Action notification system, exercise information measurement apparatus, electronic device, action notification method, and action notification program

• US 10,327,696 B2
• Filed: 01/05/2018
• Issued: 06/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Omron Healthcare Company Limited (Omron Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Omron Healthcare Company Limited (Omron Corporation)
• Inventors: Samejima, Mitsuru, Hamaguchi, Takehiro, Takeishi, Naoki, Yakura, Nobuki, Toda, Shinichi, Nishiyama, Kengo
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Hung T
• Application Number:
  US15/862,664
• Publication Number:
  US 20190008449A1
• Time in Patent Office: 536 Days
• Field of Search: 3405391, 34053911, 34053912, 3405731, 3405734, 600300, 600301, 700 91
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0219 Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/486 Bio-feedback A61B5/375 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7405 using sound
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7455 characterised by tactile indication, e.g. vibration or electrical stimulation
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0062 Monitoring athletic performances, e.g. for determining the work of a user on an exercise apparatus, the completed jogging or cycling distance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

An action notification system includes an exercise information measurement apparatus that includes an action determiner to determine an action of a user based on a detection signal of a body motion sensor, and a transmission controller to cause a communicator to transmit characteristic information of a detection signal waveform of the body motion sensor, which corresponds to the determined action, and an exercise information measurement apparatus that includes a characteristic information acquirer to acquire the characteristic information transmitted from the exercise information measurement apparatus via a communicator, and an output device controller to cause a vibrator to operate in accordance with the acquired characteristic information.

Claims

1. An action notification system comprising:

an exercise information measurement apparatus including a first body motion sensor that detects body motion of a user, a first exercise information calculator that calculates exercise information based on a detection signal of the first body motion sensor, a first communicator that communicates with a first external device, an action determiner that determines an action of the user based on the detection signal of the first body motion sensor, and a transmission controller that causes the first communicator to transmit characteristic information of a detection signal waveform of the first body motion sensor, which corresponds to the action determined by the action determiner; and

an electronic device including a second communicator that communicates with a second external device, an output device including a vibrator, a speaker, or a light emitter, a characteristic information acquirer that acquires the characteristic information transmitted from the exercise information measurement apparatus via the second communicator, and an output device controller that causes the output device to operate in accordance with the characteristic information acquired by the characteristic information acquirer.

2. The action notification system according to claim 1, wherein

the first body motion sensor is a triaxial acceleration sensor;

the characteristic information includes information indicating an interval between a time at which an amplitude of a portion corresponding to the action in a triaxial composite acceleration waveform, which is the detection signal waveform of the triaxial acceleration sensor, reaches a maximum, and a time at which the amplitude reaches a minimum; and

in accordance with the interval, the output device controller determines a period of causing the vibrator to vibrate, a period of causing the speaker to output sound, or a period of causing the light emitter to emit light.

3. The action notification system according to claim 1, wherein

the action determiner periodically performs processing to determine an action of the user based on the detection signal of the first body motion sensor and determines an action that was most often determined through a plurality of instances of the processing in a predetermined period as the action of the user in the predetermined period;

and

in each predetermined period, the transmission controller causes the first communicator to transmit the characteristic information.

4. The action notification system according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device further includes a second body motion sensor that detects body motion of a user, and a second exercise information calculator that calculates exercise information based on a detection signal of the second body motion sensor.

5. An exercise information measurement apparatus comprising:

a body motion sensor that detects body motion of a user;

an exercise information calculator that calculates exercise information based on the detection signal of the body motion sensor;

a communicator that communicates with an external apparatus;

an action determiner that determines an action of the user based on the detection signal of the body motion sensor; and

a transmission controller that causes the communicator to transmit characteristic information of a detection signal waveform of the body motion sensor, which corresponds to the action determined by the action determiner, to an electronic device;

wherein

the electronic device includes an output device including a vibrator, a speaker, or a light emitter, and an output device controller that causes the output device to operate in accordance with the characteristic information.

