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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160106356 | MUSCLE CONDITION CHANGE DETERMINATION APPARATUS, MUSCLE CONDITION CHANGE DETERMINATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A muscle condition change determination apparatus includes a circuit. The circuit configures: a change information acquisition unit; and a type determination unit. The change information acquisition unit acquires change information indicating changes in a plurality of muscle indicators. The type determination unit determines the type of change in a muscle condition according to the change information. | 04-21-2016 |
20160097762 | GAS MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A gas measurement apparatus includes: a body unit including a delivery port in which a user's breath is delivered, a gas sensor connected to the inside of the delivery port, and an absorbent housing unit that houses an absorbent; a cover unit capable of being operated to be slid in a predetermined direction with respect to the body unit and thereby being set to one of an open state in which the delivery port and the absorbent housing unit are exposed and a closed state in which the delivery port and the absorbent housing unit are cut off from an outside air, wherein at least in the closed state, a space in which the gas sensor is provided and the inside of the absorbent housing unit are connected to each other. | 04-07-2016 |
20160097761 | GAS MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, GAS MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, GAS MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND GAS MEASUREMENT PROGRAM - A gas measurement apparatus of the present invention includes a gas sensor and is capable of being in any one of an open state in which the gas sensor is connected to an outside air and a closed state in which the gas sensor is cut off from an outside air. The gas measurement apparatus includes: an acquisition unit; and a determination unit. The acquisition unit acquires a detection value of the gas sensor in the open state and a detection value of the gas sensor in the closed state. The determination unit compares the detection value of the gas sensor acquired in the open state and the detection value of the gas sensor acquired in the closed state to thereby determine the state of the gas sensor. | 04-07-2016 |
20160097509 | LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS - A light emitting apparatus comprises a housing having a light transmitting member provided on a side surface thereof, and at least one light emitting unit housed in the housing. | 04-07-2016 |
20160076930 | BALANCE ABILITY MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, BALANCE ABILITY MEASUREMENT METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECORDING BALANCE ABILITY MEASUREMENT PROGRAM - A balance ability measurement apparatus acquires load information on weight of a user as measured during a period of a stand-up movement which is a period of time from when the user starts the stand-up movement to when the user stabilizes standing posture. Based on the load information, the balance ability measurement apparatus calculates load change information on change in the weight of the user. Further, based on the load information, the balance ability measurement apparatus calculates left-right displacement information on displacement of the user in left-right direction. Based on the load change information and the left-right displacement information, the balance ability measurement apparatus calculates a balance ability evaluation value on balance ability of the user. | 03-17-2016 |
20150342498 | MEASURING DEVICE - A measuring device comprises: a first housing having at least one measuring electrode; a second housing connected to the first housing and housing a substrate which has at least one terminal and includes a circuit that conducts a measurement process; and at least one connecting member disposed between the first housing and the second housing. The at least one connecting member is formed of a unitary member. One end of the at least one connecting member is connected to the at least one terminal, while the other end of the at least one connecting member is in contact with the at least one measuring electrode due to an elastic force of the at least one connecting member itself. | 12-03-2015 |
20150305656 | Motor Function Measurement Apparatus, Method and Recording Medium Storing Program - A motor function measurement apparatus that acquires measurement data including at least one of an acceleration or a trunk inclination angle of a user, the measurement data being measured during a measurement period in which the user performs a predetermined action, and that, based on the measurement data, calculates a motor function evaluation value related to a motor function of the user. | 10-29-2015 |
20150226747 | Physical Change Evaluation Device, Method, and Recording Medium Stored with Program - The invention provides a physical change evaluation device, method, and program capable of easily evaluating physical change from the past to the present, and from the present into the future. | 08-13-2015 |
20150223723 | BODY CONDITION INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING BODY CONDITION INFORMATION - A condition information processing apparatus includes: an obtaining section that obtains information relating to a bioelectrical impedance measured by impressing an alternating current of a predetermined frequency to a body surface of a user. An operating section calculates an index relating to a body condition on the basis of the information relating to the bioelectrical impedance. | 08-13-2015 |
