Patent ID: 9126088
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: A61B,A63B,G01C

Abstract:
1. A body movement amount measuring apparatus that measures an amount of body movement by detecting body movement, the apparatus comprising: a display unit that display a measurement result; a target body movement amount acquiring unit that acquires a target amount of body movement in a predetermined time period; a body movement detecting unit that detects body movement; an accumulated body movement amount calculation unit that calculates an accumulated amount of body movement from a beginning of the predetermined time period based on a detection result of the body movement detecting unit; an excess body movement amount calculation unit that calculates an excess amount of body movement by which the accumulated amount of body movement exceeds the target amount of body movement by subtracting the target amount of body movement from the accumulated amount of body movement; a converted value calculation unit that calculates a converted value representing the excess amount of body movement by dividing burned calories corresponding to the excess amount of body movement by a unit calorie count, where a standard calorie count of a predetermined food item is the unit calorie count; and a display operation control unit that is programmed to control a display operation of the display unit such that the display unit displays a measurement result using the converted value; wherein the display operation control unit controls the display operation of the display unit so as to enable the display unit to display the accumulated amount of body movement as the measurement result before the predetermined time period elapses and enable the display unit to display, after the predetermined time period elapses, the measurement result using one or more same icons each representing the predetermined food item, the number of icons corresponding to the converted value.