Physical-fitness test system using acceleration sensor

• US 10,004,971 B2
• Filed: 01/10/2013
• Issued: 06/26/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation Yonsei University
• Original Assignee: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation Yonsei University
• Inventors: Kim, Youngho, Ha, Bora
• Primary Examiner(s): King, Patrick
• Application Number:
  US14/378,499
• Publication Number:
  US 20150039261A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,993 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/06 Indicating or scoring devices for games or players , or for other sports activities
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 15/00 Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

The present invention relates to a fitness testing system using an acceleration sensor, of which a mobile device containing an acceleration sensor is attached to the body of the test subject and the test subject is induced to perform an exercise according to the fitness test instructions provided through the fitness testing process installed in a personal computer during which the acceleration signals are measured through RF communication for an output of the fitness test and assessment results. For this purpose, the present invention embodies a fitness measurement system consisting of an acceleration sensor device with a 3-axis acceleration sensor that is attached to the test subject to detect the 3-axis acceleration signals produced according to the test subject'"'"'s movement and transmits the signals through RF communication; and an assessment and analysis unit that receives 3-axis acceleration signals from the acceleration sensor device through a host gateway and detects the maximum acceleration from the 3-axis acceleration signals received as the exercise intensity; wherein the execution processing unit of the assessment and analysis unit, in case the test items is “balance”, receives the x-axis acceleration signals, which are related to the left and right movement of the test subject, and z-axis acceleration signals, which are related to the forward and backward movement, via the host gateway and detects the trajectory according to the input x- and z-axis acceleration signals and the maximum acceleration value according to the forward, backward, left and right movements.

Claims

1. A fitness measurement system, comprising:

an acceleration sensor device having a 3-axis acceleration sensor and configured to measure 3-axis acceleration signals according to the movements of a test subject on whom the acceleration sensor device is attached and transmit the signals through RF communication, the acceleration sensor device including a belt insertion unit to support a belt;

an RF channel selector configured to arbitrarily set an identification number of the acceleration sensor device for the RF communication; and

an assessment and analysis unit configured to receive the 3-axis acceleration signals via a host gateway and detect a maximum acceleration from the 3-axis acceleration signals as an intensity of the exercise,

wherein the belt insertion unit of the acceleration sensor device includes

a groove formed across a middle part of a front side of the acceleration sensor device with a predetermined width and depth, and

a belt holder including four strips disposed around four corners of the groove, respectively, wherein each of the four strips extends over the groove from the acceleration sensor device such that an outer surface of said each of the four strips is on the same plane with the front side of the acceleration sensor device, and an inner surface of said each of the four strips is apart from a surface of the groove with a gap through which a belt passes,

wherein the RF channel selector is disposed on the surface of the groove, and

wherein the belt is configured to attach the acceleration sensor device to the test subject.

2. The fitness testing system according to claim 1, wherein the RF channel selector is a DIP (Dual In-line Package) switch type.

3. The fitness testing system according to claim 1, wherein the host gateway receives the 3-axis acceleration signals through the RF communication from the acceleration sensor device and transmits it to the assessment and analysis unit through an Ethernet interface unit.

4. The fitness testing system according to claim 1, wherein the assessment and analysis unit,

in case of balance test, receives x-axis acceleration signals which are related to the left and right movements of the test subject, and z-axis acceleration signals which are related to the forward and backward movements of the test subject, via the host gateway, and measures a trajectory according to the x-axis acceleration and z-axis acceleration signals, and detectives a maximum acceleration of each of the forward, backward, left and right movements of the test subject;

in case of a jumping test, receives y-axis acceleration signals which are related to the up and down movements of the test subject, via the host gateway, and detectives a maximum acceleration among the y-axis acceleration signals, and measures a jumping duration and a jumping height;

in case of a spot running test, detects the maximum acceleration among the y-axis acceleration signals, and a repetition count of a spot running; and

in case of a push-up test, detects the maximum acceleration among the y-axis acceleration signals, and a repetition count of push-ups.

5. The fitness testing system according to claim 1, wherein the assessment and analysis unit outputs images on a monitor to provide guidance in sequence for the tests including the balance test, the jumping test, the spot running test, and the push-up test, receives the x-axis, y-axis and z-axis acceleration signals from the acceleration sensor device attached to the test subject, detects the maximum acceleration and repetition count as test results, and saves the test results in a database according to the test subject and the tests.

6. The fitness testing system according to claim 1, wherein the assessment and analysis unit saves an ID, a name, a gender and a birthdate of each test subject before the test.