KR200318855Y1 - A device for measuring fat of body - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a body fat measuring device that can measure the body composition of all parts of the subject's body in the scale by using a bioelectrical resistance analysis method, and at the same time display the same to easily provide diet information to the subject. The lower body part including a foot and a leg of a subject, each of which is composed of a display unit 110 showing a value of body fat and the like, a key input unit 120 having a switch for measuring body fat, and a pair of electrodes 131. Two lower body region measuring instruments 130 for measuring the body fat of the body and the scale 100 for detecting the weight of the subject, and connected to the body 100 in a predetermined length line with a pair of electrodes 141, respectively It consists of two upper body region measuring instrument 140 for measuring the body fat of the upper body region, including the arms and chest of the subject, and a predetermined length line on the scale 100 Connected and to the to the plurality of electrodes, each composed of 151 of the (one pair) with the abdominal region and torso measurement port (150) for measuring the human body for small areas including the stomach and the body of the blood measurer body fat.

Description

Body fat analyzer {A DEVICE FOR MEASURING FAT OF BODY}

The present invention relates to a body fat analyzer which displays a measurement result of body composition using a bio electrical impedance analysis (BIA), and more specifically, it is possible to measure body composition of all parts of the human body in the scale. The present invention relates to a body fat analyzer that is capable of displaying and displaying the same.

A more advanced weight scale of the prior art is shown in FIG.

This weight scale transmits the weight data of the subject detected by the scale 10 to the PC 20, and the PC 20 is a type of diet service that allows the weight to be managed to the subject by a predetermined weight management program. Will be performed.

These techniques have been limited compared to conventional scales to perform advanced techniques and various diet services.

In addition, the weight scale 40 as shown in FIG. 2 has been released to provide a more improved diet service than the above technology.

As shown in the scale 40, a separate control box 30 is connected to the scale 40, and the power generation pole 50 is provided at the scale 40, and not only the weight of the subject but also the feet and legs. This will allow you to measure your body fat.

Therefore, the measured body fat value is displayed on the control box 30 so that the subject can recognize it and perform an appropriate diet.

However, the weight scale 40 has the disadvantage that the body fat of only the lower body parts such as feet and legs, such as advanced technology or the subject in terms of providing more precise diet information by measuring the body fat for the subject to measure. And, there is a problem in the cost of having to install a separate control box 30 for displaying the body fat and the like, and the increase in the number of parts.

In order to solve the above problems of the present invention, an object of the present invention is to measure the body composition of all parts of the human body in the scale using a bioelectrical resistance analysis method, and at the same time displayed An object of the present invention is to provide a body fat analyzer that easily guides dieters to diet information.

1 is a block diagram of a conventional body fat analyzer,

2 is a block diagram of another conventional body fat analyzer,

3 is a block diagram of a body fat analyzer according to an embodiment of the present invention,

4 is a state diagram used in FIG.

5 is an internal circuit block diagram of FIG. 3;

6 is a circuit block diagram of a body fat analyzer according to another embodiment of the present invention;

7 is a main circuit block diagram of a body fat analyzer according to another embodiment of the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100: scale 110: display unit

120: key input unit 130: lower body region measurement sphere

140: upper body region measuring instrument 150: abdomen and torso region measuring sphere

160: weight measuring unit 132, 142, 152: current application and voltage detection unit

170: switch unit 180: control unit

181: weight controller 182: interface unit

190: first transmission and reception unit 200: control box

210: second transmission and reception unit 220: main control unit

230: key input unit 240: display unit

300: PC 400: Internet

500: server

The present invention for achieving the above object is connected to a predetermined length line on the scale and composed of a pair of electrodes, respectively, two upper body region measuring instrument for measuring the body fat of the upper body region including the arm and chest of the subject and ; An abdomen and torso region measuring sphere connected to the scale by a predetermined length line and composed of a plurality of (pair) electrodes, respectively, for measuring body fat of a local body region including an abdomen and a torso of a subject; Two lower body region measuring spheres each composed of a pair of electrodes for measuring the body fat of the lower body region including the feet and legs of the subject, and a high frequency constant current flows through the upper body region measuring instrument to measure the potential difference input at this time A current application and voltage measuring unit, a high frequency constant current flows to the abdomen and the body portion measuring sphere and the current application and voltage measuring unit and a high frequency constant current flows to the lower body portion measuring sphere and is input at this time A current application and voltage measurement unit for measuring the potential difference, a weight measurement unit for detecting and outputting the weight of the subject, a potential difference (impedance) for each body part input through the current application and voltage measurement unit, and the weight measurement unit A switch unit which is switched to sequentially receive the detected body weight data of the measured subject, and the current application and the voltage side Outputting a control signal to control the potential difference, and commanding the weight detection unit to detect the weight, and controlling the switch unit to sequentially receive the detected values, impedance and weight data for each body part, and a previously measured object A control unit for calculating data (information) such as the body fat percentage of the subject using data such as sex, age, height, and the like, a display unit for displaying the body fat value of the subject calculated by the controller, and a human body part for body fat measurement And a weight switch including a selection switch, a function switch for inputting height, age, gender, etc. of the subject, and a key input unit configured to perform a key input accordingly.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described the present invention in more detail.

