Electronic scale for use in a weight control program
First Claim
1. An electronic scale for use in a weight control program comprising:
- a base including a platform for receiving an individual in said program to be weighed;
means within said base for producing a weigh signal and a weigh signal message indicating the weight of said individual on said base;
keyboard means having a plurality of keys for manually entering information and control signals;
said keyboard means including means for manually entering personal data or a weight goal and producing a signal indicating the desired weight goal for said individual or a personal data signal indicating said personal data;
memory means for storing a previous weighing history for said individual and a plurality of different spoken messages divided into categories with a plurality of messages in each category, each of said categories relating to a particular weighing history pattern and the relationship of weight to weight goal;
means for producing any one of said plurality of different spoken messages;
computer means, responsive to said keyboard, and said weight signal producing means, and connected to said message producing means and said memory means, for determining a weight goal in accordance with manually entered personal data and selecting at least one of said spoken messages from a category selected in accordance with an entered or determined weight goal, said stored weighing history and the difference between said weigh signal and said goal; and
means for causing said selected message and said weigh signal message to be spoken.
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Abstract
An electronic scale for use in a weight control program in which the weighing histories and desired weight goals for each of a number of individuals are stored. A weigh signal is produced when an individual steps onto the platform of the scale, and the weight is displayed on the top of a column upstanding from the base and spoken. Following entry of information identifying the individual into a keyboard also atop the column, a microprocessor assembles two types of messages, at least one informational and at least one psychologically reinforcing, from stored message components in accordance with the identified individual'"'"'s stored weighing history and stored desired weight goal and the message is spoken. In response to manual operation of other keys, the scale can calculate any individual'"'"'s ideal weight goal and can review his stored weight history.
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1. An electronic scale for use in a weight control program comprising:
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a base including a platform for receiving an individual in said program to be weighed; means within said base for producing a weigh signal and a weigh signal message indicating the weight of said individual on said base; keyboard means having a plurality of keys for manually entering information and control signals; said keyboard means including means for manually entering personal data or a weight goal and producing a signal indicating the desired weight goal for said individual or a personal data signal indicating said personal data; memory means for storing a previous weighing history for said individual and a plurality of different spoken messages divided into categories with a plurality of messages in each category, each of said categories relating to a particular weighing history pattern and the relationship of weight to weight goal; means for producing any one of said plurality of different spoken messages; computer means, responsive to said keyboard, and said weight signal producing means, and connected to said message producing means and said memory means, for determining a weight goal in accordance with manually entered personal data and selecting at least one of said spoken messages from a category selected in accordance with an entered or determined weight goal, said stored weighing history and the difference between said weigh signal and said goal; and means for causing said selected message and said weigh signal message to be spoken. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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