Patents Assigned to Tanita Corporation
  • Patent number: 12140470
    Abstract: A biometric information measuring device comprising a control part that determines a degree of matching with respect to a purpose of use that is set in measured data related to multiple body compositions, based on a purpose-of-use matching degree relationship in which a degree of matching with respect to a purpose of use is associated according to a combination relationship about change directions of data related to the multiple body compositions associated by a display order with respect to the purpose of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: TANITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Miyuki Kodama, Miyuki Izumi, Hirokazu Ono
  • Patent number: 12121345
    Abstract: A length measuring apparatus for measuring length of a measuring object, includes a scale part provided to the measuring object, the scale part having two-dimensional codes with different patterns provided alongside at least in a longitudinal direction; a reading unit configured to read the two-dimensional codes; an obtaining unit configured to obtain coordinate information based on the two-dimensional code; and a conversion unit configured to convert the obtained coordinate information to length information based on a previously generated correspondence between the coordinate information and length information of the measuring object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: TANITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tadaaki Ishige
  • Patent number: 12102907
    Abstract: A game device includes a storage unit and a control unit configured to execute a game program. The control unit acquires biological information indicating physical feature of a user operating the game device, computes a biological parameter of the user based on the biological information, and stores the biological parameter in the storage unit. The control unit then computes, in accordance with the biological parameter stored in the storage unit, a property parameter that determines a property of a character generated by the game program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: TANITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuto Wachi, Mana Akao
  • Patent number: 12078524
    Abstract: A weight measurement device comprises: an upper surface cover on which a measurement target is placed; a load cell to detect weight of the measurement target placed on the upper surface cover; a bridge to support the load cell; a receiving member to receive the weight of the measurement target placed on the upper surface cover; and a bottom surface cover provided on a lower surface side of the receiving member, and further comprises a sliding part provided between the lower surface of the receiving member and an upper surface of the bottom surface cover to enable the receiving member to move in a horizontal direction relative to the bottom cover. The bridge comprises a pivot which is a fulcrum to make it possible to change inclination of the bridge relative to the bottom surface cover and is in contact with an upper surface of the receiving member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: TANITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kotaku Kobayashi, Seiya Ichihara, Hiroyuki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20240023839
    Abstract: A blood component monitoring device is a blood component monitoring device configured to monitor a blood component. The blood component monitoring device includes a concentration acquisition circuit configured to acquire the glucose correlation value that correlates with the blood glucose concentration and the neutral lipid correlation value that correlates with the blood neutral lipid concentration. The blood component monitoring device includes an information generation circuit configured to generate the information related to the blood status on the basis of at least one of the variation patterns of the glucose correlation value and the neutral lipid correlation value caused by a meal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: TANITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoshi KOIDE
  • Publication number: 20240019291
    Abstract: A scale is provided with: a case base; and a case cover arranged on the case base, the case cover being configured such that a load is applied to the case cover. The scale is provided with: a plurality of strain generating bodies configured to support the case cover on the case base, the strain generating bodies each having a strain generating part, the strain generating part being configured to be elastically deformed by receiving the load applied to the case cover; and a strain sensor provided on the strain generating part of each of the strain generating bodies, the strain sensor being configured to give a resistance value varied in accordance with tension and compression due to deformation of the strain generating part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: TANITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihisa HONDA
  • Patent number: 11862321
    Abstract: An ingredient determining apparatus configured to determine nutritional ingredients in food provided for a user. The ingredient determining apparatus includes a processor configured to obtain a muscle index indicating a degree of muscle mass of the user and a fat index indicating a degree of fat mass of the user, and determine the nutritional ingredients based on the muscle index and the fat index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: TANITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Miyuki Kodama, Akiko Kubo, Haruna Nakatani, Masaki Yasuda, Senri Tanida, Toru Ichihashi
  • Patent number: 11759123
    Abstract: An acetone concentration estimate device acquires a measured acetone concentration measuring acetone excreted from a user, acquires an elapsed time which has elapsed since the user ate a meal, and estimates an acetone concentration, which is a ketone body concentration of when an amount of change in blood sugar level of the user per given unit of time is stable, based on the acquired current measured acetone concentration and on the acquired elapsed time, and outputs information corresponding to the estimated acetone concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Tanita Corporation
    Inventors: Miyuki Kodama, Ayumi Kusama, Yasuhiro Kasahara, Naotaka Minagawa
  • Patent number: 11510609
    Abstract: A muscle mass estimation method including acquiring a height of a living organism, acquiring an electrical resistance value measured for the living organism, and computing a muscle mass of the living organism using a calculation formula including a first variable including the height of the living organism and the electrical resistance value, and a second variable including the electrical resistance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: TANITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kasahara, Miyuki Kodama
