US 7,072,791 B2Granted

Pedometer for use with pregnant woman

AssigneeTanita Corporation

InventorsShinichi Harima, Noriko Inoue, Kazumi Sano, Yuriko Nakayama

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Abstract

A pedometer is provided for use by a pregnant woman. Embodiments include a pedometer having a number-of-activity step acquisition unit that acquires the number of activity steps taken by the pregnant woman, an activity energy consumption calculation unit that calculates activity energy consumption caused by the number of activity steps, and a proper energy consumption storage unit that stores proper energy consumption for the pregnant woman. A comparison and assessment unit compares the activity energy consumption with the corresponding proper energy consumption and assesses the activity energy consumption of the pregnant woman. A comparison and assessment result output unit outputs the result of the comparison and assessment.

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Dependent claims

A pedometer for use with a pregnant woman, comprising:

a number-of-activity step acquisition unit;
an activity energy consumption calculation unit;
a proper energy consumption storage unit;
a comparison and assessment unit;
and
a comparison and assessment result output unit, wherein
said number-of-activity step acquisition unit acquires the number of activity steps taken by the pregnant woman,
said activity energy consumption calculation unit calculates activity energy consumption based on said number of activity steps acquired,
said proper energy consumption storage unit stores a proper energy consumption for the pregnant woman,
said comparison and assessment unit compares the activity energy consumption calculated by said activity energy consumption calculation unit with the corresponding proper energy consumption stored in said proper energy consumption storage unit for assessing the activity energy consumption, and
said comparison and assessment result output unit outputs the result of comparison and assessment for the activity energy consumption made by said comparison and assessment unit;
further comprising a fat deposition related factor acquisition unit for acquiring a factor related to fat deposition of the pregnant woman, and a term-after-pregnancy acquisition unit for acquiring a term that has elapsed after pregnancy,
in which said proper energy consumption storage unit stores the proper energy consumption in the form of a proper energy consumption selection table in which the factor related to fat deposition and the term elapsed after pregnancy are listed in corresponding relation.

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A pedometer for use with a pregnant woman, comprising:

a number-of-activity step acquisition unit;
an activity energy consumption calculation unit;
a proper energy consumption storage unit;
a comparison and assessment unit;
and
a comparison and assessment result output unit, wherein
said number-of-activity step acquisition unit acquires the number of activity steps taken by the pregnant woman,
said activity energy consumption calculation unit calculates activity energy consumption based on said number of activity steps acquired,
said proper energy consumption storage unit stores a proper energy consumption for the pregnant woman,
said comparison and assessment unit compares the activity energy consumption calculated by said activity energy consumption calculation unit with the corresponding proper energy consumption stored in said proper energy consumption storage unit for assessing the activity energy consumption, and
said comparison and assessment result output unit outputs the result of comparison and assessment for the activity energy consumption made by said comparison and assessment unit;
further comprising a fat deposition related factor acquisition unit for acquiring a factor related to fat deposition of the pregnant woman, and a term-after-pregnancy acquisition unit for acquiring a term that has elapsed after pregnancy,
in which said proper energy consumption storage unit stores the proper energy consumption in the form of a proper energy consumption selection table in which the factor related to fat deposition, an intensity in activity in life after pregnancy, and the term elapsed after pregnancy are listed in corresponding relation.

10 more elements

A pedometer for use with a pregnant woman, comprising:

a number-of-activity step acquisition unit;
an activity energy consumption calculation unit;
a proper energy consumption storage unit;
a comparison and assessment unit;
and
a comparison and assessment result output unit, wherein
said number-of-activity step acquisition unit acquires the number of activity steps taken by the pregnant woman,
said activity energy consumption calculation unit calculates activity energy consumption based on said number of activity steps acquired,
said proper energy consumption storage unit stores a proper energy consumption for the pregnant woman,
said comparison and assessment unit compares the activity energy consumption calculated by said activity energy consumption calculation unit with the corresponding proper energy consumption stored in said proper energy consumption storage unit for assessing the activity energy consumption,
said comparison and assessment result output unit outputs the result of comparison and assessment for the activity energy consumption made by said comparison and assessment unit;
and
said comparison and assessment unit includes a calculation formula and advice table storage unit;
an arithmetic unit;
and a selection unit, wherein
said calculation formula and advice table storage unit stores a calculation formula for calculating deficiency of energy consumption, a calculation formula for calculating deficiency of the number of activity steps, a calculation formula for calculating proper number of steps or a calculation formula for calculating rate of achievement, as well as an advice table,
said arithmetic unit acts to calculate the deficiency of energy consumption using the calculation formula for calculating deficiency of energy consumption stored in the calculation formula and advice table storage unit, depending on the proper energy consumption selected from the proper energy consumption storage unit, and the activity energy consumption calculated by the arithmetic unit for activity energy consumption, to calculate the deficiency of the number of activity steps using the calculation formula for calculating deficiency of the number of activity steps stored in the calculation formula and advice table storage unit, depending on the calculated deficiency of energy consumption, to calculate proper number of steps using the calculation formula for calculating proper number of steps stored in the calculation formula and advice table storage unit, depending on the proper energy consumption selected from the proper energy consumption storage unit, or to calculate the rate of achievement using the calculation formula for calculating rate of achievement stored in the calculation formula and advice table storage unit, depending on the number of activity steps acquired by the number-of-activity step acquisition unit and the calculated proper number of steps, and
said selection unit selects any one of advices in the advice table stored in the calculation formula and advice table storage unit, depending on the calculated rate of achievement.

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