3 is a block diagram of a body fat analyzer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in the figure, the body fat measuring device of the present invention is composed of a display unit 110 indicating a value of body fat, etc., a key input unit 120 having a switch for measuring body fat, and a pair of electrodes 131, respectively. Two lower body region measuring spheres 130 for measuring body fat of the lower body region including the feet and legs of the measurer, the scale 100 for detecting the weight of the subject, and connected to the scale 100 by a predetermined length line And a pair of electrodes 141, respectively, for measuring the body fat of the upper body region including the arms and chest of the subject, two upper body region measuring instruments 140, and a predetermined length line on the scale 100 It consists of a plurality of (pair) of electrodes 151, each of which includes an abdomen and torso region measuring sphere 150 for measuring the body fat of the local body region including the abdomen and the torso of the subject.

Here, the lower body region measuring instrument 130, the upper body region measuring instrument 140, the abdominal and torso region measuring instrument 150, such as to measure the body fat of the subject through the electrodes 131, 141, 151, FIG. As shown in Fig. 4, when the subject wants to measure the entire part of the human body, he puts his feet on the lower body part measuring instrument 130 of the scale 100, and holds the upper body part measuring instrument 140 on both hands. The body fat analyzer measures the body fat by dividing it into three parts such as the upper body part, the abdomen and the torso part, and the lower part of the body.

This is possible through the electrodes 131, 141, 151 formed in each of the measuring spheres 130, 140, and 150, using the four-wire measurement principle on the two electrodes of each electrode 131, 141, 151 of the measuring spheres 140, 150, and 160. A constant constant current flows, and at the same time, the potential difference between the other two electrodes is measured to determine the impedance of the body part.

The measured impedance is to calculate the body fat by calculating the weight, age and gender of the subject, which is a variable.

Therefore, the key input unit 120 is provided with a function key for inputting variables such as height, age and gender of the subject.

Figure 5 shows a more detailed internal circuit block diagram of the subject body fat analyzer.

As shown, the body fat analyzer of the present invention flows a high-frequency constant current to the upper body region measuring instrument 140 and the upper body region measuring instrument 140 for measuring the body fat of the upper body region through a four-terminal method. A current application and voltage measurement unit 142 for measuring a potential difference, an abdomen and a body region measuring instrument 150 for measuring body fat of a body region (or a local region) including an abdomen through a four-terminal method, and Abdominal and torso area measuring instrument 150 flows a high-frequency constant current and the current applied to measure the potential difference input at this time and the voltage measuring unit 152, and the lower body region measurement for measuring the body fat of the lower body through the four-terminal method Sphere 130 and the lower body portion measuring instrument 130 flows a high-frequency constant current and the electric current and voltage measuring unit 132 to measure the potential difference input at this time, and the weight measuring unit for detecting and outputting the weight of the subject 160, the former Switch unit 170 that is switched to sequentially receive the potential difference (impedance) for each body part input through the current application and voltage measuring units 142, 152, and 132, and the weight data of the subject detected through the weight measuring unit 160. ), And outputs a control signal to the current applying and voltage measuring units 142, 152, and 132 to detect a potential difference, commands the weight measuring unit 160 to detect weight, and controls the switch unit 170 to control the switch. The controller 180 sequentially receives the detected values and calculates data (information) such as body fat percentage of the subject by using impedance and weight data for each body part and data such as gender, age, and height of the subject. And, the display unit 110 for displaying the body fat value of the subject calculated by the controller 180, the human body part selection switch for measuring the body fat, the height, age, gender, etc. of the subject A function switch, such as power and performs a key input according to thereto and a key input unit 120 to input to the controller 180.

Looking at the action of the body fat analyzer according to an embodiment of the present invention configured as described above.

First, the subject selects a body part to measure body fat through the key input unit 120 and inputs information such as his age, name, height, and the like. Here, as an example, a case where all of the upper body, the torso (local part) and the lower body are selected will be described.

Accordingly, the person to be measured stands with his feet on the lower body region measuring instrument 130 of the scale 100, and then holds the upper body region measuring instrument 140 on both hands, and the area to measure the abdomen and body region measuring instrument 150. The body scale 100 measures body fat by dividing the body into three parts such as the upper body part, the abdomen and the torso part, and the lower part of the body.

That is, the controller 180 recognizes that the body fat is measured for the entire body part of the subject to be input to the key input unit 120, and outputs a control signal to the current application and voltage measurement units 142, 152, and 132 to detect the potential difference. To control, the weight measuring unit 160 commands the weight detection.

In addition, by controlling the switch unit 170 to sequentially receive the values applied through the current application and voltage measuring unit 142, 152, 132, and the weight measuring unit 160 to obtain impedance and weight data for each body part, Data (information) such as body fat percentage of the subject is calculated using the acquired data and data such as sex, age and height of the subject.

The controller 180 outputs the calculated diet information (body fat percentage, etc.) to the display unit 110 so that the display unit 110 displays the information so that the subject can easily recognize the information.

