# US 2019/0313951 A1 · Organism analyzing apparatus and organism analyzing method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0313951 A1 - Document ID: US20190313951A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/382,253 - Filed: 2019-04-12 - Published: 2019-10-17 - Earliest claimed: 2018-04-13 - Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation - Applicants: Seiko Epson Corporation - Inventors: Jun TAKEUCHI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190313951A1 ## CPC - A61B 5/14532: {for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement} - A61B 5/0205: Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition - A61B 5/082: {Evaluation by breath analysis, e.g. determination of the chemical composition of exhaled breath (A61B5/083, A61B5/091 take precedence)} - A61B 5/1118: {Determining activity level} - A61B 5/4845: {Toxicology, e.g. by detection of alcohol, drug or toxic products (A61B5/4848 takes precedence)} - A61B 5/024: Measuring pulse rate or heart rate - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) ## Abstract An organism analyzing apparatus includes an information acquiring section configured to acquire an amount of change in a blood glucose level due to ingestion of an organism and a sugar-content estimating section configured to estimate, according to the amount of change in the blood glucose level, sugar content ingested by the organism through the ingestion. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An organism analyzing apparatus comprising: an information acquiring section configured to acquire a plurality of blood glucose levels in a time sequence measured by a blood-glucose measuring instrument and calculate, based on the time sequence of the blood glucose level, an amount of change in the blood glucose level due to ingestion of an organism; a storage device configured to store reference information representing a relation between the amount of change in the blood glucose level and ingested sugar content; and a sugar-content estimating section configured to estimate the ingested sugar content due to the ingestion using the amount of change in the blood glucose level and the reference information. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The organism analyzing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an alcohol-drinking determining section configured to determine presence or absence of alcohol drinking by the organism, wherein the sugar-content estimating section estimates the sugar content according to a result of the determination by the alcohol-drinking determining section. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The organism analyzing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an exercise determining section connected by radio or wire and configured to determine, based on an activity amount of the organism output from an activity meter that measures the activity amount, presence or absence of exercise of the organism, wherein the sugar-content estimating section estimates the sugar content according to a result of the determination by the exercise determining section. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The organism analyzing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising an exercise determining section configured to determine presence or absence of exercise of the organism, wherein the sugar-content estimating section estimates the sugar content according to a result of the determination by the exercise determining section. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The organism analyzing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information acquiring section determines a start point of the ingestion from the plurality of blood glucose levels and determines an amount of change in the blood glucose level based on the blood glucose level at the start point among the plurality of blood glucose levels. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The organism analyzing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the information acquiring section determines a start point of the ingestion from the plurality of blood glucose levels and determines an amount of change in the blood glucose level based on the blood glucose level at the start point among the plurality of blood glucose levels. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The organism analyzing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the information acquiring section determines a start point of the ingestion from the plurality of blood glucose levels and determines an amount of change in the blood glucose level based on the blood glucose level at the start point among the plurality of blood glucose levels. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The organism analyzing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the information acquiring section determines a start point of the ingestion from the plurality of blood glucose levels and determines an amount of change in the blood glucose level based on the blood glucose level at the start point among the plurality of blood glucose levels. ### Claim 9 A sugar-content estimating method conducted by a control device, comprising: acquiring a plurality of blood glucose levels in a time sequence from a blood-glucose measuring instrument; a control device calculating, based on the plurality of blood glucose levels, an amount of change in the blood glucose level due to ingestion of an organism; and estimating, based on reference information representing a relation between the amount of change in the blood glucose level and ingested sugar content, ingested sugar content corresponding to the amount of change in the blood glucose level. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The sugar-content estimating method according to claim 9, further comprising determining presence or absence of alcohol drinking by the organism, wherein the sugar content is estimated according to a result of the determination. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The sugar-content estimating method according to claim 9, further comprising determining, based on an activity amount of the organism output from an activity meter that is connected by wire or radio and measures the activity amount and a pulse rate of the organism output from a pulse meter that is connected by wire or radio and measures the pulse rate, presence or absence of alcohol drinking. ### Claim 12 An organism analyzing apparatus comprising: an activity meter configured to measure an activity amount of an organism; a pulse meter configured to measure a pulse rate of the organism; and a control device configured to determine, based on the activity amount and the pulse rate, presence or absence of alcohol drinking, calculate, based on a plurality of blood glucose levels acquired from a blood-glucose measuring instrument, an amount of change in the blood glucose level due to ingestion by the organism, and calculate ingested sugar content due to the ingestion using the presence or absence of alcohol drinking and the amount of change in the blood glucose level. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The organism analyzing apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising a storage device configured to store reference information representing a relation between the amount of change in the blood glucose level and the ingested sugar content, wherein the control device calculates the ingested sugar content due to the ingestion using the presence or absence of alcohol drinking, the amount of change in the blood glucose level, and the reference information. ### Claim 14 An organism analyzing apparatus comprising: an activity meter configured to measure an activity amount of an organism; a blood-glucose measuring instrument configured to measure a blood glucose level of the organism; and a control device configured to determine, based on the activity amount, presence or absence of exercise, acquire a plurality of blood glucose levels in a time sequence from the blood-glucose measuring instrument, calculate, based on the plurality of blood glucose levels, an amount of change in the blood glucose level due to ingestion by the organism, and calculate ingested sugar content due to the ingestion using the presence or absence of exercise and the amount of change in the blood glucose level. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The organism analyzing apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising a storage device configured to store reference information representing a relation between the amount of change in the blood glucose level and the ingested sugar content, wherein the control device calculates the ingested sugar content due to the ingestion using the presence or absence of alcohol drinking, the amount of change in the blood glucose level, and the reference information. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The organism analyzing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the control device suspends the calculation of the ingested sugar content when determining based on the activity amount that the organism is exercising and executes the calculation of the ingested sugar content when determining that the organism is not exercising. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The organism analyzing apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising a pulse meter configured to measure a pulse rate of the organism, wherein the control device determines, based on the activity amount and the pulse rate, presence of absence of alcohol drinking and calculates the ingested sugar content due to the ingestion using the presence or absence of alcohol drinking and the amount of change in the blood glucose level. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The organism analyzing apparatus according to claim 15, further comprising a pulse meter configured to measure a pulse rate of the organism, wherein the control device determines, based on the activity amount and the pulse rate, presence of absence of alcohol drinking and calculates the ingested sugar content due to the ingestion using the presence or absence of alcohol drinking, the amount of change in the blood glucose level, and the reference information.