20150212096 | Diet Support Device, Method, and Recording Medium Stored with Program - The invention provides a diet support device, method, and program capable of supporting healthy dieting. | 07-30-2015 |
20150212062 | Poor Physical Condition Determination Device, Method, and Recording Medium Stored with Program - The invention provides a poor physical condition determination device, method, and program enabling simple determination of a physical condition level. | 07-30-2015 |
20150173648 | HEALTH SUPPORT DEVICE, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORED WITH PROGRAM - A health support device | 06-25-2015 |
20150149216 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASURING APPARATUS, BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASURING SYSTEM, INDIVIDUAL REGISTRATION INFORMATION REGISTERING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A biological information measuring apparatus includes: an individual information storage unit configured to store individual information for a plurality of persons in which individual registration information and biological information are associated; a transmission request reception unit configured to receive a transmission request of the individual registration information; an individual registration information transmission unit configured to transmit the individual registration information for a plurality of persons stored in the individual information storage unit based on the transmission request; a registration request reception unit configured to receive a registration request in which designation of any of the individual registration information for a plurality of persons and a registration content are associated; and a registration unit configured to register the registration content on the individual registration information designated in the registration request of the individual registration information stored in the individual information storage unit. | 05-28-2015 |
20150075879 | WEIGHING APPARATUS, WEIGHING SYSTEM, WEIGHING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A weighing apparatus for weighing a mass of an object is provided with: a body; a load receiving device, a load detection device, an acting force detection device, and a data processing device configured to data-process an output of the load detection device as a weighed value in a mass unit. The data processing device has: a load output acquisition unit configured to acquire an output of the load detection device; a force output acquisition unit configured to acquire an output of the acting force detection device; and a correction coefficient calculation unit configured to calculate, as a correction coefficient for correcting an output of the load detection device, a change amount of an output of the load output acquisition unit with respect to a change amount of an output of the acting force detection device based on (i) outputs of the load detection device and the acting force detection device acquired respectively by the load output acquisition unit and the force output acquisition unit, when the weighing apparatus with zero load applied thereto is placed in a first attitude and (ii) outputs of the load detection device and the acting force detection device acquired respectively by the load output acquisition unit and the force output acquisition unit, when the weighing apparatus with zero load applied thereto is placed in a second attitude, which differs from the first attitude. | 03-19-2015 |
20150045690 | APPARATUS FOR ASSESSING MUSCLE QUALITY - An apparatus for assessing muscle quality includes a first acquisition unit that acquires bioelectric information including at least one of (i) a resistance component and a reactance component of bioelectrical impedance and (ii) first impedance measured by supplying alternating current at a predetermined low frequency to a living organism and second impedance measured by supplying alternating current at a predetermined high frequency to the living organism; a second acquisition unit that acquires a physical parameter related to physique of the living organism; and a calculation unit that calculates an index in accordance with a proportion, in muscle tissue, of muscle fiber to interstitial tissue based on the physical parameter and on at least one of a first parameter represented as a ratio between the resistance component and the reactance component and a second parameter represented as a ratio between the first impedance and the second impedance. | 02-12-2015 |
20150025811 | APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING CHANGE IN PHYSICAL INDEX - An apparatus | 01-22-2015 |
20140378860 | Body Composition Measuring Apparatus - 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. | 12-25-2014 |
20140345954 | Weight Measurement Apparatus, Biological Measurement Apparatus, Storage Medium Encoded with Weight Measurement Program and Method - A scale includes a load detection unit detecting a load to a placing unit, a storage unit storing a zero point in advance, a calculation/control unit calculating a load calculation value using a load signal corresponding to the load to the placing unit, based on an output of the load detection unit, and a display unit displaying the load calculation value. When a load is applied to the placing unit, the calculation/control unit calculates a loading state load calculation value based on the load signal in a loading state and the zero point of the storage unit. Subsequently, when the load is removed from the placing unit in a non-loading state, the calculation/control unit calculates a non-loading state load calculation value based on load signals in the loading and non-loading states, and displays the non-loading state load calculation value on the display unit. | 11-27-2014 |
20140296735 | Biopotential Measurement Device - A biopotential measurement device ( | 10-02-2014 |
