BODY MOVEMENT DETECTION DEVICE

• US 20120265480A1
• Filed: 06/19/2012
• Published: 10/18/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Omron Healthcare Company Limited (Omron Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Omron Healthcare Company Limited (Omron Corporation)
• Inventors: OSHIMA, Yoshitake
• Granted Patent: US 9,339,214 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/138
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0242 adapted to measure environmental factors, e.g. temperature, pollution
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0257 using atmospheric pressure
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0219 Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1116 Determining posture transitions
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1123 Discriminating type of movement, e.g. walking or running A61B5/1116, A61B5/112 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6823 Trunk, e.g., chest, back, abdomen, hip

Abstract

A body movement detection device is provided with a main body, a display unit, and a control unit, the control unit including an ascent/descent method detection unit that detects whether a user who is wearing or carrying the main body is ascending/descending using a lift device, a counting unit that counts the number of times that the user ascends/descends using the lift device and the number of times that the user ascends/descends without using the lift device, based on the detection result of the ascent/descent method detection unit, and a display control unit that causes the display unit to display each of the values counted by the counting unit. The method by which the user ascends/descends can thereby be clearly displayed.

Claims

1. A body movement detection device comprising a main body, a display unit and a control unit, the control unit including:

ascent/descent method detection means for detecting whether a user who is wearing or carrying the main body is ascending/descending using a lift device;

counting means for counting a number of times that the user ascends/descends using the lift device and a number of times that the user ascends/descends without using the lift device, based on a detection result of the ascent/descent method detection means; and

display control means for causing the display unit to display each of the values counted by the counting means.

2. The body movement detection device according to claim 1, wherein the counting means counts the number of times that the user ascends/descends using the lift device and the number of times that the user ascends/descends without using the lift device, per ascent and descent.

3. The body movement detection device according to claim 1, wherein the counting means counts the number of times that the user ascends/descends using the lift device and the number of times that the user ascends/descends without using the lift device, per number of ascended/descended floors.

4. The body movement detection device according to claim 1 further comprising:

an acceleration sensor for detecting acceleration of the main body; and

an atmospheric pressure sensor for detecting an ambient atmospheric pressure of the main body,

wherein the ascent/descent method detection means detects whether the user is ascending/descending using the lift device, based on a detection result from the acceleration sensor and a detection result from the atmospheric pressure sensor.