Patent ID: 6867705
Filing Date: 2005-03-15
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A remote controller for a television with a function of measuring a body fat having a transmitter which transmits a select signal for selecting a desired receiving/recording channel of television broadcasting to a television receiver and a control section which controls actions of each section of the remote controller, comprising: a physical data setting section which is operated by a user for registering physical data including a weight and a height of the user; an electrode section including a pair of current electrodes which feed a current across the body of the user through direct contact with the body and a pair of measurement electrodes which detect an electric signal generated by the current being fed across the body of the user; and an impedance measuring circuit which feeds the current between the current electrodes of the electrode section and measures an impedance across the body of the user to determine a body fat of the user from the electric signal detected by the measurement electrodes, wherein the transmitter is controlled by the control section to transmit to the television receiver a body fat measurement signal which carries the physical data registered by the physical data setting section and the impedance measured by the impedance measuring circuit so that the body fat of the user can be calculated in the television receiver.