20140291042 | FLEXURE ELEMENT, LOAD CELL, AND WEIGHT MEASURING DEVICE - A flexure element used for weight measurement includes a load-applied part to which load is applied, a supported part supported by a supporter, and a flexure part connected to the load-applied part and the supported part, strain gauges being attached to the flexure part. The load-applied part, the supported part, and the flexure part include surfaces that lie on the same plane. The thickness of the flexure part is less than the thickness of the load-applied part and the thickness of the supported part. The flexure part has a recess at a side opposite to the plane, the recess being located between the load-applied part and the supported part. | 10-02-2014 |
20140272853 | MOTOR FUNCTION EVALUATION DEVICE AND MOTOR FUNCTION EVALUATION METHOD - To provide a motor function evaluation device and a motor function evaluation method capable of evaluating a motor function of a subject comprehensively and easily. A motor function evaluation device | 09-18-2014 |
20140221808 | COVER SHEET FOR A BODY MEASURING APPARATUS AND AN AUTOMATIC SHEET DISPENSER THERFOR - A cover sheet ( | 08-07-2014 |
20140200413 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT MODULE, SLEEP MONITOR, AND CONTROL APPARATUS - A biological information management module includes a first acquisition unit, a determination unit, and a generation unit. The first acquisition unit acquires a plurality of pieces of biological information of different types for a living organism during sleep. The determination unit determines the state of the living organism based on the pieces of biological information. The generation unit generates an execution instruction when the determination unit determines that the living organism is in a predetermined state. The execution instruction causes a first device to execute a predetermined operation. The first device executes the predetermined operation with respect to the living organism. | 07-17-2014 |
20140180172 | STABILOMETER AND POSTURAL STABILITY EVALUATING METHOD - A stabilometer including: a platform; a load detecting unit; a time counting unit; an arithmetic section; and a biometric evaluating unit configured to evaluate postural stability of a test subject, wherein the arithmetic section includes a determining unit that determines when the test subject has placed one foot on the platform completely, and a determining unit that determines when the test subject with the one foot placed on the platform gets the other foot off of the ground, and the biometric evaluating unit evaluates the postural stability of the test subject from when the test subject has placed one foot on the platform completely to when the test subject with the one foot placed on the platform gets the other foot off of the ground on the basis of at least one of center of gravity locus data, load fluctuation data per unit time, and time data. | 06-26-2014 |
20140165697 | MOUTHPIECE OF BREATH COMPONENT MEASURING DEVICE, BREATH COMPONENT MEASURING ASSEMBLY, BREATH COMPONENT MEASURING DEVICE, AND BREATH COMPONENT MEASURING SYSTEM - A mouthpiece which is attached to a breath component measuring device for measuring an alcohol concentration of breath of a subject, has: a blow port in which the breath of the subject is blown; a breath flow path which allows the breath blown in the blow port to flow in the breath component measuring device; and a sound producing portion which produces a sound by means of a flow of the breath. | 06-19-2014 |
20140083780 | FLEXURE ELEMENT AND WEIGHT MEASURING DEVICE - A flexure element used in a load cell comprises a rectangular strain region, two first arms, a first connection portion, which is connected to one end of the strain region and the first arms, two second arms, and a second connection portion which is connected to the other end of the strain region and the second arms, wherein one of the pair of first arms and the pair of second arms receives a load in a direction perpendicular to the flexure element, and the other of the pair of first arms and the pair of second arms is fixed to a support body, and a gap between the first arm and the second arm and a gap between the second arm and the strain region are equal to or smaller than a half of the thickness. | 03-27-2014 |
20140080167 | Biosensor Calibration Method - A biosensor calibration method configured to measure a concentration of a specific substance contained in sample liquid to be measured, including: a first step configured to acquire a first output value that is output by the biosensor when first calibration liquid is brought into contact with the biosensor; a second step configured to acquire a second output value that is output by the biosensor when second calibration liquid having a different concentration from that of the first calibration liquid is continuously brought into contact with the biosensor after the first step and determine time for replacement of the biosensor on the basis of the first output value and the second output value. | 03-20-2014 |
20140069830 | PACKAGE - Two edge cut portions extending in parallel with a take-out direction are provided in the vicinity of a side of the lower plate where the right flap is provided. The weight scale is taken out by placing the package with a take-out side faced upward, pulling out the tongue strips, opening the right side plate and the right flap, and bending the lower plate along the bending line. An assembled state is illustrated in FIG. | 03-13-2014 |
20140058215 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASURING DEVICE - In a body composition monitor ( | 02-27-2014 |
20140045150 | ENERGY CONSUMPTION ESTIMATOR - An energy consumption estimator ( | 02-13-2014 |
