Swim training system, swim data computation method using the same, and swim training method using the same

• US 10,307,654 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2016
• Issued: 06/04/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nano-Second Technology Co Limited (Nano-Second Technology)
• Original Assignee: Nano-Second Technology Co Limited (Nano-Second Technology)
• Inventors: Chuang, Pei-Sung
• Primary Examiner(s): Deichl, Jennifer M
• Application Number:
  US15/389,021
• Publication Number:
  US 20170157486A1
• Time in Patent Office: 894 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0068 Comparison to target or threshold, previous performance or not real time comparison to other individuals
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0625 Emitting sound, noise or music
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/065 Visualisation of specific exercise parameters
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0675 Input for modifying training controls during workout
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0442 Anchored at one end only, the other end being manipulated by the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0557 Details of attachments, e.g. clips or clamps
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/4009 to the waist
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/4043 Free movement, i.e. the only restriction coming from the resistance A63B21/00043, A63B21/072 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2208/0261 using trunk supports resisting forward motion of user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/20 Distances or displacements
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/30 Speed
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/31 Relative speed
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/803 Motion sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/806 Video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/50 Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/60 Apparatus used in water
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/75 calorie expenditure
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0062 Monitoring athletic performances, e.g. for determining the work of a user on an exercise apparatus, the completed jogging or cycling distance
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/12 Arrangements in swimming pools for teaching swimming or for training
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0622 Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/23 : Recognition of whole body movements, e.g. for sport training

Abstract

A swim training system, a swim data computation method using the same, and a swim training method using the same are provided. The swim training system includes a training device and a processing device. The training device measures a tension in a connecting component which is fastened to a swimmer. The processing device selects a conversion parameter from a conversion parameter table in the processing device according to a swimmer information. Then the processing device performs a conversion between the tension and a swimming speed with the conversion parameter to obtain the swimming speed of the swimmer.

Claims

1. A swim training system, comprising:

a training device, comprising;

a wearing component configured to fix the training device to an user;

a fastening component;

a connecting component configured to connect the wearing component to the fastening component; and

a sensor installed on the connecting component and located between the wearing component and the fastening component, and the sensor being configured to measure a tension of the connecting component; and

a processing device, comprising;

an input module configured to input an user information, the user information including a height, a weight, and a swimming stroke;

a storage module configured to store a conversion parameter table;

a processing module communicatively connected to the sensor, the storage module, and the input module, a conversion parameter being selectable from the conversion parameter table by the processing module according to the user information, the tension being obtainable from the sensor by the processing module, a tension information being acquirable by the processing module according to the tension, an exercise information being obtainable by the processing module according to the tension information and the conversion parameter; and

an output module communicatively connected to the processing module, and the output module being configured to output the exercise information.

2. The swim training system of claim 1, wherein the tension information comprises the tension and a timing corresponding to each other, the exercise information comprises an instantaneous swimming speed information, an average swimming speed, a swimming distance, or a calorie expenditure, and the instantaneous swimming speed information comprises an instantaneous swimming speed and the timing corresponding to each other.

3. The swim training system of claim 1, further comprising a buoyancy auxiliary device installed on the wearing component, and the buoyancy auxiliary device being configured to provide an auxiliary buoyancy to the user.

4. The swim training system of claim 3, wherein a buoyancy parameter table is stored in the storage module, a buoyancy parameter is selectable from the buoyancy parameter table by the processing module according to the auxiliary buoyancy, and the conversion parameter is calibratable with the buoyancy parameter by the processing module.

5. The swim training system of claim 1, further comprising a photography device communicatively connected to the storage module and the output module, the photography device being configured to photo or shoot a user image, and transmit the user image to the storage module, for storage, or the output module, for displaying.

6. The swim training system of claim 1, wherein the input module is further configured to input a comparison exercise information, the comparison exercise information comprises a plurality of timings, the comparison exercise information further comprises either a plurality of instantaneous swimming speeds which respectively correspond to the plurality of timings or a plurality of comparison tensions which respectively correspond to the plurality of timings.

7. The swim training system of claim 1, wherein the sensor comprises:

a casing having an accommodating space and two through holes which are communicated with each other, and the two through holes located at two sides of the casing which are opposite to each other;

a bar penetrating through the casing, the bar having a first fastening end and a second fastening end which are opposite to each other, the first fastening end and the second fastening end respectively penetrating through the two through holes, and the first fastening end and the second fastening end being configured to be fastened by the connecting component;

a tension measurement module disposed in the accommodating space and electrically connected to the bar, and the tension measurement module being configured to measure the tension of the connecting component applied on the bar; and

two liquid resistant rings respectively disposed at the two through holes, each of the two liquid resistant rings has a clearance hole and a slit communicated with each other, the first fastening end and the second fastening end respectively penetrating through the two clearance holes, one of the two liquid resistant rings being pressed by the casing and the first fastening end and deformed to seal the corresponding slit, and the other one of the two liquid resistant rings being pressed by the casing and the second fastening end and deformed to seal the corresponding slit.

8. The swim training system of claim 7, wherein the sensor further comprises a circuit board and a liquid resistant cover, the circuit board is disposed in the accommodating space, and the circuit board has a charging connector, the casing further has a charging hole, the charging connector corresponds to the charging hole, and the liquid resistant cover openably seals the charging hole.

