45 results about "Body composition measure" patented technology

In a non-invasive body component measuring apparatus for measuring a concentration of a body component in a measuring portion of a living body, and a method of non-invasively measuring the concentration of the body component, the non-invasive body component measuring apparatus includes a light source unit for generating light of a predetermined wavelength and for applying the light onto the measuring portion, a detection unit for detecting light reflected or transmitted by the measuring portion and for converting the detected light into an electrical signal, a signal processing unit for processing the electrical signal, and a body-apparatus interface unit for fixing a periphery of the measuring portion during measurement.

A CPU (134) of a body composition measuring apparatus (100) drives a navel position indicator (118) so that it emits light. The height of a frame (114) is adjusted so that a beam of light from navel position indicator (118) irradiates the navel of a human subject. Plural sensors (106) are mounted on the frame (114), and each sensor measures a distance from the sensor to a position to be measured, whereby the abdominal width (X) of the human subject is determined. Subsequently, CPU (134) obtains measured values of weight (W) and bioelectrical impedance (Z). CPU (134) then reads an equation for calculating the visceral fat area and estimates the visceral fat area (Y) based on the measured abdominal width (X), weight (W), bioelectrical impedance (Z), and the equation.

In a display section, a measured value of information of a living body is displayed on a measured data display section, and a figure representing a human body including body parts such as arm and leg is displayed on a body display section. For example, a percentage of muscle and a percentage of body fat measured 30 days ago and a current percentage of muscle and percentage of body fat are compared with each other, and respective increase / decrease values are displayed on the measured data display section as well as the measured values. Further, a color of illumination in the background of the body display section is changed depending on a degree of the increase / decrease value. For example, the background of the body display section is illuminated in red when the percentage of muscle is decreased by a % or more, blue when increased by a % or more, and green when a percentage of variation is less than a % in comparing current data with data measured 30 days ago.

A server selects one of a predetermined display specification programs based on at least one of attribute information related to an attribute of the user, purpose information related to a usage purpose of the user, and measurement data of the user input from a communication terminal capable of exchanging data with a body composition measuring instrument. The selected display specification program is transferred to the body composition measuring instrument via the communication terminal. As a result, the display specification program of the body composition measuring instrument is updated.

Disclosed is an abdominal impedance-based body composition measuring apparatus, which comprises abdominal impedance measurement means for measuring an abdominal impedance, abdominal size estimation means for estimating an abdominal size, and body composition estimation means for estimating an index of body composition, based on the measured abdominal impedance and the estimated abdominal size. The abdominal impedance-based body composition measuring apparatus of the present invention makes it possible to obtain an index of body composition based on an accurate abdominal size.

A body composition measuring apparatus includes electrodes for a right hand to be contacted with the right hand of a subject and electrodes for a left hand to be contacted with the left hand of the subject in an apparatus body for measuring an impedance of the body of the subject. The apparatus body includes a right hand grip having electrodes for a right hand and extending like a rod, a left hand grip having electrodes for a left hand and extending like a rod, and a base to which right hand grip and left hand grip are attached. Right hand grip is attached to base in a freely rotatable manner, and the extending direction of right hand grip and the direction along which the rotation axis of right hand grip extends are arranged to be different from each other. Thus, a small-sized, thin body composition measuring apparatus capable of being carried along can be obtained.

An object of the present invention is to provide a body composition measuring device used in arithmetically deriving an index indicative of body composition in accordance with the bioelectric impedance measuring method, in which a highly accurate calculation result can be obtained with the reduced effect from the fluctuation in a day while using a simple measuring method. Provided is a body composition measuring device in which the bioelectric impedance value is measured at each different frequency by applying the current at a plurality of different frequencies, for example, at a first frequency and a second frequency, to the living body, while concurrently correcting the measured bioelectric impedance value at the first frequency or at the second frequency by using the difference in the bioelectric impedance values between the first and the second frequencies to calculate the index indicative of the body composition based on the corrected bioelectric impedance value, or while concurrently calculating the index indicative of the body composition based on either one of the measured bioelectric impedance values at the first frequency or at the second frequency and then correcting the calculated index indicative of the body composition by using the difference between the bioelectric impedance values at the first and the second frequencies.

A body composition measuring instrument includes a body composition calculating unit for calculating a body composition of a user by using a plurality of electrodes, a reference value storage region for storing information of a reference value related to the past body composition of the user, a display control unit for performing a control to display a position (BR1) of the body composition for this time calculated by the body composition calculating unit and a line (62) being a position of a reference value on a predetermined graph (G1 to G4), and a display section (15) for performing a display corresponding to an output from the display control unit.

An object of the present invention is to provide a body composition measuring device used in arithmetically deriving an index indicative of body composition in accordance with the bioelectric impedance measuring method, in which a highly accurate calculation result can be obtained with the reduced effect from the fluctuation in a day while using a simple measuring method. Provided is a body composition measuring device in which the bioelectric impedance value is measured at each different frequency by applying the current at a plurality of different frequencies, for example, at a first frequency and a second frequency, to the living body, while concurrently correcting the measured bioelectric impedance value at the first frequency or at the second frequency by using the difference in the bioelectric impedance values between the first and the second frequencies to calculate the index indicative of the body composition based on the corrected bioelectric impedance value, or while concurrently calculating the index indicative of the body composition based on either one of the measured bioelectric impedance values at the first frequency or at the second frequency and then correcting the calculated index indicative of the body composition by using the difference between the bioelectric impedance values at the first and the second frequencies.