20140025346 | BIOMETRIC APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING BODY IMAGE CREATING PROGRAM - A biometric apparatus including: a biometric information acquiring unit configured to acquire biometric information of a user; a storing unit configured to store a correspondence relation between the biometric information and body part sizes; an arithmetic operation unit configured to calculate the body part sizes of the user on the basis of the biometric information acquired by the biometric information acquiring unit and the correspondence relation stored in the storing unit; an image creating unit configured to create a body image of the user on the basis of the body part sizes calculated by the arithmetic operation unit; and a display unit configured to display the body image created by the image creating unit. | 01-23-2014 |
20140020476 | Viscoelasticity Measuring Apparatus - A viscoelasticity measuring apparatus that measures viscoelasticity of a measurement target with high precision is provided. The measuring apparatus includes: a casing; a surface contact part provided in the casing and brought into surface contact with skin; a ball indenter that moves toward the skin more than the surface contact part and is pushed into the skin; a driving unit that supports the ball indenter and moves the ball indenter toward the skin; a load cell whose right end side is fixed to the casing and left end side supports the driving unit, the load cell detecting a pushing load that pushes the ball indenter into the skin; and a control unit that obtains displacement of the ball indenter. | 01-23-2014 |
20130341104 | BIOMETRIC APPARATUS - A biometric apparatus configured to measure biometric information of a user including: a biometric information measuring unit configured to measure the biometric information; a sensor configured to output a sensor signal according to the proximity of the user to the biometric apparatus; and a controller configured to determine the proximity of the user to the biometric apparatus on the basis of the sensor signal and controls the operating state of the biometric apparatus on the basis of the result of determination thereof. | 12-26-2013 |
20130303935 | EDEMA EVALUATION APPARATUS - An index calculating section calculates an edema index value indicating the level of edema at a target portion of the body of a human subject, according to a bioelectric impedance of the target portion. An edema evaluation section identifies the edema stage corresponding to the edema index value calculated by the index calculating section from among a plurality of edema stages indicating the degrees of progress of edema symptoms. A result reporting section reports the edema stage identified by the edema evaluation section to the user. | 11-14-2013 |
20130278429 | BIOLOGICAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR - A biological signal processor includes a sensor unit | 10-24-2013 |
20130261404 | SLEEP MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND SLEEP MONITOR - A sleep measurement system including a sleep monitor for measuring biometric data relating to user's sleep, an external terminal for displaying a state of said user's sleep, a first server for storing first data received from said sleep monitor and providing the first data to said external terminal, and a second server for analyzing said user's sleep on the basis of second data received from said sleep monitor and providing an analysis result to said external terminal. The sleep monitor processes the biometric information in each unit interval, sends a processing result of said biometric information in each unit interval to said first server as the first data, and sends said biometric data accumulated during said user's sleep and said processing result of said biometric information in each said unit interval to said second server as said second data. | 10-03-2013 |
20130226010 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT METHOD - A blood pressure measurement apparatus includes a blood pressure measurement unit, a bio-information acquisition unit, a depth calculation unit, a storage unit and a decision unit. The bio-information acquisition unit continuously acquires bio-information of a subject. The depth calculation unit repeatedly calculates depth indices each indicating a sleep stage of the subject on the basis of the acquired bio-information. The storage unit stores the calculated depth indices. The decision unit decides whether the sleep stage of the subject in sleep satisfies a starting condition, on the basis of a first depth index stored in the storage unit and a second depth index calculated by the depth calculation unit. The blood pressure measurement unit measures blood pressure data of the subject when the sleep stage is decided to satisfy the starting condition. | 08-29-2013 |
20130178715 | PRESENT-ON-BED DETERMINATION APPARATUS AND SLEEP MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A present-on-bed determination apparatus includes: a sensor unit usable with a bottom bedding and configured to measure biological displacement of a human subject on the bottom bedding so as to output a measurement signal showing a measurement result; a first signal processing unit configured to amplify the measurement signal with a first gain so as to output a first output signal; a first A/D conversion unit configured to output a plurality of first level values obtained by A/D conversion of the first output signal; and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the human subject is present on the bottom bedding in accordance with a dispersion indicator that indicates dispersion degree of the plurality of the first level values. | 07-11-2013 |
20130172775 | BODY CONDITION INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING BODY CONDITION INFORMATION - A condition information processing apparatus ( | 07-04-2013 |
