JP2002269286A - Exercise management device, exercise management method and program for it - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable everyone to continuously get healthful exercise while an individual motivation to exercise is satisfied. SOLUTION: A walking management system 1 is provided with a walking management server 10, a portable terminal 11 and a position detecting server 12. The walking management server 10 sets up a home page for walking campaign on the Web, and in the HP, participation in walking campaign is registered from the portable terminal 11. Subsequently, the walking management server 10 receives the current position information and the information on the number of steps of user transmitted at fixed time intervals from the portable terminal 11 of the user who registered participation when a walking start notice is transmitted, and manages the number of steps of the user to calculate the number of cumulative steps according to the received information. A campaign certificate is transmitted to the user who has achieved the target of number of steps set for each campaign on the end day of campaign.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to an exercise management apparatus, an exercise management method, and a program for managing a user's exercise amount on a network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, there has been a concern that modern people may lack exercise due to the development of transportation. Therefore, an increasing number of people manage their own health by carrying a pedometer and managing their walking amount, or participating in an event such as a walking rally that walks a prescribed course or distance. .

On the other hand, mobile phones and PHS (Personal Handy)
phone System) and PDA
A portable information terminal called (Personal Digital Assistants) has been developed. Such portable information terminals have been added with functions to manage various types of personal information, and have been developed with e-mail functions, data communication functions, Internet browser functions, etc., to reduce the portability and convenience. It produces various forms of use.

For example, an antenna for using a position detection system such as a GPS (Global Positioning System) as a means for detecting a current position of the user is mounted on the portable information terminal, and by using this position detection system, By receiving radio waves transmitted from a plurality of satellites launched into low earth orbit, it is possible to measure the longitude, latitude and altitude of the current position of the user who owns the portable information terminal.

[0005]

However, in the above-described conventional pedometer, only the amount of walking and the calorie consumption of the individual are displayed, and the individual sets a target and walks. However, there is a problem that the feeling of achievement is low and the person gets tired immediately. In addition, there is also a problem that it is troublesome and troublesome to copy the record of walking on a notebook or the like to manage the amount of walking and calorie consumption of an individual.

[0006] On the other hand, events such as walking rallies have to be attended at predetermined times and places, so it is necessary to adjust the circumstances of the individual, and furthermore, it is necessary to go to the participation procedure and to the place of participation. Was troublesome. In addition, since walking is performed in a group, it is necessary to adjust the pace around, and it is not possible to walk at a pace suitable for one's own physical strength, and not all people can participate. Alternatively, such an event, although capable of performing many walks a day, was not suitable for achieving the purpose of managing health by walking little by little every day.

[0007] It is an object of the present invention to enable anyone to continue exercising healthy while satisfying an individual's desire to exercise.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
Exercise management that is connected to a wireless communication terminal (for example, the portable terminal 11 shown in FIG. 1) via a wireless communication network (for example, the network 20 shown in FIG. 1) and manages exercise amount for each user of the wireless communication terminal A device (eg, the walking management server 10 shown in FIG. 1),
Receiving means for receiving the exercise amount information transmitted from the wireless communication terminal (for example, the transmission control unit 104 shown in FIG. 2)
Storage means (for example, CPU 101 for performing the processing shown in step S311 in FIG. 13) for updating and storing the exercise amount for each user of the wireless communication terminal based on the exercise amount information received by the reception means; and the storage means Comparing the exercise amount information for each user stored by the above with a target exercise amount set for each user to determine whether or not the exercise amount stored for each user has achieved the target exercise amount (for example, CPU 101 that performs the process shown in step S410 of FIG. 14) and when the discriminating means determines that the exercise amount stored for each user has achieved the target exercise amount, the target exercise amount is transmitted to the user's wireless communication terminal. Notification means for notifying that the user has achieved
CPU 101 that performs the processing shown in Step S414 of Step 4)
And characterized in that:

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an exercise management apparatus which is connected to a wireless communication terminal via a wireless communication network and manages an exercise amount for each user of the wireless communication terminal. The exercise amount information transmitted from the wireless communication terminal is received, and the storage unit updates and stores the exercise amount for each user of the wireless communication terminal based on the exercise amount information received by the reception unit. By comparing the exercise amount information for each user stored with the target exercise amount set for each user, it is determined whether the exercise amount stored for each user has achieved the target exercise amount, and the notifying means When the discriminating means determines that the exercise amount stored for each user has achieved the target exercise amount, the target exercise amount is reached at the wireless communication terminal of the user. Since so as to notify that the user sets the target vehicle movement amount suitable for their, by performing exercise at their own convenience anytime, anywhere,
The amount of exercise for each user is updated and stored based on the amount of exercise information transmitted from the user's wireless communication terminal, and when the amount of exercise stored for each user achieves the target amount of exercise, it is determined that the user has achieved his / her target amount of exercise. Since the user is notified to his / her wireless communication terminal, the exercise can be performed at a pace corresponding to his / her physical strength, and people of a wide range of ages, from young people to old people, can continuously exercise.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 to 14 are diagrams showing an embodiment of a walking management device to which the present invention is applied.

First, the configuration will be described. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration of the walking management system 1. In the walking management system 1, the walking management server 10, the mobile terminal 11, and the position detection device 12 are connected to a network 20, which is an open network such as the Internet. The mobile terminal 11 is connected to the network 20 by establishing a wireless communication line with a wireless base station (not shown) connected to the network 20.

FIG. 1 shows a case in which one walking management server 10, five mobile terminals 11, and one position detecting device 12 are connected to a network 20, but the number of these devices, etc. Is not particularly limited.

In the walking management system 1 shown in FIG. 1, a walking management server 10 manages current position information and walking amount information for each user transmitted from a portable terminal 11 owned by the user, and manages the information during a predetermined period. This is a system that provides a walking campaign service that generates a certificate for a user who has achieved a target walking amount.
Hereinafter, in describing the present invention, a characteristic walking amount will be described as the number of steps.

In the walking management system 1 shown in FIG. 1, a walking management server 10 is a terminal managed by a service company that holds a walking campaign, and is a Web site (WEB SITE) on the Internet.
Establish a Home Page (HP) to provide various walking campaign information. The various types of walking campaign information provided by the walking management server 10 in the HP include campaign information (campaign name, holding date and time, holding period, target steps, etc.) of the walking campaign provided by the service company, and walking information (date and time) for each participating user. Information, step count information, current position information, etc.), and a campaign certificate transmitted to a user who has achieved the target step count at the end of the campaign.

[0015] The walking management server 10 uses this HP
When access from the mobile terminal 11 is received via
Submit the campaign participation registration site. Next, from the mobile terminal 11, the participation campaign name, the campaign start date, and the user information (user name, mobile terminal number, gender,
Height, weight, age, etc.) and register for participation. Then, the participation campaign name received from the mobile terminal 11,
According to the campaign start date and the user information, the campaign information for each user is generated and transmitted to the mobile terminal 11 that has accepted the participation registration.

When the walking management server 10 receives the walking start notification from the portable terminal 11,
The user's current position information and the number of steps transmitted at regular intervals are received, and the current position information and the number of steps are recorded as walking information corresponding to the date and time in a walking information file 107c for each user described later.

Further, the walking management server 10
The total number of steps during the campaign period is calculated from the number of steps information recorded in the walking information file 107c for each user, and if the target number of steps is achieved on the campaign end date, a campaign certificate is generated and the mobile terminal 11
Send to On the other hand, if the target number of steps has not been achieved even after the campaign end date, period over notification information is generated and transmitted to the mobile terminal 11.

Next, the portable terminal 11 is a portable terminal owned by the user who uses the walking management system 1, and includes, for example, a portable telephone, a PHS, or a portable terminal device having a built-in communication function. The mobile terminal 11 includes a pedometer for detecting the number of steps of the user and a GPS position detecting device for detecting the current position of the user. Also, on a Web site on the Internet,
A browsing browser for browsing the HP is provided.

