EXERCISE RECORDING SYSTEM

• US 20090062073A1
• Filed: 02/15/2008
• Published: 03/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: HUANG, FU-JUI, CHENG, SHANG-YUAN
• Application Number:
  US12/032,066
• Publication Number:
  US 20090062073A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/8
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0065 Evaluating the fitness, e.g. fitness level or fitness index
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0663 worn on the wrist, e.g. wrist bands
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/20 Distances or displacements
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/15 with identification means that can be read by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/50 Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2244/20 Swimming
• 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: A63B 69/0028 for running, jogging or speed-walking movable endless bands A63B22/02

Abstract

An exercise recording system suitable for recording the exercise information of a user is provided. The exercise recording system includes an electronic tag, a reading module and a back-end data server. Identification information corresponding to the user is recorded inside the electronic tag, and the user exercises along an exercise path. The reading module is disposed on the exercise path so as to read the identification information recorded inside the electronic tag. The back-end data server receives the identification information transmitted from the reading module to retrieve essential information for calculating exercise information of the user.

Claims

1. An exercise recording system for recording exercise information of a user, the exercise recording system comprising:

an electronic tag, capable of recording identification information corresponding to the user doing exercise along an exercise path;

a reading module, disposed on the exercise path so as to read the identification information recorded inside the electronic tag; and

a back-end data server, capable of receiving the identification information transmitted from the reading module to retrieve essential information for calculating exercise information of the user.

2. The exercise recording system as recited in claim 1, wherein the essential information comprises the weight of the user and the time for the user to pass by the reading module.

3. The exercise recording system as recited in claim 2, wherein the exercise path is a closed path, the reading module comprises a reader, the essential information comprises the distance of the exercise path and the back-end data server stores a conversion table for converting the speed of the user into a metabolic equivalent (MET);

wherein, the speed of the user is the distance divided by a time interval between two times when the user passes by the reader.

4. The exercise recording system as recited in claim 3, wherein the exercise information comprises the consumed calories defined by the weight multiplied by the exercise time and the metabolic equivalent.

5. The exercise recording system as recited in claim 2, wherein the reading module comprises a plurality of readers disposed along the exercise path, the essential information comprises the distance between two of the readers along the exercise path, and the back-end data server stores a conversion table for converting the speed into a metabolic equivalent (MET);

wherein, the speed of the user is the distance divided by a time interval during which the user passes by two of the readers.

6. The exercise recording system as recited in claim 5, wherein the exercise information comprises the consumed calories defined by the weight multiplied by the exercise time and the metabolic equivalent.

7. The exercise recording system as recited in claim 1, wherein the electronic tag is capable of detecting a heartbeat value, the essential information comprises an extreme heartbeat value and the exercise information comprises an exercise intensity;

wherein, the exercise intensity is equal to the extreme heartbeat value.

8. The exercise recording system as recited in claim 1, wherein the electronic tag is disposed on the user.

9. The exercise recording system as recited in claim 1, further comprising a sports equipment, whereon the electronic tag is disposed and whereby the user does exercise along the exercise path.

10. The exercise recording system as recited in claim 1, wherein the electronic tag communicates with the reading module wirelessly.

11. The exercise recording system as recited in claim 1, wherein the back-end data server is linked to the Internet so that the user enquires about the exercise information from the back-end data server through the Internet.

12. The exercise recording system as recited in claim 11, wherein the back-end data server transmits the exercise information to the user so that the user learns the exercise information.

13. The exercise recording system as recited in claim 11, wherein the exercise path is one of a walking trail, a jogging trail, a bicycle trail, a swimming lane and a hiking trail.