EXERCISE SUPPORTING DEVICE, EXERCISE SUPPORTING METHOD AND EXERCISE SUPPORTING PROGRAM

• US 20140067096A1
• Filed: 08/27/2013
• Published: 03/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: AIBARA, Takehiro
• Granted Patent: US 9,333,411 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/91
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/10 Athletes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/11 Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor, mobility of a limb for measuring pulse A61B5/02 ;A61B5/1038 takes precedence; motion detection to correct for motion artifacts in physiological signals A61B5/721
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7275 Determining trends in physiological measurement data; Predicting development of a medical condition based on physiological measurements, e.g. determining a risk factor
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/06 Indicating or scoring devices for games or players , or for other sports activities
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0639 Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations

Abstract

An exercise supporting device including a detecting section which repeatedly detects motion data relative to the exercise motion status of a user during the exercise motion; an analyzing and judging section which obtains, based on the motion data, a first motion information value corresponding to the user'"'"'s moving speed and a second motion information value corresponding to the user'"'"'s footstep count per unit time or footstep width at each time the detecting section detects the motion data, and judges whether the first motion information value is out of a first numerical value range and whether the second motion information value is out of a second numerical value range; and an output section which, when at least one of the motion information values is judged as being out of the relevant numerical value range, performs an informing operation regarding this motion information value.

Claims

1. An exercise supporting device comprising:

a detecting section which repeatedly detects motion data related to an exercise motion status of a user who is making an exercise motion by moving motion during the exercise motion of the user;

an analyzing and judging section which obtains, based on the detected motion data, a first motion information value corresponding to a moving speed of the user and a second motion information value corresponding to a footstep count of the user per unit time or a footstep width of the user at each time the detecting section detects the motion data, judges whether the first motion information value is out of a first numerical value range at each time the first motion information value is obtained, and judges whether the second motion information value is out of a second numerical value range at each time the second motion information value is obtained wherein the first numerical value range is set as an allowable range of the first motion information value and the second numerical value range is set as an allowable range of the second motion information value; and

an output section which, when at least one of the first motion information value and the second motion information value is judged by the analyzing and judging section as being out of a relevant one of the first numerical value range and the second numerical value range, performs an informing operation regarding the first motion information value or the second motion information value judged as being out of the relevant one of the first numerical value range and the second numerical value range, during the exercise motion of the user.

2. The exercise supporting device according to claim 1, wherein the moving motion is walking or running,

wherein the first numerical value range and the second numerical value range are set to a movement distance from a moving motion start point of the user, and

wherein the analyzing and judging section further obtains the movement distance of the user based on the first motion information value and the second motion information value, and compares the first motion information value and the second motion information value with the first numerical value range and the second numerical value range set to the obtained movement distance, respectively.

3. The exercise supporting device according to claim 1, wherein the output section includes a display section which displays an image including character information, and

wherein the output section performs standard display with a first display format on the display section, when the analyzing and judging section judges that the first motion information value is within the first numerical value range and the second motion information value is within the second numerical value range;

performs, as the informing operation, caution display with a second display format different from the first display format on the display section, when the analyzing and judging section judges that only one of the first motion information value and the second motion information value is out of a relevant one of the first numerical value range and the second numerical value range;

or performs, as the informing operation, alert display with a third display format different from the first display format and the second display format on the display section, when the analyzing and judging section judges that the first motion information value is out of the first numerical value range and the second motion information value is out of the second numerical value range.

4. The exercise supporting device according to claim 3, wherein the output section displays, on the display section in the first display format in the standard display, a character of character information included in a first image corresponding to the first motion information value and the second motion information value with a first size and in a first character color;

displays, on the display section in the second display format in the caution display, a character of character information included in a second image corresponding to one of the first motion information value and the second motion information value, at least by (i) displaying the character on the display section with a second size larger than the first size, (ii) displaying the character on the display section in a second character color different from the first character color, or (iii) displaying the character on the display section such that the character blinks at first time interval; and

displays, on the display section in the third display format in the alert display, a character of character information included in a third image corresponding to the first motion information value and the second motion information value, at least by (iv) displaying the character on the display section with a third size larger than the first size, (v) displaying the character on the display section in a third character color different from the first character color, or (vi) displaying the character on the display section such that the character blinks at second time interval different from the first time interval.

