JP2009247869A - Measuring tool - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a measuring tool capable of correcting the selection standard values of insurance guide objects according to heights of the objects and displaying them. <P>SOLUTION: By providing a length changing means to make the full length of a measuring tape variable and enabling a measurement value to be obtained according to the state of the length changeable means, girth of the abdomen of the selection standard value of the insurance guide object can be corrected according to the height of the user and displayed. Thus a user over the selection standard of the insurance guide object is made really feel that he/she fits in the condition of No. (1) condition in metabolic health check. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a measuring tool, and more particularly to a tool suitable for use in measuring a user's abdominal circumference.

  One example of a measurement element that is often used when measuring the fat of the trunk is the waist circumference, which is the waist circumference in the vicinity of the navel. Conventionally, the measurement of the abdominal circumference has been performed using, for example, a string-like measure.

  In addition to visceral fat-type obesity, this refers to a condition in which multiple symptoms such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, or hyperglycemia overlap. In recent years, about half of middle-aged and older men and about 20% of women It is said that the syndrome is metabolic syndrome (or visceral fat syndrome, metabolic syndrome, etc.), or a reserve group, and has attracted high attention.

  The metabolic syndrome is generally diagnosed as to whether it is a metabolic syndrome based on whether or not both of the following conditions (1) and (2) are satisfied. (1) The abdominal circumference (girth around the umbilicus) is 85 cm or more for men and 90 cm or more for women. (2) It corresponds to any two or more items of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and hyperglycemia.

  When performing measurement of the abdominal circumference in order to diagnose the condition of (1), it can be easily performed using, for example, a commercially available general measure (tape measure), so whether or not it is the aforementioned metabolic syndrome. It is very suitable as one standard for diagnosis.

  By the way, this type of measure generally pulls out a long body provided with a scale (index part) from the main body part as described in Patent Document 1, and measures the length according to the amount of the long body drawn out. can do.

JP 2005-172514 A

  As described above, the abdominal circumference as a guideline for diagnosing whether or not it is metabolic syndrome is said to be 85 cm or more for men and 90 cm or more for women. Because it was not taken into account, there were voices questioning its adoption as a parameter for diagnosing metabolic syndrome.

  That is, for example, in the case of men, there are many people who think that it is not appropriate to use 85 cm as a diagnostic criterion for metabolic syndrome in the same way for both men with a height of 160 cm and men with a height of 180 cm. For this reason, even if the abdominal circumference is 85 cm or more, there is a tendency to ignore the diagnostic criteria even if the abdominal circumference becomes 85 cm or more as “I am tall”.

  Therefore, there is a widespread idea of determining whether a person is overweight based on a waist circumference that is half the height. In other words, an increasing number of companies apply the diagnostic standard of waist circumference 85 cm to men with a height of 170 cm, men with a height of 180 cm apply 90 cm, and men with a height of 160 cm apply waist circumference 80 cm.

  As described above, it is reasonable to judge whether or not the person is overweight based on the abdominal circumference that is half of the height from the fact that the average height of the male is about 170 cm and the value of the abdominal circumference of 85 cm, which is the reference in the health examination. It is.

  However, since the average height in the case of a woman is about 160 cm, when it is determined whether or not it is overweight on the basis of the abdominal circumference that is half the height, the abdominal circumference of 80 cm becomes the diagnostic criterion. Therefore, there is a problem that the distance is 10 cm as compared with 90 cm, which is a diagnosis standard for women in metabolic screening.

  In addition, a measure called “Metabo major” has been commercialized in order to describe the abdominal circumference of 85 cm and the female abdominal circumference of 90 cm, which are diagnostic criteria for metabolic screening, so as not to exceed the standard abdominal circumference. In the case of creating a “metabo major” that takes into account the height of the user, there is an inconvenience that the types of products become enormous.

  In view of the above-described problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a measuring instrument capable of correcting and displaying a selection reference value of a person to be instructed for insurance according to the height of a user.