20130024128 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A BLOOD SUGAR CONDITION - A blood sugar condition is estimated by measuring a urine sugar value, discriminating whether it is less than a discriminating method classification boundary value, when it is less, obtaining an averaged value of measured urine sugar values during a past predetermined period of time, measured at the same time of day as the latest measurement, calculating the difference between the averaged and measured urine sugar values, when the difference is not less than a positive discriminating reference difference, discriminating as being a blood sugar value decrease, when the measured value is not less than the discriminating method classification boundary value, obtaining an averaged value of all measured values during the past predetermined period of time, calculating a ratio between the measured and averaged values, and, when the ratio is not greater than a first discriminating reference ratio, discriminating as being the blood sugar value decrease. | 01-24-2013 |
20120220050 | METHOD OF PURIFYING 8-ISOPROSTANE - A method of purifying 8-isoprostane is provided that includes a step of contacting a liquid sample containing 8-isoprostane with an ion exchange support having a quaternary ammonium salt immobilized thereon such that 8-isoprostane in the liquid sample is retained on the ion exchange support and a step of eluting 8-isoprostane from the ion exchange support using a first eluent containing a water-soluble organic solvent and water as main components. | 08-30-2012 |
20120220040 | METHOD OF QUANTITATIVELY DETERMINING 8-ISOPROSTANE - A method of quantitatively determining 8-isoprostane is provided that includes fluorescently labeling 8-isoprostane with a quinoxalinone derivative in an excess amount relative to 8-isoprostane, separating a fluorescently labeled 8-isoprostane from a unreacted quinoxalinone derivative by contacting a reaction mixture containing the fluorescently labeled 8-isoprostane and the unreacted quinoxalinone derivative with a cation exchange support having a sulfonic acid or a sulfonate immobilized thereon, and quantitatively determining the fluorescently labeled 8-isoprostane that has been separated from the unreacted quinoxalinone derivative. | 08-30-2012 |
20120209533 | ACTIVITY MONITOR, METHOD OF CALCULATING TARGET ACTIVITY AMOUNT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The activity monitor ( | 08-16-2012 |
20120016268 | ABDOMINAL OBESITY INDEX MEASURING APPARATUS - An abdomen width determiner determines an abdomen width of a subject. A shape index calculator calculates a shape index corresponding to a cross-sectional shape of an abdomen of the subject. An obesity evaluator evaluates whether an obesity degree of the subject is high or low. An obesity index calculator calculates an obesity index corresponding to the abdomen width using a first equation if the obesity evaluator evaluates that the obesity degree is low, and calculates an obesity index corresponding to the abdomen width and the shape index using a second equation different from the first equation if the obesity evaluator evaluates that the obesity degree is high. | 01-19-2012 |
20120016255 | RESPIRATION CHARACTERISTIC ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND RESPIRATION CHARACTERISTIC ANALYSIS SYSTEM - A respiration characteristic analysis apparatus includes a bioelectrical impedance determiner adapted for determining bioelectrical impedance at a part including the right lung of a human subject and for determining bioelectrical impedance at a part including the left lung of the human subject; and a respiration depth calculator adapted for calculating a right lung respiration depth related to a respiration capability of the right lung of the human subject on the basis of change over time in the bioelectrical impedance at the part including the right lung determined by the bioelectrical impedance determiner, and for calculating a left lung respiration depth related to a respiration capability of the left lung of the human subject on the basis of change over time in the bioelectrical impedance at the part including the left lung determined by the bioelectrical impedance determiner. | 01-19-2012 |
20120016254 | RESPIRATION CHARACTERISTIC ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND RESPIRATION CHARACTERISTIC ANALYSIS SYSTEM - A respiration characteristic analysis apparatus includes a bioelectrical impedance determiner adapted for determining a first bioelectrical impedance at the upper body trunk of a human subject including the upper lobes of the lungs of the human subject and excluding the abdomen of the human subject and a second bioelectrical impedance at the middle body trunk of the human subject including the median and lower lobes of the lungs of the human subject and the abdomen of the human subject; and an analyzer adapted for analyzing a respiration characteristic of the human subject on the basis of change over time in each of the first bioelectrical impedance and the second bioelectrical impedance determined by the bioelectrical impedance determiner. | 01-19-2012 |
20110297539 | WATER QUALITY ANALYZER - A water quality analyzer comprises: sensor electrodes | 12-08-2011 |
20110213268 | LIVING BODY INDEX MEASUREMENT APPARATUS | 09-01-2011 |
