Method and apparatus for identifying exercise information of user

• US 9,619,626 B2
• Filed: 01/08/2014
• Issued: 04/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Myung-Sik, Kang, Jeong-Gwan, Park, Sun-Young, Kim, Nam-Hoon, Kim, Hyeon-Seong, Hong, Hyun-Su
• Primary Examiner(s): Ahmed, Masud
• Application Number:
  US14/150,326
• Publication Number:
  US 20140195018A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,189 Days
• Field of Search: 463 31- 42
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0242 adapted to measure environmental factors, e.g. temperature, pollution
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0219 Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1123 Discriminating type of movement, e.g. walking or running A61B5/1116, A61B5/112 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A method and a user terminal for identifying exercise information of a user are provided. The method includes detecting air pressure information at a location of the user terminal; identifying a state of a topography at the location of the user terminal by using the detected air pressure information; analyzing vertical movement and horizontal movement of the user terminal to identify movement information of the user terminal; and identifying the exercise information of the user according to the identified movement information of the user terminal and the identified state of the topography at the location of the user terminal.

Claims

1. A method of identifying exercise information of a user of a user terminal, the method comprising:

detecting air pressure information at a location of the user terminal;

identifying information of a topography at the location of the user terminal by using the detected air pressure information;

analyzing vertical movement and horizontal movement of the user terminal to identify movement information of the user terminal; and

identifying the exercise information of the user according to the identified movement information of the user terminal and the identified information of the topography at the location of the user terminal,

wherein the information of the topography includes a topographic state indicating a flatland or a slope.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the movement information of the user includes a movement speed of the user.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the movement information of the user includes a movement state of the user selected from a plurality of movement states including a walking state and a running state.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the movement information of the user includes a movement distance determined according to the movement state, a step count, and a pace of the user.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein identifying the movement information comprises identifying the movement state of the user based on a step count detected within a predetermined time period.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the movement information reflects data measured, by a motion sensor including an acceleration sensor and an air pressure sensor, at each instance of predetermined time interval, to analyze the vertical and horizontal movement of the user terminal.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the motion sensor further includes at least one of a gyro sensor and a geo-magnetic sensor.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the movement information of the user includes a step count.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the state of the topography includes a topography sloping angle.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the exercise information of the user includes calorie consumption of the user calculated in consideration the topography sloping angle.

11. A user terminal identifying exercise information of a user, the user terminal comprising:

an air pressure sensor configured to detect air pressure information at a location of the user terminal;

a motion sensor configured to detect vertical movement and horizontal movement of the user terminal; and

a sensor processor configured to process a program for identifying exercise information of the user by using data detected from the air pressure sensor and the motion sensor,

wherein the program for identifying the exercise information of the user comprises a command for identifying information of a topography at the location of the user terminal by using the detected air pressure information, analyzing the vertical movement and the horizontal movement of the user terminal to identify movement information of the user terminal, and identifying the exercise information of the user according to the identified movement information of the user terminal and the identified information of the topography at the location of the user terminal,

wherein the information of the topography includes a topographic state indicating a flatland or a slope.

12. The user terminal of claim 11, further comprising a screen configured to display information,

wherein the program for identifying the exercise information of the user provides the exercise information to the controller in accordance to an operation state of the screen.

13. The user terminal of claim 12, wherein the movement information of the user includes a movement state of the user selected from a plurality of movement states including a walking state and a running state.

14. The user terminal of claim 13, wherein the movement information of the user includes a movement distance determined according to the movement state, a step count, and a pace of the user.

15. The user terminal of claim 13, wherein the movement information is identified based on a step count detected within a predetermined unit period.

16. The user terminal of claim 11, wherein the program for identifying the exercise information of the user identifies the exercise informaiton according to the data detected from the air pressure sensor and the motion sensor at each instance of a predetermined time interval, to analyze the vertical and horizontal movement of the user terminal.

17. The user terminal of claim 16, wherein the motion sensor further includes at least one of a gyro sensor and a geo-magnetic sensor.

18. The user terminal of claim 11, wherein the movement information of the user includes a step count.

19. The user terminal of claim 11, wherein the information of the topography includes a topography sloping angle.

20. The user terminal of claim 19, wherein the exercise information of the user includes calorie consumption of the user calculated in consideration of the topography sloping angle.