The user accesses the HP established by the walking management server 10 via the portable terminal 11 and registers for participation in the walking campaign. Mobile terminal 1
1 receives a campaign participation registration site from the walking management server 10, and transmits a participation campaign name, a campaign start date, and user information as participation registration information. When the participation registration is received by the walking management server 10 and the campaign information is received, a walking start notification is transmitted, and the current position information and the number of steps information are transmitted at regular intervals.

When the target number of steps is achieved by the user by the end date of the campaign, the portable terminal 11 receives the campaign certificate transmitted from the walking management server 10. On the other hand, when the target number of steps is not achieved by the campaign end date, the mobile terminal 11 receives the period over notification information transmitted from the walking management server 10.

The position detecting device 12 transmits radio waves from a plurality of GPS satellites launched into a low earth orbit, and transmits the radio waves to the GPS
The data is received as data (longitude, latitude), and the current position of the portable terminal 11 is detected.

Alternatively, the position detecting device 12 is, for example,
A position detection signal for position detection is transmitted to the mobile terminal 11 through a wireless base station (not shown) connected to the network 20 and managed by a communication terminal provider that provides a PHS (Personal Handyphone System). The position of the mobile terminal 11 may be detected based on a response signal returned from the mobile terminal 11 via the station, and the current position information of the mobile terminal 11 may be transmitted to the walking management server 10.

Next, the walking management server 10 shown in FIG. 1 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. FIG.
Is the walking management server 10 in the present embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a main part configuration of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, the walking management server 10 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 10
1, display unit 102, input unit 103, transmission control unit 104,
RAM (Random Access Memory) 105, storage device 10
6. The storage device 106 includes a recording medium 107 and the like. The components except the recording medium 107 are connected by a bus 108.

The CPU 101 develops an application program specified from the server program, the system program, and various application programs stored in the storage device 106 into a work area (not shown) in the RAM 105, and In accordance with data input from the transmission control unit 104, various processes are executed in accordance with an application program, and the processing results are stored in a designated storage destination in the RAM 105. Further, display information for displaying the processing result is generated and output to the display unit 102, and the processing result is transmitted to the mobile terminal 11.

More specifically, the CPU 101
6, a campaign participation registration processing program, a walking information recording processing program, and a campaign achievement confirmation processing program are read out, and the campaign participation registration processing (see FIG. 11) described later, the walking information recording processing (see FIG. 13), the campaign An achievement confirmation process (see FIG. 14) is executed.

In the campaign participation registration process,
The CPU 101 publishes H
When P is accessed from the mobile terminal 11 via the network 20, a campaign participation registration site is transmitted to the mobile terminal 11. Next, the name of the campaign participating from the mobile terminal 11 via this campaign participation registration site,
When the campaign start date and user information are sent,
These are received as participation registration information. Then, the received participation registration information is registered in a campaign participation registration file 107a and a user information file 107b, which will be described later, and the campaign information is generated.
1 to send the campaign information.

Next, in the walking information recording process, upon receiving the walking start notification from the portable terminal 11, the CPU 101 reads a walking information file 107c described later, and transmits the current position information transmitted from the portable terminal 11 at regular intervals. And step number information are recorded for each user. Then, when the walking end notification is received from the mobile terminal 11, the total number of steps during the campaign period is calculated and recorded in the walking information file 107c.

The CPU 101 compares the current position information transmitted from the portable terminal 11 at regular time intervals with the previously transmitted current position information, and if the current position of the portable terminal 11 does not change, And generate error notification information. Then, error notification information is transmitted to the portable terminal 11, and the received step number information is not counted. This is for preventing a fraudulent act such that the user moves the pedometer attached to the portable terminal 11 by hand without actually walking and increases only the value of the counter.

Subsequently, in the campaign achievement confirmation processing, the CPU 101 sets the campaign participation registration file 1
07a, and confirms the campaign end date for each user. Next, for a user whose campaign end date exceeds the current date, the total number of steps during the user's period is acquired from the walking information file 107c of the corresponding user, and is compared with the target number of steps of the user.
If the total number of steps of the user has achieved the target number of steps, the CPU 101 creates a campaign certificate and
The campaign certificate is transmitted to the portable terminal 11 of the corresponding user. In addition, a campaign certificate may be transmitted to a user who has achieved the target number of steps, a coupon may be sent to give a privilege, or the name of the user who has achieved the target number of steps may be posted on a homepage.