6. The exercise information measurement apparatus according to claim 5, wherein

the body motion sensor is a triaxial acceleration sensor;

the characteristic information includes information indicating an interval between a time at which an amplitude of a portion corresponding to the action in a triaxial composite acceleration waveform, which is the detection signal waveform of the triaxial acceleration sensor, reaches a maximum, and a time at which the amplitude reaches a minimum; and

in accordance with the interval, the output device controller determines a period of causing the vibrator to vibrate, a period of causing the speaker to output sound, or a period of causing the light emitter to emit light.

7. The exercise information measurement apparatus according to claim 5, wherein

the action determiner periodically performs processing to determine an action of the user based on the detection signal of the body motion sensor, and determines an action that was most often determined through a plurality of instances of the processing in a predetermined period as the action of the user in the predetermined period;

and

in each predetermined period, the transmission controller causes transmission of the characteristic information to the electronic device.

8. An electronic device comprising:

a first communicator that communicates with a first external device;

an output device including a vibrator or a speaker;

a characteristic information acquirer that acquires, via the first communicator, characteristic information of a detection signal waveform of a first body motion sensor, the characteristic information having been transmitted from an exercise information measurement apparatus including a first body motion sensor that detects body motion of a user, a first exercise information calculator that calculates exercise information based on a detection signal of the first body motion sensor, a second communicator that communicates with a second external device, an action determiner that determines an action of the user based on the detection signal of the first body motion sensor, and a transmission controller that causes the second communicator to transmit the characteristic information, which corresponds to the action determined by the action determiner; and

an output device controller that causes the output device to operate in accordance with the characteristic information acquired by the characteristic information acquirer.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein

the first body motion sensor is a triaxial acceleration sensor;

the characteristic information includes information indicating an interval between a time at which an amplitude at a portion corresponding to the action in a triaxial composite acceleration waveform, which is the detection signal waveform of the triaxial acceleration sensor, reaches a maximum, and a time at which the amplitude reaches a minimum; and

in accordance with the interval, the output device controller determines a period of causing the vibrator to vibrate, a period of causing the speaker to output sound, or a period of causing the light emitter to emit light.

10. The electronic device according to claim 8, further comprising:

a second body motion sensor that detects body motion of a user; and

a second exercise information calculator that calculates exercise information based on the detection signal of the second body motion sensor.

11. An action notification method executed by a processor, the method comprising:

determining an action of a user based on a detection signal of a body motion sensor using an exercise information measurement apparatus which includes the body motion sensor that detects body motion of the user and a first communicator that communicates with a first external device;

transmitting, from the first communicator, characteristic information of a detection signal waveform of the body motion sensor, which corresponds to the action determined based on the detection signal of the body motion sensor;

acquiring the characteristic information transmitted from the first communicator via a second communicator using an electronic device including the second communicator that communicates with a second external device, and an output device including a vibrator, a speaker, or a light emitter; and

causing the output device to operate in accordance with the characteristic information acquired via the second communicator.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including an action notification program that causes a processor of an exercise information measurement apparatus, which includes a body motion sensor that detects body motion of a user and outputs a detection signal, and a first communicator that communicates with a first external device, to execute:

determining an action of the user based on the detection signal of the body motion sensor;

causing the first communicator to transmit characteristic information of a detection signal waveform of the body motion sensor, which corresponds to the action determined based on the detection signal of the body motion sensor, to an electronic device;

causing a second communicator of the electronic device to communicate with a second external device;

causing the electronic device to acquire the characteristic information transmitted by the first communicator; and

causing an output device of the electronic device to operate in accordance with the acquired characteristic information, the output device including a vibrator, a speaker, or a light emitting element.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including an action notification program that causes a processor of an electronic device, which has a first communicator that communicates with a first external device and an output device including a vibrator, a speaker, or a light emitting element, to execute:

acquiring, via the first communicator, characteristic information of a detection signal waveform of a body motion sensor, the characteristic information having been transmitted from an exercise information measurement apparatus including the body motion sensor that detects body motion of a user;

determining an action of the user based on the detection signal waveform of the body motion sensor;

causing a second communicator of the exercise information measurement apparatus to communicate with a second external device;

causing the second communicator to transmit the characteristic information, which corresponds to the action of the user determined based on the detection signal waveform of the body motion sensor; and

causing the output device to operate in accordance with the characteristic information acquired via the first communicator.