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US 6,649,848 B2Granted
Vehicle with on-board dieters' weight progress indentifying and control system and method
OwnerYefim G. Krigerinventor
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Abstract
A motor vehicle is provided with a weight control system utilizing the on-board weighing of the driver and one or more passengers. The display and input are effected through a touch screen and/or voice commands and the individuals's identification is registered in memory as are previous weighing states so that with control progress can be monitored. To compensate for different clothing and footwear which might contribute to false reading, the system dialogues with the individual with respect to clothing and footwear.
Claims16
A motor vehicle comprising:
- an on-board vehicle microcomputer having a central processing unit, a memory, a touch-screen display and programmed to provide method of identifying and control of a weight progress of dieter selected from a driver-dieter and at least one passenger-dieter in said vehicle;
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- an on-board weighing device for monitoring weight progress of said dieter in said vehicle, said microcomputer having:
- a system initialization routine responsive to accessing of said vehicle by a vehicle operator;
- a traffic recognition routine for determining whether the vehicle is in a safe state for monitoring weight control;
- a weight identifier routine for identifying a reason for any changes in weight of a dieter since a prior identification;
- a clothing and footwear routine for identifying changes in clothing and footwear worn by a dieter since a prior identification;
- a diet choice routine enabling said dieter to choose a diet plan from a plurality of diet plans stored in said memory;
- a diverge routine responsive to inputs from said touch screen display for enabling said dieter to register deviations from a planned diet;
- an exercise routine for suggesting and choosing exercises suitable for the dieter and a selected diet plan;
- a progress checking routine for comparing results of successive weighings of the dieter with expected results of a selected diet plan;
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- a plurality of routines for generating menus and exercise suggestions for said dieters in accordance with a weight of the dieter, a selected diet plan and a selected exercise plan.
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A motor vehicle comprising:
- an on-board vehicle microcomputer having a central processing unit, a memory, a touch-screen display and programmed to provide method of identifying and control of a weight progress of dieter selected from a driver-dieter and at least one passenger-dieter in said vehicle;
- an on-board weighing device for monitoring weight progress of said dieter in said vehicle;
- a dieter's weight control system initialization device receiving an initialization signal from the vehicle keyless terminal;
- a weight identifying device providing an indication of the dieter's weight progress measurement independently of seasonal changes of clothing and/or footwear;
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- a dieter's weight control activities controller providing dialog of said microcomputer with said dieter.
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A method of operating an automotive vehicle having an on-board vehicle microcomputer with a central processing unit, a memory and a display, a means responsive to weight of at least one individual in said vehicle, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) programming said microcomputer with information as to a multiplicity of diets and exercise regimen suitable for a variety of different dieters;
- (b) weighing an individual in said vehicle and registering the weighed individual's weight with said microcomputer;
- (c) displaying diet and exercise information for the weighed individual based upon stored information in the microcomputer;
- (d) displaying weight progress resulting from dieting for said individual in said vehicle upon the issuance of an instruction by said individual to said microcomputer;
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- (e) disabling said microcomputer from responding to the weight of said individual under certain driving conditions of said vehicle.
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A motor vehicle comprising:
- an on-board vehicle microcomputer having a central processing unit, a memory, a touch-screen display and programmed to provide method of identifying and control of a weight progress of dieter selected from a driver-dieter and at least one passenger-dieter in said vehicle;
- an on-board weighing device for monitoring weight progress of said dieter in said vehicle;
- a driver weight control system initialization device receiving a initialization signal from the vehicle keyless terminal;
- a weight identifying device providing an independence of said dieter's weight progress measurement from seasonal changes of clothing and/or footwear;
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- a passenger weight control activities controller providing dialog of said microcomputer with said passenger-dieter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.