Tanita Corporation

Miyuki Kodama

Yasuhiro Kasahara

Naotaka Minagawa

Hitoshi Sato

Steven B Heymsfield

Ayumi Sano

Tamotsu Iwabuchi

Ikuo Hakomori

Ayumi Kusama

Jun Kato

Hirokazu Ono

Toru Ichihashi

Tamaki Shoji

Tomoko Takehara

Akiko Kubo

Miyuki Shimomura

Senri Tanida

Michiko Baba

Kazuhiko Sakata

Haruna Nakatani

Moe Watabe

Masaki Yasuda

Miyuki Izumi

Atsuo Kumekawa

Mayumi Yamashita

Shizuka Takahashi

A biometric information measuring device comprising a control part that determines a degree of matching with respect to a purpose of use that is set in measured data related to multiple body compositions, based on a purpose-of-use matching degree relationship in which a degree of matching with respect to a purpose of use is associated according to a combination relationship about change directions of data related to the multiple body compositions associated by a display order with respect to the purpose of use.

Biometric information measuring device

An ingredient determining apparatus configured to determine nutritional ingredients in food provided for a user. The ingredient determining apparatus includes a processor configured to obtain a muscle index indicating a degree of muscle mass of the user and a fat index indicating a degree of fat mass of the user, and determine the nutritional ingredients based on the muscle index and the fat index.

Ingredient determining device, ingredient determining method and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium

An acetone concentration estimate device acquires a measured acetone concentration measuring acetone excreted from a user, acquires an elapsed time which has elapsed since the user ate a meal, and estimates an acetone concentration, which is a ketone body concentration of when an amount of change in blood sugar level of the user per given unit of time is stable, based on the acquired current measured acetone concentration and on the acquired elapsed time, and outputs information corresponding to the estimated acetone concentration.

Ketone body concentration estimation device, method, and computer-readable storage medium

A muscle mass estimation method including acquiring a height of a living organism, acquiring an electrical resistance value measured for the living organism, and computing a muscle mass of the living organism using a calculation formula including a first variable including the height of the living organism and the electrical resistance value, and a second variable including the electrical resistance value.

Muscle mass estimation method, muscle mass estimation device, and storage medium storing a muscle mass estimation program

A biological gas detection device acquires a reference output value that is an output value outputted from a semiconductor gas sensor in a reference air sample, the semiconductor gas sensor having sensitivity to an interfering gas and a target gas contained in a biological gas, acquires a target gas concentration that is a concentration of the target gas measured based on a first output value, the first output value being outputted from the semiconductor gas sensor during measurement of the biological gas, corrects the target gas concentration based on a second output value and the reference output value, the second output value being outputted from the semiconductor gas sensor in an air sample prior to measurement of the biological gas; and outputs information according to the corrected target gas concentration.

Biological gas detection device, method, and computer-readable storage medium

The invention provides a poor physical condition determination device, method, and program enabling simple determination of a physical condition level. A poor physical condition determination deviceacquires a ketone concentration measurement measuring ketone excreted from a user, determines a physical condition level related to the physical condition of the user based on the acquired ketone concentration measurement, and outputs a determination result.

Poor physical condition determination 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. A physical change evaluation deviceacquires a ketone concentration measurement measuring ketone excreted from a user, acquires physical data relating to the body of the user, evaluates physical change in the user based on the acquired ketone concentration measurement and the physical data, and outputs an evaluation result.

Physical change evaluation device, method, and recording medium stored with 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.

Gas measurement apparatus, gas measurement system, gas measurement method, and gas measurement program

An energy consumption estimator includes a body motion sensor, a first calculation unit, an acquisition unit, and a second calculation unit. The body motion sensor detects body motion by a user. Based on the body motion detected by the body motion sensor, the first calculation unit calculates the user's total energy consumption. The acquisition unit acquires the user's energy consumption derived from fats and lipids. Based on the energy consumption derived from fats and lipids and on the total energy consumption, the second calculation unit calculates the user's total energy derived from carbohydrates.

Energy consumption estimator

The activity monitor () includes a basic information acquisition unit () that accepts input of basic physical information (BA) of the user's body, a target information acquisition unit () that accepts input of the user's target physical expenditure (CS), an activity pattern acquisition unit () that acquires pattern information indicating the user's intent on the activity amount (AM), and a target activity calculation unit () that determines a target activity amount (TA) on the basis of the basic physical information (BA), the target physical expenditure (CS), and the pattern information acquired by the activity pattern acquisition unit ().

Activity monitor, method of calculating target activity amount, and storage medium

Disclosed is an apparatus for measurement of a living body, comprising: a personal data input unit; a basal metabolism input unit; a standard value storage unit; a comparison unit; and a display unit. According to the invention the personal data input unit enters at least an age of a person to be measured, the basal metabolism input unit enters a basal metabolism of the person to be measured, and the standard value storage unit stores standard values of basal metabolism according to the ages. Furthermore, the comparison unit compares the basal metabolism entered by the input unit with the standard values of basal metabolism according to the ages stored in said storage unit, and calculates a basal metabolic age indicating what age the basal metabolism of the person to be measured corresponds to. Then, the display unit displays the information about the calculated basal metabolic age.

Apparatus for measurement of living body

An apparatus is provided for measurement of a woman's body. Embodiments include an apparatus having a body parameter input unit, a menstruation date input unit, and a physical condition phase estimation unit for estimating the phase of physical condition of the person under test for a measurement day based on formulas for estimation of phase of body condition. After determining a change in an input body parameter, a display unit displays advice for the person under test for the measurement day, based on the change in body parameter and the phase of physical condition of the person for the measurement day estimated by the physical condition phase estimation unit.

Apparatus for measurement of woman's body

Disclosed is a body composition measurement apparatus, comprising: a current supplying unit; a voltage measurement unit; a bioelectrical impedance measurement unit; and a judgment unit. According to the present invention said current supplying unit supplies an electric current to a person under test, said voltage measurement unit measures an electric voltage, and said bioelectrical impedance measurement unit measures a parameter for bioelectrical impedance of a measured part of the person, based on the current supplied and the voltage measured. Furthermore, said judgment unit judges an index for cell age of the person, based on the measured parameter for bioelectrical impedance.

Body composition measurement apparatus

A health management device comprises at least four electrodes provided on a main body of an intelligent terminal unit; a constant current generating unit which applies a constant current to at least two electrodes among said at least four electrodes; a voltage detecting unit which detects a voltage of at least two electrodes among said at least four electrodes; a numeral input unit provided on said intelligent terminal unit; a display unit provided on said intelligent terminal unit; a switching unit which switches a function as an intelligent terminal unit into a function as a health management device and vice versa; and a control unit which calculates a health management indicator based on data input from said numeral input unit and a detected data from said voltage detecting unit and displays a calculated result on said display unit when said function being switched into the function as the health management device by said switching unit.

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Tokyo, Japan

Miyuki Kodama