On the other hand, if the total number of steps during the period of the user has not reached the target number of steps by the end date of the campaign, the CPU 101 generates period over notification information and notifies the mobile terminal 11 of the corresponding user of the period over notification. Send. Note that this campaign achievement confirmation process
It is executed once a day by the walking management server 10. Therefore, a campaign certificate or a period over notification is transmitted to the user's mobile terminal 11 on the day after the campaign end date.

The display unit 102 is a CRT (Cathode Ray Tu)
be), a liquid crystal display (LCD), and the like, and the contents of data transmitted and received via the input unit 103 and the transmission control unit 104 based on display information input from the CPU 101 are displayed on the display screen. Display.

The input unit 103 includes a keyboard provided with a cursor key, numeric input keys, and various function keys, and outputs a pressing signal corresponding to a key pressed on the keyboard.
Output to PU101. Note that the input unit 103 may include a pointing device such as a mouse and a touch panel, and other input devices as necessary.

The transmission control unit 104 has a LAN (Local Area)
Network), WAN (Wide Area Network), or an interface connectable to a transmission medium connected to various networks such as the Internet. Here, the transmission medium includes a telephone line, a metal wire, a coaxial cable, an optical fiber cable, and the like, and forms the above-described network by being connected to various devices. The transmission control unit 104 is a modem (MODEM: MOdeul
ator / DEModulator) or terminal adapter (TA:
Terminal Adapter), telephone line, I
The modem controls communication with an external device via a communication line of an SDN line. The modem controls communication with an external device such as a personal computer via a telephone line.
A device that modulates digital data processed by the CPU 101 into an analog signal suitable for a frequency band of a telephone line and demodulates an analog signal input via the telephone line into a digital signal.
This is a device for converting an existing interface into an interface compatible with ISDN in order to communicate with an external device such as a personal computer via an ISDN line.

The RAM 105 forms a work area for temporarily storing various programs executed by the CPU 101 and data relating to these various programs.

The storage device 106 has a recording medium 107 in which programs, data and the like are stored in advance, and this recording medium 107 is constituted by a magnetic or optical recording medium or a semiconductor memory. This recording medium 1
Reference numeral 07 denotes a unit fixedly provided in the storage device 106 or a unit detachably mounted.
7 stores the server program, the system program, various application programs corresponding to the system, a communication control processing program, data processed by the various processing programs, document data, and the like.

The programs, data, and the like stored in the recording medium 107 are partially or wholly received from another device such as a server or a client from the transmission control unit 104 via a transmission medium such as a network line and stored. The recording medium 107 may be a recording medium of a server built on a network. Furthermore, the program may be configured to be transmitted to a server or a client via a transmission medium such as a network line and installed in these devices.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of various files stored in the recording medium 107. Recording medium 10
7, a campaign participation registration file 107a, a user information information file 107b, and a walking information file 107c are stored. With reference to FIGS.
Campaign participation registration file 107a, user information information file 107b, and walking information file 1
07c will be described in further detail.

FIG. 5 shows a campaign participation registration file 1
It is a figure showing an example of campaign participation registration information recorded on 07a. As shown in FIG. 5, the campaign participation registration file 107a includes, as participation registration information, “campaign name”, “user name”, “start date”, “end date”, “days”, “steps”, “authorization”. Certificate issuance "is recorded.

A specific description will be given by taking the participation registration information recorded in the uppermost record as an example. First, in the “campaign name”, character data of “campaign A” which is the course name of the campaign to be held is recorded. Next, in the “user name”, character data of the name “Suzuki XX” of the user who has performed the participation registration is recorded, and in the “start date”, the date designated by the user “2001/0”
4/01 "is recorded.

