EXERCISE ANALYSIS DEVICE, EXERCISE ANALYSIS METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING EXERCISE ANALYSIS PROGRAM

• US 20160081614A1
• Filed: 09/18/2015
• Published: 03/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Aibara, Takehiro
• Application Number:
  US14/858,837
• Publication Number:
  US 20160081614A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/10 Athletes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0219 Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level

Abstract

An exercise analysis device includes an acceleration acquiring unit, a first-data acquiring unit, a second-data acquiring unit and a third-data acquiring unit. The acceleration acquiring unit acquires acceleration of a user as the user performs an exercise. The first-data acquiring unit acquires a piece of a first data corresponding to a total amount of mechanical work of the exercise for a predetermined time based on the acceleration. The second-data acquiring unit acquires a piece of a second data corresponding to one of velocity and kinetic energy in a certain direction among directions related to the exercise for the predetermined time, based on the acceleration. The third-data acquiring unit acquires a piece of a third data corresponding to efficiency of the exercise based on the piece of the first data and the piece of the second data.

Claims

1. An exercise analysis device comprising:

an acceleration acquiring unit that acquires acceleration of a user as the user performs an exercise;

a first-data acquiring unit that acquires a piece of a first data corresponding to a total amount of mechanical work of the exercise for a predetermined time, based on the acceleration;

a second-data acquiring unit that acquires a piece of a second data corresponding to one of velocity and kinetic energy in a certain direction among directions related to the exercise for the predetermined time, based on the acceleration; and

a third-data acquiring unit that acquires a piece of a third data corresponding to efficiency of the exercise based on the piece of the first data and the piece of the second data.

2. The exercise analysis device according to claim 1, wherein:

the first-data acquiring unit acquires a plurality of pieces of magnitude of acceleration in different directions, and integrates the plurality of pieces of magnitude of acceleration in the different directions for the predetermined time so as to acquire the piece of the first data.

3. The exercise analysis device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an angular velocity acquiring unit that acquires angular velocity in a revolving direction along a body axis of the user in the exercise,

wherein, based on the acceleration and the angular velocity, the second-data acquiring unit acquires acceleration in the certain direction, and integrates the acceleration in one of a positive side and a negative side of the certain direction for the predetermined time, so as to acquire the piece of the second data.

4. The exercise analysis device according to claim 3, wherein:

the second-data acquiring unit acquires, as the piece of the second data, data corresponding to kinetic energy of one of a traveling direction in the exercise, a direction perpendicular to the traveling direction in a horizontal plane, and a vertical direction.

5. The exercise analysis device according to claim 1, wherein:

the second-data acquiring unit acquires the piece of the second data by dividing the square of the velocity in the certain direction by 2.

6. The exercise analysis device according to claim 5, wherein:

the second-data acquiring unit acquires the piece of the second data based on an output of a GPS sensor.

7. The exercise analysis device according to claim 1, wherein:

the third-data acquiring unit acquires, as the third data, a ratio between the piece of the first data and the piece of the second data to obtain efficiency of one of the velocity and the kinetic energy in one of a positive side and a negative side of a traveling direction in the exercise with respect to the total amount of mechanical work, for the predetermined time.

8. The exercise analysis device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a display unit that displays information about the efficiency in the exercise, based on the third data,

wherein the display unit displays the piece of the third data of the user in the exercise and the piece of the third data of another user.

9. The exercise analysis device according to claim 1, wherein:

the predetermined time, when the user in the exercise performs a periodical motion, equals to time for each of the periodical motion, and

the exercise analysis device further comprises a time estimation unit that estimates a cycle of the periodical motion as the predetermined time.

10. An exercise analysis method comprising:

acquiring acceleration of a user as the user performs an exercise;

acquiring a piece of a first data corresponding to a total amount of mechanical work of the exercise for a predetermined time, based on the acceleration;

acquiring a piece of a second data corresponding to one of velocity and kinetic energy in a certain direction among directions related to the exercise for the predetermined time, based on the acceleration; and

acquiring a piece of a third data corresponding to efficiency of the exercise based on the piece of the first data and the piece of the second data.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a program executable by a computer which comprises a controller, the program controlling the controller to perform functions comprising:

acquiring acceleration of a user as the user performs an exercise;

acquiring a piece of a first data corresponding to a total amount of mechanical work of the exercise for a predetermined time, based on the acceleration;

acquiring a piece of a second data corresponding to one of velocity and kinetic energy in a certain direction among directions related to the exercise for the predetermined time, based on the acceleration; and

acquiring a piece of a third data corresponding to efficiency of the exercise based on the piece of the first data and the piece of the second data.