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55 Claims
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1. A method of measuring a distribution of body fat for human body, characterized in that it comprises the steps of:
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measuring a bioelectrical impedance and a thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat, based on personal data including at least one of sex, age, height, or weight; and calculating an area of abdominal visceral fat, based on the measurements of the bioelectrical impedance and the thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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2. A method of measuring a distribution of body fat for human body, characterized in that it comprises the steps of:
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measuring a bioelectrical impedance and a thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat, based on personal data including at least one of sex, age, height, or weight; and calculating an amount of abdominal visceral fat, based on the measurements of the bioelectrical impedance and the thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat.
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3. A method of measuring a distribution of body fat for human body, characterized in that it comprises the steps of:
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measuring a bioelectrical impedance and a thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat, based on personal data including at least one of sex, age, height, or weight; and calculating an area of abdominal subcutaneous fat, based on the measurements of the bioelectrical impedance and the thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat.
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4. A method of measuring a distribution of body fat for human body, characterized in that it comprises the steps of:
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measuring a bioelectrical impedance and a thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat, based on personal data including at least one of sex, age, height, or weight; and calculating an amount of abdominal subcutaneous fat, based on measurements of the bioelectrical impedance and the thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat.
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5. A method of measuring a distribution of body fat for human body, characterized in that it comprises the steps of:
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measuring a bioelectrical impedance and a thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat, based on personal data including at least one of sex, age, height, or weight; and calculating an area of abdominal visceral fat and an area of abdominal subcutaneous fat, based on the measurements of the bioelectrical impedance and the thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat.
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6. A method of measuring a distribution of body fat for human body, characterized in that it comprises the steps of:
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measuring a bioelectrical impedance and a thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat, based on personal data including at least one of sex, age, height, or weight; and calculating an amount of abdominal visceral fat and an amount of abdominal subcutaneous fat, based on the measurements of the bioelectrical impedance and the thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat.
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7. A method of measuring a distribution of body fat for human body, characterized in that it comprises the steps of:
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measuring a bioelectrical impedance and a thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat, based on the sex, age, height and weight of a person; measuring a girth of abdomen; and calculating an area of abdominal visceral fat, based on the measurements of the bioelectrical impedance, the thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat and the girth of abdomen.
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8. A method of measuring a distribution of body fat for human body, characterized in that it comprises the steps of:
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measuring a bioelectrical impedance and a thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat, based on the sex, age, height and weight of a person; measuring a girth of abdomen; and calculating an amount of abdominal visceral fat, based on the measurements of the bioelectrical impedance, the thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat and the girth of abdomen.
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11. An apparatus for measuring a distribution of body fat for human body, characterized in that it comprises:
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a first input unit that enters personal data including at least one of sex, age, height, or weight; a measuring unit that measures a bioelectrical impedance; a second input unit that enters a thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat; and an arithmetic element that calculates an area of abdominal visceral fat, based on the data from said first input unit, said measuring unit and said second input unit. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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12. An apparatus for measuring a distribution of body fat for human body, characterized in that it comprises:
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a first input unit that enters personal data including at least one of sex, age, height, or weight; a measuring unit that measures a bioelectrical impedance; a second input unit that enters a thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat; and an arithmetic element that calculates an amount of abdominal visceral fat, based on the data from said first input unit, said measuring unit and said second input unit.
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13. An apparatus for measuring a distribution of body fat for human body, characterized in that it comprises:
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a first input unit that enters personal data including at least one of sex, age, height, or weight; a measuring unit that measures a bioelectrical impedance; a second input unit that enters a thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat; and an arithmetic element that calculates an area of abdominal subcutaneous fat, based on the data from said first input unit, said measuring unit and said second input unit.
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14. An apparatus for measuring a distribution of body fat for human body, characterized in that it comprises:
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a first input unit that enters personal data including at least one of sex, age, height, or weight; a measuring unit that measures a bioelectrical impedance; a second input unit that enters a thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat; and an arithmetic element that calculates an amount of abdominal subcutaneous fat, based on the data from said first input unit, said measuring unit and said second input unit.
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15. An apparatus for measuring a distribution of body fat for human body, characterized in that it comprises:
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a first input unit that enters personal data including at least one of sex, age, height, or weight; a measuring unit that measures a bioelectrical impedance; a second input unit that enters a thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat; a third input unit that enters a girth of abdomen; and an arithmetic element that calculates an area of abdominal visceral fat, based on the data from said first input unit, said measuring unit, said second input unit and said third input unit.
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16. An apparatus for measuring a distribution of body fat for human body, characterized in that it comprises:
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a first input unit that enters personal data including at least one of sex, age, height, or weight; a measuring unit that measures a bioelectrical impedance; a second input unit that enters a thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat; a third input unit that enters a girth of abdomen; and an arithmetic element that calculates an amount of abdominal visceral fat, based on the data from said first input unit, said measuring unit, said second input unit and a third input unit.
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17. An apparatus for measuring a distribution of body fat for human body, characterized in that it comprises:
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a first input unit that enters personal data including at least one of sex, age, height, or weight; a measuring unit that measures a bioelectrical impedance; a second input unit that enters a thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat; a third input unit that enters a girth of abdomen; and an arithmetic element that calculates an area of abdominal subcutaneous fat, based on the data from said first input unit, said measuring unit, said second input unit and said third input unit.
