METHOD FOR DETECTING ACTIVITY INFORMATION OF USER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF

• US 20170046503A1
• Filed: 06/02/2016
• Published: 02/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: CHO, Junghee, JOO, Sun-Tae, NA, Shinyoung, KIM, Taeho, PARK, Joeng-Min, KU, Sangchul, SUH, Jung-Won
• Application Number:
  US15/171,651
• Publication Number:
  US 20170046503A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/003 Repetitive work cycles; Sequence of movements
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0038 Sports
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/02 with visual presentation of the material to be studied, e.g. using film strip
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1016 Earpieces of the intra-aural type

Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication module, a memory configured to store multiple recognition algorithms for analyzing user activities, and a processor configured to acquire activity schedule information related to a user activity; select at least one recognition algorithm among the multiple recognition algorithms, at least based on the acquired activity schedule information; and analyze activity information related to the user activity, using the at least one recognition algorithm, thereby providing activity guide information related to the user activity.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a communication module;

a memory configured to store multiple recognition algorithms for analyzing user activities; and

a processor configured to;

acquire activity schedule information related to a user activity,

select at least one recognition algorithm among the multiple recognition algorithms, at least based on the acquired activity schedule information,

analyze activity information related to the user activity, using the at least one recognition algorithm, and

provide activity guide information related to the user activity based on the analyzed activity information.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising multiple sensors,

wherein the processor is configured to:

select at least one sensor among the multiple sensors, at least based on the at least one recognition algorithm; and

acquire the activity information, using the at least one sensor.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the processor is further configured to deactivate at least one sensor that is not selected among the multiple sensors.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to acquire the activity information related to the user activity from an external device that is operably connected to the electronic device.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to acquire the activity schedule information related to the user activity from an external device that is operably connected to the electronic device.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to select the activity schedule information related to multiple user activities stored in the memory, based on one of a location of the electronic device, weather, time, and a combination thereof.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a communication interface, and wherein the processor is further configured to transmit activity guide information related to the user activity to an external device that is operably connected to the electronic device, through the communication interface.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to update the activity schedule information by analyzing the activity information.

9. A method for providing an exercise service comprising:

acquiring activity schedule information related to a user activity;

selecting at least one recognition algorithm among multiple recognition algorithms for analyzing user activities, at least based on the acquired activity schedule information;

analyzing activity information related to the user activity, using the at least one recognition algorithm; and

providing activity guide information related to the user activity based on the analyzed activity information.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising

selecting at least one sensor among multiple sensors, at least based on the at least one recognition algorithms.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising

deactivating at least one sensor that is not selected among the multiple sensors.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising

receiving the activity information related to the user activity from an external device that is operably connected to the electronic device.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the multiple recognition algorithms include one of a first algorithm that is configured to detect a rotational motion, a second algorithm that is configured to detect a change in a movement, a third algorithm that is configured to detect a vertical directional movement, a fourth algorithm that is configured to detect a horizontal directional movement, a fifth algorithm that is configured to detect movement information for correcting one of the first through fourth algorithms, and a combination thereof.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the activity schedule information, which is in the form of a markup language, includes one of a number of times of an exercise, an exercise type, an exercise time, an exercise sequence, an exercise intensity, a number of repetitions, an exercise place related to the user activity, and a combination thereof.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein acquiring the activity schedule information further comprises acquiring the activity schedule information related to the user activity from an external device that is operably connected to the electronic device.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein acquiring the activity schedule information further comprises selecting the activity schedule information from the activity schedule information related to multiple user activities stored in a memory of the electronic device, based on one of a location of the electronic device, weather, time, and a combination thereof.

17. The method of claim 9, wherein providing the activity guide information further comprises transmitting the activity guide information related to the user activity from an external device that is operably connected to the electronic device.

18. The method of claim 9, wherein the activity guide information includes one of an exercise quantity, a goal achievement rate, posture correction information, biometric information of a user, and a combination thereof.

19. The method of claim 9, further comprising

updating the activity schedule information by analyzing the activity information.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium on which a program is recorded, the program configured to execute instructions for performing a method for providing an exercise service, the method comprising:

acquiring activity schedule information related to a user activity;

selecting at least one recognition algorithm among multiple recognition algorithms for analyzing user activities, at least based on the acquired activity schedule information;

analyzing activity information related to the user activity, using the at least one recognition algorithm; and

providing activity guide information related to the user activity based on the analyzed activity information.