Poor physical condition determination device, method, and recording medium stored with program

• US 10,509,025 B2
• Filed: 01/22/2015
• Issued: 12/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tanita Corporation (Tanita)
• Original Assignee: Tanita Corporation (Tanita)
• Inventors: Kodama, Miyuki, Sano, Ayumi, Minagawa, Naotaka, Kasahara, Yasuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Sines, Brian J.
• Application Number:
  US14/602,963
• Publication Number:
  US 20150212062A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,790 Days
• Field of Search: 422 50, 422 83, 422 84, 422 85, 422 86, 422 87, 422 88, 422 89, 436 43, 436128
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2033/4975 other than oxygen, carbon dioxide or alcohol, e.g. organic vapours
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/497 of gaseous biological material, e.g. breath
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 436/200833 Carbonyl, ether, aldehyde or ketone containing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 436/202499 Formaldehyde or acetone

Abstract

The invention provides a poor physical condition determination device, method, and program enabling simple determination of a physical condition level.

A poor physical condition determination device 10 acquires a ketone concentration measurement measuring ketone excreted from a user, determines a physical condition level related to the physical condition of the user based on the acquired ketone concentration measurement, and outputs a determination result.

Claims

1. A poor physical condition determination device comprising:

ketone concentration acquisition section that acquires a ketone concentration measurement measuring ketone excreted from a user;

a determination section that is programmed to determine an occurrence of excessive dieting based on at least one ketone concentration measurement measured in the past and including the ketone concentration measurement; and

an output section that outputs a determination result by the determination section, wherein;

the determination section is programmed to determine the occurrence of excessive dieting based on a difference or ratio between the ketone concentration measurement measured a previous time and the ketone concentration measurement measured this time, and elapsed time from the previous measurement to the current measurement.

4. The poor physical condition determination device of claim 1, further comprising a measurement section that measures ketone excreted from the user.

5. The poor physical condition determination device of claim 1, wherein the ketone excreted from the user are acetone contained in breath exhaled from the user.

6. A poor physical condition determination method using the poor physical condition determination device of claim 1, comprising:

acquiring a ketone concentration measurement measuring ketone excreted from a user;

determining the occurrence of excessive dieting based on the acquired ketone concentration measurement; and

outputting a determination result.

7. A non-transitory recording medium stored with a poor physical condition determination program that causes processing to be executed on a computer in the poor physical condition determination device of claim 1, the processing comprising:

acquiring a ketone concentration measurement measuring ketone excreted from a user;

determining the occurrence of excessive dieting based on the acquired ketone concentration measurement; and

outputting a determination result.

8. The poor physical condition determination device of claim 1, wherein:

the determination section is programmed to determine a diet level based on a difference between the ketone concentration measurement measured a previous time and the ketone concentration measurement measured this time, and elapsed time from the previous measurement to the current measurement,

the determination section is programmed to determine that the diet level is a first level when the ketone concentration measurement measured this time is less than 1,000 ppm greater than the ketone concentration measurement measured in the previous time and the elapsed time between this time and the previous time is one day or less, and

the determination section is programmed to determine that the diet level is a second level when the ketone concentration measurement measured this time is less than 1,000 ppm greater than the ketone concentration measurement measured in the previous time and the elapsed time between this time and the previous time is two to four days.

2. A poor physical condition determination device comprising:

ketone concentration acquisition section that acquires a ketone concentration measurement measuring ketone excreted from a user;

a determination section that is programmed to determine an occurrence of excessive dieting based on at least one ketone concentration measurement measured in the past and including the ketone concentration measurement; and

an output section that outputs a determination result by the determination section, wherein;

the determination section is programmed to determine the occurrence of excessive dieting based on a comparison result between the ketone concentration measurement measured before a meal and the ketone concentration measurement measured after a meal, and

the determination section is programmed to determine the occurrence of excessive dieting when the ketone concentration measurement measured after a meal is higher than the ketone concentration measurement measured before a meal.

9. The poor physical condition determination device of claim 2, further comprising a measurement section that measures ketone excreted from the user.

10. The poor physical condition determination device of claim 2, wherein the ketone excreted from the user are acetone contained in breath exhaled from the user.

3. A poor physical condition determination device comprising:

ketone concentration acquisition section that acquires a ketone concentration measurement measuring ketone excreted from a user;

a determination section that is programmed to determine an occurrence of excessive dieting based on at least one ketone concentration measurement measured in the past and including the ketone concentration measurement; and

an output section that outputs a determination result by the determination section, wherein;

the determination section is programmed to determine whether or not a rebound has occurred based on a determination of whether a curve representing ketone concentration measurements over a period of time begins high, falls rapidly, and then remains low.

11. The poor physical condition determination device of claim 3, further comprising a measurement section that measures ketone excreted from the user.

12. The poor physical condition determination device of claim 3, wherein the ketone excreted from the user are acetone contained in breath exhaled from the user.