20110209927 | WEIGHT MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A weight measurement device has a housing that includes a base, a platform located above the base and on which a subject is placed or stands, and a chamber defined by the base and the platform. At least one load cell is contained in the chamber and is supported by the base. A load transmission member is located between the platform and the load cell. A bracket is fixed to the base. An elastic deformation part is located around the load transmission member and connected to the bracket and to the load transmission member. The elastic deformation part has an elasticity that is greater than that of the load transmission member, and allows the load transmission member to change in position with respect to the bracket when force is transmitted from the platform via the load transmission member to the load cell. | 09-01-2011 |
20110152723 | BODY INDEX APPARATUS - A body index apparatus ( | 06-23-2011 |
20110080181 | BIOMETRIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A biometric measurement apparatus has a measurement unit for measuring bioelectric impedance of different parts of a body and hematocrit. The measurement unit has impedance calculators (IPG | 04-07-2011 |
20100252334 | WEIGHING SCALE - A weighing scale has a display unit for displaying the weight of an object loaded on a platform measured by a weight measurer, a communication unit for transmitting weight data to, or receiving from, another weighing scale, a determiner that determines whether the weighing scale is capable of communicating via the communication unit with another weighing scale, and a controller that, in a case in which a result of the determination by the determiner shows that the weighing scale is not capable of communicating with another weighing scale, controls the display unit to display weight data output by the weight measurer, and in a case in which a result of the determination by the determiner shows that the weighing scale is capable of communicating with another weighing scale, that transmits weight data to, or receives from, another weighing scale. | 10-07-2010 |
20100204601 | RESPIRATION TYPE EVALUATION APPARATUS - A respiration type evaluation apparatus includes a bioelectrical impedance determiner for determining a bioelectrical impedance at at least a body region of a human subject that contributes to respiration of the human subject, and a respiration type determiner for determining whether respiration of the human subject is abdominal or costal on the basis of change over time of the bioelectrical impedance determined by the bioelectrical impedance determiner. | 08-12-2010 |
20100126858 | CHEMICAL SENSOR TYPE MEASURING APPARATUS - There is disclosed means for quickly solving instability of sensor sensitivity performances found in an initial stage and stabilizing the sensor sensitivity performances, when immersing a chemical sensor kept under a dry state in a buffer solution used as a storage liquid and applying a measurement bias between a working electrode and a reference electrode to make first use of the chemical sensor for measurement in which the chemical sensor is used. To make the first use of the chemical sensor, after immersing the chemical sensor kept under a dry state in the buffer solution used as the storage liquid, a first initial treatment bias having the same direction as that of the measurement bias and possessing an absolute value larger than that of the measurement bias is applied between the working electrode and the reference electrode for a first initial treatment time. Subsequently, the bias is changed to a second initial treatment bias which is the same as the measurement bias, and the second initial treatment bias is applied for a second initial treatment time. When such a two-step initial treatment operation is carried out, the stabilized sensor sensitivity performance is achieved. | 05-27-2010 |
20100065933 | Semiconductor strain gauge and the manufacturing method - A high-density impurity diffused layer of an identical conduction type to the semiconductor substrate on which the impurity is doped higher in density than the semiconductor substrate around the diffuse resistance region is provided, one side of the electrodes is formed extending to the high-density impurity diffused layer and the diffused resistance region and the high-density impurity diffused layer are connected in a semiconductor strain gauge that is formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate of a fixed conduction type and is provided with the diffused resistance region of opposite conduction type to the semiconductor substrate and is provided with electrodes on both ends of the diffused resistance region. | 03-18-2010 |
20100041516 | EXERCISE DETECTION APPARATUS - An exercise detection apparatus including: a load stage comprising a load surface onto which a load of parts or all of a human subject is applied; a load measurer for repeatedly or continuously measuring the load on the load surface; a calculator for calculating a difference between adjacent local maximum and minimum in the load varying over time measured by the load measurer repeatedly or continuously; and a detector for detecting a motion of the human subject when the difference calculated by the calculator is within a range. | 02-18-2010 |
20100012393 | BOTTOMING DETECTION WEIGHING SCALE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING WEIGHING SCALE - A body weighing machine ( | 01-21-2010 |
20090292190 | BLOOD GLUCOSE MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MEASURING AVERAGE POSTPRANDIAL BLOOD GLUCOSE - A practical measuring device and a measuring method that allow simply measuring average postprandial blood glucose from urinary glucose. The blood glucose measuring device includes a measuring unit that measures postprandial urinary glucose from subject's urine at a predetermined time after meal, a processing unit that calculates average postprandial blood glucose through a period up to the predetermined time after meal, based on the postprandial urinary glucose, a storage unit that stores calibration data including the postprandial urinary glucose and the average postprandial blood glucose in association, and an output unit that outputs data indicating the calculated average postprandial blood glucose. The processing unit calculates the average postprandial blood glucose, based on the postprandial urinary glucose from the urine of the subject who has intaken a desired amount of water or perspired in the period up to the predetermined time after meal, and the calibration data. | 11-26-2009 |