A body composition measuring instrument includes a body composition calculating unit for calculating the body composition of a user by using a plurality of electrodes, a reference value storage region for storing information of a reference value related to the past body composition of the user, a display control unit for performing a control to display a position of the body composition during the time calculated by the body composition calculating unit in reference to a line showing the reference value on a predetermined graph, and a display section for providing a display corresponding to the output from the display control unit.

In a non-invasive body component measuring apparatus for measuring a concentration of a body component in a measuring portion of a living body, and a method of non-invasively measuring the concentration of the body component, the non-invasive body component measuring apparatus includes a light source unit for generating light of a predetermined wavelength and for applying the light onto the measuring portion, a detection unit for detecting light reflected or transmitted by the measuring portion and for converting the detected light into an electrical signal, a signal processing unit for processing the electrical signal, and a body-apparatus interface unit for fixing a periphery of the measuring portion during measurement.

The invention provides a body composition measuring device (100A) having electrodes (131, 133) for a right hand, made to be in contact with the right hand of a subject, and also has electrodes (132, 134) for a left hand, made to be in contact with the left hand of the subject so to measure the body impedance of the subject. The device body has a rod-like grip portion (111) provided with the electrodes (131, 133) for a right hand, a rod-like grip portion (112) provided with the electrodes (132, 134) for a left hand, and a base portion (103) to which the grip portion (111) for a right hand and the grip portion (112) for a left hand are fixed. The grip portion (111) for a right hand is rotatablely fixed to the base portion (103), and the extending direction of the grip portion (111) for a right hand is differentiated from the extending direction of the rotating shaft thereof. Consequently, a small and thin portable body composition measuring device can be achieved.

A body composition measuring apparatus using a bioelectric impedance analysis and a neural network algorithm for obtaining two or more anthropometry variables from testees and then inputting the anthropometry variables into the internal processing unit that has a built-in back propagation-artificial neural network that has one input layer, 1-10 hidden layers each having 1-15 hidden neurons and one output layer having one output neuron. By means of the aforesaid artificial neural network, the invention accurately predict the fat free mass of the testee so as to further obtain the amount of body fat, showing higher accuracy than conventional linear regression equation (LRE).

The present invention relates to a body composition measuring device (10) which can measure the body composition in a large area continuously and accurately. The body composition measuring device is provided with the following components: an optical type measuring part (30) which measures subcutaneous fat, a sphere (22) which is used for moving on the body surface, and a pressing force measuring part (40) which is used for measuring the pressing force of the optical type measuring part (30) to the body surface.

A body composition measuring apparatus for calculating one or multiple types of body composition data is provided with a CPU configured to perform the following processes. The CPU sets second information indicating physical characteristics of a human subject. The CPU measures the bioelectrical impedance of the human subject by a voltage measurement circuit. The CPU obtains at least one piece of first information from each of at least one recording medium having recorded thereon the at least one piece of the first information necessary for calculating body composition data indicating a particular type of body composition, and calculates body composition data indicating a type of body composition corresponding to each of the at least one piece of the first information based on the at least one piece of the first information obtained by the information obtainer, the second information, and the bioelectrical impedance.

The invention relates to a system and a method for collecting remote data based on a body composition measuring device. The system comprises the body composition measuring device, a mobile communication module and a remote server which are connected orderly, wherein the mobile communication module is internally or externally arranged on the body composition measuring device; the remote server comprises an intelligent identity identification sub system, a database archives administration sub system, a webpage data application sub system and a server management sub system which are connected with each other; the mobile communication module is used for wirelessly sending data in the body composition measuring device to the database archives administration sub system of the remote server; the detection data is archived to user entry by the remote server through the database archives administration sub system; and the measuring result and personal information of the user are associated. The system and the method can be convenient to collect and monitor body data of large specimen groups in a concentrated manner, and are high in cost and low in efficiency.

By use of a parameter representing an intracellular / extracellular fluid ratio which is included in a parameter value associated with a bioelectric impedance measured at a given frequency or a parameter value associated with a bioelectric impedance measured at other frequency, the parameter value associated with the measured bioelectric impedance is corrected, and a body composition and the like are estimated based on the corrected parameter value associated with the bioelectric impedance. Further, the parameter to be corrected which is associated with the bioelectric impedance is the absolute value of the bioelectric impedance, a bioelectric impedance vector value or the resistance component value of the bioelectric impedance vector.

A body composition measuring apparatus includes a right hand grip having electrodes to be contacted with the right hand of a subject, and a left hand grip having electrodes to be contacted with the left hand of the subject. The right hand grip and the left hand grip are disposed such that their respective axis lines overlap with each other on the same straight line. The left hand grip is coupled to the right hand grip in a freely movable manner such that the left hand grip can move in the axis line direction. This configuration allows a small-sized body composition measuring apparatus suitable for carrying along to be achieved.

