Exercise assisting method and apparatus implementing such method
First Claim
1. An exercise assisting apparatus, comprising:
- an exercise equipment having a movable portion for causing a user to exercise on a specified load condition, exercise detecting means for detecting a movement of the movable portion of the exercising equipment, pulse rate detecting means for detecting the pulse rate of the user, exercise monitoring means for monitoring an exercising state of the user in accordance with the detection results of the exercise detecting means and the pulse rate detecting means, a monitor provided on the exercising equipment for displaying a background image and a character corresponding to the user, image displaying means for causing the character to make a simulated motion related to the exercise within the background image on a screen of the monitor in accordance with the detection result of the exercise detecting means, game executing means for causing the character to make a specified motion belonging to the simulated exercise, and game evaluating means for giving a higher evaluation as the executed specified motion is made in a state closer to the one corresponding to a target pulse rate set beforehand.
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Abstract
An exercise assisting apparatus is provided with a cycling machine for causing a user to turn pedals 11b under the action of a load of an electromagnetic clutch 12b, a rotation sensor 11c for detecting a pedaling movement of the cycling machine, a pulse sensor 19 for detecting the pulse rate of the user, an exercise monitoring unit for monitoring the pulse rate of the user, etc. in accordance with the detection results of the rotation sensor 11c and the pulse sensor 19, a monitor 14 for displaying a background image, a roll-playing character 102 and the like, an image processor for causing the roll-playing character 102 to make a simulated motion related to the pedal turning movement within the background image on a screen of the monitor 14 in accordance with the detection result of the rotation sensor 11c, a game executing unit for causing the roll-playing character 102 to jump, and a game evaluating unit for giving a higher evaluation as a landing position after the jump is closer to the one reached when the jump is made at a target pulse rate set beforehand.
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12 Claims
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1. An exercise assisting apparatus, comprising:
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an exercise equipment having a movable portion for causing a user to exercise on a specified load condition, exercise detecting means for detecting a movement of the movable portion of the exercising equipment, pulse rate detecting means for detecting the pulse rate of the user, exercise monitoring means for monitoring an exercising state of the user in accordance with the detection results of the exercise detecting means and the pulse rate detecting means, a monitor provided on the exercising equipment for displaying a background image and a character corresponding to the user, image displaying means for causing the character to make a simulated motion related to the exercise within the background image on a screen of the monitor in accordance with the detection result of the exercise detecting means, game executing means for causing the character to make a specified motion belonging to the simulated exercise, and game evaluating means for giving a higher evaluation as the executed specified motion is made in a state closer to the one corresponding to a target pulse rate set beforehand. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An exercise assisting method using an exercise assisting apparatus including an exercising equipment with a movable portion and a monitor to display a background image for letting a user to exercise on a specified load condition, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) detecting a movement of the movable portion of the exercising equipment and a pulse rate of the user, (b) monitoring an exercising state of the user in accordance with these detection results, (c) causing a character corresponding to the user to make a simulated motion related to the exercise within the background image displayed on the monitor screen in accordance with the detected exercising state, (d) causing the character to make a specified game motion belong to the simulated exercise, and (e) giving a higher evaluation as the executed specified game motion is made in a state closer to the one corresponding to a target pulse rate set beforehand. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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