RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION BASED EXERCISE BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• US 20100167876A1
• Filed: 12/29/2008
• Published: 07/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tzu Chi University
• Original Assignee: Tzu Chi University
• Inventors: Cheng, Jen-Liang
• Application Number:
  US12/344,943
• Publication Number:
  US 20100167876A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/9
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/836 Sensors arranged on the body of the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/15 with identification means that can be read by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/20 with means for remote communication, e.g. internet or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/54 Transponders, e.g. RFID
• 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

Abstract

An RFID-based exercise behavior management system is disclosed. The system comprises an RFID tag, a front-end subsystem and a back-end subsystem. The RFID tag contains a unique identification for a participant and is carried by or implanted in the participant whose exercise behavior can be recorded automatically when he is engaging exercise in the field where the front-end subsystem is installed. The backend subsystem enables the recorded exercise behavior to be accessed ubiquitously and to be delivered to related personnel. Thus this invention helps any health promoting agent in realizing and developing trackable exercise programs.

Claims

1. An RFID-based exercise behavior management system for managing a participant'"'"'s exercise behavior, comprising:

an RFID tag which contains a unique identification for the participant and is carried by or implanted in the participant who is engaging exercise;

a front-end subsystem including one or more reading units placed on a route on which the exercise is proceeding for reading the identification in the RFID tag and generating visiting data; and

a back-end subsystem including a server on which a database software and an exercise managing software are running, wherein the server receives and processes the visiting data from the reading unit to derive the participant'"'"'s exercise behavior, and the exercise managing software enables the participant'"'"'s exercise behavior to be accessed or delivered ubiquitously via Internet.

2. The RFID-based exercise behavior management system according to claim 1 wherein the front-end subsystem is connected to the back-end subsystem through a data communication channel.

3. The RFID-based exercise behavior management system according to claim 1 wherein the visiting data includes the identification and a visiting time the identification is read, and are generated when the RFID tag is in a reading range of the reading unit due to an engagement of the exercise.

4. The RFID-based exercise behavior management system according to claim 3 wherein duration and distance of the exercise are derived by the visiting data and geographic information of the reading units.

5. The RFID-based exercise behavior management system according to claim 4 wherein a database stored in the server contains the identification, the participant'"'"'s physiological data and contacts, and the participant'"'"'s exercise behavior.

6. The RFID-based exercise behavior management system according to claim 5 wherein intensity and consumed energy of the exercise are derived by the duration, the distance, a type of the exercise, and the participant'"'"'s physiological data.

7. The RFID-based exercise behavior management system according to claim 1 wherein the exercise managing software comprises a web serving program, an email serving program, and a short message serving program to serve a web browsing on Internet, deliver exercising information, and send a message via a mobile network.

8. An RFID-based exercise behavior management system for managing a participant'"'"'s exercise behavior, comprising:

a writable RFID tag which contains a unique identification for the participant and is carried by or implanted in the participant who is engaging exercise;

a front-end subsystem including one or more writing units placed on a route on which the exercise is proceeding for appending visiting data into the RFID tag; and

a back-end subsystem including a reading unit and a server on which a database software and an exercise managing software are running, wherein the reading unit reads the identification and the visiting data in the RFID tag, the server receives and processes the identification and the visiting data from the reading unit to derive the participant'"'"'s exercise behavior, and the exercise managing software enables the participant'"'"'s exercise behavior to be accessed or delivered ubiquitously via Internet.

9. The RFID-based exercise behavior management system according to claim 8 wherein the reading unit is connected to the server through a data communication channel.

10. The RFID-based exercise behavior management system according to claim 8 wherein the identification and the visiting data in the RFID tag are read by the reading unit of the back-end subsystem when the exercise is completed.

11. The RFID-based exercise behavior management system according to claim 8 wherein the visiting data includes an identification of a site where the writing unit is placed and a visiting time, and are appended to the RFID tag when the RFID tag is in a writing range of the writing unit due to an engagement of the exercise.

12. The RFID-based exercise behavior management system according to claim 11 wherein duration and distance of the exercise are derived by the visiting data and geographic information of the writing units.

13. The RFID-based exercise behavior management system according to claim 12 wherein a database stored in the server contains the identification for the participant, the participant'"'"'s physiological data and contacts, and the participant'"'"'s exercise behavior.

14. The RFID-based exercise behavior management system according to claim 13 wherein intensity and consumed energy of the exercise are derived by the duration, the distance, a type of the exercise, and the participant'"'"'s physiological data.

15. The RFID-based exercise behavior management system according to claim 8 wherein the exercise managing software comprises a web serving program, an email serving program, and a short message serving program to serve a web browsing on Internet, deliver exercising information, and send a message via a mobile network.