EXERCISE INFORMATION MEASURING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD

• US 20170136338A1
• Filed: 01/27/2017
• Published: 05/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Omron Healthcare Company Limited (Omron Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Omron Healthcare Company Limited (Omron Corporation)
• Inventors: HAMAGUCHI, Takehiro, SAMEJIMA, Mitsuru
• Application Number:
  US15/418,058
• Publication Number:
  US 20170136338A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0081 Coaching or training aspects related to a group of users
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/063 Spoken or verbal instructions
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/17 Counting, e.g. counting periodical movements, revolutions or cycles, or including further data processing to determine distances or speed
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/20 Distances or displacements
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/30 Speed
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/34 Angular speed
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/40 Acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/62 Time or time measurement used for time reference, time stamp, master time or clock signal
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/803 Motion sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/836 Sensors arranged on the body of the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/89 Field sensors, e.g. radar systems
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/50 Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/75 calorie expenditure
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0062 Monitoring athletic performances, e.g. for determining the work of a user on an exercise apparatus, the completed jogging or cycling distance
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0075 Means for generating exercise programs or schemes, e.g. computerized virtual trainer, e.g. using expert databases
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/06 Indicating or scoring devices for games or players , or for other sports activities
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0622 Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/211 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers or gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/212 using sensors worn by the player, e.g. for measuring heart beat or leg activity
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/327 using wireless networks, e.g. Wi-Fi® or piconet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/34 : using peer-to-peer connections
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/45 : Controlling the progress of the video game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/816 : Athletics, e.g. track-and-field sports
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/85 : Providing additional services to players
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2218/12 : Classification; Matching
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/23 : Recognition of whole body movements, e.g. for sport training

Abstract

An exercise information measuring apparatus includes: a detection unit that detects information corresponding to motion of a user; an exercise information measurement unit that measures exercise information regarding the user based on information detected by the detection unit; a communication unit for performing short-range wireless communication with another apparatus that has a function of measuring exercise information regarding a user; an information acquisition unit that acquires exercise information measured by the other apparatus via the communication unit; and a processing determination unit that determines, based on the radio wave intensity of communication with the other apparatus by the communication unit, whether or not to perform processing that utilizes first exercise information measured by the exercise information measurement unit and second exercise information acquired from the other apparatus.

Claims

1. An exercise information measuring apparatus comprising:

a detection unit that detects information corresponding to motion of a user;

an exercise information measurement unit that measures exercise information regarding the user based on information detected by the detection unit;

a communication unit for performing short-range wireless communication with another apparatus that has a function of measuring exercise information regarding a user;

an information acquisition unit that acquires exercise information measured by the other apparatus via the communication unit; and

a processing determination unit that determines, based on a radio wave intensity of communication with the other apparatus by the communication unit, whether or not to perform processing that utilizes first exercise information measured by the exercise information measurement unit and second exercise information acquired from the other apparatus.

2. The exercise information measuring apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the first exercise information and the second exercise information each indicate a movement speed, and

if the communication radio wave intensity changes so as to decrease, the processing determination unit performs, as the processing, processing for determining whether or not to output warning information according to a difference between the first exercise information and the second exercise information.

3. The exercise information measuring apparatus according to claim 1,

further comprising an orientation detection unit,

wherein the information acquisition unit further acquires orientation information detected by an orientation detection unit of the other apparatus, and

the processing determination unit determines whether or not to perform the processing based on the communication radio wave intensity, first orientation information detected by the orientation detection unit, and second orientation information acquired from the other apparatus.

4. The exercise information measuring apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the first exercise information and the second exercise information each indicate a movement speed, and

if the communication radio wave intensity is less than or equal to a first threshold value, and furthermore a difference between an orientation based on the first orientation information and an orientation based on the second orientation information is less than or equal to a second threshold value, the processing determination unit performs, as the processing, processing for predicting an amount of time required for the other apparatus to move to a target arrival point based on the first exercise information, the second exercise information, and a distance to the other apparatus that is based on the communication radio wave intensity.

5. A program for causing a computer to function as the exercise information measurement unit, the information acquisition unit, and the processing determination unit according to claim 1.

6. A method of controlling an exercise information measuring apparatus having a detection unit that detects information corresponding to motion of a user, the method comprising:

a first step of measuring exercise information regarding the user based on information detected by the detection unit;

a second step of acquiring exercise information measured by another apparatus that has a function of measuring exercise information regarding a user, via a communication unit for performing short-range wireless communication with the other apparatus; and

a third step of determining, based on a radio wave intensity of communication with the other apparatus by the communication unit, whether or not to perform processing that utilizes first exercise information measured in the first step and second exercise information acquired in the second step.