Step count data control system, and its output medium and recording medium

• US 6,013,008 A
• Filed: 08/31/1998
• Issued: 01/11/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hironori Fukushima
• Original Assignee: Hironori Fukushima
• Inventors: Fukushima, Hironori
• Primary Examiner(s): Richman, Glenn E.
• Application Number:
  US09/143,779
• Time in Patent Office: 498 Days
• Field of Search: 482/1-9, 482/14, 482/74, 482/900-902, 377/24.2, 702/160
• US Class Current: 482/8
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 22/006 Pedometers

Abstract

The invention presents a step count data control system allowing to walk easily and continuously in order to improve health or maintain health, which includes step counting means for counting the number of steps, input means 11 for entering the step count data, recording means 12 for recording daily step count data entered by the input means 11, operating means 14, 15, 16 for operating according to the step count data, and output means 17, 18 for issuing data, in which the step count data entered by the input means 11 and recorded in the recording means 12 is operated in the operating means 14, 15, 16, and the average in a month, the total, the target value in a month, the walking distance converted from the step count, evaluation, past record and its comparison, advice, comment and other data are issued to the output means 17, 18.

Claims

1. A step count data control and display system comprising:

step counting means for counting a number of steps;

input means for entering step count data from said step counting means;

first memory means for recording current and past step count data entered by said input means;

second memory means for storing data on personal attributes of one or more users including a user'"'"'s average length of step, past performance, distance between two or more locations, and comments related to a user'"'"'s performance;

controller means under control of software and using said step count data from said first memory means and data from said second memory means for calculating an output comprising one or more of the following;

cumulative total number of steps;

target value of number of steps for a specified period;

walking distance converted from said step count data; and

comparison of past and current step count data; and

display means for displaying said output from said controller means together with comments taken from said second memory means and related to personal performance of such output for the user.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said walking distance is displayed on a map displayed by said display means and showing objective walking distance between two locations therein.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said display means comprises a printer for printing out said output.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said display means comprises third memory means for storing walking distance progress chart;

and wherein walking distance as calculated by said controller means based on step count data recorded in said first memory means is caused to be displayed in said display means.