Subsequently, in the “end date”, date data of “2001/04/30”, which is the end date of the campaign, is recorded, and in the “days”, the number of days of the participation period set for each course of the campaign is recorded. Is recorded as numerical data of "30". In the “step count”, numerical data of the target step count “300000” in the participation period is recorded, and in the “certificate issuance”, a certificate sent to a user who has achieved the target step count within the period is still issued. "Not yet" to indicate no
Is recorded.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the user information recorded in the user information file 107b. As shown in FIG. 6, "user name", "telephone number", "sex", "height", "weight", and "age" are recorded as user information in the user information file 107a.

The user information recorded in the uppermost record will be specifically described as an example. First, character data of "Suzuki OO" which is the name of the user is recorded in "Name", and "090-1234-5678" which is also the identification number of the portable terminal 11 owned by the user in "Phone number". Is recorded. Followed by gender, height,
"Weight" and "age" include character data of "male", "170", "65", and "30" as physical characteristics of the user.
Is recorded. The calorie consumption for each user can be calculated from the number of steps of the user by using the information such as gender, height, weight, and age.

FIG. 7 shows the walking information file 107.
It is a figure showing an example of walking information recorded on c. As shown in FIG. 7, the walking information file 10
7c includes “user name” as walking information,
"Date", "Time", "GPS data", "Steps",
The “total number of steps” is recorded.

The walking information recorded in the uppermost record will be specifically described as an example. First, in the “user name”, character data of “Suzuki XX” which is the name of the user is recorded. Next, in “date” and “time”, “2001/04/01”, “10:” indicating the date and time when the pedometer of the portable terminal 11 was activated and the walking information was transmitted.
"00" is recorded. Subsequently, the “GPS data” includes “N ****, E *” indicating the current position of the user at the time when the walking information was transmitted by latitude and longitude.
*** ”is recorded.

In the "step count", numerical data of the number of steps walked in one day since the pedometer was started is added and recorded every time the walking information is transmitted. Therefore, in the example recorded at the top row, the numerical data of the number of steps at the time when the pedometer is activated is recorded, so "00"
000 ”is recorded.

In the “total number of steps”, numerical data of the number of steps accumulated from the first day of the campaign is recorded. The total number of steps is calculated when the walking management server 10 receives the walking start notification and the walking end notification from the mobile terminal 11, and is recorded in the walking information file 107c. In the example recorded in the top row, since the value is the first day of the campaign, numerical data of “00000” is recorded as the initial value.

Next, the portable terminal 11 shown in FIG. 1 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of portable terminal 11 according to the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 3, the portable terminal 11
U201, display unit 202, input unit 203, wireless communication unit 2
04, RAM 205, storage device 206, storage device 206
A recording medium 207, a GPS position detecting device 208,
Each part except for the recording medium 207 is constituted by a pedometer 209 and the like, and is connected by a bus 210.

The CPU 201 reads and executes various system programs stored in the storage device 206 to drive and control each unit of the portable terminal 11. Also, the input unit 20
3, read and execute various application programs stored in the storage device 206 in accordance with data input from the wireless communication unit 204, and store the processing result in the RAM 20.
Save to the designated save destination in 5. Further, display information for displaying the processing result is generated and output to the display unit 202, and the processing result is transmitted to the walking management server 10 via the wireless communication unit 204.

When the address of the HP established on the Internet is inputted or selected from the input unit 203 by using a numeric key or a character key, the CPU 201 transmits the address. The sent HP data is displayed on the display screen of the display unit 202.

Further, the CPU 201 has a GPS
The current position of the mobile terminal 11 is detected based on the GPS signal input from the position detection device 208. Also, CPU
201 receives a position detection signal transmitted by the position detection server 12 via a wireless base station (not shown),
A response signal is transmitted from the wireless communication unit 204 to the wireless base station.

Alternatively, the CPU 201 operates as follows:
When an operation for instructing the start of communication is performed in accordance with the input operation in, or when an incoming signal is received via the wireless base station, an outgoing signal is transmitted from the wireless communication unit 204 to establish a wireless communication line. .

Further, in the campaign participation registration processing executed by the CPU 101 of the walking management server 10, the CPU 201 transmits a request instruction for the campaign participation registration site, and receives the campaign participation registration site from the walking management server 10. Next, on the campaign participation registration site, enter the participation campaign name, campaign start date, and user information,
The walking management server 1 uses these as participation registration information.
Send to 0. And the campaign information transmitted from the walking management server 10 is received, and campaign participation registration is performed.

