Diabetes mellitus nutritional balance for monitoring the food and nutritional intake

• US 7,348,500 B2
• Filed: 11/07/2003
• Issued: 03/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership, Shenzhen Baihua Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Shenzhen Baihua Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Zhou, HaiYan
• Primary Examiner(s): Gibson; Randy W
• Application Number:
  US10/704,093
• Publication Number:
  US 20050150696A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,600 Days
• Field of Search: 177 2511- 2517, 177/25.19, 128/921
• US Class Current: 177/25.16
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/4146 for controlling caloric intake, e.g. diet control
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/921 Diet management

Abstract

A nutrition balance for health control, especially for diabetics, to measure a weight and a caloric value of an edible substance, comprising a main body; a scale unit generating a weight signal while receiving the weight of the edible substance; a control unit comprising at least one input unit inputting a predetermined reference data and providing a reference data signal; a control system comprising a memory unit storing a predetermined balance database information and a controller, communicating with the memory unit, communicated with the scale unit to receive the weight signal and communicate with the input unit for receiving and storing the reference data signal to generating an output signal in response to the weight signal according to the reference data and the balance database information; and a display arrangement communicating with the control system to provide an output. The nutrition balance is for monitoring health and diet.

Claims

1. A nutrition balance, comprising:

a scale unit for generating a weight signal in responsive to a weight of each of edible substances before intake;

a control system, which comprises;

a nutrition balance database storing a plurality of caloric values of edible substances with respect to a food guide pyramid, a personal balance database storing user information for determining a body mass index of a user; and

a controller generating a daily caloric intake determined by said weight signal in responsive to said nutrition balance database, and a daily caloric requirement in responsive to said body mass index;

a daily food exchange unit requirement generating a daily caloric control to control said daily caloric intake below said daily caloric requirement, wherein said daily caloric control is adapted for determining an amount of each of said edible substances being taken by said user that said caloric values of said edible substances are accumulatively added before said caloric values thereof reaches a value of said daily caloric requirement so as to provide a guidance of a balanced nutrition containing optimum carbohydrate, protein, and fat and to limit a total daily caloric intake from said edible substances for health control; and

an input unit inputting said user information to said personal balance database, wherein said user information contains information of gender, height, body weight and daily exercise level of said user, such that said body mass index is determined based on said user information to generate said daily caloric requirement for said user.

2. The nutrition balance, as recited in claim 1, wherein said control system further comprises a diabetic caloric requirement database linked to said personal balance database to determine said body mass index of said user having Diabetes Mellitus.

3. The nutrition balance, as recited in claim 1, wherein said nutrition balance database contains six food groups that said controller generates said daily caloric intake for each of said food groups, wherein said daily caloric control controls said daily caloric intake of each of said food groups below said daily caloric requirement of said corresponding food group so as to ensure said balanced nutrition for each of said food groups, wherein said food groups are grain group, vegetable group, fruit group, milk based group, meat based group, and fat group with respect to said food guide pyramid.

4. The nutrition balance, as recited in claim 2, wherein said nutrition balance database contains six food groups that said controller generates said daily caloric intake for each of said food groups, wherein said daily caloric control controls said daily caloric intake of each of said food groups below said daily caloric requirement of said corresponding food group so as to ensure said balanced nutrition for each of said food groups, wherein said food groups are grain group, vegetable group, fruit group, milk based group, meat based group, and fat group with respect to said food guide pyramid.

5. The nutrition balance, as recited in claim 1, wherein said control system further comprises a memory unit recording said daily caloric intake to generate a daily caloric record for monitoring a total intake of caloric values of edible substances daily.

6. The nutrition balance, as recited in claim 2, wherein said control system further comprises a memory unit recording said daily caloric intake to generate a daily caloric record for monitoring a total intake of caloric values of edible substances daily.

7. The nutrition balance, as recited in claim 4, wherein said control system further comprises a memory unit recording said daily caloric intake to generate a daily caloric record for monitoring a total intake of caloric values of edible substances daily.

8. A process of controlling a daily caloric intake by a user, comprising the steps of:

(a) generating a weight signal in responsive to a weight of each of edible substances before intake;

(b) providing a plurality of caloric values of edible substances with respect to a food guide pyramid;

(c) determining a body mass index of said user based on corresponding user information, and inputting information of gender, height, body weight and daily exercise level of said user as said user information, such that said body mass index is determined based on said user information to generate said daily caloric requirement for said user;

(d) generating a daily caloric intake in responsive to said weight signal and a daily caloric requirement in responsive to said body mass index; and

(e) generating a daily caloric control to control said daily caloric intake below said daily caloric requirement, wherein said daily caloric control is adapted for determining an amount of each of said edible substances being taken by said user that said caloric values of said edible substances are accumulatively added before said caloric values thereof reaches a value of said daily caloric requirement so as to provide a guidance of a balanced nutrition containing optimum carbohydrate, protein, and fat and to limit a total daily caloric intake from said edible substances for health control.

9. The process as recited in claim 8 wherein, in the step (c), said body mass index is determined for said user having Diabetes Mellitus.

10. The process, as recited in claim 8, wherein the step (b) further comprises a step of classifying said edible substances into six food groups such that said daily caloric intake is generated for each of said food groups, wherein said caloric control controls said daily caloric intake of each of said food groups below said daily caloric requirement of said corresponding food group so as to ensure said balanced nutrition for each of said food groups, wherein said food groups are grain group, vegetable group, fruit group, milk based group, meat based group, and fat group with respect to said food guide pyramid.

11. The process, as recited in claim 9, wherein the step (b) further comprises a step of classifying said edible substances into six food groups such that said daily caloric intake is generated for each of said food groups, wherein said caloric control controls said daily caloric intake of each of said food groups below said daily caloric requirement of said corresponding food group so as to ensure said balanced nutrition for each of said food groups, wherein said food groups are grain group, vegetable group, fruit group, milk based group, meat based group, and fat group with respect to said food guide pyramid.

12. The process, as recited in claim 8, further comprising a step of recording said daily caloric intake to generate a daily caloric record for monitoring a total intake of caloric values of edible substances daily.

13. The process, as recited in claim 9, further comprising a step of recording said daily caloric intake to generate a daily caloric record for monitoring a total intake of caloric values of edible substances daily.

14. The process, as recited in claim 10, further comprising a step of recording said daily caloric intake to generate a daily caloric record for monitoring a total intake of caloric values of edible substances daily.

15. The process, as recited in claim 11, further comprising a step of recording said daily caloric intake to generate a daily caloric record for monitoring a total intake of caloric values of edible substances daily.