Weight scale having function of pulse rate meter or heartbeat rate meter

• US 20060116589A1
• Filed: 11/15/2005
• Published: 06/01/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jawon Medical Co., Ltd. (SELVAS AI Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Jawon Medical Co., Ltd. (SELVAS AI Inc.)
• Inventors: Park, Won-Hee
• Application Number:
  US11/272,748
• Publication Number:
  US 20060116589A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/500
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02416 using photoplethysmograph signals, e.g. generated by infrared radiation A61B5/14552 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0245 by using sensing means generating electric signals, i.e. ECG signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6825 Hand
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6829 Foot or ankle
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/50 having additional measuring devices, e.g. for height

Abstract

Disclosed is a weight scale having a function of a pulse rate meter or a heartbeat rate meter in which a weight, a pulse, and a heartbeat can be measured using a plus and minus electrode provided at a main part of the weight scale to catch athletic effects according to variation of the weight, the pulse, and the heartbeat measured before and after exercise of a subject, a function that brings the most appropriate exercise intensity can be provided to the subject using exercise intensity according to pulse and heartbeat, and stress of the subject is measured using heartbeat rate variability (HRV) representing regularity of pulse or heartbeat. The weight scale includes a plus and minus electrode collecting pulse or heartbeat data of a subject in contact with the sole of the foot or the palm of the hand of the subject, a body signal detector detecting a pulse signal or a heartbeat signal from the electrode, a load cell converting load of the subject into an electrical signal, an amplifier amplifying the signals measured by the body signal detector and the load cell, a memory storing data received from the amplifier, and a main operation processor operating and analyzing the data stored in the memory depending on a program previously provided, to output data on a pulse or heartbeat rate and a weight.

Claims

1. A weight scale having a function of a pulse rate meter or a heartbeat rate meter comprising:

a plus and minus electrode collecting pulse or heartbeat data of a subject in contact with the sole of the foot or the palm of the hand of the subject;

a body signal detector detecting a pulse signal or a heartbeat signal from the electrode;

a load cell converting load of the subject into an electrical signal;

an amplifier amplifying the signals measured by the body signal detector and the load cell;

a memory storing data received from the amplifier; and

a main operation processor operating and analyzing the data stored in the memory depending on a program previously provided, to output data on a pulse or heartbeat rate and a weight.

2. The weight scale according to claim 1, wherein the plus and minus electrode is provided on any one of the sole of the foot, the palm of the hand, and a finger.

3. A weight scale having a function of a pulse rate meter or a heartbeat rate meter comprising:

a plus and minus electrode collecting pulse or heartbeat data of a subject in contact with a body of the subject;

a body signal detector detecting a pulse signal or a heartbeat signal from the electrode;

a load cell converting load of the subject into an electrical signal;

an amplifier amplifying the signals measured by the body signal detector and the load cell;

a memory storing data received from the amplifier; and

a main operation processor operating the data stored in the memory depending on a program previously provided, to output data on a pulse or heartbeat rate and a weight,

wherein the weight and the pulse or heartbeat rate are simultaneously measured or the pulse or heartbeat rate is measured after the weight is measured and vice versa.

4. A weight scale having a function of a pulse rate meter or a heartbeat rate meter comprising:

an infrared sensor fixed to a main body part of a subject to collect pulse data of the subject;

a body signal detector detecting a pulse signal or a heartbeat signal from the sensor;

a load cell converting load of the subject into an electrical signal;

an amplifier amplifying the signals measured by the body signal detector and the load cell;

a memory storing data received from the amplifier; and

a main operation processor operating the data stored in the memory depending on a program previously provided, to output data on a pulse or heartbeat rate and a weight.

5. The weight scale according to claim 4, wherein infrared sensor is provided on any one of the sole of the foot, the palm of the hand, and a finger.

6. A weight scale having a function of a pulse rate meter or a heartbeat rate meter comprising:

an infrared sensor fixed to a main body part of a subject to collect pulse or heartbeat data of the subject;

a body signal detector detecting a pulse signal or a heartbeat signal from the sensor;

a load cell converting load of the subject into an electrical signal;

an amplifier amplifying the signals measured by the body signal detector and the load cell;

a memory storing data received from the amplifier; and

a main operation processor operating and analyzing the data stored in the memory depending on a program previously provided, to output data on a pulse or heartbeat rate and a weight,

wherein the weight and the pulse or heartbeat rate are simultaneously measured, or the pulse or heartbeat rate is measured after the weight is measured and vice versa.