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.

Abstract: A purpose of the disclosure is to provide a measurement device for human bodies that can encourage a person who is reluctant to measure body composition to use the device. A measurement device has: an electric resistance value acquisition unit for acquiring an electric resistance value of one or more parts of a body of a person to be measured; and a type determination unit for using the electric resistance value to determine a type representing a physical characteristic of the person to be measured from one or more predetermined points of view.

Abstract: A simplified BIA body composition analyzer (100) as an in-body measurement system, comprising: a memory unit (110) storing in-body information obtained by a measurement with a first precision as a reference value; a low-precision measurement unit (10) obtaining low-precision in-body information by inputting a measured value obtained by a measurement with a second precision that is lower than the first precision into a predetermined algorithm; a correction unit (112) correcting the algorithm or the low-precision in-body information based on the reference values stored in the memory unit (110) and the degree of importance placed on the reference values; and an output unit (106) outputting the low-precision in-body information obtained by the low-precision measurement unit (104) using the algorithm corrected by the correction unit (112), or the low-precision in-body information obtained by the low-precision measurement unit (104) and corrected by the correction unit (112), as corrected in-body information.

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.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a reading unit that reads data stored in an activity amount meter, at least one of an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium and an image reading unit that reads the image, a display unit that displays an option to be selected such that the display unit receives a use instruction of a function that is selected, and a sending unit that sends the data stored in the activity amount meter and read by the reading unit. The display unit receives the use instruction even when the sending unit is sending the data stored in the activity amount meter and read by the reading unit.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a reading unit that reads data stored in an activity amount meter, at least one of an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium and an image reading unit that reads the image, a display unit that displays an option to be selected such that the display unit receives a use instruction of a function that is selected, and a sending unit that sends the data stored in the activity amount meter and read by the reading unit. The display unit receives the use instruction even when the sending unit is sending the data stored in the activity amount meter and read by the reading unit.

Abstract: A body weighing machine (100) is provided with a distance measuring sensor (30) at the central position (C) of a base plate unit (50). A CPU (10) measures the body weight of a human subject. The CPU (10) then drives the distance measuring sensor (30) to measure a distance (Dm) between the sensor and a floor surface and determines whether a minimum distance (D) between the base plate unit (50) and the floor surface is zero. The CPU (10) displays via a display unit (15) a message indicating that an error has occurred in a case in which the minimum distance (D) is zero, and otherwise displays the measured body weight on the display unit (15).

Abstract: A body weighing machine (100) is provided with a distance measuring sensor (30) at the central position (C) of a base plate unit (50). A CPU (10) measures the body weight of a human subject. The CPU (10) then drives the distance measuring sensor (30) to measure a distance (Dm) between the sensor and a floor surface and determines whether a minimum distance (D) between the base plate unit (50) and the floor surface is zero. The CPU (10) displays via a display unit (15) a message indicating that an error has occurred in a case in which the minimum distance (D) is zero, and otherwise displays the measured body weight on the display unit (15).

Abstract: There is provided a body composition monitor which can retain measurement accuracy by preventing contact between the hands or arms and the sides of a body and allows a subject to grip hand grips in a more relaxed state. The body composition monitor is a body composition monitor comprising impedance measuring means, wherein the impedance measuring means comprises hand grips to contact electrodes for measuring a bioelectrical impedance with the left and right palms, a measurement is made with the hands gripping the hand grips and the arms extended downward along the sides of a body, and the hand grips comprise gripping portions having the electrodes and contact members which contact the body to keep the hands gripping the gripping portions or the arms away from the sides of the body. Thereby, a leakage current associated with formation of a bypass circuit by contact of a hand or arm with the side of a body can be prevented, thereby making a high-accuracy measurement possible.