A body composition measuring apparatus is a body composition measuring apparatus which comprises: at least a pair of current passing electrodes for passing a current between two body parts of a user, at least a pair of voltage measuring electrodes for measuring a potential difference between the two body parts, and a main unit having a surface on which these electrodes are disposed such that they are insulated from each other, wherein the electrodes are disposed on the surface of the main unit such that each of the current passing electrodes makes contact with a body at multiple points sandwiching a contact point between the voltage measuring electrode and the body and each of the voltage measuring electrodes makes contact with the body at multiple points sandwiching a contact point between the current passing electrode and the body.

The invention discloses a body composition detector. The body composition detector is a body composition measuring instrument which utilizes a multi-frequency electrical signal and a segment measurement technology. The body composition detector is characterized in that: a body composition measuring system is divided into seven functional parts, namely data input, body weight detection, electrode sensing, pulse current generation, image data display, data storage and printing, wherein the seven parts are connected with a central control part of the system respectively. The body weight detection part is provided with a bubble balancing device and can accurately measure a body weight value when two feet deviate from the equilibrium position; the electrode sensing part comprises 8 contact electrodes and conducting wires; the pulse current generation part can generate 5 pulse current with different frequencies; the image data display part is provided with a color liquid crystal display screen with the resolution of 1,024*768; the data storage part efficiently stores data archives of detected persons, and provides remote service at the same time; and the printing part can be compatible with multiple kinds of printers, and provides two kinds of printing interfaces, namely a universal serial bus (USB) and a parallel port.

The invention provides a human body evaluation method, a system and a computer readable storage medium. In-vivo evaluation data, static evaluation data and dynamic evaluation data are obtained through image acquisition and body composition measurement; The method comprises the following steps: in-vivo evaluation: measuring body composition data, and evaluating muscle mass and fat mass of a measured object; static evaluation: measuring and analyzing at least one item of data of the body posture, the body circumference and the figure proportion, and evaluating the body shape and posture of the measured object on the appearance; dynamically evaluating, measuring and analyzing at least one item of data of limb strength, speed endurance, flexibility, balance, coordination and reactivity exercise ability, and detecting various exercise abilities of the detected object; and comprehensive evaluation: comprehensively assessing the physical condition of the tested object by integrating the in-vivo evaluation data, the static evaluation data and the dynamic evaluation data. According to the human body evaluation method, comprehensive evaluation of the tested object can be achieved.

A body composition measuring apparatus for calculating one or multiple types of body composition data is provided with a CPU configured to perform the following processes. The CPU sets second information indicating physical characteristics of a human subject. The CPU measures the bioelectrical impedance of the human subject by a voltage measurement circuit. The CPU obtains at least one piece of first information from each of at least one recording medium having recorded thereon the at least one piece of the first information necessary for calculating body composition data indicating a particular type of body composition, and calculates body composition data indicating a type of body composition corresponding to each of the at least one piece of the first information based on the at least one piece of the first information obtained by the information obtainer, the second information, and the bioelectrical impedance.

A CPU (134) of a body composition measuring apparatus (100) drives a navel position indicator (118) so that it emits light. The height of a frame (114) is adjusted so that a beam of light from navel position indicator (118) irradiates the navel of a human subject. Plural sensors (106) are mounted on the frame (114), and each sensor measures a distance from the sensor to a position to be measured, whereby the abdominal width (X) of the human subject is determined. Subsequently, CPU (134) obtains measured values of weight (W) and bioelectrical impedance (Z). CPU (134) then reads an equation for calculating the visceral fat area and estimates the visceral fat area (Y) based on the measured abdominal width (X), weight (W), bioelectrical impedance (Z), and the equation.

A wrist-type body composition measuring apparatus is provided to measure body composition conveniently. The wrist-type body composition measuring apparatus includes a main body, a strap, first and second inner electrodes, and first and second outer electrodes. The main body includes a measurer configured to measure a body impedance of a user and an analyzer configured to analyze a body composition of the user based on the measured body impedance.

The apparatus i.e. body fat measuring apparatus, has a width measurement part e.g. left width measurement part (50-L) and right width measurement part (50-R), adjusting position at width of a measured region i.e. abdominal part. An electrode position adjustment mechanism moves position of voltage electrodes (31, 32) and current electrodes (21, 22) to direction of predetermined angle of distance of fixed ratio when the positions of the voltage electrodes and the current electrodes are moved in response to adjusted position of the width measurement part.

A wrist-type body composition measuring apparatus is provided to measure body composition conveniently. The wrist-type body composition measuring apparatus includes a main body comprising a measurer configured to measure body impedance of a user, and an analyzer configured to analyze a body composition of the user based on the measured body impedance; a strap connected to the main body and configured to be flexible; a first inner electrode and a second inner electrode which are provided on a rear surface of the main body to be in direct contact with the user; and a first outer electrode and a second outer electrode which are provided on a surface of the main body to be in contact with the user during measurement of the body composition, wherein the first outer electrode and the second outer electrode are each formed as a half ring and face each other with a gap therebetween.