Portable communication device

• US 20060217629A1
• Filed: 03/25/2005
• Published: 09/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Inventors: Huang, Chao-Mao, Chen, Yu-Sheng
• Application Number:
  US11/088,817
• Publication Number:
  US 20060217629A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/547
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0537 Measuring body composition by impedance, e.g. tissue hydration or fat content
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6887 mounted on external non-worn devices, e.g. non-medical devices

Abstract

A portable communication device combining body fat analyzer is disclosed, which is used to measure a value of body fat of a user thereof. A power source provides a first detecting current. A first detection node and a second detection node are located on a surface of the portable communication device and connected to the power source and contacted with the user, respectively. A current detecting module measures a second detecting current flown at the second detection node. A computing module generates a value of body fat of the user by computing the first and second detecting currents. A communication module transmits the generated value of body fat to a database at a distant end for a specific purpose.

Claims

1. A portable communication device capable of measuring body fat of a user thereof, comprising:

a power source providing a first detecting current;

a first detection node disposed on a surface of the portable communication device to receive the first detecting current form the power source and to contact a user'"'"'s first portion;

a second detection node disposed on the surface of the portable communication device to contact the user'"'"'s second portion;

a current detecting module connected to the second detection node and the power source and detecting a second detecting current received via the second detection node when the user'"'"'s second portion contacts the second detection node;

connecting to the power sppower spurcement atorst detection current and the other end a communication module, a storing m

a computing module computing a value of body fat of the user according to the first and second detecting currents; and

a communication module transmitting information associated with body fat of the user generated by the computing module to a database at a distant end.

2. The portable communication device as recited in claim 1, further comprising a storing module storing the information of body fat of the user.

3. The portable communication device as recited in claim 1, further comprising a monitoring module computing an average of a plurality of values of body fat of the user, comparing the computed average with the latest value of body fat computed by the computing module and issuing a warning message when a difference between the average and the latest value of body fat obtained from the computing module is greater than a specific value.

4. The portable communication device as recited in claim 1, further comprising an input module disposed on the portable communication device and used to be inputted with information associated with the user for being stored in the database.

5. The portable communication device as recited in claim 1, further comprising an analog to digital converter (ADC) conversing the first detecting current and the second detecting current to a set of digital signals to be computed by the computing module to generate the value of body fat.

6. The portable communication device as recited in claim 1, further comprising a displayer disposed on the portable communication device and displaying the value of body fat of the user.