ACTIVITY METER, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
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1. An activity meter comprising:
- an accelerometer for detecting movement of a body; and
a control unit connected to the accelerometer,wherein the control unit;
determines segments corresponding to single cycles of body movement based on a detection output from the accelerometer;
based on a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value in the detection output from the accelerometer that correspond to the determined segments of the single cycles, specifies a type of activity performed in a predetermined period that includes the segments;
tentatively determines the type of activity performed in the segments; and
determines that the type of activity that has been tentatively determined most often in the segments in the predetermined period is the type of activity in all the segments in the predetermined period.
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Abstract
An activity meter includes an accelerometer for detecting movement of a body and a control unit connected to the accelerometer. The control unit determines segments corresponding to single cycles of body movement based on a detection output from the accelerometer, and based on a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value in the detection output from the accelerometer that correspond to the determined segments of the single cycles, specifies a type of activity performed in a predetermined period that includes the segments.
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7 Claims
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1. An activity meter comprising:
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an accelerometer for detecting movement of a body; and a control unit connected to the accelerometer, wherein the control unit; determines segments corresponding to single cycles of body movement based on a detection output from the accelerometer; based on a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value in the detection output from the accelerometer that correspond to the determined segments of the single cycles, specifies a type of activity performed in a predetermined period that includes the segments; tentatively determines the type of activity performed in the segments; and determines that the type of activity that has been tentatively determined most often in the segments in the predetermined period is the type of activity in all the segments in the predetermined period. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. An activity meter comprising:
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an accelerometer for detecting movement of a body; and a control unit connected to the accelerometer, wherein the control unit; determines segments corresponding to single cycles of body movement based on a detection output from the accelerometer; based on a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value in the detection output from the accelerometer that correspond to the determined segments of the single cycles, specifies a type of activity performed in a predetermined period that includes the segments; calculates a frequency regarding the body movement by calculating the inverse number of the number of segments per unit of time; and specifies the type of activity based on the difference between the maximum value and minimum value and the frequency. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5)
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6. A control method for an activity meter including an accelerometer for detecting movement of a body, the method comprising:
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a step of the activity meter determining segments corresponding to single cycles of body movement based on a detection output from the accelerometer; and a step of the activity meter specifying, based on a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value in the detection output from the accelerometer that correspond to the determined segments of the single cycles, a type of activity performed in a predetermined period that includes the segments, wherein the step of specifying the type of activity performed in the predetermined period includes; a step of tentatively determining the type of activity performed in the segments; and a step of determining that the type of activity that has been tentatively determined most often in the segments in the predetermined period is the type of activity in all the segments in the predetermined period.
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7. A storage medium in which is stored a control program executed by a computer of an activity meter including an accelerometer for detecting movement of a body, the control program causing the computer of the activity meter to execute:
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a step of determining segments corresponding to single cycles of body movement based on a detection output from the accelerometer; and a step of specifying, based on a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value in the detection output from the accelerometer that correspond to the determined segments of the single cycles, a type of activity performed in a predetermined period that includes the segments, wherein the step of specifying the type of activity performed in the predetermined period includes; a step of tentatively determining the type of activity performed in the segments; and a step of determining that the type of activity that has been tentatively determined most often in the segments in the predetermined period is the type of activity in all the segments in the predetermined period.
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