KR20180101839A - Water Intake Meter - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device to measure water intake. More specifically, the present invention provides a device which can measure water intake with a straw to recognize the water intake regardless of a place without an additional cup or a water bottle.

Description

{Water Intake Meter}

The present invention relates to an apparatus for measuring the amount of water ingested, more specifically, to an apparatus for measuring the amount of water ingested through a straw, and a technique for transmitting the measured amount of water to a smartphone or the like .

As is well known, about 70% of our bodies are water. However, it is said that even if only 1 - 2% of the water is lacking, our body is abnormal. In particular, chronic dehydration, which continues in this condition, is pointed out to be an important cause of obesity, constipation, fatigue, and aging even if it does not lead to a disease in particular.

Experts say that obesity and water intake also have a significant relationship. First, in chronic dehydration, even if thirst occurs, it may not be recognized as thirst. It is sometimes confused with the feeling of hunger and hunger to eat more food. Because of obesity, dieting people can cause weight control failure.

In addition, water is essential for diet. First of all, it is well known that when you drink water you lose your hunger. It is not only the '0' but also the role of metabolism. Some women feel swollen or have to go to the toilet frequently to avoid water, but water is an "active recommendation" if there is no abnormality in the kidney function.

In addition, it is known that fatigue is easily felt when water is insufficient. In this base oil, fatigue is restored only when waste is discharged smoothly from our body. When water which is the main raw material of urine sweat is insufficient, excretion is not performed well and cumulative fatigue It will be. In addition, the skin reacts sensitively to the moisture content of the body, so that when the moisture is insufficient, the aging process easily proceeds.

On the other hand, the amount of water discharged into urine per day by an adult is about 1.4 liters, and the amount of water excreted in the urine is about 1 liters, and the total amount of discharged water per day is about 2.4 liters. Therefore, at least this amount of water should be supplied to the body every day.

People drink about 1 to 1.2 liters of water a day. So the rest should be replenished with water. In general, it is recommended that you drink an average of 1.5 liters of water a day with an average of 1.5 liters of water a day.

However, according to a study by Eulji Hospital in 2004, the water intake of Korean male adults was 980 ml per day, and that of female was 740 ml, so the water intake was very insufficient. As a result, they carry an individual water bottle or tumbler, More and more efforts are being made to consume more water.

As an example of the technology developed in accordance with these efforts, Korean Patent No. 0887716 ("Cup equipped with a counter," 2009.03.02., Precedent document 1) is available. Prior Art 1 discloses a cup provided with a counter in a cup filled with water or beverage, and a counter for counting the number of times when the cup is inclined over a certain angle to measure the amount of the drink.

According to the prior art 1, the user must always carry a cup equipped with a counter to measure the amount of water to be ingested. Therefore, the cup equipped with the counter as in the prior art document 1 occupies a large volume, so the portability is poor. Therefore, it can be seen that it is not effective in realizing the purpose of steadily inducing the water intake over the recommended amount.

1. Korean Registered Patent No. 0887716 ("Cup with counter," Mar. 3, 2009)

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for measuring the amount of water consumed through a straw using a portable device interlocked with a smartphone or the like.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a moisture content measuring apparatus comprising:

A flow sensor module that is disposed on an inner wall of the flow path portion and measures a water intake amount passing through the flow path portion; And a wireless communication module for transmitting the wireless communication module to an external server.

At this time, the wireless communication module may be Bluetooth.

In addition, a wireless communication status LED indicating whether the wireless communication module is activated may be formed on a surface of the main body.

The main body may further include a charging module that is charged by an external power source device, wherein a power status LED for displaying a power status is formed on a surface of the main body.

According to the present invention, it is possible to measure the amount of water consumed while carrying the present device instead of a cup or a personal water bottle equipped with a large-volume counter, thereby achieving high portability. More specifically, the present invention can be constructed in a smaller size than a cup or a personal water bottle, and can measure the amount of water ingested by simply putting the present invention in a straw and drinking water through a straw. Therefore, it is not necessary to separately possess a cup or a personal water bottle equipped with a bulky counter to measure the amount of water to be ingested. This improves the user's convenience.