In addition, the CPU 201 includes the recording medium 207
A walking information transmission processing program (FIG. 1) to be described later is read out from the walking information transmission processing program stored therein.
2).

In this walking information transmitting process,
When an instruction to activate the pedometer 209 is input from the user, the CPU 201 outputs a control signal for activating the pedometer 209, and activates the pedometer 209. Next, the current position information of the portable terminal 11 input from the GPS position detecting device 208 is acquired and transmitted to the walking management server 10 together with a walking start notification.

Subsequently, the CPU 201 sets the pedometer 2
09, step number information is obtained. Further, it acquires the current position information of the portable terminal 11 from the GPS position detecting device 208 and transmits it to the walking management server 10 as walking information together with the number of steps. After that, the CPU 201 acquires the current position information and the number of steps information at regular intervals, and transmits them to the walking management server 10. In addition,
The configuration may be such that the step count information is transmitted not at regular intervals but at regular intervals.

When the user inputs a termination instruction, the CPU 201 terminates the pedometer 209, transmits a walking termination notification to the walking management server 10, and terminates the walking information transmission processing.

The display unit 202 is connected to a display screen such as a liquid crystal display or the like. The display unit 202 is configured to input the contents of the input unit 203, the contents of the telephone directory data, the received HP data, the text of the e-mail, Various screens based on display information input from the CPU 201, such as messages for processing, are displayed on the display screen.

The input unit 203 includes various keys corresponding to various functions such as a call start / hang-up and the use of the Internet, in addition to a character key and a number key, and outputs an operation signal for the operated key to the CPU 201.

The radio communication unit 204 transmits and receives radio signals to and from a radio base station (not shown). For example, when a radio signal indicating an incoming call is received from the wireless base station, a signal indicating the incoming call is output to the CPU 201 to execute an incoming call notification operation, and a call transmission instruction is input to the CPU 201 from the input unit 203 by the user. And establish a wireless communication line with the wireless base station. Further, when the position detection signal is transmitted from the position detection server 12, the wireless communication unit 204 transmits a response signal to the wireless base station.

The RAM 205 forms a work area for temporarily storing various programs executed by the CPU 201 and data related to these various programs.

The storage device 206 is a recording medium 207 composed of a rewritable semiconductor storage element such as a flash memory.
In the recording medium 207, various application programs of the mobile terminal 11 executed by the CPU 201, data related to these programs, and the like are stored. For example, the recording medium 207 includes various programs such as a walking information transmission processing program for performing the above-described processing, a telephone number of a communication destination that has communicated in the past, a telephone number that has arrived in the past, and a Data and the like are stored. Further, for example, the recording medium 207 stores setting data in which various setting contents regarding the operation of the mobile terminal 11 are recorded.

The programs, data, and the like stored in the recording medium 207 are partially or wholly received from another device such as a server or a client from the wireless communication unit 204 via a transmission medium such as a network line and stored. The recording medium 207 may be a recording medium of a server constructed on a network. Furthermore, the program may be configured to be transmitted to a server or a client via a transmission medium such as a network line and installed in these devices.

The GPS position detecting device 208 has a GPS antenna and has a plurality of GPS satellites launched in low earth orbit.
Receive GPS data transmitted from satellites. The received GPS data is output to the CPU 201, and the current position information (latitude, longitude) of the mobile terminal 11 is detected based on the GPS data.

The pedometer 209 is constituted by an acceleration sensor, a counter, and the like, counts the number of steps based on the vibration of the body accompanying the walking motion of the user, and outputs the counted steps to the CPU 201 as step number information.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. First, the campaign participation registration process executed by the CPU 101 of the walking management server 10 in the walking management system 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

In FIG. 11, the CPU 101 of the walking management server 10 waits for access from the portable terminal 11. When access is performed from the mobile terminal 11 (step S101; YES), a campaign participation registration site is transmitted to the mobile terminal 11 (step S10).
2).

