EXERCISE ASSISTANCE DEVICE, EXERCISE ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20110077130A1
• Filed: 09/29/2010
• Published: 03/31/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: OMURA, Kazuhiro
• Application Number:
  US12/893,390
• Publication Number:
  US 20110077130A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/9
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/00 Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions gaming systems which provide a financial reward G07F17/32
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/23 Recognition of whole body movements, e.g. for sport training
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0066 using a MIDI interface
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/201 for movement interpretation, i.e. capturing and recognizing a gesture or a specific kind of movement, e.g. to control a musical instrument
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/455 Camera input, e.g. analyzing pictures from a video camera and using the analysis results as control data
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/131 Library retrieval, i.e. searching a database or selecting a specific musical piece, segment, pattern, rule or parameter set

Abstract

An exercise assistance device includes: a first acquisition unit which acquires plural pieces of exercise scene information representing a scene when an exercise motion is performed and plural pieces of motion information representing the exercise motions, the plural pieces of exercise scene information being associated with the plural pieces of motion information; a second acquisition unit which acquires plural pieces of exercise order information which describes an order to perform the exercise motions corresponding to the exercise scene information; a first selection unit which selects one of the pieces of exercise order information acquired by the second acquisition unit; a decision unit which decides, from plural pieces of motion information, the motion information corresponding to the exercise scene information included in the exercise order information selected by the first selection unit; and a generation unit which generates a display signal to display the motion information decided by the decision unit on a display unit.

Claims

1. An exercise assistance device comprising:

a first acquisition unit which acquires plural pieces of exercise scene information representing a scene when an exercise motion is performed and plural pieces of motion information representing the exercise motions, the plural pieces of exercise scene information being associated with the plural pieces of motion information;

a second acquisition unit which acquires plural pieces of exercise order information which describes an order to perform the exercise motions corresponding to the exercise scene information;

a first selection unit which selects one of the pieces of exercise order information acquired by the second acquisition unit;

a decision unit which decides, from plural pieces of motion information, the motion information corresponding to the exercise scene information included in the exercise order information selected by the first selection unit; and

a generation unit which generates a display signal to display the motion information decided by the decision unit on a display unit.

2. The exercise assistance device according to claim 1, the exercise scene information includes scenario attribute information defining one of main exercise having exercise motions as a main movement of a body, warm-up exercise for preparation before the main exercise, and cool-down exercise for cooling down the body after the main exercise.

3. The exercise assistance device according to claim 2, wherein the exercise scene information includes exercise type information defining one of aerobic exercise, anaerobic exercise, and stretching exercise for stretching the body.

4. The exercise assistance device according to claim 1, wherein the exercise scene information includes scenario attribute information representing the scene a scene when the exercise motion is performed, and exercise stress information representing stress of an exercise motion in the exercise scene information.

5. The exercise assistance device according to claim 4, wherein

the scenario attribute information defines one of main exercise having exercise motions as a main movement of a body, warm-up exercise for preparation before the main exercise, and cool-down exercise for cooling down the body after the main exercise, and

the exercise stress information defines one of aerobic exercise, anaerobic exercise, and stretching exercise for stretching the body.

6. The exercise assistance device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a second selection unit which selects desired motion information from among the motion information displayed on the display unit; and

a creation unit which creates an exercise menu including the exercise scene information having the selected motion information based on the motion information selected by the second selection unit.

7. An exercise assistance method comprising:

acquiring plural pieces of exercise scene information representing a scene when an exercise motion is performed and plural pieces of motion information representing the exercise motions, the plural pieces of exercise scene information being associated with the plural pieces of motion information;

acquiring plural pieces of exercise order information which describes an order to perform the exercise motions corresponding to the exercise scene information;

selecting one of the pieces of acquired exercise order information;

deciding, from plural pieces of motion information, the motion information corresponding to the exercise scene information included in the selected exercise order information; and

generating a display signal to display the decided motion information on a display unit.

8. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a program, which causes a computer to execute:

acquiring plural pieces of exercise scene information representing a scene when an exercise motion is performed and plural pieces of motion information representing the exercise motions, the plural pieces of exercise scene information being associated with the plural pieces of motion information;

acquiring plural pieces of exercise order information which describes an order to perform the exercise motions corresponding to the exercise scene information;

selecting one of the pieces of acquired exercise order information;

deciding, from plural pieces of motion information, the motion information corresponding to the exercise scene information included in the selected exercise order information; and

generating a display signal to display the decided motion information on a display unit.