5. The exercise supporting device according to claim 4, wherein the first numerical value range and the second numerical value range each have an upper-limit value and a lower-limit value, and

wherein the output section, in the second display format in the caution display, displays the character of the character information included in the second image in a color that differs between when the analyzing and judging section judges that one of the first motion information value and the second motion information value is larger than the upper-limit value of a relevant one of the first numerical value range and the second numerical value range, and when the analyzing and judging section judges that one of the first motion information value and the second motion information value is smaller than the lower-limit value of a relevant one of the first numerical value range and the second numerical value range.

6. The exercise supporting device according to claim 4, wherein the output section, in the third display format in the alert display, sets the character corresponding to the first motion information value in a color that differs between when the analyzing and judging section judges that the first motion information value is larger than the upper-limit value of the first numerical value range, and when the analyzing and judging section judges that the first motion information value is smaller than the lower-limit value of the first numerical value range;

and displays the character of the character information included in the third image in a color that differs between when the analyzing and judging section judges that the second motion information value is larger than the upper-limit value of the second numerical value range, and when the analyzing and judging section judges that the second motion information value is smaller than the lower-limit value of the second numerical value range.

7. The exercise supporting device according to claim 4, wherein the character information in the second image includes a character indicating a numerical value of the moving speed of the user when the analyzing and judging section judges that the first motion information value is out of the first numerical value range;

and includes a character indicating a numerical value of the footstep count of the user when the analyzing and judging section judges that the second motion information value is out of the second numerical value range, and

wherein the character information in the third image includes characters indicating the numerical value of the moving speed of the user and the numerical value of the footstep count of the user.

8. The exercise supporting device according to claim 4, wherein the character information in the second image includes text for instructing the user to adjust the moving speed to a value within the first numerical value range when the analyzing and judging section judges that the first motion information value is out of the first numerical value range;

and includes text for instructing the user to adjust the footstep count to a value within the second numerical value range when the analyzing and judging section judges that the second motion information value is out of the second numerical value range, and

wherein the character information in the third image includes text for instructing the user to adjust the moving speed to a value within the first numerical value range and to adjust the footstep count to a value within the second numerical value range.

9. The exercise supporting device according to claim 3, wherein the output section sets, in the first display format in the standard display, a display color of a background portion of the display section to a first background color;

performs, in the second display format in the caution display, setting or display at least by (vii) setting the display color of the background portion of the display section to a second background color different from the first background color, or (viii) displaying the background portion of the display section such that the background portion blinks at third time interval; and

performs, in the third display format in the alert display, setting or display at least by (ix) setting the display color of the background portion of the display section to a third background color different from the first background color and the second background color, or (x) displaying the background portion of the display section such that the background portion blinks at fourth time interval different from the second time interval.

10. The exercise supporting device according to claim 1, wherein the output section further includes an acoustic section which emits a sound, and

wherein the output section causes the acoustic section to emit a caution sound constituted by a first sound as the informing operation, when the analyzing and judging section judges that one of the first motion information value and the second motion information value is out of a relevant one of the first numerical value range and the second numerical value range;

and causes the acoustic section to emit an alert sound constituted by a second sound different from the first sound as the informing operation, when the analyzing and judging section judges that the first motion information value is out of the first numerical value range and the second motion information value is out of the second numerical value range.

11. The exercise supporting device according to claim 1, wherein the output section further includes a vibrating section which generates vibrations, and

wherein the output section causes the vibrating section to generate vibrations with a first vibration pattern as the informing operation, when the analyzing and judging section judges that one of the first motion information value and the second motion information value is out of a relevant one of the first numerical value range and the second numerical value range;

and causes the vibrating section to generate vibrations with a second vibration pattern different from the first vibration pattern as the informing operation, when the analyzing and judging section judges that the first motion information value is out of the first numerical value range and the second motion information value is out of the second numerical value range.

12. The exercise supporting device according to claim 1, wherein the detecting section includes an acceleration sensor which detects a change ratio of the moving speed of the user as the motion data, and an angular velocity sensor which detects a change in a moving direction of the user as the motion data.

13. The exercise supporting device according to claim 12, wherein the detecting section further includes a position sensor which detects a geographical position of the user and the moving speed of the user as the motion data.

