EXERCISE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, EXERCISE ASSISTANCE METHOD, EXERCISE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

• US 20170225057A1
• Filed: 04/25/2017
• Published: 08/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Omron Healthcare Company Limited (Omron Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Omron Healthcare Company Limited (Omron Corporation)
• Inventors: TAKANO, Yuki
• Application Number:
  US15/496,543
• Publication Number:
  US 20170225057A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/18 Inclination, slope or curvature
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/062 used as a control parameter for the apparatus
• 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 71/06 Indicating or scoring devices for games or players , or for other sports activities
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0619 Displays, user interfaces and indicating devices, specially adapted for sport equipment, e.g. display mounted on treadmills
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0686 Timers, rhythm indicators or pacing apparatus using electric or electronic means

Abstract

An exercise information measurement apparatus 10 includes: a storage control unit 22 that stores a movement pace and bodily information measured during movement of a wearer in association with each other in a storage unit 5; a movement pace allocation setting unit 23 that sets a movement pace allocation for when moving over a designated distance; a movement pace correction unit 25 that corrects the set movement pace allocation based on the movement pace and the bodily information stored in the storage unit 5; and a guide unit 26 that guides a movement pace of the wearer in accordance with the corrected movement pace allocation.

Claims

1. An exercise information measurement apparatus, comprising:

a movement pace measurement unit configured to measure a movement pace of a wearer;

a bodily information measurement unit configured to measure bodily information indicating an exercise load of the wearer;

a storage control unit configured to store the movement pace measured by the movement pace measurement unit during movement of the wearer and the bodily information measured by the bodily information measurement unit in association with each other in the storage unit;

a movement pace allocation setting unit configured to set a movement pace allocation for when moving a designated distance;

a movement pace correction unit configured to correct the movement pace allocation set by the movement pace allocation setting unit, based on the movement pace and the bodily information stored in the storage unit; and

a guide unit configured to perform guidance regarding a movement pace of the wearer in accordance with the movement pace allocation corrected by the movement pace correction unit.

2. The exercise information measurement apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the movement pace correction unit uses the movement pace allocation set by the movement pace allocation setting unit and the movement pace and the bodily information stored in the storage unit to estimate a change in the bodily information of the wearer at a time of moving over the designated distance at the set movement pace allocation, and the movement pace correction unit corrects the movement pace allocation such that the estimated bodily information is less than or equal to a threshold value over all segments of the designated distance.

3. The exercise information measurement apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising

a slope information acquisition unit configured to acquire slope information of a route on which the wearer moves,

wherein the storage control unit stores the movement pace and the bodily information measured during movement of the wearer and the slope information of the route during the movement in association with each other in the storage unit, and

the movement pace correction unit corrects the set movement pace allocation based on the movement pace, the bodily information, and the slope information stored in the storage unit, and on the slope information of the route for which the designated distance is set, the slope information being acquired by the slope information acquisition unit.

4. The exercise information measurement apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

the movement pace correction unit uses the slope information of the route for which the set movement pace allocation and the designated distance are set, and uses the movement pace, the bodily information, and the slope information stored in the storage unit to estimate the change in the bodily information of the wearer at the time of moving over the designated distance, and the movement pace correction unit corrects the movement pace allocation such that the estimated bodily information is less than or equal to a threshold value over all segments of the designated distance.

5. An exercise assistance method, comprising:

a movement pace measurement step of measuring a movement pace of a wearer of an exercise information measurement apparatus;

a bodily information measurement step of measuring bodily information indicating an exercise load of the wearer;

a storage control step of storing the movement pace and the bodily information measured during movement of the wearer in association with each other in the storage unit;

a movement pace allocation setting step of setting a movement pace allocation for a time of moving over a designated distance;

a movement pace correction step of correcting the movement pace allocation set in the movement pace allocation setting step, based on the movement pace and the bodily information stored in the storage unit; and

a guide step of performing guidance regarding a movement pace of the wearer in accordance with the movement pace allocation corrected in the movement pace correction step.

6. An exercise assistance program for causing a computer to execute the steps of the exercise assistance method according to claim 5.