Exercise content setting system, exercise content setting apparatus, exercise content setting method, and exercise content setting program

• US 10,350,456 B2
• Filed: 09/20/2016
• Issued: 07/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Umetsu, Jun, Shirouzu, Ryoma, Hasei, Hironori
• Primary Examiner(s): Shah, Milap
• Application Number:
  US15/271,059
• Publication Number:
  US 20170100636A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,029 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/11 Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor, mobility of a limb for measuring pulse A61B5/02 ;A61B5/1038 takes precedence; motion detection to correct for motion artifacts in physiological signals A61B5/721
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/62 Time or time measurement used for time reference, time stamp, master time or clock signal
• 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 24/0075 Means for generating exercise programs or schemes, e.g. computerized virtual trainer, e.g. using expert databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0639 Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0038 Sports
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising

Abstract

An exercise content setting system includes a terminal apparatus that acquires and transmits the daily activity information of a user; and an exercise content setting apparatus that sets exercise content information indicating content of an exercise according to a preset purpose based on the activity information acquired from the terminal apparatus.

Claims

1. An exercise content setting system comprising:

a terminal apparatus that acquires and transmits activity information of a user; and

an exercise content setting apparatus associated with a predetermined facility and that sets exercise content information indicating an exercise content, which includes one or more exercises to be performed by the user, according to a preset purpose based on the activity information acquired from the terminal apparatus,

wherein the activity information includes

daily activity information that indicates activity of the user performed while the user is away from the predetermined facility, and

facility activity information that indicates activity of the user performed while the user is at the predetermined facility, and

the exercise content setting apparatus sets the exercise content information and the one or more exercises to be performed by the user, based on both the daily activity information and the facility activity information,

the exercise content information includes at least one of an exercise intensity and an exercise time of the one or more exercises to be performed by the user and an exercise menu, which contains an order in which the one or more exercises should be performed, set based on the exercise intensity and the exercise time,

the exercise content setting apparatus retains use information indicating a use state of equipment disposed in the predetermined facility, the use state indicates whether or not the equipment is scheduled to be in use by another user while exercises are being performed by the user, and

in a case in which the exercise menu is included in the exercise content information, the order of exercises in the exercise menu is set such that a waiting time for the equipment is shortest based on the use state of the equipment in the predetermined facility.

2. The exercise content setting system according to claim 1,

wherein the activity information includes at least one of an exercise intensity of an exercise performed by the user, an exercise time of the exercise, consumed calories of the user, a calorie balance which is a balance of intake calories and the consumed calories of the user, an index value regarding a sleep state of the user, and an index value regarding a degree of fatigue of the user.

3. The exercise content setting system according to claim 1,

wherein the exercise content setting apparatus transmits the set exercise content information to the terminal apparatus.

4. The exercise content setting system according to claim 1,

wherein the exercise content setting apparatus includes

an information accumulation apparatus that accumulates the activity information, and

an information processing apparatus that acquires the activity information from the information accumulation apparatus and sets the exercise content information based on the acquired activity information.

5. The exercise content setting system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a result information generation apparatus that generates exercise result information indicating a result of the exercise performed by the user according to the exercise content information.

6. The exercise content setting system according to claim 1,

wherein the exercise content indicated by the exercise content information includes an exercise to be performed by the user in the predetermined facility, and

wherein the exercise content setting system further comprises:

an additional exercise content setting apparatus that sets additional exercise content information indicating additional exercise content to be performed by the user away from the predetermined facility according to the preset purpose based on a result of the exercise performed by the user according to the exercise content information.

7. The exercise content setting system according to claim 1,

wherein the exercise content indicated by the exercise content information includes an exercise to be performed by the user in the predetermined facility, and

wherein the exercise content setting apparatus sets the exercise content information according to a scheduled stay time of the user in the predetermined facility.

8. The exercise content setting system according to claim 1,

wherein the terminal apparatus retains unique identification information, and

wherein exercise content setting apparatus acquires the identification information and specifies the user based on the acquired identification information.

9. The exercise content setting system according to claim 1,

wherein the exercise content setting apparatus sets the exercise content information based on an exercise time of the user based on the activity information and a within-range exercise time which is a time in which the exercise is performed within a predetermined exercise intensity range in the exercise time.

10. The exercise content setting system according to claim 1, wherein

the exercise content setting apparatus registers points in time indicating whenever a user enters and exits the predetermined facility, and

when the exercise content setting apparatus acquires the activity information, only the daily activity information of the user that occurred from a most recent exit point in time to a most recent entrance point in time is acquired.

