JPH08159854A - Intake energy management balance - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To make a user possible to know a quantity of motion necessary for consuming an energy intaken by eating between meals by calculating energy value from a measured food weight and calculating and displaying what percentage it amounts to the energy of a daily nutrition requirement for a person eating the food. CONSTITUTION: A user number/age/sex/height/weight are inputted by pressing an individual/food button 8 with a ten key 9 and these are registered by pressing a register button 10. Then, the group number of a food to be measured and an energy value per unit weight are similarly inputted and registered by the individual/food button 8, the ten key 9 and the register button 10. For a food with its energy value written in its bag, its energy value per unit weight is inputted. A storage/calculating device calculates its energy value from the food measured by a weighing device, calculates and displays what percentage it amounts to the energy of a daily nutrition requirement for a person eating the food and calculates the quantity of motion necessary for consuming the energy.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

[Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a scale that displays the energy value of a food whose weight is measured.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Scales for displaying the energy value of conventional foods, particularly in electronic scales, store the energy value per unit weight of various foods in the balance and measure the weight of foods to be eaten and drinks. The energy value is calculated and displayed, and the number of calories ingested by eating and drinking food is displayed.

[0003]

In recent years, it has been said from various fields that elimination of obesity is important for the prevention of adult diseases. Among obesity, obesity due to an increase in body fat content is a problem. It is said that in order to solve this problem, it is necessary to consume the energy ingested by eating and drinking without storing it in the body. In the scale for displaying the energy value of the conventional food, the energy value ingested is displayed, but since there is no indication / display of any means for consuming this energy, the scale that is useful for obesity elimination is not There wasn't. The purpose of the present invention is to
An object of the present invention is to provide a scale that solves this problem and helps obesity.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems] A weighing device, an input device, a memory / arithmetic device, and a display device are provided, and the number and age / sex / height / weight of the person who eats the food to be weighed is input and registered as parameters. , Food items to be weighed are divided into groups, and group numbers and energy values per unit weight are set and registered. Enter the energy value per unit weight for foods whose energy value is written on the bag or the like of the food item to be weighed. Calculate and display the energy value from the weight of the measured food, and calculate and display what percentage of the energy value of the measured food is the daily nutritional requirement of the person eating the food. , Calculate and display the amount of exercise required to consume that energy.

[0005]

[Function] Entering and registering the number of the person who eats the food to be weighed and the physical parameters such as age, sex, height, and weight in a scale equipped with a weighing device, an input device, a memory / arithmetic device, and a display device. Thus, the daily nutritional requirement of the person and the energy consumption value per exercise unit are calculated. On the other hand, by grouping the food items to be weighed and setting and registering the group number and energy value per unit weight, the weight of the food item weighed and the unit weight of the food item called from the group number The energy value of the food is calculated from the energy value. By calculating the energy value of the food by using the value obtained from the physical parameters of the person who eats the food, the energy value of the measured food is calculated based on the daily nutritional requirement of the person. what%
And the amount of exercise required to consume that energy is calculated.

[0006]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram of a display unit and an operating unit of the scale of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the scale of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the scale of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a food group. Table of different energy values, Fig. 5 is a table of the standard of daily activity and exercise intensity announced by the Ministry of Health, Fig. 6 is a table of nutritional requirements of the Japanese announced by the Ministry of Health, and Fig. 7 is a display example of the scale of the present invention. It is a figure.

The construction of the scale of one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. The age, sex, height, weight, and personal number are input by the input device (2), the group number of the food and the energy value are input, stored in the storage device (3) and set, and measured by the weighing device (1). The calculated weight data of the food is processed by the arithmetic unit (3), and the display unit (4) displays the weight of the food, the energy value, and the momentum.

Next, a user data input method and a food data input method will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 3 and 7. User is 25 years old, female, height 150c
The input method will be described by taking m, weight 50 kg, and user number 1 as an example. Use the setting button (7) on the operation unit (5) to light the △ next to "Settings" to enter the setting state, and press the Individual / Food button (8) to light the △ under "Aging" to display the age. In the input state, use the numeric keypad (9) to display "25" (A in Fig. 7).
When the registration button (10) is pressed, the display of Δ under “age” disappears and the age is registered, and at the same time the Δ under “sex” lights up to enter the sex input state. Similarly, the sex, height, weight, and user number are input and set. User number is 1
You can enter from 9 to 9, that is, 9 people can use.

When the user number has been registered, the individual / food item button (8) is pressed to light the Δ beside the "number", and FIG.
The corresponding group number in the energy table for each food group, for example, "01" for cakes and donuts is displayed with the numeric keypad (B in FIG. 7) and the registration button (10) is pressed, the display of △ next to "Number" disappears. At the same time that the group number is registered, the triangle next to "kcal" lights up to enter the energy value input state. When "400" which is the energy value per 100g of 01 group is displayed with the ten keys (C in FIG. 7) and the registration button is pushed, the display of "△" next to "kcal" disappears and 400kcal is registered at the same time. △ next to "Number"
Lights up. Then, enter each group number and energy value in the same way. In this embodiment, the user inputs the food group number and the energy value, but they may be input to the storage device at the manufacturing stage.