  The measuring tool of the present invention is characterized in that a length variable means for changing the total length of the measuring tape is provided, and a measurement value can be obtained according to the state of the length variable means.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the measuring tool which can correct | amend and display the abdominal circumference of the selection reference value of an insurance guidance subject according to a user's height can be provided. Thereby, it can be made to realize that the user who exceeds the selection standard value of the insurance guidance target person is caught by the first condition (1) in the medical checkup.

(First embodiment)
Next, an embodiment of the measuring tool of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, the measuring tool of the present embodiment is provided so that the measuring tape 12 is drawn out from the main body 10 around the central axis 16 and can be rewound, and the measuring tape 12 is always attached in the rewinding direction. Rewinding biasing means (not shown) is provided. In particular, the measuring tool of this embodiment has a great feature in the portion indicated by the broken lines A and B in FIG. The features of the broken lines A and B will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

  A hook 11 is disposed at the tip of the measuring tape 12. In addition, a U-shaped hook 11a is attached to the hook 11 and a measuring tape 12 is engaged with the hook 11a as shown in FIG. This engagement is performed so that the tip of the measuring tape 12 enters from one side of the hook 11a and passes through the other side, so that the measuring tape 12 can move freely with respect to the hook 11a. Is engaged.

  In the present embodiment in which the flat surface of the measuring tape 12 passing through the hook 11a is fixed to the center of the slider 13 on the “day”, as shown in FIG. 2C, the “eyelet ball” 12a It is fixed using.

  The slider 13 is arranged to adjust the length with which the latch 11 is pulled out from the main body 10. FIG. 2B shows one side of the measuring tape 12 (for male measurement). It shows a state where the indicated memory is fixed at a position of “170 cm”. The position of “170 cm” corresponds to the height corresponding to the selection reference value of the insurance guidance target person.

  A case where the male measures “abdomen A” as shown in FIG. 3A in a state where the slider 13 is fixed at the position shown in FIG. 2B will be described. When the man measures “abdomen A”, the measuring tape 12 is used in the clockwise direction in FIG. Then, the latch 11 is latched in the male latch hole 14. As shown in FIG. 4A, the “measured value W1” measured at this time is the length β1 from which the measuring tape 12 is pulled out from the main body 10, and the tape outlet of the main body 10 and the male retaining hole. 14 and the length α1.

  As shown in FIG. 4A, when the “measured value W1” is “85 cm”, as indicated by reference numeral 40, “0/85” is indicated. Further, when the “measured value W1” is “90 cm”, it is marked “+5/90” as indicated by reference numeral 41, and the portion between “85 cm” and “90 cm” should be noted. It is colored “yellow” for notification.

  Further, when the “measured value W1” is “95 cm”, it is marked “+10/95” as indicated by reference numeral 42, and it is sufficiently careful that the memory portion above “90 cm” is overweight. It is colored “red” to inform you that it should be. On the other hand, when “measured value W1” is equal to or less than “85 cm”, as indicated by reference numeral 43, “−5/80” is indicated.

  By performing the above-described marking, a male user whose height is “170 cm” is what the value of “abdominal part A” is relative to the selection standard value (85 cm) of the insurance guidance target person. Can be recognized as "actual feeling". The above description is for a man of “170 cm”. Below, the case of a user whose height is other than “170 cm” will be described.

  When the male user adjusts the measuring tool according to this embodiment according to the height, it can be realized by moving the slider 13 as shown by “arrow y1” shown in FIG. 4A. . In the measuring tool of this embodiment, the measuring tape 12 is doubled between the slider 13 and the hooking tool 11 indicated by “reference sign d1” in FIG.

  Therefore, in FIG. 4A, when the slider 13 is moved to the right and moved to the position marked “180 cm”, the distance between the slider 13 indicated by “reference symbol d1” and the latching tool 11 is “ 5cm "shorter. As a result, the “measured value W1” becomes “5 cm” longer than when the slider 13 is positioned at “170 cm”.

  For this reason, in the case of the measuring tool of this embodiment, in the case of a user whose height is “180 cm”, “90 cm”, which is half the height, is corrected as the selection reference value “0/85 cm” of the insurance guidance subject. Can be measured. The measurement to be corrected in this way can be similarly performed for any height. Therefore, according to the measuring tool of the present embodiment, any height user can use his / her “abdomen A” with respect to the reference value obtained by correcting the selection reference value (85 cm) of the person to be insured according to the height. This value can be recognized as “actual feeling”.

