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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2002
Tomohiro Onda, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuhiro Katashima, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Nojima, Tochigi, JP;
Susumu Fujinami, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Tashiro, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Onda, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuhiro Katashima, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Nojima, Tochigi, JP;
Susumu Fujinami, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Tashiro, Tokyo, JP;
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus has a first electrode group () including at least one electrode and arranged on the abdominal surface of a subject (human) with the navel of the subject serving as a reference position, a second electrode group () including at least one electrode and arranged on the back surface of the subject, a third electrode group () including at least two electrodes and arranged on the surface of the subject at an intermediate position between the first and second electrode groups (), and a controller () to supply a current between an electrode selected from the first electrode group () and an electrode selected from the second electrode group (), measure a voltage generated between two electrodes of the third electrode group (), and compute an abdominal fat quantity of the subject according to the measured voltage.