SYSTEM FOR MANAGING PHYSICAL TRAINING AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20100015586A1
• Filed: 02/27/2007
• Published: 01/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Kim, Youn-Tae, Park, Duck-Gun
• Granted Patent: US 8,360,785 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/247
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/803 Motion sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/06 heartbeat rate only
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/75 calorie expenditure
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0075 Means for generating exercise programs or schemes, e.g. computerized virtual trainer, e.g. using expert databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A system for managing physical training includes: a goal achievement planning module establishing a training goal and a time schedule for a physical training participant on the basis of a profile reflecting physical characteristics of the physical training participant; a section creation module separately creating training items on a section basis according to the training goal and the time schedule of the physical training participant with reference to a predetermined standard; and a management contents creation module creating contents required to manage the physical training of the physical training participant on the basis of physical measurements previously established by the goal achievement planning module and the section creation module and various physical measurements measured from sensors attached to the physical training participant in real-time.

Claims

1. A system for managing physical training, comprising:

a goal achievement planning module establishing a training goal and a time schedule for a physical training participant on the basis of a profile reflecting physical characteristics of the physical training participant;

a section creation module separately creating training items on a section basis according to the training goal and the time schedule for the physical training participant with reference to a predetermined standard; and

a management contents creation module creating contents required to manage the physical training of the physical training participant on the basis of physical measurements previously established by the goal achievement planning module and the section creation module and various physical measurements measured from a plurality of sensors attached to the physical training participant in real-time.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein

the section creation module separately creates the training items on the basis of an achievement level and a movement load according to the training goal and the time schedule of each physical training participant, or separately creates the training items on the basis of a determination of a trainer.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein

the management contents creation module includes:

a movement assessment module assessing a movement of the physical training participant on the basis of the profile of the physical training participant and the various physical measurements measured from the sensors in real-time;

a movement load adjustment module adjusting the created movement load according to a physical condition of the physical training participant during the training;

a safety module providing safety to a body of the participant during the training on the basis of the profile of the physical training participant and the various physical measurements measured from the sensors in real-time; and

a calorie consumption measurement module assessing a metabolic amount of the physical training participant on the basis of the profile of the physical training participant and the various physical measurements measured from the sensors in real-time in order to measure a calorie consumption during the training.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein

the movement assessment module includes:

an agility assessment module assessing agility of the physical training participant on the basis of a variation of an amplitude of a statistical waveform of acceleration data according to time; and

an endurance assessment module assessing endurance of the physical training participant on the basis of a ratio between an agility value at the beginning of training of the physical training participant and an agility value after a predetermined time period of training and a ratio between a heart rate at the beginning of training and a heart rate after a predetermined time period of training.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein

the safety module estimates a Wet Bulb Global Temperature (WBGT) index, determines whether or not the estimated WBGT index follows an International Standardization Organization (ISO) specification, assesses a heart load and a heart stress of the physical training participant according to the estimated WBGT index, and establishes a standard for a safe training according to the assessment.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein

the calorie consumption measurement module calculates a calorie consumption per minute on the basis of information of the physical training participant, such as a heart rate, gender, and weight, and integrates the calorie consumption per minute with respect to time series data of an average heart rate per minute in order to measure the calorie consumption.

7. A method of managing physical training, comprising:

establishing a training goal and a time schedule for a physical training participant on the basis of a profile containing information on physical characteristics of the physical training participant;

separately creating training items on a section basis with reference to a predetermined standard according to the training goal and the time schedule for the physical training participant and setting a movement load for each section on the basis of the training goal and the time schedule for the physical training participant; and

creating contents required to manage the physical training of the physical training participant on the basis of physical measurements established by the establishing of the training goal and the time schedule for the physical training participant and the separate creating of the training items and various physical measurements measured from sensors attached to the physical training participant in real-time.