20090209753 | COLUMN PACKING MATERIAL, COLUMN USING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF SEPARATION USING THE SAME - Aimed at readily and exactly separate 8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) contained in a sample, a column packing material used for separating 8-OHdG, which contains a packing material composed of a material having a straight-chain hydrocarbon group having 6 or more and 30 or less carbon atoms as a functional group, and having a carbon content over the surface of carrier of 18% or less by element ratio, wherein the packing material contains 1 cumulative percent or more and 20 cumulative percent or less, on the particle-count basis, of particles having a circle-equivalent diameter, measured using a flow-type particle image analyzer, of 0.5 μm or larger and 10 μm or smaller, is used. | 08-20-2009 |
20090183928 | ELECTRONIC WEIGHING SCALE - Aimed at providing an electronic weighing scale possibly thinned overall, an electronic weighing scale disclosed herein has a top plate component allowing on the top surface thereof placement of an object to be weighed; and load cell units supporting the top plate component from the lower side thereof, wherein the top plate component is provided with mounting holes so as to extend therethrough in the thickness-wise direction, allowing therein attachment of cup components each having an opening opened downward, and each load cell unit is attached inside each cup component. | 07-23-2009 |
20090171165 | SLEEP EVALUATION DEVICE AND SLEEP EVALUATION METHOD THEREFOR - A sleep evaluation device ( | 07-02-2009 |
20090166095 | WEIGHING MACHINE - A weighing machine having a weighing platform includes a detection unit for outputting a detection voltage depending on a load acting on the measuring platform; a first data generation unit for A-D converting the detection voltage to generate first data; a second data generation unit for A-D converting the detection voltage to generate second data; and a control unit which stops operating the second data generation unit and monitors the first data in a standby state, switches from the standby state to a measurement state when the control unit senses that an object is placed on the weighing platform, then stops operating the first data generation unit and operates the second data generation unit, and outputs the measured weight of the object according to the second data. The first data generation unit consumes less power but has a lower A-D conversion precision than the second data generation unit. | 07-02-2009 |
20090143199 | Body Movement Detecting Apparatus - A body movement detecting apparatus includes a body movement data acquiring unit that acquires body movement data relating to a body movement of a user; a body movement discriminating unit that discriminates whether the body movement is a walking exercise or an exercise other than the walking exercise; and a computing unit that calculates a consumption energy during the walking exercise on the basis of the body movement data discriminated as the walking exercise, calculates the consumption energy at the time of exercise other than the walking exercise on the basis of the body movement data of the body movement which is discriminated as the exercise other than the walking exercise, and calculates the consumption energy by the body movement of the user by adding these consumption energy. | 06-04-2009 |
20090099781 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING A BLOOD SUGER CONDITION - A blood sugar condition is estimated by (1) measuring a urine sugar value A, (2) discriminating whether or not the measured urine sugar value is less than a discriminating method classification boundary value, (3) when it is less, obtaining an averaged value X of measured urine sugar values during a past predetermined period of time, measured at the same timing in a one-day life as the timing when the latest measured urine sugar value is measured, (4) calculating the difference between the averaged value and the measured urine sugar value, (5) when the difference is not less than a positive discriminating reference difference, discriminating as being a blood sugar value decrease, (6) when the measured urine sugar value A is not less than the discriminating method classification boundary value, obtaining an averaged value X of all measured urine sugar values during the past predetermined period of time, (7) calculating a ratio between the measured urine sugar value and the averaged value X, and, (8) when the ratio is not greater than a first discriminating reference ratio, discriminating as being the blood sugar value decrease. | 04-16-2009 |
20090093732 | BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE MEASURING APPARATUS AND BODY COMPOSITION DETERMINING APPARATUS - A bioelectrical impedance measuring apparatus includes a measuring unit for sequentially measuring a bioelectrical impedance of a living subject. The apparatus may further include a period determiner for determining a fluctuation period of fluctuation in values of the bioelectrical impedance measured by the measuring unit, the fluctuation being caused by breathing of the living subject. A calculator calculates an average of a plurality of the values of the bioelectrical impedance measured by the measuring unit within the fluctuation period determined by the period determiner. | 04-09-2009 |
