Satiety meter

• US 20050008993A1
• Filed: 07/23/2003
• Published: 01/13/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mandometer AB
• Original Assignee: Mandometer AB
• Inventors: Zandian, Michel, Bergh, Cecilia, Sodersten, Per
• Granted Patent: US 6,932,766 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/127
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/30 Dietetic or nutritional methods, e.g. for losing weight A23L33/10 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/921 Diet management

Abstract

The invention relates to a computerized handheld substantially pocket size device (10) for satiety registering and satiety response and a method therefore. It is utilized in aiding a person, in a controlled manner, to appreciate when to eat, comprising in-/output means (12, 16), electronic memory, a display screen (14) and a modified Borg type scale (18) for rating of satiety.

Claims

1. A computerized handheld substantially pocket size device for satiety registering and response to satiety, utilized in aiding a person, in a controlled manner, to appreciate when to eat, comprising in-/output means, electronic memory, and a display screen, further comprising:

a modified Borg type scale representing ratings of satiety on said screen;

a means for alerting said person to register through said input means felt satiety on said scale in a predetermined number of intervals following a food-intake; and

at least one of an indicating and an alerting means acknowledging when food-intake is accepted for said person, thus aiding said person in a smooth long term dieting contradicting extreme excessive short term dieting.

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein said scale at least partially is partitioned in incremental steps linguistically expressed in terms ranging from approximately no satiety to a maximum of satiety or in terms equivalent to those, said device also being used to register felt satiety during a meal.

3. A device according to claim 1, wherein said indicating means is a floating color scale within said modified Borg type scale indicating from less brighter colors to brighter colors after registering a felt satiety, indicating when eating is more and more recommended.

4. A device according to claim 1, wherein said indicating means is a floating color scale within said modified Borg type scale indicating from brighter colors to less brighter colors after registering a felt satiety, indicating when eating is more and more recommended.

5. A device according to claim 1, wherein said indicating means is a floating color scale within said Borg type scale indicating from less brighter colors to brighter colors after registering a felt satiety, and a switch switching at a predetermined brightness to a floating color scale within said modified Borg type scale indicating from brighter colors to less brighter colors after registering a felt satiety, indicating when eating is more and more recommended.

6. A device according to claim 1, wherein said alerting means generates a vibration to said device due to the right to privacy for said person trying to cure a disorder.

12. A method according to claim 1, wherein said alerting means generates a vibration to said device due to the right to privacy for said person trying to cure a disorder.

7. A method for satiety registering and response to satiety utilizing a computerized handheld substantially pocket size device in aiding a person, in a controlled manner, to appreciate when to eat, comprising in-/output means, electronic memory, and a display screen, comprising:

employing a modified Borg type scale representing ratings of satiety said screen;

alerting said person to register through said input means felt satiety on said scale in a predetermined number of intervals following a food-intake; and

at least one of indicating and alerting when food-intake is acknowledged for said person, thus aiding said person in a smooth long term dieting contradicting extreme excessive short term dieting.

8. A method according to claim 7, wherein said scale at least partially is partitioned in incremental steps linguistically expressed in terms ranging from approximately no satiety to a maximum of satiety or in terms equivalent to those, said device also being used to register felt satiety during a meal.

9. A method according to claim 7, wherein said indicating means is a floating color scale within said modified Borg type scale indicating from brighter colors to less brighter colors after registering a felt satiety, indicating when eating is more and more recommended.

10. A method according to claim 7, wherein said indicating means is a floating color scale within said modified Borg type scale indicating from brighter colors to less brighter colors after registering a felt satiety, indicating when eating is more and more recommended.

11. A method according to claim 7, wherein said indicating means is a floating color scale within said Borg type scale indicating from less brighter colors to brighter colors after registering a felt satiety, and a switch switching at a predetermined brightness to a floating color scale within said modified Borg type scale indicating from brighter colors to less brighter colors after registering a felt satiety, indicating when eating is more and more recommended.