State detection device, electronic apparatus, measurement system and program

• US 8,712,508 B2
• Filed: 03/11/2013
• Issued: 04/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Izumida, Masamichi, Gomi, Masaki
• Primary Examiner(s): MANUEL, GEORGE C
• Application Number:
  US13/793,741
• Publication Number:
  US 20130245470A1
• Time in Patent Office: 414 Days
• Field of Search: 600/509
• US Class Current: 600/509
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1123 Discriminating type of movement, e.g. walking or running A61B5/1116, A61B5/112 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 22/006 Pedometers
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 15/00 Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 15/18 in two or more dimensions
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 3/00 Measuring linear or angular speed; Measuring differences of linear or angular speeds G01P5/00 - G01P11/00 take precedence; direction and speed indication G01P13/045; counting mechanisms G06M
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 3/50 for measuring linear speed G01P3/56 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 3/64 Devices characterised by the determination of the time taken to traverse a fixed distance
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 7/00 Measuring speed by integrating acceleration measuring travelled distance by double integration of acceleration G01C21/16

Abstract

A state detection device includes an acquisition part that acquires an acceleration detection value from an acceleration sensor, and a judgment part that judges a running state or a walking state based on the acceleration detection value. The judgment part detects as to whether a positive/negative sign of the acceleration detection value in a first axis reversed in a predetermined judgment period, determines the running state when the sign reverses, and determines the walking state when the sign does not reverse.

Claims

1. A state detection device comprising:

an acquisition part that acquires an acceleration detection value from an acceleration sensor; and

a judgment part that judges a running state or a walking state based on the acceleration detection value,

the judgment part detecting as to whether a positive/negative sign of the acceleration detection value in a first axis reversed in a predetermined judgment period,

determining the running state when the sign reverses, and

determining the walking state when the sign does not reverse.

2. A state detection device according to claim 1, wherein the judgment part judges the running state or the walking state based on the acceleration detection value in an axis in a direction corresponding to the direction of gravity set as the first axis.

3. A state detection device according to claim 2, wherein the judgment part judges, based on the acceleration detection value in the first axis, if the sign corresponding to the direction of gravity in the first axis is positive or negative,

the judgment part determining the running state when the acceleration detection value in the first axis with the sign different from the sign corresponding to the direction of gravity is detected at least once in the predetermined judgment period.

4. A state detection device according to claim 1, wherein the judgment part determines the running state, when the sign of the acceleration detection value in the first axis in a first period within the predetermined judgment period is positive, and the sign of the acceleration detection value in the first axis in a second period following the first period within the predetermined judgment period is negative, or when the sign of the acceleration detection value in the first axis in the first period is negative, and the sign of the acceleration detection value in the first axis in the second period is positive.

5. A state detection device according to claim 1, wherein the judgment part judges the running state or the walking state based on the acceleration detection value in a period longer than the length of one step in walking or running set as the predetermined judgment period.

6. A state detection device according to claim 1, comprising a speed information calculation part that calculates speed information in the walking state or the running state based on the acceleration detection value.

7. A state detection device according to claim 6, wherein the speed information calculation calculates the speed information T by T=aS+b, where S is an average value of magnitudes of the acceleration detection value, and a and b are parameters for speed information calculation.

8. A state detection device according to claim 7, wherein, the speed information calculation part sets a parameter for running as the speed information calculation parameter when the running state is determined by the judgment part, and sets a parameter for walking as the speed information calculation parameter when the walking state is determined by the judgment part.

9. A state detection device according to claim 6, wherein the speed information calculation part calculates the speed information r by r=cI²+dI+e, where I is an integrated value of values corresponding to absolute values of the acceleration detection values in at least one coordinate axis component, and c, d and e are parameters for speed information calculation.

10. A state detection device according to claim 6, wherein the speed information calculation part calculates the speed information based on angle information θ

that corresponds to an angle defined by a first acceleration vector expressing the acceleration detection value at a first timing and a second acceleration vector expressing the acceleration detection value at a second timing, and speed information calculation parameters.

11. A state detection device according to claim 10, wherein the speed information calculation part calculates the speed information V by V=m θ

_sum+n, where θ

_sum is an integrated value of the angle information θ

, and m and n are the speed information calculation parameters.

12. A state detection device according to claim 6, comprising a distance information calculation part that calculates moved distance information in the walking state or the running state based on the speed information calculated by the speed information calculation part.

13. An electronic apparatus comprising the state detection device recited in claim 1 and the acceleration sensor.

14. An electronic apparatus according to claim 13, comprising:

a plurality of terminals used for detection of heart rate and for attachment of the electronic apparatus to the chest of a body to be examined,

the acceleration sensor being a three-axis acceleration sensor that acquires the acceleration detection values along three axes of X axis, Y axis and Z axis that are orthogonal to one another,

when the electronic equipment is fixed to the body to be examined with the plural terminals, the direction in the Z axis assuming a direction corresponding to the traveling direction in the walking state or the running state, and

the judgment part judging the running state or the walking state based on the acceleration detection value in the Y axis.

15. A measurement system comprising the state detection device recited in claim 1.

16. A program that renders a computer to function as an acquisition part that acquires an acceleration detection value from an acceleration sensor, and a judgment part that judges a running state or a walking state based on the acceleration detection value,

the judgment part detecting as to whether a positive/negative sign of the acceleration detection value in a first axis reversed in a predetermined judgment period,

the judgment part judging the running state when the sign reversed, and judging the walking state when the sign did not reverse.