11. An exercise content setting apparatus comprising:

an activity information acquisition unit associated with a predetermined facility and that acquires activity information of a user from a terminal apparatus that acquires and transmits the activity information of the user; and

an exercise content setting unit that sets an exercise content information, which includes one or more exercises to be performed by the user, according to a preset purpose based on the acquired activity information,

wherein the activity information includes

daily activity information that indicates activity of the user performed while the user is away from the predetermined facility, and

facility activity information that indicates activity of the user performed while the user is at the predetermined facility, and

the exercise content setting unit sets the exercise content information and the one or more exercises to be performed by the user based on both the daily activity information and the facility activity information,

the exercise content information includes at least one of an exercise intensity and an exercise time of the one or more exercises to be performed by the user and an exercise menu, which contains an order in which the one or more exercises should be performed, set based on the exercise intensity and the exercise time,

the exercise content setting unit retains use information indicating a use state of equipment disposed in the predetermined facility, the use state indicates whether or not the equipment is scheduled to be in use by another user while exercises are being performed by the user, and

in a case in which the exercise menu is included in the exercise content information, the order of exercises in the exercise menu is set such that a waiting time for the equipment is shortest based on the use state of the equipment in the predetermined facility.

12. An exercise content setting method which is performed using an information processing apparatus associated with a predetermined facility and is a method of setting an exercise content performed by a user, the method comprising:

acquiring activity information of the user by the information processing apparatus;

setting an exercise content, which includes one or more exercises to be performed by the user, according to a preset purpose based on the acquired activity information by the information processing apparatus; and

acquiring use information indicating a use state of equipment disposed in the predetermined facility, the use state indicating whether or not the equipment is scheduled to be in use by another user while exercises are being performed by the user,

wherein the activity information includes

daily activity information that indicates activity of the user performed while the user is away from the predetermined facility, and

facility activity information that indicates activity of the user performed while the user is at the predetermined facility, and

the exercise content and the one or more exercises to be performed by the user are set based on both the daily activity information and the facility activity information,

the exercise content includes at least one of an exercise intensity and an exercise time of the one or more exercises to be performed by the user and an exercise menu, which contains an order in which the one or more exercises should be performed, set based on the exercise intensity and the exercise time,

in a case in which the exercise menu is included in the exercise content, the order of exercises in the exercise menu is set such that a waiting time for the equipment is shortest based on the use state of the equipment in the predetermined facility.

13. The exercise content setting method according to claim 12, further comprising:

generating exercise result information indicating a result of the exercise performed by the user according to the exercise content.

14. The exercise content setting method according to claim 12,

wherein the exercise content includes an exercise to be performed by the user in the predetermined facility, and

wherein the exercise content setting method further comprises:

setting additional exercise content to be performed by the user away from the predetermined facility according to the preset purpose based on a result of the exercise performed by the user according to the exercise content.

15. An exercise content setting program, stored in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, which is executed by an information processing apparatus associated with a predetermined facility and sets an exercise content, which includes one or more exercises to be performed by a user, the program causing the information processing apparatus to perform:

acquiring activity information of the user; and

setting the exercise content according to a preset purpose based on the acquired activity information; and

acquiring use information indicating a use state of equipment disposed in the predetermined facility, the use state indicating whether or not the equipment is scheduled to be in use by another user while exercises are being performed by the user,

wherein the activity information includes

daily activity information that indicates activity of the user performed while the user is away from the predetermined facility, and

facility activity information that indicates activity of the user performed while the user is at the predetermined facility, and

the exercise content and the one or more exercises to be performed by the user are set based on both the daily activity information and the facility activity information,

the exercise content includes at least one of an exercise intensity and an exercise time of the one or more exercises to be performed by the user and an exercise menu, which contains an order in which the one or more exercises should be performed, set based on the exercise intensity and the exercise time,

in a case in which the exercise menu is included in the exercise content, the order of exercises in the exercise menu is set such that a waiting time for the equipment is shortest based on the use state of the equipment in the predetermined facility.

16. The exercise content setting program according to claim 15,

wherein the exercise content setting program causes the information processing apparatus to further perform:

generating exercise result information indicating a result of the exercise performed by the user according to the exercise content.

17. The exercise content setting program according to claim 15,

wherein the exercise content includes an exercise to be performed by the user in the predetermined facility, and

wherein the exercise content setting method further comprises:

setting additional exercise content to be performed by the user away from the predetermined facility according to the preset purpose based on a result of the exercise performed by the user according to the exercise content.