Next, the case where a woman uses the measuring tool of this embodiment is demonstrated.
When a woman uses, the other side of the measuring tape 12 is used. That is, the back surface on one side used by men is used.

  When a woman uses it, a scale corresponding to her height is marked at a position corresponding to the end of the slider 13 as shown in FIG. In the case of FIG. 2C, the end of the slider 13 is positioned at the scale position of “160 cm”. This position is close to the average height of Japanese women. Strictly speaking, “160 cm” is not the average value for Japanese women, but in this embodiment, “160 cm” is set as the average value for Japanese women because of good separation.

  As described above, when measuring the circumference of the abdomen of a female user in a state where the slider 13 is set to “160 cm” which is the average value of Japanese women, as shown in FIG. The measuring tape 12 is turned to “abdomen B” in the “counterclockwise direction”, and the latching tool 11 is latched to the female latching hole 15. As shown in FIG. 4B, the “measured value W2” measured at this time is the length β2 from which the measuring tape 12 is pulled out from the main body 10, and the tape outlet of the main body 10 and the female retaining hole. 15 plus the length α2.

  As shown in FIG. 4B, when “measured value W2” is “90 cm”, as indicated by reference numeral 400, “0/90” is marked. Further, when the “measured value W2” is “95 cm”, it is marked “+5/95” as indicated by reference numeral 401, and between the “90 cm” and “95 cm” is the abdominal circumference to which attention should be paid. It is colored “yellow” for notification.

  Further, when the “measured value W2” is “100 cm”, it is marked “+10/100” as indicated by reference numeral 402, and the memory portion of “95 cm” or more is overweight. It is colored “red” to inform you that it should be. On the other hand, when “measured value W2” is equal to or less than “90 cm”, as indicated by reference numeral 403, “−5/85” is indicated.

  By performing the above-described marking, a female user whose height is “160 cm” is what value of “abdomen B” is the standard value (90 cm) of the insurance guidance target person. Can be recognized as "actual feeling". The above description is for a woman of “160 cm”. The case of a female user whose height is other than “160 cm” will be described below.

  When the female user adjusts the measuring tool according to the present embodiment according to his / her height, it can be realized by moving the slider 13 as shown by “arrow y2” shown in FIG. 4B. . As described above, in the measuring tool of this embodiment, the measuring tape 12 is doubled between the slider 13 and the hooking tool 11 indicated by “reference sign d2” in FIG.

  Moreover, since the selection reference value (90 cm) of the insurance guidance subject is based on “160 cm”, in FIG. 4B, the distance between the slider 13 and the latch 11 indicated by “symbol d2” is “10 cm” → “about 11.2 cm” indicates the height interval.

  By marking in this way, when the slider 13 is moved and corrected according to the height of the user, regardless of the height of the female user, “the height of the user × 56%” is selected as the subject of insurance guidance. It can be a reference value. Therefore, even in the case of women, their “abdominal girth B” is recognized as “actual” as to what the standard value (90 cm) for the person to be insured is compared to the standard value corrected for height. can do.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
In the first embodiment described above, an example in which the present invention is applied to a tape measure has been described. However, in the present embodiment, an example in which the present invention is applied to a tape measure is shown.

  In the case of the measuring tape 120 of the tape measure of the present embodiment, the scale marked on the surface and the principle of correcting the measured value according to the height are the same as those of the measuring tape 12 described above. That is, as shown in FIG. 5A, the slider 13 is positioned on one side surface of the measuring tape 120 according to a male user whose height is “170 cm”. In this state, on the other side of the measuring tape 120, the end of the slider 13 is located at a scale position of “160 cm” corresponding to the approximate average height of the woman.

  In the case of the present embodiment, an engaging end portion 51 is provided at one end portion of the measuring tape 120. As shown in FIGS. 5 (c) and 5 (d), the engagement end portion 51 is divided into a one-side measurement hole 51a and another-side measurement hole 51b by a partition portion 51c.