14. An exercise supporting method comprising:

a step of repeatedly detecting motion data related to an exercise motion status of a user who is making an exercise motion by moving motion during the exercise motion of the user;

a step of obtaining, based on the detected motion data, a first motion information value corresponding to a moving speed of the user and a second motion information value corresponding to a footstep count of the user per unit time or a footstep width of the user at each time the motion data is detected;

a step of judging whether the first motion information value is out of a first numerical value range which is set as an allowable range of the first motion information value, at each time the first motion information value is obtained;

a step of judging whether the second motion information value is out of a second numerical value range which is set as an allowable range of the second motion information value, at each time the second motion information value is obtained; and

a step of, when at least one of the first motion information value and the second motion information value is judged as being out of a relevant one of the first numerical value range and the second numerical value range, performing an informing operation regarding the first motion information value or the second motion information value judged as being out of the relevant one of the first numerical value range and the second numerical value range, during the exercise motion of the user.

15. The exercise supporting method according to claim 14, wherein the moving motion is walking or running,

wherein the first numerical value range and the second numerical value range are set to a movement distance from a moving motion start point of the user;

wherein the movement distance of the user is obtained based on the first motion information value and the second motion information value,

wherein the first motion information value and the first numerical value range are compared using a value of the first numerical value range set to the obtained movement distance, as the first numerical value range, and

wherein the second motion information value and the second numerical value range are compared using a value of the second numerical value range set to the obtained movement distance, as the second numerical value range.

16. The exercise supporting method according to claim 14, wherein standard display with a first display format is performed on a display section, when the first motion information value is judged as being within the first numerical value range and the second motion information value is judged as being within the second numerical value range, in comparison between the first motion information value and the first numerical value range and in comparison between the second motion information value and the second numerical value range,

wherein caution display with a second display format different from the first display format is performed on the display section as the informing operation, when only one of the first motion information value and the second motion information value is judged as being out of a relevant one of the first numerical value range and the second numerical value range, in comparison between the first motion information value and the first numerical value range and in comparison between the second motion information value and the second numerical value range, and

wherein alert display with a third display format different from the first display format and the second display format is performed on the display section as the informing operation, when the first motion information value is judged as being out of the first numerical value range in comparison between the first motion information value and the first numerical value range, and the second motion information value is judged as being out of the second numerical value range in comparison between the second motion information value and the second numerical value range.

17. The exercise supporting method according to claim 14, wherein a character of character information included in a first image corresponding to the first motion information value and the second motion information value is displayed on the display section with a first size and in a first character color, in the first display format in the standard display,

wherein a character of character information included in a second image corresponding to one of the first motion information value and the second motion information value is displayed on the display section at least by (i) displaying the character with a second size larger than the first size, (ii) displaying the character in a second character color different from the first character color, or (iii) displaying the character such that the character blinks at first time interval, in the second display format in the caution display, and

wherein a character of character information included in a third image corresponding to the first motion information value and the second motion information value is displayed on the display section at least by (iv) displaying the character with a third size larger than the first size, (v) displaying the character in a third character color different from the first character color, or (vi) displaying the character such that the character blinks at second time interval different from the first time interval, in the third display format in the alert display.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon an exercise supporting program that is executable by a computer, the program being executable by the computer to perform functions comprising:

processing for repeatedly detecting motion data related to an exercise motion status of a user who is making an exercise motion by moving motion during the exercise motion of the user;

processing for obtaining, based on the detected motion data, a first motion information value corresponding to a moving speed of the user and a second motion information value corresponding to a footstep count of the user per unit time or a footstep width of the user at each time the motion data is detected;

processing for judging whether the first motion information value is out of a first numerical value range which is set as an allowable range of the first motion information value, at each time the first motion information value is obtained;

processing for judging whether the second motion information value is out of a second numerical value range which is set as an allowable range of the second motion information value, at each time the second motion information value is obtained; and

processing for, when at least one of the first motion information value and the second motion information value is judged as being out of a relevant one of the first numerical value range and the second numerical value range, performing an informing operation regarding the first motion information value or the second motion information value judged as being out of the relevant one of the first numerical value range and the second numerical value range, during the exercise motion of the user.