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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
May. 30, 2007
Kazuyuki Shimada, Saitama, JP;
Hiroyuki Kuriyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideyuki Ban, Kodaira, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A metabolic energy monitoring system is provided which comprises: a wearable device having a movement sensor, a temperature sensor and a pulse wave sensor and adapted to be worn on a human body; a database to store activity state decision knowledge data including activity state decision condition data and calorie consumption calculation knowledge data including a calorie consumption calculating algorithm for each metabolic state; an activity state decision unit to determine the activity state based on a detection signal from the wearable device and activity state decision knowledge data; a metabolic state decision unit to detect an activity continuation state, and determine the metabolic state; a calorie consumption calculating unit to calculate a calorie consumption according to the metabolic state; and an output unit to output the calorie consumption.