In addition, since it is possible to measure how much you drink, you can consume daily recommended amount of water recommended by hospitals and experts as mentioned above. There is an effect that can help.

1 is a perspective view of a moisture intake measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a side view of a moisture uptake measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a block diagram illustrating a method of operating the moisture uptake measuring device of the present invention.
4 is a side view of a water intake measurement according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the technical idea of the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the technical concept of the present invention, are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a moisture intake measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side view of a moisture intake measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 and 2, the water intake measuring apparatus of the present invention includes a main body 1000, a flow path portion 1100, a pair of straw portions 1200, a flow sensor module 100, a wireless communication module 200, . More specifically, it is as follows.

1, the main body 1000 includes a flow path portion 1100 formed at one side of the main body 1000 and a pair of straw portions 1200 coupled to the top and bottom of the flow path portion 1100, . The shape of the straw unit 1200 may be a conventional straw, a straw that is folded at a predetermined angle formed by a corrugation, a second or third straw that can adjust the length, and the like. And has a diameter corresponding to the diameter of the flow path portion 1100 formed. When the straw 1200 having a diameter corresponding to the diameter of the channel portion 1100 formed in the main body 1000 is used, the main body 1000 and the straw 1200 can be more firmly fixed, There is an effect that more accurate information can be sensed.

2, the main body 1000 of the flow sensor module 100 is disposed on the inner wall of the flow path portion 1100 to measure a water intake amount passing through the flow path portion 1100.

The flow sensor module 100 may be a flow sensor, and a flow sensor may be used. The flow rate sensor may be a sensor for measuring the flow velocity of a fluid such as a gas or a liquid, and may be used as a flow rate sensor for a fluid flowing through a conduit. Ultrasonic, thermal, radial, and turbine.

As shown in FIG. 2, the wireless communication module 200 is installed in the main body 1000 and transmits the measured moisture intake amount from the flow sensor sensor module 100 to an external server. The external server may be a smart phone or a personal computer. Also, at this time, the wireless communication module 200 may be Bluetooth.

1, a wireless communication status LED 310 indicating whether the wireless communication module 200 is activated may be formed on the surface of the main body 1000. For example, when the wireless communication module 200 is Bluetooth, the wireless communication status LED 310 may be turned on to indicate whether the Bluetooth and the smart phone are paired with each other. When the wireless communication status LED 310 is off, the Bluetooth is not activated because the smart phone is not connected. When the wireless communication status LED 310 is blinking, When the wireless communication status LED 310 is turned on, the Bluetooth and the smartphone can be notified that the pairing is successful.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, the main body 1000 may further include a charging module 400 that is charged by an external power source device, and the charging module 400 may be micro 5 pin.

Also, as shown in FIG. 1, a power status LED 320 for displaying a power status may be formed on the surface of the main body 1000. For example, the power status LED 320 may be lit in a different color depending on the remaining amount of the battery. In the case where the battery remaining amount is 50% ~ 100%, the remaining amount of the battery is 50% ~ 15% 1% to 15%. When the remaining battery level is 0%, the power status LED 320 may be turned off. In addition, when the battery is charged, the color of the power status LED 320 according to the remaining amount of the battery may be blinked.

Figure 3 illustrates the working principle of the present invention. When the straw portion 1200 is inserted into the flow path portion 1100 of the main body 1000 and the beverage is consumed through the straw portion 1200, the flow sensor module 100 is supplied through the straw portion 1200 The water intake amount is measured. The water intake amount measured through the flow sensor module 100 is transmitted to the outside through the wireless communication module 200 and can be transmitted to a device such as a smart phone or a PC. The device such as the smart phone or the PC can display information of the measured drink to be transmitted and display it.

FIG. 4 illustrates a side view of a moisture uptake measurement according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the flow sensor module 100 may be an ultrasonic sensor, and may further include a flow meter 110. More specifically, when the user starts to take in water through the channel portion 1100, the flow measuring wheel 110 rotates in a certain direction. That is, when the direction of rotation of the flowmeter 110 is referred to as a forward direction when water is taken in through the flow path portion 110, when water is discharged to the lower end of the flow path portion 110, The direction in which the rotor 110 rotates may be referred to as a reverse direction.

