Electronic calorie counter

Claim 2

An electronic calorie counter comprising, a portable pulse detector means adapted to be attached to a person's wrist and worn during daily activities for detecting the heart pulse of the person, electronic circuit means including an electronic counter means operatively connected to said pulse detector means for totalizing the detected pulses for a predetermined time for determining the pulse rate, electronic computer means operatively connected to said counter means for converting the detected pulse rate into the approximate calorie burn rate in response to programmed information in the computer means, said electronic computer means including means for computing the calorie burn total, for a predetermined length of time, in response to the computed calorie burn rate, and visual display means operatively connected to said means for computing the calorie burn total for displaying the computed calorie burn total.

Claim 3

The calorie counter of claim 1 wherein said electronic computer means comprises a translator circuit portion including a look-up memory programmed with a calorie versus pulse rate relationship to provide a direct calorie reading for a range of pulse rates.

Claim 4

The calorie counter of claim 1 wherein the pulse detector means and electronic circuit means are mounted within a housing strapped to the person's wrist, said pulse detector means and electronic circuit means being battery powered.

Claim 5

An electronic calorie counter comprising, a time base comprising an oscillator means, trimming network and frequency dividers to provide clock frequencies for synchronizing circuit operation and counter sections, said oscillator means providing frequencies of 256 pulses per second; 64 pulses per second; 1 pulse per second; and 1 pulse per minute, a clock connected to said time base for receiving the one pulse per second and one pulse per minute frequencies, a data accumulator means comprising a pulse detector, amplifier, counter means and latch means; said pulse detector detecting the heart pulses of the subject; said amplifier being electronically connected to said pulse detector for amplifying the heart pulses, means for forming the amplified heart pulses into uniformly shaped waves, said counter means being connected to said time base and said means for forming the amplified heart pulses into uniformly shaped waves for totalizing the pulse count for a predetermined time to determine the pulse rate, said latch means being connected to said counter means and said time base for holding a constantly updated pulse rate, a translator means comprising a look-up memory circuit connected to said latch means, a second counter means connected to said time base for receiving the 256 pulses per second frequency, a down counter means connected to said time base for receiving the 256 pulses per second frequency, said second counter means and said down counter means being electronically connected, said look-up memory circuit electronically connected to said down counter means, said look-up memory circuit being programmed with a range of calorie versus pulse rate relationships, said look-up memory circuit providing a constantly updated direct calorie count reading for a range of low to high pulse rates, a data selector means electronically connected to said clock and said translator means, said data selector means receiving binary coded output information from said clock and translator means which at least includes the computed calorie total as related to sensed heart pulses for a predetermined length of time, a manual control connected to said data selector for selecting the desired format of display, and a display circuit menas including a driver circuit which is electronically connected to said data selector and said time base, said driver circuit receiving the 64 pulse per second frequency from said time base, said driver circuit converting and processing the binary coded output information into drive lines for displayed numbers, said displayed numbers at least selectively displaying the computed calorie total which has been burned by the subject for a predetermined length of time corresponding to the heart pulses of the subject during said predetermined length of time.

Claim 6

An electronic calorie counter comprising, a time base comprising an oscillator means, trimming network and frequency dividers to provide clock frequencies for synchronizing circuit operation and counter sections, said oscillator means providing frequencies of 256 pulses per second; 64 pulses per second; 1 pulse per second; and 1 pulse per minute, a clock connected to said time base for receiving the one pulse per second and one pulse per minute frequencies, a data accumulator means comprising a pulse detector, amplifier, counter means and latch means; said pulse detector detecting the heart pulses of the subject; said amplifier being electronically connected to said pulse detector for amplifying the heart pulses, means for forming the amplified heart pulses into uniformly shaped waves, said counter means being connected to said time base and said means for forming the amplified heart pulses into uniformly shaped waves for totalizing the pulse count for a predetermined time to determine the pulse rate, said latch means being connected to said counter means and said time base for holding a constantly updated pulse rate, a translator means comprising a look-up memory circuit connected to said latch means, a second counter means connected to said time base for receiving the 256 pulses per second frequency, a down counter means connected to said time base for receiving the 256 pulses per second frequency, said second counter means and said down counter means being electronically connected, said look-up memory circuit electronically connected to said down counter means, said look-up memory circuit being programmed with a range of calorie versus pulse rate relationships, said look-up memory circuit providing a constantly updated direct calorie count reading for a range of low to high pulse rates, a data selector means electronically connected to said clock and said translator means, said data selector means receiving binary coded output information from said clock and translator means which at least includes the computed calorie total as related to sensed heart pulses for a predetermined length of time, a manual control connected to said data selector for selecting the desired format of display, and a display circuit menas including a driver circuit which is electronically connected to said data selector and said time base, said driver circuit receiving the 64 pulse per second frequency from said time base, said driver circuit converting and processing the binary coded output information into drive lines for displayed numbers, said displayed numbers at least selectively displaying the computed calorie total which has been burned by the subject for a predetermined length of time corresponding to the heart pulses of the subject during said predetermined length of time.

Claim 7

The calorie counter of claim 4 wherein said displayed numbers normally display the time of day said manual control permitting the selection of the desired format of display other than the time of day.

Claim 8

The calorie counter of claim 1 wherein said displayed numbers selectively display the calories per minute presently being burned by the subject.

Claim 9

The calorie counter of claim 1 wherein said translator means includes a calorie total manual reset.