Body movement detecting apparatus and body movement detecting method
First Claim
1. A body movement detecting apparatus comprising:
- a body movement data acquiring sensor configured to detect a body movement of a user and acquire body movement data relating to the body movement of the user and including an acceleration value relating to the body movement of the user;
a memory coupled with the body movement data acquiring sensor;
a controller configured to;
(i) determine, if registered body movement data is memorized in the memory, which has been acquired in advance using the body movement data acquiring sensor, whether any of the registered body movement data memorized in the memory corresponds in type to a just passed activity of user; and
(ii) upon determining that one of the registered body movement data memorized in the memory corresponds in type to the just passed activity of user in (i), determine a type of the just passed activity by comparing body movement data of the just passed activity with the one of the registered body movement data; and
a computer configured to;
if the type of the just passed activity is determined in (ii), calculate consumed energy resulting from the body movement based on the determined type of the just passed activity determined by the controller; and
if the controller determines that no body movement data are registered in the memory or none of the registered body movement data corresponds in type to the just passed activity in (i), calculate the consumed energy resulting from the body movement of the just passed activity based on at least an acceleration value in the body movement data of the just passed activity, without comparing the body movement data of the just passed activity with the registered body movement data.
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Abstract
There is provided a body movement detecting apparatus including: a body movement data acquiring unit configured to detect a body movement of a user and acquire body movement data relating to the body movement; a memory unit configured to memorize the body movement data corresponding to the type of an activity of the user as registered body movement data; a body movement determining unit configured to compare the body movement data acquired by the body movement data acquiring unit with the registered body movement data and determine the type of the activity of the user; and a computing unit configured to be able to calculate consumed energy by the body movement corresponding to the type of the activity determined by the body movement determining unit.
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18 Claims
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1. A body movement detecting apparatus comprising:
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a body movement data acquiring sensor configured to detect a body movement of a user and acquire body movement data relating to the body movement of the user and including an acceleration value relating to the body movement of the user; a memory coupled with the body movement data acquiring sensor; a controller configured to; (i) determine, if registered body movement data is memorized in the memory, which has been acquired in advance using the body movement data acquiring sensor, whether any of the registered body movement data memorized in the memory corresponds in type to a just passed activity of user; and (ii) upon determining that one of the registered body movement data memorized in the memory corresponds in type to the just passed activity of user in (i), determine a type of the just passed activity by comparing body movement data of the just passed activity with the one of the registered body movement data; and a computer configured to; if the type of the just passed activity is determined in (ii), calculate consumed energy resulting from the body movement based on the determined type of the just passed activity determined by the controller; and if the controller determines that no body movement data are registered in the memory or none of the registered body movement data corresponds in type to the just passed activity in (i), calculate the consumed energy resulting from the body movement of the just passed activity based on at least an acceleration value in the body movement data of the just passed activity, without comparing the body movement data of the just passed activity with the registered body movement data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A body movement detecting method comprising:
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a body movement acquiring step of detecting, by using a sensor, a body movement of a user and acquiring body movement data relating to the body movement of the user and including an acceleration value relating to the body movement of the user; a body movement determining step of; (i) determining, by a controller, if registered body movement data is memorized in the memory, which has been acquired in advance using the body movement data acquiring sensor, whether any of the registered body movement data memorized in the memory corresponds in type to a just passed activity of user; and (ii) upon determining that one of the registered body movement data memorized in the memory corresponds in type to the just passed activity of user in (i), determining, by the controller, a type of the just passed activity by comparing body movement data of the just passed activity with the one of the registered body movement data; and an energy computing step of; if the type of the just passed activity is determined in (ii), calculating, by a computer, consumed energy resulting from the body movement based on the determined type of the just passed activity; and if it is determined that that no body movement data are registered in the memory or none of the registered body movement data corresponds in type to the just passed activity in (i), calculating, by the computer, the consumed energy resulting from the body movement of the just passed activity based on at least an acceleration value in the body movement data of the just passed activity, without comparing the body movement data of the just passed activity with the registered body movement data. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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