At this time, the amount of total water consumed by the user by measuring the number of revolutions of the flow measuring wheel 110 can be obtained by the following equation.

는 사용자가 섭취한 수분의 총 양[ml],

은 상기 유로부(1100)의 반지름,

는 상기 유량측정물레방아(110)의 반지름,

는 섭취하는 수분의 유속,

는 수분을 섭취할 때의 상기 유량측정물레방아(110) 회전수,

은 수분을 섭취하지 않을 때의 상기 유량측정물레방아(110) 회전수)(From here,

Is the total amount [ml] of water ingested by the user,

The radius of the channel portion 1100,

The radius of the flowmeter wheelbarrier 110,

The flow rate of water to be ingested,

The number of rotations of the flowmeter wheel 110 at the time of taking in water,

The number of rotations of the flowmeter wheel 110 when no water is consumed)

는 상기 유량측정물레방아(110)가 1회 회전할 때 섭취하는 수분의 양이다.That is,

Is the amount of water consumed when the flow measurement wheel 110 rotates once.

In addition, the flow measuring sensor 110 rotates in a forward direction, and the flow sensor module 100 determines whether moisture is present in the flow path portion 1100. That is, when the flow measuring sensor 110 rotates in the forward direction and the flow sensor module 100 determines that moisture exists in the flow path portion 1100, it judges that water is consumed. Conversely, when the flow measuring wheel 110 rotates in the opposite direction, it is determined that the water ingestion is completed. In addition, even when the flow measuring sensor 110 rotates in the forward direction and the flow sensor module 100 determines that no moisture is present in the flow path portion 1100, it can be determined that the water consumption has ended.

)이라 하고, 상기 유량측정물레방아(110)가 역방향으로 회전하기 시작한 시점 또는 상기 유량측정물레방아(110)가 정방향으로 회전하나 상기 유량센서모듈(100)이 상기 유로부(1100)에 수분이 존재하지 않는다고 판단하는 시점을 수분섭취종료시간(

)라 하여 사용자가 수분섭취한 시간(

)를 아래의 식과 같이 구할 수 있다.At this time, the time point at which the flow measurement wheel 110 starts to rotate in the forward direction is referred to as a water consumption start time (

And the flow sensor module 100 is rotated at a time when the flowmeter 110 starts to rotate in the reverse direction or when the flowmeter 110 rotates in the forward direction, The time point at which it is determined that it does not exist is referred to as the water consumption end time

) And the time taken by the user

) Can be obtained as shown in the following equation.

는 사용자가 수분섭취한시간,

은 수분섭취시작시간,

는 수분섭취종료시간)(From here,

Quot ;, " one hour "

Water intake start time,

The water intake end time)

)과 수분섭취한 시간(

)을 통해서도 사용자가 수분을 섭취한 양을 구할 수 있다.Therefore, the flow rate of the water to be ingested

) And the time taken for water ingestion

) Can also be used to obtain the amount of water the user has consumed.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

1000:
1100:
1200: straw section
100: Flow sensor module
110: Measuring flowmeters
200: Wireless communication module
210: Bluetooth pairing button
300: LED
310: wireless communication status LED 320: power status LED
400: Charging module

Claims (4)

main body;
A flow path portion formed through one side of the main body;
A pair of straw portions coupled to the upper and lower portions of the flow path portion;
A flow rate sensor module disposed on an inner wall of the flow path portion and measuring a water intake amount passing through the flow path portion;
A wireless communication module for transmitting the water intake amount to an external server;
And a moisture content measuring device for measuring moisture content.
The wireless communication system according to claim 1,
Wherein the moisture content measuring device is made of Bluetooth.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1,
And a wireless communication status LED indicating whether the wireless communication module is activated or not is formed.
The apparatus of claim 1,
Further comprising a charging module that is charged by an external power supply,
And a power status LED for indicating a power status is formed on a surface of the main body.

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