ASSEMBLY AND THE OPERATING METHOD FOR EXERCISE AMOUNT MEASURING

• US 20100234181A1
• Filed: 12/03/2009
• Published: 09/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Sok, Jung-Hoon, Lim, Kyoung-Man, Park, Sei-Hwa, Im, Byung-Jai, Cho, Hyoung-Sang, Huh, Jin-Young
• Application Number:
  US12/630,085
• Publication Number:
  US 20100234181A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/8
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0661 arranged on the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/40 Acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/803 Motion sensors
• 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 71/0619 Displays, user interfaces and indicating devices, specially adapted for sport equipment, e.g. display mounted on treadmills
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 22/006 Pedometers

Abstract

An assembly for measuring an exercise amount corresponding to a user'"'"'s motion is provided. The assembly includes mounting kits and a unit for measuring an exercise amount. The unit is selectively fixed to one of the mounting kits that are placed on designated body portions of the user to measure an exercise amount corresponding to a motion of the user by applying an algorithm corresponding to the selected mounting kit. The assembly makes accurate measurement of an exercise amount possible by detecting various mounting locations of the unit mounted on a user and automatically applies an algorithm optimized for different locations.

Claims

1. An assembly for measuring an exercise amount, the assembly comprising:

a mounting kit placed on at least one designated body portion of a user; and

a unit selectively fixed to one of the mounting kits to measure an exercise amount corresponding to a motion by applying an algorithm corresponding to the body portion on to which the mounting kit is placed.

2. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the unit comprises:

a motion detector for outputting motion information of the user;

a mounting kit selector for outputting a signal for determining position of the mounting kit;

a controller for applying a relevant algorithm corresponding to a signal from the mounting kit selector to the motion information provided from the motion detector to measure an exercise amount; and

a display unit for displaying the measured exercise amount.

3. The assembly of claim 2, wherein the motion detector comprises an acceleration sensor for generating motion information from acceleration information corresponding to the user'"'"'s movement.

4. The assembly of claim 2, wherein the mounting kit selector comprises a plurality of sensors for detecting external stimulus at different locations, and discriminates a currently fixed mounting kit according to a signal generated from a relevant sensor.

5. The assembly of claim 4, wherein the sensors comprise a magnetic sensor formed at locations that are discriminated from one another for detecting magnetic force.

6. The assembly of claim 2, wherein the mounting kit selector comprises a plurality of switches for connecting an electrical circuit using external pressurizing at different locations, and when a switch formed at a relevant location is connected, the mounting kit selector determines a position of a mounting kit.

7. The assembly of claim 6, wherein the mounting kits comprise protrusions provided at locations that are discriminated from one another corresponding to the switches and.

8. The assembly of claim 2, wherein the mounting kit selector comprises a plurality of sensors for detecting an external stimulus, and determines a position of the mounting kit according to a size of a signal generated from the sensor.

9. The assembly of claim 8, wherein the sensors comprise a pressure sensor for outputting a signal proportional to an applied pressure, wherein the sensors comprise pressurizing protrusions of different heights for pressurizing the corresponding pressure sensor.

10. The assembly of claim 1, wherein when the mounting kit is not used or the unit is mounted on a body portion that is not supported by the mounting kit to measure an exercise amount, the unit allows the user to selectively apply an algorithm.

11. An apparatus for measuring an exercise amount, the apparatus comprising:

a motion detector for outputting motion information;

a controller for selecting and performing an algorithm to determine an exercise amount from the outputted motion information based on the location of the motion detector.

12. A method for measuring an exercise amount in a unit fixed to a mounting kit attached to a designated body portion of a user, the unit measuring an exercise amount corresponding to the user'"'"'s motion, the method comprising:

determining whether a known mounting kit exists;

when the selectively fixed mounting kit does not exist, measuring an exercise amount corresponding to the user'"'"'s motion by applying an algorithm corresponding to the user'"'"'s selection; and

when the selectively fixed mounting kit exists, measuring an exercise amount corresponding to the user'"'"'s motion by applying an algorithm corresponding to the position of the mounting kit.

13. A method for measuring an exercise amount in a unit fixed a mounting kit placed on a designated body portion of a user to measure an exercise amount corresponding to the user'"'"'s motion, the method comprising:

detecting a location of the mounting kit;

obtaining motion information depending on a user'"'"'s motion; and

measuring an exercise amount by applying the obtained motion information to a algorithm corresponding to the location of the detected mounting kit.

14. An exercise measurement apparatus comprising;

a processor in communication with a memory, the memory including code which when executed by the processor causes the process to;

receive a signal from at least one sensor, the signal being associated with a location of an exercise measuring unit;

count a movement of the exercise measuring unit;

select an algorithm for converting the movement of the exercise measuring unit into an exercise measurement.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 further comprising:

input means for inputting an algorithm selection.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, further comprising:

a display for displaying the exercise measurement.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the sensors are located in a mounting device, wherein the sensors are associated with different locations of the exercise measuring unit.

18. The apparatus of claim 14 wherein the sensors are associated with switches for connecting an electric circuit associated with different location of the exercise measuring unit.