6 is a circuit block diagram of a body fat analyzer according to another embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, according to another embodiment of the present invention, it is further provided with a separate control box 200 to be transmitted and received wirelessly with the scale 100.

More specifically, wirelessly transmits the body fat measurement data output from the scale controller 181 of the scale 100 to the control box 200 or wireless data transmitted from the control box 200 to the scale controller 181. The first transmission and reception unit 190 for inputting is further provided, and the body fat measurement is performed by the second transmission and reception unit 210 and the second transmission and reception unit 210 for transmitting and receiving wireless data with the first transmission and reception unit 190. A main control unit 220 for transmitting a control command or receiving data transmitted from the second transmitter / receiver 210, and a key input unit for performing a predetermined key input for body fat measurement to the main controller 220 ( 230 and a control box 200 including a display unit 240 for receiving a signal output from the main controller 220 and displaying a body fat value and the like.

Therefore, the subject is able to measure the body fat of the desired part by placing the control box 200 in a desired place and performing a key input for measuring the body fat through the key input unit 230.

At this time, through the display unit 240 provided in the control box 200, it is possible to check the results such as the body fat value very easily.

7 is a main circuit block diagram of a body fat analyzer according to another embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the scale control unit 181 of the scale 100A is further provided with an interface unit 182, the interface unit 182 is connected to the PC 300, the PC 300 is the Internet 400 It is a structure to be able to access a predetermined server 500 that provides a diet management service on the web through).

This allows all control data and measurement data performed by the weight scale controller 181 to be transmitted to the PC 300 through the interface unit 182, and the PC 300 is predetermined according to the body fat value through the Internet 400. By accessing a server 500 that provides a diet management service, it is possible to use a variety of diet management services provided by the server 500.

As described above, the present invention is capable of measuring body composition for all parts of the human body in the scale, and at the same time, it displays the same, thus providing the diet information to the subject easily.

In addition, the body fat measuring device of the present invention is provided with a control box wirelessly connected to the scale and has an advantage that the user can easily check the result measured through the control box.

Claims (4)

Two upper body region measuring devices 140 connected to the scale 100 by a predetermined length line and composed of a pair of electrodes 141, respectively, for measuring body fat of the upper body region including the arms and the chest of the subject; Abdominal and torso area measuring instrument for measuring body fat of the local body region including the abdomen and the torso of the subject, each of which consists of a plurality of (pair) electrodes 151 connected to the scale 100 by a predetermined length line 150; And A pair of electrodes 131, respectively, two lower body region measuring instruments 130 for measuring the body fat of the lower body region including the feet and legs of the subject, and a high frequency constant current in the upper body region measuring instrument 140 Applying a current and voltage measuring unit 142 and flowing a high-frequency constant current flowing through the abdominal and torso measuring region 150 and the current application and voltage measuring unit to measure the potential difference input at this time 152, a high-frequency constant current flowing through the lower body region measuring instrument 130 and a current applying and voltage measuring unit 132 to measure the potential difference input at this time, and a weight measuring unit for detecting and outputting the weight of the subject ( 160, switching to receive the potential difference (impedance) for each body part input through the current applying and voltage measuring units 142, 152, and 132, and the weight data of the subject detected through the weight measuring unit 160. The control unit 170 outputs a control signal to the switch unit 170 and the current application and voltage measuring units 142, 152, and 132 to detect a potential difference, and instructs the weight measuring unit 160 to detect a weight. 170) by sequentially inputting the detected values to obtain data (information) such as body fat percentage of the subject by using impedance and weight data for each body part and data such as gender, age and height of the subject. A control unit 180 for calculating, a display unit 110 for displaying the body fat value of the subject calculated by the controller 180, a human body part selection switch for measuring body fat, height, age, gender, etc. of the subject Body weight measuring device comprising a weight scale 100 having a function switch and the like, and performing a key input according to the control unit, and including a key input unit 120. The method of claim 1, The lower body region measuring instrument 130, the upper body region measuring instrument 140, the abdominal and torso region measuring instrument 150, each of the electrodes (131, 141, 151) is characterized in that the body fat measuring instrument. The method of claim 1, The body scale 100 transmits the body fat measurement data output from the scale controller 181 to the control box 200 by wirelessly or inputs wireless data transmitted from the control box 200 to the scale controller 181. The transceiver 190 is further provided, and transmits a control command for body fat measurement to the second transmitter and receiver 210 for transmitting and receiving wireless data to and from the first transmitter and receiver 190 and the second transmitter and receiver 210. Or a main controller 220 for receiving data transmitted from the second transmitter / receiver 210, a key input unit 230 for performing a predetermined key input for body fat measurement to the main controller 220, and Body fat measuring device, characterized in that the control box 200 consisting of a display unit 240 for receiving a signal output from the main control unit 220 to display the body fat value and the like. The method of claim 1, The scale controller 181 of the scale 100 further includes an interface unit 182, the interface unit 182 is connected to the PC 300, and the PC 300 is connected to the web through the Internet 400. Body fat measuring device, characterized in that to be able to access a predetermined server 500 to provide a diet management service.