When the weighing button (11) is pressed after inputting, the triangle next to "Weighing" and the triangle next to "g" are lit, the display becomes "0.0" and the setting is completed. It becomes possible to measure (not shown). In the weighing state, the ON / OFF button (12) is displayed when the display is "0.0", as in a normal scale.
Although the power turns off when is pressed, the tare weight is displayed when the ON / OFF button is pressed when a tare such as a container for sweets is placed on the weighing pan and a display other than "0.0" is displayed. Disappears and "0.0" is displayed.

When the setting is completed, for example, when one donut is placed on the weighing pan and the display is "50.0" g (D in FIG. 7), if the "kcal" button is pressed, a triangle next to "g" is displayed. The display disappears, the triangle next to “Number” lights up, and the weight display “5
"0.0" disappears and "0" is displayed. Here, enter "01", which is the group number of the donut with the ten keys, and press the kcal button (13), and calculate it with the arithmetic unit from the group number, the energy value per 100 g stored and stored, and the weight value. The displayed “200” kcal display (E in FIG. 7) appears.

Then, when the motion button (14) is pressed, the "number" is displayed.
Is displayed next to, the "200" on the display disappears, and "0" is displayed.
Is displayed. When the user with the user number 1 eats this donut, he / she presses the numeric keypad “1” and then presses the “exercise” button again, which is calculated by the arithmetic unit and “755” is displayed on the display unit (6).
At the same time that "0" is displayed (F in FIG. 7), the triangle next to "Steps" lights up. This is the energy value of 200 kca obtained by the user number 1 eating one 50 g donut.
This indicates that 7550 steps are required to consume 1 in a normal speed walking exercise (however, the normal speed walking here is based on 100 steps per minute). In addition, this "exercise" is equivalent to walking time (200k
cal = 75.5 minutes of normal walking) or other types of exercise such as tennis or cycling. Further, the exercise amount shown here is calculated from the total energy consumption per minute by the exercise based on the standard of daily activity and exercise intensity announced by the Ministry of Health and Welfare shown in FIG. Here, the exercise amount is calculated from the total energy consumption amount, but the energy amount consumed only by exercise may be calculated by subtracting the energy consumption amount at rest metabolism from this.

Next, when the% button (15) is pressed, the triangle next to "%" is displayed.
And Δ next to “kcal” light up, and the nutritional requirement per day for the person with user number 1 calculated by the computing device is 1,9
Energy ratio of 200 kcal obtained from donuts to 00 kcal is "11.1"%
Is displayed (G in FIG. 7). If the user number 2 also eats the same donut, press the "exercise" button while "7550" is displayed, the triangle next to "Number" will light up, and "7550" on the display will disappear. Becomes "0". If you enter "2" with the numeric keypad and press the "exercise" button, the person with the number 2
Number of walks required to consume 00 kcal, for example, "700
"0" steps are displayed (H in FIG. 7).

In this embodiment, the energy value of the food in FIG.
For the value of the nutritional requirement in FIG. 6, the “Japanese nutritional requirement” of the Ministry of Health and Welfare is used.

[0015]

As described above, the weight of the food weighed and
From the energy value per unit weight of the food called from the group number, the energy value of the food is calculated and displayed, and the value is calculated from the parameter of the person who eats the food that has been input / registered 1 What% of daily nutritional requirements
Is calculated and displayed, and the amount of exercise required to consume that energy is calculated and displayed from the energy consumption per exercise unit that is calculated and stored from the parameters of the person eating the food. This not only allows us to know how many calories the energy obtained from the food we ate, but how much exercise we should do in order not to store the surplus energy ingested by snacks etc. It is possible to provide a scale having an excellent effect of being understood.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram of a display unit and an operation unit of a scale of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the balance of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the balance of the present invention.

[Figure 4] Table of energy values by food group

[Fig. 5] Table of the standard of daily activity and exercise intensity announced by the Ministry of Health and Welfare

[Figure 6] Table of nutritional requirements for Japanese people announced by the Ministry of Health and Welfare

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of the scale of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 weighing device 2 input device 3 storage / calculation device 4 display device 5 operation unit 6 display unit 7 setting button 8 individual / food button 9 numeric keypad 10 registration button 11 weighing button 12 ON / OFF button 13 kcal button 14 exercise button 15% button

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A weighing device, an input device, a memory / arithmetic device,
Equipped with a display device, the age, sex, height, and weight are entered as parameters in association with the number of the person eating the food to be weighed, and the energy value and number per unit weight of the food to be weighed are set and registered. In a balance that calculates and displays the energy value from the weight of the measured food, it calculates and displays what percentage of the daily nutritional requirement of the person who eats the measured food, the value is An intake energy management scale that calculates and displays the amount of exercise required to consume that energy.