EXERCISE ANALYSIS METHOD, EXERCISE ANALYSIS APPARATUS, EXERCISE ANALYSIS SYSTEM, EXERCISE ANALYSIS PROGRAM, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ASSISTING METHOD, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ASSISTING APPARATUS, AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ASSISTING PROGRAM

• US 20160035229A1
• Filed: 07/30/2015
• Published: 02/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: UCHIDA, Shuji, MIZUOCHI, Shunichi, MATSUMOTO, Kazumi, WATANABE, Ken, SUGIYA, Daisuke, SATO, Akinobu
• Application Number:
  US14/814,468
• Publication Number:
  US 20160035229A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0038 Sports

Abstract

An exercise analysis method includes analyzing an exercise of a user by using a detection result from an inertial sensor, and generating a plurality of exercise information pieces of the user during the exercise, presenting a comparison result between at least one of the plurality of exercise information pieces and a reference value which is set in advance during the user'"'"'s exercise, and presenting at least one of the plurality of exercise information pieces after the user'"'"'s exercise is finished.

Claims

1. An exercise analysis method comprising:

analyzing an exercise of a user by using a detection result from an inertial sensor, and generating a plurality of exercise information pieces of the user during the exercise;

presenting a comparison result between at least one of the plurality of exercise information pieces and a reference value which is set in advance during the user'"'"'s exercise; and

presenting at least one of the plurality of exercise information pieces after the user'"'"'s exercise is finished.

3. The exercise analysis method according to claim 1, wherein the exercise information presented after the user'"'"'s exercise is finished includes exercise information which is not presented during the user'"'"'s exercise among the plurality of exercise information pieces.

4. The exercise analysis method according to claim 1, wherein the exercise information presented after the user'"'"'s exercise is finished includes exercise information which is presented during the user'"'"'s exercise among the plurality of exercise information pieces.

5. The exercise analysis method according to claim 1, wherein the exercise information presented after the user'"'"'s exercise is finished includes information regarding an advice for improving exercise attainments of the user.

6. The exercise analysis method according to claim 1, wherein the exercise information presented after the user'"'"'s exercise is finished includes information which is generated after the user'"'"'s exercise is finished.

2. An exercise analysis method comprising:

analyzing an exercise of a user by using a detection result from an inertial sensor, and generating a plurality of exercise information pieces of the user during the exercise;

presenting at least one of the plurality of exercise information pieces during the user'"'"'s exercise; and

presenting at least one of the plurality of exercise information pieces after the user'"'"'s exercise is finished,

wherein the exercise information presented during the user'"'"'s exercise includes information regarding an advice for improving exercise attainments of the user.

7. An exercise analysis apparatus comprising:

an exercise information generation unit that analyzes an exercise of a user by using a detection result from an inertial sensor, and generates a plurality of exercise information pieces of the user during the exercise;

an output-information-during-exercise generation unit that generates output information during exercise which is output during the user'"'"'s exercise on the basis of a comparison result between at least one of the plurality of exercise information pieces and a reference value which is set in advance; and

an output-information-after-exercise generation unit that generates output information after exercise which is information output after the user'"'"'s exercise is finished, on the basis of at least one of the plurality of exercise information pieces.

8. An exercise analysis system comprising:

an exercise analysis apparatus that analyzes an exercise of a user by using a detection result from an inertial sensor, and generates a plurality of exercise information pieces of the user during the exercise;

a first display apparatus that outputs a comparison result between at least one of the plurality of exercise information pieces and a reference value which is set in advance during the user'"'"'s exercise; and

a second display apparatus that outputs at least one of the plurality of exercise information pieces after the user'"'"'s exercise is finished.

9. An exercise analysis program causing a computer to execute:

analyzing an exercise of a user by using a detection result from an inertial sensor, and generating a plurality of exercise information pieces of the user during the exercise;

outputting a comparison result between at least one of the plurality of exercise information pieces and a reference value which is set in advance during the user'"'"'s exercise; and

outputting at least one of the plurality of exercise information pieces after the user'"'"'s exercise is finished.

10. A physical activity assisting method comprising:

detecting a physical activity of a user with a sensor, and performing calculation regarding the physical activity by using a detection result from the sensor;

selecting a certain advice mode from a plurality of advice modes in which determination items are set; and

determining whether or not a result of the calculation satisfies the determination item which is set in the selected advice mode.

11. The physical activity assisting method according to claim 10, wherein, in a case where the result of the calculation satisfies the determination item which is set in the selected advice mode, advice information for sending a notification of a state of the physical activity is presented.

12. The physical activity assisting method according to claim 10, wherein the plurality of advice modes include a plurality of modes in which purposes of the physical activity are different from each other.

13. The physical activity assisting method according to claim 10, wherein the plurality of advice modes include at least a mode of aiming at improving efficiency of the physical activity and a mode of aiming at energy consumption in the physical activity.

14. The physical activity assisting method according to claim 10, wherein the plurality of advice modes include a plurality of modes in which the types of physical activities are different from each other.

15. The physical activity assisting method according to claim 14, wherein the types of physical activities are the types of running.

16. The physical activity assisting method according to claim 10, wherein the certain advice mode is selected on the basis of a purpose of running and a distance of the running.

17. The physical activity assisting method according to claim 10, further comprising:

determining whether or not a state of the physical activity or the result of the calculation is abnormal by using the result of the calculation; and

presenting information indicating that the state of the physical activity or the result of the calculation is abnormal in a case where it is determined that the state of the physical activity or the result of the calculation is abnormal.

18. The physical activity assisting method according to claim 10, wherein the sensor is an inertial sensor.

19. A physical activity assisting apparatus comprising:

a calculation unit that detects a physical activity of a user with a sensor, and performs calculation regarding the physical activity by using a detection result from the sensor; and

a detection unit that selects a certain advice mode from a plurality of advice modes in which determination items are set, and determines whether or not a result of the calculation satisfies the determination item which is set in the selected advice mode.

20. A physical activity assisting program causing a computer to execute:

detecting a physical activity of a user with a sensor, and performing calculation regarding the physical activity by using a detection result from the sensor;

selecting a certain advice mode from a plurality of advice modes in which determination items are set; and

determining whether or not a result of the calculation satisfies the determination item which is set in the selected advice mode.