METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING EXERCISE PROGRAM BASED ON FEEDBACK

• US 20160354636A1
• Filed: 03/03/2016
• Published: 12/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., University-Industry Cooperation Group of KyungHee University
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: JANG, Dae-Geun, LEE, Choonghee, KO, Byunghoon, BAE, SangKon, KIM, Youn-ho
• Granted Patent: US 10,360,806 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/10 Athletes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0038 Sports
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/28 for medicine
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/00 Electrically-operated educational appliances working with questions and answers G09B7/00; simulators G09B9/00; advertising or displaying in general G09F
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/02 of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/04 characterised by modifying the teaching programme in response to a wrong answer, e.g. repeating the question, supplying a further explanation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A method of providing an exercise program includes providing a coaching message to coach a training pace in an exercise program based on a heart rate of a user performing the exercise program, adjusting an exercise intensity of a current set of exercises of the exercise program based on the coaching message, and providing the exercise program based on the adjusted exercise intensity.

Claims

1. A method of providing an exercise program, the method comprising:

providing a coaching message to coach a training pace in an exercise program based on a heart rate of a user performing the exercise program;

adjusting an exercise intensity of a current set of exercises of the exercise program based on the coaching message; and

providing the exercise program based on the adjusted exercise intensity.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the coaching message is any one or any combination of any two or more of a first coaching message for reducing the training pace, a second coaching message for maintaining the training pace, and a third coaching message for increasing the training pace.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the providing comprises providing one of the first coaching message, the second coaching message, and the third coaching message based on a variation in the heart rate and a difference between the heart rate and a preset target heart rate.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the adjusting comprises:

counting a number of times that each of the first coaching message and the third coaching message is consecutively provided; and

adjusting the exercise intensity of the current set of exercises in response to a result of the counting being greater than a preset number of times.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising adjusting an exercise level of the exercise program after a termination of the exercise program based on any one or any combination of any two or more of a heart rate of the user measured during an exercise of the current set, a rating of perceived exertion (RPE) of the user for the exercise of the current set, and a coaching message history of the current set.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the adjusting comprises any one or any combination of any two or more of:

calculating a cumulative heart rate difference rate based on a preset target cumulative heart rate and a first cumulative heart rate, the preset target cumulative heart rate being based on a preset target heart rate of the user during the exercise of the current set of exercises, and the first cumulative heart rate being based on the heart rate of the user measured during the exercise of the current set of exercises;

calculating a message score based on the coaching message history; and

calculating a time score based on a time during which the measured heart rate is higher than a preset target heart rate and a time during which the measured heart rate is lower than the preset target heart rate.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the calculating of the message score comprises calculating the message score by applying a first weight to a number of times the first coaching message was provided in the coaching message history, a second weight to a number of times the second coaching message was provided in the coaching message history, and a third weight to a number of times the third coaching message was provided in the coaching message history.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the adjusting comprises adjusting the exercise level of the exercise program based on any one or any combination of any two or more of the cumulative heart rate difference rate, the message score, and the time score.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the adjusting comprises changing the exercise program based on the RPE of the user, and any one or any combination of any two or more of the cumulative heart rate difference rate, the message score, and the time score.

10. The method of claim 5, further comprising storing, in an exercise history database, exercise history information including any one or any combination of any two or more of a training result of the current set, a heart rate measured during the exercise of the current set, the RPE of the user for the exercise of the current set, and a coaching history based on the coaching message history of the current set.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the exercise program comprises a plurality of sets of exercises comprising the current set of exercises;

and

the method further comprises;

obtaining a training effect index for each set of exercises based on exercise history information of the exercise program;

obtaining a cumulative training effect index for each set of exercises; and

changing the exercise program based on the cumulative training effect index.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the obtaining of the training effect index comprises:

obtaining a first training effect index based on a preset target cumulative heart rate and a first cumulative heart rate, the preset target cumulative heart rate being based on a preset target heart rate of the user during an exercise of the current set of exercises, and the first cumulative heart rate being based on a heart rate of the user measured during the exercise of the current set of exercises; and

obtaining a second training effect index based on an anaerobic energy consumption rate based on the first cumulative heart rate and a second cumulative heart rate, the second cumulative heart rate being based on a steady-state heart rate of the user measured during the exercise.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the obtaining of the first training effect index comprises:

calculating a cumulative heart rate difference rate based on the first cumulative heart rate and the preset target cumulative heart rate; and

obtaining the first training effect index based on a result of comparing the cumulative heart rate difference rate to a preset threshold.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the obtaining of the second training effect index comprises:

calculating the anaerobic energy consumption rate based on the first cumulative heart rate and the second cumulative heart rate; and

obtaining the second training effect index based on a result of comparing the anaerobic energy consumption rate to a preset threshold.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the changing comprises:

comparing the cumulative training effect index to a preset threshold; and

changing the exercise program based on a result of the comparing.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions to control a processor to perform the method of claim 1.

17. An apparatus for providing an exercise program, the apparatus comprising:

a measurer configured to measure a heart rate of a user performing an exercise program; and

a processor configured to provide a coaching message for coaching a training pace in the exercise program based on the heart rate, adjust an exercise intensity of a current set of exercises of the exercise program based on the coaching message, and provide the exercise program based on the adjusted exercise intensity.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to provide any one or any combination of any two or more of a first coaching message, a second coaching message, and a third coaching message based on a variation in the heart rate and a difference between the heart rate and a preset target heart rate, and adjust the exercise intensity of the current set of exercises in response to a number of times that each of the first coaching message and the third coaching message is consecutively provided being greater than a preset number of times.

19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to calculate, after a termination of the exercise program, any one or any combination of any two or more of:

a cumulative heart rate difference rate based on a preset target cumulative heart rate and a first cumulative heart rate, the preset target cumulative heart rate being based on a preset target heart rate of the user during an exercise of the current set of exercises, and the first cumulative heart rate being based on a heart rate of the user measured during the exercise of the current set;

a message score based on a coaching message history; and

a time score based on a time during which the heart rate measured during the exercise of the current set is higher than a preset target heart rate and a time during which the measured heart rate is lower than the preset target heart rate; and

the processor is further configured to adjust an exercise level of the exercise program based on any one or any combination of any two or more of the cumulative heart rate difference rate, the message score, and the time score.

20. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the exercise program comprises a plurality of sets of exercises comprising the current set of exercises;

and

the processor is further configured to obtain a training effect index for each set of exercises based on exercise history information of the exercise program, obtain a cumulative training effect index for each set of exercises, and change the exercise program based on the cumulative training effect index.