JP2009285498A5 - - Google Patents

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A pulse rate detector for detecting the pulse rate of a living body ;
Based on the pulse rate detected by the pulse rate detection unit , a relative pulse rate calculation unit that calculates a relative pulse rate that is a relative value according to the pulse rate at rest unique to the living body ;
A relative oxygen intake calculation unit for calculating a relative oxygen intake based on the relative pulse rate;
An oxygen intake estimation unit that calculates oxygen intake based on the relative oxygen intake;
A calorie consumption calculating unit for calculating the calorie consumption of the living body based on the oxygen intake;
A biological information processing apparatus comprising: The biological information processing apparatus according to claim 1,
Pulse rate during the rest, the value of the resting pulse rate measured in Shizu An state, the entered values or obtained by referring to the previously stored table showing the correspondence between the pulse rate during age and resting A biological information processing apparatus in which at least one of values is set. The biological information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
The relative oxygen intake calculating unit sets the relative pulse rate as RHRmax, the relative oxygen intake as RVO ₂ max,
The slope of the approximate line representing the relationship between the relative pulse rate RHRmax and the relative oxygen intake RVO ₂ max obtained in advance by experiment is a, and the intercept of the axis corresponding to the relative pulse rate RHRmax of the approximate line is b. In such a case, the biological information processing apparatus is characterized in that the relative oxygen intake RVO ₂ max is calculated by the equation (1) or (2).
(A) Relative pulse rate RHRmax ≧ 20%
RVO ₂ max = (RHRmax−b) / a (1)
(B) Relative pulse rate RHR <20%
RVO ₂ max = 0 (2) The biological information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The relative oxygen intake estimator calculates the oxygen intake VO ₂ by the following equation when the maximum oxygen intake is VO ₂ max and the resting oxygen intake as the basal metabolic rate is VO ₂ rest. A biological information processing apparatus.
VO ₂ = RVO ₂ max × (VO ₂ max−VO ₂ rest) + VO ₂ rest The biological information processing apparatus according to claim 4,
The value entered in the device, or age, sex or at least age and above with reference to the maximum oxygen intake VO ₂ max and prestored table showing the correspondence between the maximal oxygen uptake VO2max of exercise capacity A biological information processing apparatus characterized by being set. The biological information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
A biological information processing apparatus comprising: a calorie consumption data storage unit that stores calorie consumption calculated by the calorie consumption amount calculation unit as calorie consumption data. The biological information processing apparatus according to claim 6,
A biological information processing apparatus comprising a communication unit connected to an external device via a communication network and transmitting the calorie data to the external device. The biological information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
An exercise state determination unit for determining that the relative pulse rate is an exercise state when the relative pulse rate is equal to or greater than a predetermined reference relative pulse rate;
The biological calorie information processing apparatus, wherein the calorie consumption calculation unit has different arithmetic expressions for calculating the calorie consumption during exercise and at rest. The biological information processing apparatus according to claim 2,
The calorie consumption calculating section, the biological information processing apparatus characterized by excluding data of the oxygen uptake quantity obtained in Jo Tokoro of the pulse area from the calorie calculation. The biological information processing apparatus according to claim 8 or 9,
The calorie consumption calculating section, the biological information processing apparatus when the living body is in a predetermined state, characterized in that a zero calorie consumption amount. The biological information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 10,
The relative pulse rate calculation unit, when the pulse rate is HR, the resting pulse rate is HRrest, and the maximum pulse rate defined as a function of the age of the living body is HRmax, A biological information processing apparatus characterized by calculating RHR.
RHR = (HR−HRrest) / (HRmax−HRrest) × 100 [%] The biological information processing apparatus according to claim 11,
The maximum pulse rate HRmax is calculated by the following equation when the age of the living body is AGE.
HRmax = 220−AGE A pulse rate detection process for detecting the pulse rate of a living body ;
Based on the pulse rate detected by the pulse rate detector , a relative pulse rate calculating process for calculating a relative pulse rate that is a relative value according to the pulse rate at rest unique to the living body ,
A relative oxygen intake calculation process for calculating relative oxygen intake based on the relative pulse rate;
An oxygen intake estimation process for calculating oxygen intake based on the relative oxygen intake;
A calorie consumption calculation process for calculating the calorie consumption of the living body based on the oxygen intake;
A display process for displaying the calculated calorie consumption;
A biological information processing method comprising: