Integrated health and entertainment management system for smart handheld device

• US 20120184823A1
• Filed: 01/14/2011
• Published: 07/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cycling & Health Tech Industry R&D Center
• Original Assignee: Cycling & Health Tech Industry R&D Center
• Inventors: Chen, Chung-Chieh
• Application Number:
  US12/930,750
• Publication Number:
  US 20120184823A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/301
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/10 Athletes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0065 Evaluating the fitness, e.g. fitness level or fitness index
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0096 using performance related parameters for controlling electronic or video games or avatars
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/06 User-manipulated weights
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/0023 the inclination of the main axis of the movement path being adjustable, e.g. the inclination of an endless band
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/0056 the pivoting movement being in a vertical plane, e.g. steppers with a horizontal axis platforms for rocking motion about a horizontal axis A63B22/16
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/0605 performing a circular movement, e.g. ergometers
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/0664 performing an elliptic movement
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/40 Acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/50 Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/062 used as a control parameter for the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/30 blood pressure A63B2230/04 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/425 used as a control parameter for the apparatus
• 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 24/0087 Electric or electronic controls for exercising apparatus of groups A63B21/00 - A63B23/00, e.g. controlling load
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/16 for cycling , i.e. arrangements on or for real bicycles
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0622 Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/212 using sensors worn by the player, e.g. for measuring heart beat or leg activity
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/285 Generating tactile feedback signals via the game input device, e.g. force feedback
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/65 : automatically by game devices or servers from real world data, e.g. measurement in live racing competition
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/67 : adaptively or by learning from player actions, e.g. skill level adjustment or by storing successful combat sequences for re-use
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/79 : involving player-related data, e.g. identities, accounts, preferences or play histories
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/816 : Athletics, e.g. track-and-field sports
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/92 : Video game devices specially adapted to be hand-held while playing
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1012 : involving biosensors worn by the player, e.g. for measuring heart beat, limb activity
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8005 : Athletics
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 : relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising

Abstract

An integrated health and entertainment management system for a smart handheld device contains a game controlling unit, an external operating signal receiving module, a data analyzing module, a feedback signal generating module, an external apparatus controlling unit; and a controlling signal transmitting module. The system interfaces the smart handheld device with an external exercise apparatus so as to allow a user who uses the smart handheld device when operating the exercise apparatus to perform personal health and entertainment management.

Claims

1. An integrated health and entertainment management system for a smart handheld device that supports at least one communication means, the integrated health and entertainment management system comprising:

a game controlling unit, having;

a game interface module for providing an interface in a display unit of the smart handheld device;

an external operating signal receiving module for receiving an operating signal from an external exercise apparatus, the operating signal being a resultant of real-time operation made by a user toward the external exercise apparatus;

a data analyzing module for comparing the operating signal with a default, then accordingly generating a comparison result, and transforming the comparison result into a real-time dynamic image of a target in said interface;

a feedback signal generating module for producing a feedback signal according to the comparison result; and

an external apparatus controlling unit, having;

a processor module for generating a controlling signal according to a predetermined training program and adjusting the controlling signal according to the feedback signal, so as to change the predetermined training program; and

a controlling signal transmitting module for sending out the controlling signal to drive the external exercise apparatus to execute the unchanged or changed predetermined training program.

2. The integrated health and entertainment management system of claim 1, the integrated health and entertainment management system further includes a health management unit, having:

a biological library module to be loaded with the user'"'"'s physiological information and updated through the smart handheld device; and

a private coaching module for calculating a matching physical fitness standard and a training program according to the user'"'"'s physiological information.

3. The integrated health and entertainment management system of claim 2, wherein the health management unit further includes a biological signal receiving module that receives a biological signal from a biological signal monitoring device and feedbacks the biological signal to the health management unit for being as a reference to the private coaching module, when the private coaching module determines that the biological signal is higher than an upper threshold, the private coaching module triggering the processor module to adjust the controlling signal so as to decrease difficulty level in the predetermined training program, and when the biological signal is lower than a lower threshold, the private coaching module triggering the processor module to adjust the controlling signal so as to increase a difficulty level in the predetermined training program.

4. The integrated health and entertainment management system of claim 3, wherein the biological signal monitoring device includes a heartbeat counter, a tonometer and/or a respirometer sending the biological signal in forms of heartbeat rates, blood pressure values and breathing rates, and the upper and the lower thresholds are heartbeat rates, blood pressure values and breathing rates.

5. The integrated health and entertainment management system of claim 1, wherein the communication means of the smart handheld device includes infrared transmission, Bluetooth, WIFI or USB connection technology.

6. The integrated health and entertainment management system of claim 1, wherein the smart handheld device is equipped with a gravity-sensing device, and the external exercise apparatus has a flexible operating device, when the flexible operating device is physically connected with the smart handheld device, the user'"'"'s operation toward the flexible operating apparatus being detected and directly effecting on the gravity-sensing device and the gravity-sensing device generating a sensing signal to be received and processed by the data analyzing module for generating the comparison result.

7. The integrated health and entertainment management system of claim 2, wherein the health management unit connects to an external database through the communication means supported by the smart handheld device, and the data collected from the external database is referred by the private coaching module in calculating a matching physical fitness standard and a training program and in suggesting moderate sport items and intensity thereof.

8. The integrated health and entertainment management system of claim 2, wherein the user'"'"'s physiological information includes age, sex, height, weight and/or personal medical history.

9. The integrated health and entertainment management system of claim 1, wherein the external exercise apparatus is a physical training equipment, including a weight training apparatus, a motorized treadmill, a freewheeler, an upright cycle, an ellipse slider or a stepping exerciser.

10. The integrated health and entertainment management system of claim 1, wherein the smart handheld device having said integrated health and entertainment management system further combines with another smart handheld device having the same integrated health and entertainment management system, thus allowing any of users of said smart handheld devices to operate a target that displays simultaneously in the interface in both smart handheld devices.

11. The integrated health and entertainment management system of claim 2, wherein the health management unit further comprises an identification module for allowing more than one user to establish exclusive personal physiological information in the biological library module and to update such information through the smart handheld device.