INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE OUTPUT METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20110246509A1
• Filed: 03/25/2011
• Published: 10/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Nishimura, Takuya, MIGITA, Takahito, Kamimaeda, Naoki
• Granted Patent: US 9,198,611 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/222 combined with detection or measurement of physiological parameters, e.g. heart rate
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/743 Displaying an image simultaneously with additional graphical information, e.g. symbols, charts, function plots
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/744 Displaying an avatar, e.g. an animated cartoon character
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0068 Comparison to target or threshold, previous performance or not real time comparison to other individuals
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0096 using performance related parameters for controlling electronic or video games or avatars
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/02 with movable endless bands , e.g. treadmills other training appliances for running on the spot A63B69/0028
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/05 Image processing for measuring physical parameters
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/40 Acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/805 Optical or opto-electronic sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/806 Video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/833 Sensors arranged on the exercise apparatus or sports implement
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/836 Sensors arranged on the body of the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/06 heartbeat rate only
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/42 rate
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/50 temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/62 posture
• 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 24/0084 Exercising apparatus with means for competitions, e.g. virtual races
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0087 Electric or electronic controls for exercising apparatus of groups A63B21/00 - A63B23/00, e.g. controlling load
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0622 Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/20 : Movements or behaviour, e.g. gesture recognition recognition of facial expressions G06V40/16
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 : relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising

Abstract

There is provided an information processing device including: a storage unit that stores a plurality of exercise models each including one or more kinds of measured values measured in time series for a person doing exercise and exercise description data specifying exercise recognized based on the measured values; a selection unit that selects one or more exercise models from the plurality of exercise models stored in the storage unit according to a designated condition; and an output unit that outputs a series of output images representing the measured values and exercise specified by the exercise description data in time series for the exercise model selected by the selection unit.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

a storage unit that stores a plurality of exercise models each including one or more kinds of measured values measured in time series for a person doing exercise and exercise description data specifying exercise recognized based on the measured values;

a selection unit that selects one or more exercise models from the plurality of exercise models stored in the storage unit according to a designated condition; and

an output unit that outputs a series of output images representing the measured values and exercise specified by the exercise description data in time series for the exercise model selected by the selection unit.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the output image is an image displaying a character as an avatar of a person doing exercise specified by the exercise description data.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein

the output unit varies a state of the character in time series according to the measured values in the selected exercise model.

4. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein

the exercise model includes position data indicating a position of a person doing exercise,

the information processing device further includes a position acquisition unit that acquires a current position of a user, and

the output unit varies a display position or a size of the character in time series according to the position of the person indicated by the position data of the selected exercise model and the current position of the user acquired by the position acquisition unit.

5. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein

the output image is an image further displaying at least one kind of the measured values.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

a condition for selecting an exercise model of a person being the same as a user doing exercise is included as an option of the condition.

7. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

a condition for selecting an exercise model of a well-known person is included as an option of the condition.

8. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

a condition for selecting an exercise model of a person with at least one attribute of age, sex, height and weight being common or similar to a user doing exercise is included as an option of the condition.

9. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a measurement unit that outputs the one or more kinds of measured values for a user doing exercise; and

an exercise recognition unit that recognizes exercise of a user based on the measured values output by the measurement unit,

wherein

when current exercise of the user recognized by the exercise recognition unit is different from exercise specified by the exercise description data of the exercise model being processed by the output unit, the selection unit selects another exercise model to be processed by the output unit.

10. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a measurement unit that outputs the one or more kinds of measured values for a user doing exercise;

an exercise recognition unit that recognizes exercise of a user based on the measured values output by the measurement unit; and

an exercise model creation unit that creates the exercise model for the user using a recognition result by the exercise recognition unit.

11. An image output method using an information processing device including a storage unit that stores a plurality of exercise models each including one or more kinds of measured values measured in time series for a person doing exercise and exercise description data specifying exercise recognized based on the measured values, the method comprising steps of:

selecting one or more exercise models from the plurality of exercise models stored in the storage unit according to a designated condition; and

outputting a series of output images representing the measured values and exercise specified by the exercise description data in time series for the selected exercise model.

12. A program causing a computer that controls an information processing device including a storage unit that stores a plurality of exercise models each including one or more kinds of measured values measured in time series for a person doing exercise and exercise description data specifying exercise recognized based on the measured values to function as:

a selection unit that selects one or more exercise models from the plurality of exercise models stored in the storage unit according to a designated condition; and

an output unit that outputs a series of output images representing the measured values and exercise specified by the exercise description data in time series for the exercise model selected by the selection unit.