  The one side measurement hole 51a is for use by men. As shown in FIG. 5 (d), after winding the user's abdomen of the measurement tape 120, the other side end 52 is connected to the one side measurement hole. If it passes through 51a and is pulled as shown by an arrow 52a, the abdominal circumference can be measured by winding the measuring tape 120 around the user's abdomen. In the present embodiment, the measured value is read on the inlet side of the engagement end portion 51.

  Since it was configured as described above, in the case of this embodiment as well, the selection reference value of the person to be instructed for insurance is adjusted with respect to the reference value in accordance with the height, similarly to the measurement tool of the first embodiment described above. The user can recognize the value as “real feeling”.

(Third embodiment)
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
In the case of the measuring tool 60 of this embodiment, it is comprised as a tape measure similarly to 1st Embodiment mentioned above. That is, a rewinding urging means (not shown) for urging the measuring tape 61 in the rewinding direction is provided while the measuring tape 61 is drawn out from the main body around the central axis 64 so as to be freely rewound. Have.

  In the present embodiment, a latch 62 is fixed to the end of the measuring tape 61. This is because the correction according to the height is not performed by the measuring tape 61 but by the computer system arranged inside.

  That is, in the measuring tool 60 of the present embodiment, information such as “user height”, “user gender”, “user age”, “user weight”, etc. is input, or the operation mode is changed. Operation buttons 66a to 66f for making selections are provided. In addition, a display unit 65 is provided for displaying an operation mode and displaying input information or measurement results.

  With such a configuration, when the user wraps the measuring tape 61 around the abdomen and hooks the latch 62 on the latch hole 63, the measurement result corrected according to the height of the user is displayed on the display unit 65. can do.

  In the case of the measuring tool 60 of the present embodiment, various functions are added by making use of the characteristics of the digital measuring tool. For example, history information of measured values can be displayed on the display unit 65, an average value for the past month, an average value for the past week, or the like can be displayed numerically or by a characteristic curve. It is also possible to store information on a plurality of users individually. Specifically, how to configure can be easily executed by using a well-known technique, and thus detailed description is omitted in this embodiment.

It is a figure which shows the 1st Embodiment of this invention and shows the example applied to the tape measure. The 1st Embodiment of this invention is shown, (a) is a figure explaining a mode that a measurement value corrected according to a user's height is obtained, (b) is measured by a 170 cm male user. The figure explaining the position of the slider at the time, (c) is a figure explaining the position of the slider when a 160 cm female user measures. The 1st Embodiment of this invention is shown, (a) is a figure explaining a mode that a male user measures, (b) is a figure explaining a mode that a female user measures. 1A and 1B show a first embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 1A is a diagram for explaining an example of a male scale marked on one side of a measuring tape, and FIG. 1B is a woman marked on the other side of a measuring tape; It is a figure explaining an example of a scale for use. It is a figure which shows the 2nd Embodiment of this invention and shows the example which applied this invention to the tape measure, (a) is a figure explaining an example of the scale for men marked on one side of the measurement tape, (B) is a figure explaining an example of the scale for women marked on the other side of a measuring tape, (c) is a sectional view which meets a XX line in (a), (d) is a male user. It is a figure explaining a mode that it measures by passing the other side edge part through one side measurement hole, when measuring an abdominal circumference. It is a figure which shows the 3rd Embodiment of this invention and shows the example which applied this invention to the digital type tape measure.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Main body 11 Latch 11a Hook 12 Measuring tape 13 Slider 14 Male latch 15 Female latch 16 Center axis

Claims (4)

  A measuring instrument comprising length variable means for making the total length of the measuring tape variable so that a measurement value can be obtained according to the state of the length variable means.   2. The measuring tape is marked with a measuring scale on one side and the other side thereof, and the state of the length varying means is related to the one side and the other side. Measuring instrument as described in.   3. The length variable means is a scale corresponding to a male height on the one side and a scale corresponding to a female height on the other side. Measuring instrument as described in.   The measuring tool according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the length variable means is used to correct an abdominal circumference set as a selection reference value for a person to be instructed for insurance according to height. .

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