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18. An apparatus for measuring a distribution of body fat for human body, characterized in that it comprises:
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a first input unit that enters personal data including at least one of sex, age, height, or weight; a measuring unit that measures a bioelectrical impedance; a second input unit that enters a thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat; a third input unit that enters a girth of abdomen; and an arithmetic element that calculates an amount of abdominal subcutaneous fat, based on the data from said first input unit, said measuring unit, said second input unit and third input unit.
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19. An apparatus for measuring a distribution of body fat for human body, characterized in that it comprises:
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a first input unit that enters personal data including at least one of sex, age, height, or weight; a measuring unit that measures a bioelectrical impedance; a second input unit that enters a thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat; and an arithmetic element that calculates an area of abdominal visceral fat and an area of abdominal subcutaneous fat, based on the data from said first input unit, said measuring unit and said second input unit.
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20. An apparatus for measuring a distribution of body fat for human body, characterized in that it comprises:
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a first input unit that enters personal data including at least one of sex, age, height, or weight; a measuring unit that measures a bioelectrical impedance; a second input unit that enters a thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat; and an arithmetic element that calculates an amount of abdominal visceral fat and an amount of abdominal subcutaneous fat, based on the data from said first input unit, said measuring unit and said second input unit.
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25. An apparatus for measuring a distribution of body fat for human body, characterized in that it comprises:
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a first arithmetic element that calculates an area of abdominal visceral fat; a second arithmetic element that calculates an area of abdominal subcutaneous fat; and a decision unit that determines the type of corpulence by dividing the area of abdominal visceral fat calculated in said first arithmetic element by the area of abdominal subcutaneous fat calculated in said second arithmetic element.
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26. A method of measuring a distribution of body fat for human body, characterized in that it comprises the steps of:
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measuring a thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat and a girth of abdomen; and calculating an area of abdominal visceral fat, based upon the measurements of the thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat and the girth of abdomen. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31)
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27. A method of measuring a distribution of body fat for human body, characterized in that it comprises the steps of:
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measuring a thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat and a girth of abdomen; and calculating an area of abdominal subcutaneous fat, based upon the measurements of the thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat and the girth of abdomen.
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28. A method of measuring a distribution of body fat for human body, characterized in that it comprises the steps of:
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measuring a thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat and a girth of abdomen; and calculating an area of abdominal visceral fat and an area of abdominal subcutaneous fat, based upon the measurements of the thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat and the girth of abdomen.
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32. An apparatus for measuring a distribution of body fat for human body, characterized in that it comprises:
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a first input unit that enters a thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat; a second input unit that enters a girth of abdomen; and an arithmetic element that calculates an area of abdominal visceral fat based upon the data from said first and second input units. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35)
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36. A method of measuring body fat for human body, characterized in that it comprises the steps of:
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measuring a bioelectrical impedance between two parts of a person; and calculating an area or amount of abdominal visceral fat based on the measurements of said bioelectrical impedance between the two parts of the person and the age, the height, and the weight of the person. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40)
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37. A method of measuring body fat for human body, characterized in that it comprises the steps of:
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measuring a bioelectrical impedance between two parts of a person; calculating a total amount of fat based on the measurements of said bioelectrical impedance between the two parts of the person and the age, the height, and the weight of the person; and calculating an area or amount of abdominal visceral fat based on the calculated total amount of fat.
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41. An apparatus for measuring body fat for human body, characterized in that it comprises:
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an input unit that enters at least one personal data including age, height, and weight; a measuring unit that measures bioelectrical impedance between two parts of a person; and an arithmetic element that calculates an area or amount of abdominal visceral fat based on the data from said input unit and said measuring unit. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45)
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42. An apparatus for measuring body fat for human body, characterized in that it comprises:
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an input unit that enters at least one personal data including age, height, and weight; a measuring unit that measures a bioelectrical impedance between two parts of a person; and an arithmetic element that calculates a total amount of fat based on the data from said input unit and said measuring unit, and calculates an area or amount of abdominal visceral fat based on said total amount of fat.
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46. A method of measuring body fat for human body, characterized in that it comprises the steps of:
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inputting a girth of abdomen; and calculating a total area of fat in abdomen based on the inputted girth of abdomen and personal data including at least a height. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49)
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47. A method of measuring body fat for human body, characterized in that it comprises the steps of:
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inputting girth of abdomen; and calculating an area of visceral fat based on the inputted girth of abdomen and personal data including at least height.
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50. An apparatus for measuring body fat for human body, characterized in that it comprises:
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a first input unit that enters a girth of abdomen; a second input unit that enters a personal data including at least a height; and an arithmetic element that calculates total area of fat in abdomen based on the data from said first input unit and second input unit. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55)
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51. An apparatus for measuring body fat for human body, characterized in that it comprises:
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a first input unit that enters a girth of abdomen; a second input unit that enters personal data including at least height; and an arithmetic element that calculates an area of visceral fat based on the data from said first input unit and second input unit.
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