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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2004
Yasuhiro Kasahara, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Shiokawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Kasahara, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Shiokawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tanita Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a device for measuring body fat of an animal. Embodiments include an input unit for entering individual information of the animal, a bioelectric impedance input unit for measuring the bioelectric impedance of the animal, and a morphological measurement value input unit for entering morphological measurement values for the girth and length of the body of the animal. An impedance-based calculation unit calculates a body fat rate based on the bioelectric impedance, and a morphological measurement value-based calculation unit calculates the body fat rate based on the morphological measurement values. A calculation switching unit checks to determine whether the resulting bioelectric impedance is proper, and automatically switches between the impedance-based calculation unit and the morphological measurement value-based calculation unit depending on the result of the determination.