Exercise support system

• US 20050064995A1
• Filed: 11/04/2004
• Published: 03/24/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Konami Sports & Life Company Limited (Konami Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Konami Sports & Life Company Limited (Konami Corporation)
• Inventors: Shitan, Yasuhiro
• Application Number:
  US10/982,937
• Publication Number:
  US 20050064995A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/8
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/00 Electric or electronic controls for exercising apparatus of preceding groups; Controlling or monitoring of exercises, sportive games, training or athletic performances
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/00 Training appliances or apparatus for special sports training of parachutists B64D23/00
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/00 ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical references

Abstract

An exercise support system 10 including current physical information obtaining means 100 for obtaining the current physical information on the body of a user, desired physical information receiving means 200 for receiving desired physical information on the body desired by the user, exercise program calculating means 300 for calculating an exercise program based on the obtained current physical information and the received desired physical information, and display means 400 for displaying the calculated exercise program.

Claims

1. An exercise support system comprising:

current physical information obtaining means for obtaining current physical information on a current body of a user;

desired physical information receiving means for receiving desired physical information on a body desired by the user;

exercise program calculating means for calculating an exercise program based on the obtained current physical information and the received desired physical information; and

presenting means for presenting the calculated exercise program.

2. An exercise support system as claimed in claim 1, wherein

said current physical information obtaining means comprises external body shape information obtaining means for obtaining data on a current external body shape of the user as the current physical information, and

said exercise program calculating means calculates the exercise program based on the data.

3. An exercise support system as claimed in claim 2, wherein said external body shape information obtaining means obtains three-dimensional data on the current external body shape of the user.

4. An exercise support system as claimed in claim 3, further comprising surface area calculating means for calculating a current surface area of the user based on the three-dimensional data obtained by said external body shape information obtaining means,

wherein said exercise program calculating means calculates the exercise program based on the calculated surface area, the obtained current physical information, and the received desired physical information.

5. An exercise support system as claimed in claim 1, wherein

said desired physical information receiving means comprises desired external body shape information obtaining means for receiving desired external body shape data as the desired physical information, and

said exercise program calculating means calculates the exercise program based on the received desired external body shape data.

6. An exercise support system as claimed in claim 0.1, wherein

said current physical information obtaining means comprises current body weight information obtaining means for obtaining current body weight data indicating current body weight of the user as the current physical information, and

said exercise program calculating means calculates the exercise program based on the obtained current body weight data.

7. An exercise support system as claimed in claim 1, wherein

said desired physical information receiving means comprises desired body weight information receiving means for receiving desired body weight data indicating desired body weight as the desired physical information, and

said exercise program calculating means calculates the exercise program based on the received desired body weight data.

8. An exercise support system as claimed in claim 1, wherein

said current physical information obtaining means comprises current body fat percentage information obtaining means for obtaining current body fat percentage data indicating current body fat percentage of the user as the current physical information, and

said exercise program calculating means calculates the exercise program based on the obtained current body fat percentage data.

9. An exercise support system as claimed in claim 1, wherein

said desired physical information receiving means comprises desired body fat receiving means for receiving desired body fat percentage data indicating desired body fat percentage as the desired physical information, and

said exercise program calculating means calculates the exercise program based on the received desired body fat percentage data.

10. An exercise support system as claimed in claim 1, wherein

said current physical information obtaining means comprises meal information obtaining means for obtaining meal data indicating content of current meal of the user as the current physical information, and

said exercise program calculating means calculates the exercise program based on the obtained meal data.

11. An exercise support system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising history storing means for storing a history of the current physical information of the user, wherein

said exercise program calculating means calculates the exercise program by referring to the history.

12. An exercise support system as claimed in claim 2, further comprising laterality detecting means for detecting a difference in the obtained data on the current external body shape between left and right regions of the body of the user, wherein said exercise program calculating means calculates the exercise program, which is different between left and right regions of the body of the user, based on the detected difference between left and right.

13. An exercise support system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising exercised region table storing means for storing an exercised region table in which a kind of exercise and corresponding strength of exercise on a plurality of regions of the body are stored, wherein said exercise program calculating means calculates the exercise program by referring to the exercised region table.

14. An exercise support system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising calorie consumption table storing means for storing a calorie consumption table in which a kind of exercise and corresponding calorie consumption are stored, wherein said exercise program calculating means calculates the exercise program by referring to the calorie consumption table.

15. An exercise support system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said exercise program calculating means calculates a kind of exercise and an exercise time for the kind of exercise as the exercise program.

16. An exercise support system as claimed in claim 15 further comprising meal program calculating means for calculating meal to be taken and a calorie intake of the meal based on the obtained current physical information, the received desired physical information, and the calculated exercise program.

17. An exercise support system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said presenting means comprises display means for displaying the calculated exercise program.

18. An exercise support system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said presenting means comprises exercise program storing means for storing the calculated exercise program which corresponds to the user.

