System for managing physical training and method thereof

• US 8,360,785 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2007
• Issued: 01/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Park, Duck-Gun, Kim, Youn-Tae
• Primary Examiner(s): Yip, Jack
• Application Number:
  US12/443,409
• Publication Number:
  US 20100015586A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,163 Days
• Field of Search: 434/247, 434/258, 434/262, 482/1, 482/4, 482 8- 9, 482/51, 482/900, 600/300, 600/301
• US Class Current: 434/247
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/803 Motion sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/06 heartbeat rate only
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/75 calorie expenditure
• 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: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A system for managing physical training includes: a goal achievement planning module establishing a training goal and a time schedule for a physical training participant on the basis of a profile reflecting physical characteristics of the physical training participant; a section creation module separately creating training items on a section basis according to the training goal and the time schedule of the physical training participant with reference to a predetermined standard; and a management contents creation module creating contents required to manage the physical training of the physical training participant on the basis of physical measurements previously established by the goal achievement planning module and the section creation module and various physical measurements measured from sensors attached to the physical training participant in real-time.

Claims

1. A system for managing physical training, the system includes a computer program embodied on non-transitory computer-readable media to be executed by a processor, the computer-readable media comprising:

a goal achievement planning module configured to establish a training goal and a time schedule for a physical training participant on the basis of a profile, the profile including physical characteristics of the physical training participant;

a section creation module configured to create discrete training items on a section basis according to the training goal, the time schedule for the physical training participant, and an achievement level with reference to a predetermined standard, or on the basis of a determination of a trainer, and establish a movement load according to the training goal and the time schedule of the physical training participant; and

a management contents creation module configured to create contents required to manage the physical training of the physical training participant on the basis of first physical measurements previously established by the goal achievement planning module, second physical measurements previously established by the section creation module, and third physical measurements measured in real-time by a plurality of sensors coupled to the physical training participant,

wherein the management contents creation module includes;

a movement assessment module configured to assess a movement of the physical training participant on the basis of the profile of the physical training participant and the third physical measurements measured in real-time by the sensors, the movement assessment module further including an agility assessment module configured to assess agility of the physical training participant on the basis of a variation of an amplitude of a statistical waveform of acceleration data according to time, and an endurance assessment module configured to assess endurance of the physical training participant on the basis of a ratio between an agility value at an initial time of the physical training participant and an agility value after a predetermined time period of the training, and a ratio between a heart rate at the initial time of the physical training and a heart rate after the predetermined time period of the physical training;

a movement load adjustment module configured to adjust the movement load according to a physical condition of the physical training participant during the physical training;

a safety module configured to establish a standard for safety for the physical training participant during the physical training on the basis of the profile of the physical training participant and the third physical measurements measured in real-time by the sensors; and

a calorie consumption measurement module configured to assess a metabolic amount of the physical training participant on the basis of the profile of the physical training participant and the third physical measurements measured in real-time by the sensors in order to measure calories consumed during the training.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the safety module is configured to estimate a Wet Bulb Global Temperature (WBGT) index, determine whether or not the estimated WBGT index follows an International Standardization Organization (ISO) specification, measure a heart load and a heart stress of the physical training participant according to the estimated WBGT index, and establish the standard for safety according to the measurement.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the calorie consumption measurement module is configured to calculate a value corresponding to calories consumed per minute on the basis of information in the profile of the physical training participant, including a heart rate, gender, and weight, and integrate the value with respect to time series data of an average heart rate per minute in order to measure calorie consumption.

4. A non-transitory computer-readable media having stored thereon code for executing a method of managing physical training, the method comprising:

establishing a training goal and a time schedule for a physical training participant on the basis of a profile including information associated with physical characteristics of the physical training participant;

establishing initial physical measurements of the physical training participant;

creating discrete training items on a section basis with reference to a predetermined standard according to the training goal and the time schedule for the physical training participant and setting a movement load for each section on the basis of the training goal and the time schedule for the physical training participant; and

creating contents for managing the physical training of the physical training participant on the basis of the initial physical measurements, the time schedule for the physical training participant, the discrete training items, and various physical measurements measured in real-time by sensors attached to the physical training participant;

assessing agility of the physical training participant on the basis of a variation of an amplitude of a statistical waveform of acceleration data according to time; and

assessing endurance of the physical training participant on the basis of a ratio between an agility value at an initial time of the physical training of the physical training participant and an agility value after a predetermined time period of the training, and a ratio between a heart rate at the initial time of the physical training and a heart rate after the predetermined time period of the physical training.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 4, wherein creating discrete training items further includes creating the discrete training items on the basis of an achievement level, and establishing a movement load according to the training goal and the time schedule of the physical training participant.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 5, the method further comprising:

assessing a movement of the physical training participant on the basis of the profile of the physical training participant and the physical measurements measured in real-time by the sensors;

adjusting the movement load according to a physical condition of the physical training participant during the physical training;

establishing a standard for safety for the physical training participant during the physical training on the basis of the profile of the physical training participant and the physical measurements measured in real-time by the sensors; and

assessing a metabolic amount of the physical training participant on the basis of the profile of the physical training participant and the third physical measurements measured in real-time by the sensors in order to measure calories consumed during the training.