Exercise support device, program, exercise support system, and motion detection device

• US 9,486,705 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2013
• Issued: 11/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Incorporated (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Incorporated (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Chiwata, Hiroyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Hylinski, Steven J
• Application Number:
  US13/779,059
• Publication Number:
  US 20130288760A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,350 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/214 for locating contacts on a surface, e.g. floor mats or touch pads
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/44 involving timing of operations, e.g. performing an action within a time slot
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/537 using indicators, e.g. showing the condition of a game character on screen
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/5375 for graphically or textually suggesting an action, e.g. by displaying an arrow indicating a turn in a driving game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/54 involving acoustic signals, e.g. for simulating revolutions per minute [RPM] dependent engine sounds in a driving game or reverberation against a virtual wall
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/79 involving player-related data, e.g. identities, accounts, preferences or play histories
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/814 Musical performances, e.g. by evaluating the player's ability to follow a notation
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/843 involving concurrently two or more players on the same game device, e.g. requiring the use of a plurality of controllers or of a specific view of game data for each player

Abstract

An exercise support device including an input which inputs player motion information from a reference position, and an instructing component which displays a motion evaluation mark on a screen, a motion instruction mark in a scrolling manner on the screen, a plurality of display patterns of a series of motion instruction marks in a distinguishable manner on the screen such that the display patterns include at least first and second display patterns, with the second display pattern having the motion instruction marks of the first display pattern and additional motion instruction marks, and instructs the player on a motion timing represented by the motion instruction mark so that the motion evaluation and instructions marks coincide. The exercise support device further includes an evaluating component which evaluates a player'"'"'s motion based on a level of coincidence of the motion instruction and evaluation marks that correspond to the player'"'"'s motion.

Claims

1. An exercise support system comprising:

a step touch pad input device; and

an exercise support device,

the step touch pad input device comprising;

a detector configured to detect a motion of a player; and

an output configured to output player motion information that is a detection result of the motion of the player to the exercise support device; and

the exercise support device comprising;

an input interface configured to receive an input of the motion information of a plurality of players, each associated with any one of a plurality of groups;

a memory configured to store instruction data with regard to motion instruction marks to be displayed on a screen and an appearance time and a movement path of the respective motion instruction marks; and

a processor configured to;

generate image data including a motion evaluation mark to be displayed on a screen;

generate image data of a plurality of display patterns based on the instruction data stored in the memory, each having a series of motion instruction marks, each to be displayed in a scrolling manner on the screen, the plurality of display patterns including at least a first display pattern and a second display pattern, with the second display pattern being formed so as to have the motion instruction marks of the first display pattern and including additional motion instruction marks;

evaluate a player'"'"'s motion on the basis of a level of coincidence of the motion instruction mark and the motion evaluation mark at a time when motion information of the player corresponding to the motion instruction mark is input by the input interface,

evaluate each of the plurality of groups on the basis of a sum of evaluation results of each player associated with each group, and

generate image data of a result of each group in a comparable manner.

2. The exercise support system according to claim 1, wherein

the processor is further configured to associate, with a player, an index indicating a level of coincidence of the motion instruction mark and the motion evaluation mark for each of the motion instruction marks, and to generate image data of the index in a scrolling manner.

3. The exercise support system according to claim 1, wherein

the processor is further configured to evaluate a player'"'"'s motions on the basis of a number of motions with a high level of coincidence of the motion instruction mark and the motion evaluation mark.

4. An exercise support system comprising:

a step touch pad input device; and

an exercise support device, the exercise support device comprising;

an input interface configured to input motion information, as detected by the step touch pad input device, of a plurality of players, each associated with any one of a plurality of groups;

a memory configured to store instruction data with regard to motion instruction marks to be displayed on a screen and an appearance time and a movement path of the respective motion instruction marks; and

a processor configured to;

generate image data including a motion evaluation mark to be displayed on a screen;

generate image data of a plurality of display patterns based on the instruction data stored in the memory, each having a series of motion instruction marks, each to be displayed in a scrolling manner on the screen, the plurality of display patterns including at least a first display pattern and a second display pattern, with the second display pattern being formed so as to have the motion instruction marks of the first display pattern and including additional motion instruction marks;

evaluate a player'"'"'s motion on the basis of a level of coincidence of the motion instruction mark and the motion evaluation mark at a time when motion information of the player corresponding to the motion instruction mark is input by the input interface;

evaluate each of the plurality of groups on the basis of a sum of evaluation results of each player associated with each group; and

generate image data of a result of each group in a comparable manner to be displayed in a scrolling manner on the screen, the image data including history of indication of evaluation results with regard to the player'"'"'s motion, the history of indication including indication of the latest evaluation result and indication of the past set times evaluation results with regard to the player'"'"'s motion.