Next, CPU 101 waits for an instruction from portable terminal 11 to be transmitted (step S10).
3) When the participation registration information is transmitted from the mobile terminal 11 via the campaign participation registration site, it is determined whether or not the input of the transmitted participation campaign name, campaign start date, and user information is completed. (Step S
104). If the input has not been completed (step S1
04; NO), waits for an instruction from the mobile terminal 11, and if the input has been completed (step S104; YES),
The received user information is recorded in the user information file 107b (step S105).

Subsequently, the CPU 101 records the received participation registration information in the participation registration information file 107a and the user information file 107b (step S105).
Then, the CPU 101 generates campaign information based on the participation registration information (step S106), and transmits the campaign information to the mobile terminal 11 (step S10).
7), the campaign participation registration process ends.

Next, the walking information transmission process executed by the CPU 201 of the portable terminal 11 will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

The CPU 201 of the portable terminal 11 waits for an instruction from the user via the input unit 203 (step S201). When an instruction is input from the user (step S202; YES), the CPU 201 receives the instruction. It is determined whether the received instruction is an instruction to start the pedometer (step S
203).

If the input instruction is not an instruction to start the pedometer (step S203; NO), another process is executed. If the input instruction is an instruction to activate the pedometer (step S203; YES), the pedometer is activated and a walking start notification is transmitted to the walking management server 10 (step S204).

Next, the CPU 201 counts the number of steps input from the activated pedometer (step S205) and starts time measurement (step S2).
06). Next, it is determined whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of counting the number of steps (step S20).
7). If the fixed time has not elapsed (step S
207; NO), the counting of the pedometer and the time measurement are continued.

On the other hand, if the predetermined time has elapsed (step S207; YES), the CPU 201
The current position information is acquired from the S position detecting device 208 (Step S208). Then, the pedometer count is transmitted as step information to the walking management server 10 together with the current position information (step S209).

The CPU 201 determines whether or not an end instruction has been input from the user. If the end instruction has not been input, the CPU 201 returns to step S205 to continue counting of the pedometer and time measurement, and continue for a predetermined time. The current position information and the number of steps information are transmitted to the walking management server 10 every time.

When a termination instruction is input from the user (step S210; YES), CPU 101 terminates the step counting operation by the pedometer and transmits a walking end notification to walking management server 10 (step S2).
11), the walking information transmission process ends.

Subsequently, the C of the walking management server 10
The walking information recording process executed by the PU 101 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

CPU 10 of walking management server 10
1 waits for an instruction from the portable terminal 11 (step S3
01), when accessed from the portable terminal 11 (step S302), the received information is determined (step S3).
03). When the received information is the walking start notification (step S304; YES), the current date, time, and the like are stored in the walking information file 107c of the corresponding user.
Record the current position information, set the number of steps to the initial value 0,
This walking information recording processing ends (step S3).
05).

On the other hand, if the received information is not walking information (step S304; NO), it is determined whether or not the received information is a walking end notification. If the received information is a walking end notification (step S306; YES), the walking information file 10
7c, the total number of steps calculated from the walking start date is obtained by obtaining the total number of steps calculated last time and the number of step information received from the mobile terminal 11 this time.
7c (step S307), and the walking information recording process ends.

If the received information is not a walking end notification (step S306; NO), it is determined whether or not the received information is walking information including current position information and step count information. If the received information is not walking information (step S308; NO), the process proceeds to another process. On the other hand, if the received information is the walking information (step S308; YES), the current position information of the portable terminal 11 is obtained and compared with the previously transmitted current position information (step S309).

CPU 101 determines whether the current position of portable terminal 11 has changed from the previous position. Mobile terminal 11
If there is no change in the position (step S310: NO), C
The PU 101 determines that the user is not walking normally, generates error notification information, and
1 (step S313), and terminates the walking information recording process.

On the other hand, when there is a change in the position of the portable terminal 11 (step S310; YES), the CPU 101 records the received current position information and the number of steps together with the date and time in the walking information file 107c (step S3).
11). Then, the CPU 101 transmits a reception confirmation of the walking information to the portable terminal 11, and ends the walking information recording process (step S312).

