Electronic device, generation method, and generation system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11051719-B2
Application number	US-201816605481-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 10, 2018
Priority date	Apr 25, 2017
Publication date	Jul 6, 2021
Grant date	Jul 6, 2021

Abstract

An electronic device includes a measurement unit configured to measure a contour of a body by the electronic device being moved along a surface of the body and a controller configured to generate a three-dimensional image of the body based on the contour. The controller is configured to generate the three-dimensional image by lining up a plurality of first contours measured along a first direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a measurement unit configured to measure a contour of a body by the electronic device being moved along a surface of the body; and
a controller configured to generate a three-dimensional image of the body based on the contour by lining up a plurality of first contours measured along a first direction,
wherein the controller is further configured to extract a characteristic coefficient of the contour and estimate a fat area in the body based on the characteristic coefficient.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to generate the three-dimensional image by crossing the plurality of first contours with a second contour acquired along a second direction different from the first direction.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the first direction and the second direction are substantially orthogonal to each other.

4. The electronic device of claim 2 ,
wherein at least one of the plurality of first contours and the second contour each include an umbilical portion; and
wherein the controller is configured to generate the three-dimensional image by crossing the umbilical portion of the at least one of the plurality of first contours with the umbilical portion of the second contour.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the three-dimensional image comprises a three-dimensional wire frame image.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to display a first three-dimensional image and a second three-dimensional image, generated based on contours measured at different times, side-by-side on a display.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the controller is configured to determine the first three-dimensional image and the second three-dimensional image based on user selection.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the measurement unit comprises at least one of an acceleration sensor, a direction sensor, an angular velocity sensor, and an inclination sensor.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the body comprises an abdomen.

10. A display method, the display method comprising:
measuring a contour of a body by an electronic device being moved along a surface of the body;
generating a three-dimensional image of the body by lining up a plurality of first contours measured along a first direction;
extracting a characteristic coefficient of the contour; and
estimating a fat area in the body based on the characteristic coefficient.

11. A generation system comprising:
a measurement unit configured to measure a contour of a body by a device being moved along a surface of the body; and
a controller configured to generate a three-dimensional image of the body based on the contour by lining up a plurality of first contours measured along a first direction,
wherein the controller is further configured to extract a characteristic coefficient of the contour and estimate a fat area in the body based on the characteristic coefficient.

12. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a timer configured to output a clock signal,
wherein the measurement unit is configured to measure the contour in accordance with the clock signal.

13. The display method of claim 10 , wherein the contour is measured in accordance with a clock signal.

14. The generation system of claim 11 , further comprising:
a timer configured to output a clock signal,
wherein the measurement unit is configured to measure the contour in accordance with the clock signal.

Assignees

• Kyocera Corp

Inventors

• Ajima Hiromi

Classifications

• A61B6/032

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• A61B5/6898

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• G01B3/10

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• G01B2210/52

  Combining or merging partially overlapping images to an overall image · CPC title

• A61B5/107 Primary

  Measuring physical dimensions, e.g. size of the entire body or parts thereof · CPC title