Biological information arithmetic apparatus, biological information arithmetic method, computer-executable program, and recording medium
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsKazuya Kondoh, Shinji Uchida
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Abstract
An optical fat thickness meter includes a light source section which is provided on a measuring surface and which emits light to a living body, a photoreception section which is provided on the measuring surface, and which receives the light passing the living body, a protruding section which is provided so as to surround the light source section and photoreception section substantially, and an arithmetic section which calculates information with regard to a living body on the basis of the amount of the received light.
Claims13
A biological information arithmetic apparatus, comprising:
- a light source emitting light to a living body, which is provided on a measuring surface;
- photodetector receiving the light having passed through the living body, which is provided on the measuring surface;
- a protruding section which is provided so as to substantially surround the light source and the photodetector;
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- a biological information arithmetic unit of calculating information with regard to the living body on the basis of an amount of the received light.
A biological information arithmetic method, comprising the steps of:
- emitting light using a light source which is provided on a measuring surface so as to be substantially enclosed by a protruding section and which emits light to a living body;
- performing photoreception using a photodetector which is provided on the measuring surface so as to be substantially enclosed by the protruding section and which receives light having passed through the living body;
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- performing an arithmetical operation using a biological information calculator which calculates information with regard to the living body on the basis of an amount of the received light.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.