9. A swim data computation method for the swim training system of claim 1, comprising steps of:

selecting the conversion parameter from the conversion parameter table by the processing module according to the user information;

measuring the tension by the sensor;

acquiring the tension information by the processing module according to the tension obtained from the sensor; and

obtaining the exercise information by the processing module according to the tension information and the conversion parameter.

10. The swim data computation method of claim 9, wherein the step of obtaining the exercise information by the processing module according to the tension information and the conversion parameter comprises:

obtaining an instantaneous swimming speed by the processing module according to the conversion parameter and the tension in the tension information;

obtaining an average swimming speed or a swimming distance by the processing module according to two timings and two instantaneous swimming speeds corresponding to the two timings in two of the tension information; and

obtaining a calorie expenditure by the processing module according to the user information, the two timings and the two instantaneous swimming speeds corresponding to the two timings in the two tension information.

11. The swim data computation method of claim 9, wherein the step of selecting the conversion parameter from the conversion parameter table by the processing module according to the user information comprises:

selecting an original conversion parameter from the conversion parameter table by the processing module according to the user information;

selecting a buoyancy parameter from a buoyancy parameter table stored in the storage module by the processing module according to an auxiliary buoyancy provided to the user by an buoyancy auxiliary device; and

calibrating the original conversion parameter with the buoyancy parameter by the processing module to obtain the conversion parameter.

12. The swim data computation method of claim 9, further comprising a step of inputting the user information to the processing module or the storage module by the input module before the step of selecting the conversion parameter from the conversion parameter table by the processing module according to the user information.

13. A swim training method for the swim training system of claim 1, comprising steps of:

building a comparison exercise information of a comparison swimming process in the storage module, wherein the comparison exercise information comprises a Nth comparison instantaneous swimming speed to a (N+1)th comparison instantaneous swimming speed and a Nth timing to a (N+1)th timing which respectively correspond to the Nth comparison instantaneous swimming speed to the (N+1)th comparison instantaneous swimming speed, or a Nth comparison tension information to a (N+1)th comparison tension information and the Nth timing to the (N+1)th timing which respectively correspond to the Nth comparison tension information to the (N+1)th comparison tension information, wherein N is a positive integer greater than zero;

selecting the conversion parameter from the conversion parameter table by the processing module according to the user information;

measuring a Nth training tension to a (N+1)th training tension at the Nth timing to the (N+1)th timing, respectively, by the sensor, wherein the Nth training tension corresponds to the Nth timing, and the (N+1)th training tension corresponds to the (N+1)th timing;

acquiring a Nth training tension information to a (N+1)th training tension information by the processing module according to the Nth training tension to the (N+1)th training tension which are obtained from the sensor;

obtaining a training exercise information by the processing module, according to the Nth training tension information to the (N+1)th training tension information and the conversion parameter; and

comparing the comparison exercise information and the training exercise information corresponding to each other by the processing module to obtain a comparison result.

14. The swim training method of claim 13, wherein the comparison exercise information comprises a Nth comparison swimming distance corresponding to the Nth timing, the training exercise information comprises a Nth training swimming distance corresponding to the Nth timing, when the comparison result is that the Nth comparison swimming distance is greater than the Nth training swimming distance, the output module outputs a first notification, when the comparison result is that the Nth comparison swimming distance is smaller than the Nth training swimming distance, the output module outputs a second notification.

15. The swim training method of claim 13, wherein the comparison exercise information comprises a Nth comparison instantaneous swimming speed corresponding to the Nth timing, the training exercise information comprises a Nth training instantaneous swimming speed corresponding to the Nth timing, when the comparison result is that the Nth comparison instantaneous swimming speed is greater than the Nth training instantaneous swimming speed, the output module outputs a first notification, when the comparison result is that the Nth comparison instantaneous swimming speed is smaller than the Nth training instantaneous swimming speed, the output module outputs a second notification.

16. The swim training method of claim 13, wherein the comparison exercise information comprises a Nth comparison average swimming speed corresponding to the Nth timing, the training exercise information comprises a Nth training average swimming speed corresponding to the Nth timing, when the comparison result is that the Nth comparison average swimming speed is greater than the Nth training average swimming speed, the output module outputs a first notification, when the comparison result is that the Nth comparison average swimming speed is smaller than the Nth training average swimming speed, the output module outputs a second notification.

17. The swim training method of claim 13, wherein the output module visualizes the comparison exercise information, the training exercise information, and the comparison result.

18. The swim training method of claim 13, further comprising a step of outputting the comparison result by the output module, wherein the comparison result is output after the training exercise information corresponding to the Nth timing is obtained by the processing module but before the training exercise information corresponding to the (N+1)th timing is obtained by the processing module.

19. The swim training method of claim 13, wherein the comparison exercise information of the comparison swimming process is recorded by the swimming training system in the step of building the comparison exercise information of the comparison swimming process in the storage module.

20. The swim training method of claim 13, wherein the comparison exercise information of the comparison swimming process is inputted into the storage module by the inputting module in the step of building the comparison exercise information of the comparison swimming process in the storage module.

21. The swim training method of claim 13, wherein the step of selecting the conversion parameter from the conversion parameter table by the processing module according to the user information comprises:

selecting an original conversion parameter from the conversion parameter table by the processing module according to the user information;

selecting a buoyancy parameter from a buoyancy parameter table stored in the storage module by the processing module according to an auxiliary buoyancy provided to the user by an buoyancy auxiliary device; and

calibrating the original conversion parameter with the buoyancy parameter by the processing module to obtain the conversion parameter.