19. An exercise support system comprising:

current physical information obtaining means for obtaining current physical information of a user;

exercise program receiving means for receiving an exercise program of the user;

future physical information calculating means for calculating future physical information, which is physical information when the user has exercised according to the exercise program, based on the obtained current physical information and the received exercise program; and

presenting means for presenting the future physical information.

20. An exercise support system as claimed in claim 19, wherein

said current physical information obtaining means comprises external body shape information obtaining means for obtaining data on a current external body shape of the user as the current physical information, and

said future physical information calculating means calculates future physical information based on the data.

21. An exercise support system as claimed in claim 20, wherein said external body shape information obtaining means obtains three-dimensional data on the current external body shape of the user.

22. An exercise support system as claimed in claim 21, further comprising surface area calculating means for calculating a current surface area of the user based on the three-dimensional data obtained by said external body shape information obtaining means, wherein

said future physical information calculating means calculates the future physical information based on the calculated surface area, the obtained current physical information, and the received exercise program.

23. An exercise support system as claimed in claim 19, wherein

said current physical information obtaining means comprises current body weight information obtaining means for obtaining body weight data indicating current body weight of the user as the current physical information, and

said future physical information calculating means calculates the future physical information based on the obtained body weight data.

24. An exercise support system as claimed in claim 19, wherein

said current physical information obtaining means comprises current body fat percentage information obtaining means for obtaining body fat percentage data indicating current body fat percentage of the user as the current physical information, and

said future physical information calculating means calculates the future physical information based on the obtained body fat percentage data.

25. An exercise support system as claimed in claim 19, wherein

said current physical information obtaining means comprises meal information obtaining means for obtaining meal data indicating content of current meal of the user as the current physical information, and

said future physical information calculating means calculates the future physical information based on the obtained meal data.

26. An exercise support system as claimed in claim 19, further comprising history storing means for storing a history of the current physical information of the user, wherein

said future physical information calculating means calculates the future physical information by referring to the history.

27. An exercise support system as claimed in claim 20, further comprising laterality detecting means for detecting a difference in the obtained data on the current external body shape between left and right regions of the body of the user, wherein

said exercise program receiving means receives the exercise program which is different between left and right regions of the body, and

said future physical information calculating means calculates the future physical information, which is different between left and right regions of the body, based on the detected difference between left and right and the received exercise program.

28. An exercise support system as claimed in claim 19, wherein

said exercise program receiving means comprises kind-of-exercise receiving means for receiving a kind of exercise and an exercise time for the kind of exercise as the exercise program, and

said future physical information calculating means calculates the future physical information based on the kind of exercise and the received exercise time.

29. An exercise support system as claimed in claim 28, wherein

said exercise program receiving means comprises meal program receiving means for receiving meal to be taken and a calorie intake of the meal as the exercise program, and

said future physical information calculating means calculates the future physical information based on the meal to be taken and the received calorie intake.

30. An exercise support system as claimed in claim 19, further comprising exercised region table storing means for storing an exercised region table in which a kind of exercise and corresponding strength of exercise on a plurality of regions of the body are stored, wherein

said future physical information calculating means calculates the future physical information by referring to the exercised region table.

31. An exercise support system as claimed in claim 19, further comprising calorie consumption table storing means for storing a calorie consumption table in which a kind of exercise and corresponding calorie consumption are stored, wherein

said future physical information calculating means calculates the future physical information by referring to the calorie consumption table.

32. An exercise support system as claimed in claim 19, further comprising external body shape change table storing means for storing an external body shape change table in which the exercise program and corresponding three-dimensional data on a change in the external body shape are stored, wherein

said future physical information calculating means calculates three-dimensional data as the future physical information by referring to the external body shape change table.

33. An exercise support system as claimed in claim 19, further comprising measurements change table storing means for storing a measurements change table in which the exercise program and corresponding numeric value data on changes in breast, waist and hip are stored, wherein

said future physical information calculating means calculates numeric value data on breast, waist and hip as the future physical information by referring to the measurements change table.

34. An exercise support system as claimed in claim 19, wherein said future physical information calculating means calculates body fat percentage as the future physical information.

35. An exercise support system as claimed in claim 19, wherein said future physical information calculating means calculates body weight as the future physical information.

36. An exercise support system as claimed in one of claims 19 to 35, wherein said presenting means comprises display means for displaying the calculated future physical information.

37. An exercise support system as claimed in claim 19, wherein said presenting means comprises future physical information storing means for storing the calculated future physical information.

38. A machine readable medium storing thereon a program for allowing a computer to function as:

current physical information obtaining means for obtaining current physical information on a current body of a user;

desired physical information receiving means for receiving desired physical information on a body desired by the user;

exercise program calculating means for calculating an exercise program based on the obtained current physical information and the received desired physical information; and

presenting means for presenting the calculated exercise program.

39. A machine readable medium storing thereon a program for allowing a computer to function as:

current physical information obtaining means for obtaining current physical information of a user;

exercise program receiving means for receiving an exercise program of the user;

future physical information calculating means for calculating future physical information, which is physical information when the user has exercised according to the exercise program, based on the obtained current physical information and the received exercise program; and

presenting means for presenting the future physical information.