  • Publication number: 20220314111
    Abstract: A game device includes a storage unit and a control unit configured to execute a game program. The control unit acquires biological information indicating physical feature of a user operating the game device, computes a biological parameter of the user based on the biological information, and stores the biological parameter in the storage unit. The control unit then computes, in accordance with the biological parameter stored in the storage unit, a property parameter that determines a property of a character generated by the game program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: TANITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuto WACHI, Mana AKAO
  • Publication number: 20220211290
    Abstract: A biological data measurement apparatus is provided with: an electrode part provided with an energization electrode and a measurement electrode, the electrode part being fixable to an upper limb of a user, and the energization electrode and the measurement electrode being arranged so as to be separated from each other; biological-information measurement means configured to measure biological information of the user via the electrode part; inclination detection means configured to detect an inclination of the electrode part; and correction means configured to correct a measurement result obtained by the biological-information measurement means in accordance with the inclination of the electrode part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: TANITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masayoshi TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220178736
    Abstract: A weight measurement device comprises: a housing cover to receive weight of a measurement target; a plurality of load cells to support the housing cover and detect the weight; a housing base comprising, for each of the plurality of load cells, a recessed and projected shape part comprising: a recessed part open upward to at least partially contain each load cell and fix the load cell; and a projected part projected downward corresponding to the recessed part; and an adjustment leg which at least partially contains the recessed and projected shape part, and comprises an adjustment mechanism part for height position adjustment at a position opposed to a side part of the recessed and projected shape part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Tanita Corporation
    Inventor: Akihisa Honda
  • Publication number: 20220136890
    Abstract: A biometric information measuring device comprising a control part that determines a degree of matching with respect to a purpose of use that is set in measured data related to multiple body compositions, based on a purpose-of-use matching degree relationship in which a degree of matching with respect to a purpose of use is associated according to a combination relationship about change directions of data related to the multiple body compositions associated by a display order with respect to the purpose of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: TANITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Miyuki KODAMA, Miyuki IZUMI, Hirokazu ONO
  • Publication number: 20220003592
    Abstract: A weight measurement device comprises: an upper surface cover on which a measurement target is placed; a load cell to detect weight of the measurement target placed on the upper surface cover; a bridge to support the load cell; a receiving member to receive the weight of the measurement target placed on the upper surface cover; and a bottom surface cover provided on a lower surface side of the receiving member, and further comprises a sliding part provided between the lower surface of the receiving member and an upper surface of the bottom surface cover to enable the receiving member to move in a horizontal direction relative to the bottom cover. The bridge comprises a pivot which is a fulcrum to make it possible to change inclination of the bridge relative to the bottom surface cover and is in contact with an upper surface of the receiving member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: Tanita Corporation
    Inventors: Kotaku Kobayashi, Seiya Ichihara, Hiroyuki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20210212599
    Abstract: A length measuring apparatus for measuring length of a measuring object, includes a scale part provided to the measuring object, the scale part having two-dimensional codes with different patterns provided alongside at least in a longitudinal direction; a reading unit configured to read the two-dimensional codes; an obtaining unit configured to obtain coordinate information based on the two-dimensional code ; and a conversion unit configured to convert the obtained coordinate information to length information based on a previously generated correspondence between the coordinate information and length information of the measuring object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: TANITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tadaaki ISHIGE
  • Patent number: 11024410
    Abstract: A muscle condition change determination apparatus includes a circuit. The circuit configures: a change information acquisition unit; and a type determination unit. The change information acquisition unit acquires change information indicating changes in a plurality of muscle indicators. The type determination unit determines the type of change in a muscle condition according to the change information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: TANITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoko Takehara, Satsuki Yukino, Tomoka Shimizu, Masataka Takesada
  • Publication number: 20210027880
    Abstract: An ingredient determining apparatus configured to determine nutritional ingredients in food provided for a user. The ingredient determining apparatus includes a processor configured to obtain a muscle index indicating a degree of muscle mass of the user and a fat index indicating a degree of fat mass of the user, and determine the nutritional ingredients based on the muscle index and the fat index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: TANITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Miyuki KODAMA, Akiko KUBO, Haruna NAKATANI, Masaki YASUDA, Senri TANIDA, Toru ICHIHASHI
  • Patent number: D949034
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Tanita Corporation
    Inventor: Shigeharu Azuma
  • Patent number: D1021658
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TANITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kimio Morita
  • Patent number: D1053033
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: TANITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoshi Masuda