Body composition indicator estimation system

• US 20080058610A1
• Filed: 06/28/2007
• Published: 03/06/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tanita Corporation (Tanita)
• Original Assignee: Tanita Corporation (Tanita)
• Inventors: Ikeda, Masanori, Sato, Tomio, Hasegawa, Hiroki
• Application Number:
  US11/819,572
• Publication Number:
  US 20080058610A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0537 Measuring body composition by impedance, e.g. tissue hydration or fat content
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4869 Determining body composition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4872 Body fat
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

There is provided a body composition indicator estimation system which hardly imposes a burden, such as purchase of another system or re-registration of the same input data, on a user in using the system. The body composition indicator estimation system measures basic body indicators which provide a correlation with a body composition indicator by basic body indicator measuring means 2, transmits the measured basic body indicators to a body indicator management unit 4 via a telecommunication network 100 by basic body indicator relay means 3, calculates a body composition indicator based on the transmitted basic body indicators in accordance with a correlation equation of the basic body indicators and body composition indicator which can be changed by correlation equation changing means 5 on the administrator side and transmits the calculated body composition indicator to a body indicator confirmation terminal unit 7 via the telecommunication network 100 by body composition indicator acquiring means 6, and outputs the transmitted body composition indicator to a user by body composition indicator confirmation terminal means 8.

Claims

1. A body composition indicator estimation system comprising:

a body indicator acquiring unit which acquires a body indicator,

a body indicator management unit which manages the body indicator acquired by the body indicator acquiring unit, and

a body indicator confirmation terminal unit which outputs the body indicator managed by the body indicator management unit to a user,

these units being connected via a telecommunication network, wherein

the body indicator acquiring unit comprises;

basic body indicator measuring means for measuring basic body indicators which provide a correlation with a body composition indicator, and

basic body indicator relay means for transmitting the basic body indicators measured by the basic body indicator measuring means to the body indicator management unit via the telecommunication network,

the body indicator management unit comprises;

body composition indicator acquiring means for calculating a body composition indicator based on the basic body indicators transmitted from the basic body indicator relay means in accordance with a correlation equation of the basic body indicators and the body composition indicator which is stored in the body composition indicator acquiring means and transmitting the calculated body composition indicator to the body indicator confirmation terminal unit via the telecommunication network, and

correlation equation changing means for changing the correlation equation stored in the body composition indicator acquiring means, and

the body indicator confirmation terminal unit comprises;

body composition indicator confirmation terminal means for outputting the body composition indicator transmitted from the body composition indicator acquiring means to the user.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein

the basic body indicator relay means comprises:

a mobile relay key which stores the basic body indicators measured by the basic body indicator measuring means and a user ID which corresponds to the basic body indicators, and

a relay terminal which transmits the basic body indicators and user ID stored in the mobile relay key to the body composition indicator acquiring means via the telecommunication network,

the basic body indicator measuring means measures the basic body indicators by working with the mobile relay key, and

the mobile relay key is portable and formed independently of the basic body indicator measuring means and the relay terminal.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein

the basic body indicator measuring means further comprises a mobile ID transmission key which transmits a user ID,

the basic body indicator measuring means measures the basic body indicators by working with the mobile ID transmission key,

the basic body indicator relay means comprises a relay terminal which stores the basic body indicators measured by the basic body indicator measuring means and a user ID which corresponds to the basic body indicators and transmits the stored basic body indicators and user ID to the body composition indicator acquiring means via the telecommunication network, and

the mobile ID transmission key is portable and formed independently of the basic body indicator measuring means and the relay terminal.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein

the body composition indicator confirmation terminal means requests a body composition indicator corresponding to the user ID from the body composition indicator acquiring means via the telecommunication network, and

the body composition indicator acquiring means comprises:

a basic body indicator storage server which stores other basic body indicators which provide a correlation with a body composition indicator together with the basic body indicators measured by the basic body indicator measuring means and a user ID which corresponds to the basic body indicators,

a body composition indicator computation server which calculates a body composition indicator based on the basic body indicators transmitted from the relay terminal together with the user ID via the telecommunication network and the basic body indicators stored in the basic body indicator storage server together with the user ID in accordance with the correlation equation, and

a body composition indicator storage server which stores the body composition indicator calculated by the body composition indicator computation server and the user ID corresponding to the body composition indicator and transmits the stored body composition indicator based on a request from the body composition indicator confirmation terminal means.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein

the body composition indicator confirmation terminal means requests a body composition indicator corresponding to the user ID from the body composition indicator acquiring means via the telecommunication network, and

the body composition indicator acquiring means comprises:

a basic body indicator storage server which stores other basic body indicators which provide a correlation with a body composition indicator together with the basic body indicators measured by the basic body indicator measuring means and a user ID which corresponds to the basic body indicators,

a body composition indicator computation server which calculates a body composition indicator based on the basic body indicators transmitted from the relay terminal together with the user ID via the telecommunication network and the basic body indicators stored in the basic body indicator storage server together with the user ID in accordance with the correlation equation, and

a body composition indicator storage server which stores the body composition indicator calculated by the body composition indicator computation server and the user ID corresponding to the body composition indicator and transmits the stored body composition indicator based on a request from the body composition indicator confirmation terminal means.