20090088661 | BIOMETRIC APPARATUS - A biometric apparatus includes: at least two electrode members arranged so as to be capable of coming into contact with a measured person; a determining device that determines whether the at least two electrode members are in a conducting state via a body of the measured person or not; a measuring device that measures biometric data of the measured person; and a control device that activates or deactivates the measuring device on the basis of a result of determination provided by the determining device. | 04-02-2009 |
20090076756 | WEIGHT MEASURING APPARATUS - The invention provides a weight measuring apparatus which carries out zero-point reset as an output value of a load signal in an unloaded state when the weight measuring apparatus is not in use, including a weight measuring unit that measures a load applied to a machine body and outputs the load signals; and a control device that receives the load signals from the weight measuring unit at reset time intervals for carrying out the zero-point reset of the weight measuring unit in the unloaded state, in which the control device changes the reset time interval to next zero-point reset according to the difference between the output value of the load signal at the time of previous zero-point reset and the output value of the load signal at zero-point reset of this time. | 03-19-2009 |
20090057035 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS FOR MEASURING CHANGES IN BODY COMPOSITION - When a human subject presses a start switch S and stands on a platform ( | 03-05-2009 |
20090056465 | MAT FOR PRESSURE MEASUREMENT AND A BODY INFORMATION ACQUISITION DEVICE - When the distribution of the pressure applied to a mat is measured, a plurality of detection units is established in the air mat and the sensor for measuring the pressure applied to the air mat is needed to be provided for each detection unit. The mat for pressure measurement | 03-05-2009 |
20090051550 | Sleep state measuring apparatus and sleep state measuring method - Even if a mattress or the like suffers long-term deterioration, a sleep state measuring apparatus is provided which can set a suitable amplification factor A of a biosignal. The sleep state measuring apparatus detects the biosignal which changes depending on the sleep state of a person who gets on the mattress filled with water, amplifies and estimates the sleep state based on the biosignal. A static component P of the mattress internal pressure is detected by the biosignal sensor is first obtained (S | 02-26-2009 |
20090024053 | BODY COMPOSITION MEASURING APPARATUS | 01-22-2009 |
20090018464 | Body composition measuring device, a body composition measuring method - A body composition measuring device and method which can perform measurement of the value about body composition also to those who have a deficit in the limbs are provided. A plurality of current applicators and voltage measurement electrodes are provided. A body composition measuring device measures body composition by bioelectricity impedance measurement, and body composition is measured from a value of bioelectricity impedance measurement using a plurality of regressions. A plurality of electrodes for current application and voltage measurement electrodes are made to correspond to the left hand, right hand, left foot, and right foot for a person being measured. In addition, a plurality of regressions is made to correspond to a value of bioelectricity impedance measurement of an electrode corresponding to between both feet, between both hands, right half body, left half body, right hand, left hand, right foot, left foot, and trunk. | 01-15-2009 |
20080306401 | Muscular volume balance evaluation apparatus, a muscular volume balance valuation method - A muscular volume balance measuring apparatus that measures the balance of the muscular volume in a specific part is provided. At least two sets of current applying, devices for inserting a specific part of the body and applying current to living bodies, or a voltmeter, which measures voltage, are provided. A bioelectricity impedance measuring device which measures bioelectricity impedance of a measured region from applied current and measured voltage is also provided. A muscular volume calculating device which computes muscular volume from measured bioelectricity impedance is also provided. Further, balance of muscular volume of the inserted part is calculated from each set of the computed muscular volume. In addition, there is a feature of being able to expand and contract for the longitudinal width, which is the distance which inserts a specific part, and breadth, which is the distance between current applying device or between the voltmeter. | 12-11-2008 |
20080306400 | Bioelectricity impedance measuring device, a malnutrition measurement system, a malnutrition measurement method - A bioelectricity impedance measuring device includes a contact surface put to one part of the body, gripper, and electrodes of a contact surface. In addition, the bioelectricity impedance measuring device further includes a malnutrition measuring device which measures malnutrition is provided. A malnutrition measuring device measures Phase angle theta and/or a RcXc ratio, and measures a nutrient state. A malnutrition measuring device judges a state of malnutrition from a value of Phase angle theta. It is available to display a judged result with a bar classified by display method by color. In addition, it can have further a muscular volume measuring method which measures muscular volume, and this muscular volume measuring method can measure muscular volume also to a child aged 5 and below or an old man aged 60 and over. | 12-11-2008 |
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