Further, C of the walking management server 10
The campaign achievement confirmation processing executed by the PU 101 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

The CPU 10 of the walking management server 10
1 judges whether it is time to confirm the achievement of the campaign, and if it is the confirmation timing (step S401; YES), reads out the campaign participation registration file 107a (step S402). Next, it is determined whether there is a record in the read campaign participation registration file 107a, and if there is a record (step S403; YES), the record at the top of the file is acquired (step S404).

Next, the campaign end date of the acquired record is acquired (step S405), and the campaign end date is compared with the current date (step S40).
6) It is determined whether the campaign period has ended (step S407). If the campaign period has ended (step S407; YES), the CPU 101
Acquires the target number of steps from the acquired record (step S408), reads the walking information file of the user corresponding to the acquired record, and acquires the total number of steps of the user (step S409).

Then, CPU 101 compares the acquired target number of steps with the total number of steps (step S410), and determines whether or not the target has been achieved (step S411). When the target has not been achieved (step S411; N
O), the CPU 101 generates the period over notification information and transmits the period over notification information to the mobile terminal 11 (step S415).

On the other hand, if the target has been achieved (step S411; YES), the CPU 101 issues a campaign certificate (step S412). Next, the item of the certificate issuance in the campaign participation registration file of the corresponding user is set to “completed” (step S41).
3), the campaign certificate is transmitted to the mobile terminal 11 (step S414). In the present embodiment, the campaign certificate is transmitted to the user who has achieved the target number of steps, but the campaign certificate is transmitted, and the user is sent a voucher such as a coupon ticket or a service ticket. The system may be configured to give a privilege or post the name of a user who has achieved the target number of steps on a predetermined page of a campaign participation registration site established on the network and reward the user who has achieved the goal.

Subsequently, returning to step S403, if there is a record in the campaign participation registration file 107a, the CPU 101 obtains the next record and repeatedly executes the processing of steps S405 to S415 described above. Then, the campaign achievement confirmation is performed for all the records in the campaign participation registration file 107a, and there is no record to be read (step S4).
03; NO), the CPU 101 ends the campaign achievement confirmation processing.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display example of a top page of a campaign participation registration site transmitted from the walking management server 10 to the portable terminal 11 in the campaign participation registration processing.

In FIG. 8, a list of courses of a walking campaign held by a service company is displayed on the campaign participation registration site. In this course list, the campaign name, the target number of steps, the walking period are displayed, and the user can select any one of these courses.
When a course is selected and clicked with the input key, a desired campaign name is transmitted to the walking management server 10.

For example, at the top of the campaign list in FIG. 8, a campaign name, a target number of steps, and a walking period are displayed as “campaign A”, “300,000 steps”, and “30 days”. The example of the display screen in FIG. 8 is the top page of the campaign participation registration site, and the data of the next page is transmitted from the walking management server by selecting the campaign name. Then, the user inputs the campaign start date and user information on the following pages (not shown) and transmits them to the walking management server 10.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of campaign information transmitted from the walking management server 10 to the portable terminal 11 in the campaign participation registration process.

In FIG. 9, on the display screen of the portable terminal 11, the course name “Walking Campaign A” of the campaign selected by the user is displayed on the top row.
In the lower row, “Campaign start date” is “2001/04
/ 01 "is displayed. Subsequently, "Campaign end date" is displayed as "2001/04/30" in the lower part, and "Walking period" is displayed as "30 days" in the lower part. At the bottom, “walking target number of steps” is displayed as “300,000 steps”.

FIG. 10 is a view showing an example of a display screen of a campaign certificate transmitted from the walking management server 10 to the portable terminal 11 in the campaign achievement confirmation processing.

In FIG. 10, the display unit 2 of the portable terminal 11
02, the campaign certificate displayed in the order of “Campaign name: Walking campaign A” and “Campaign start date: 2001/04/04”
1 ”,“ Campaign end date: 2001/4/3 ”
0 "," walking period: 30 days "," walking steps: 305,000 steps "," walking target steps: 30 "
Million steps "data is displayed. Finally, a message to the user such as "* Congratulations on achieving the campaign!" Is displayed.

The "walking steps" in the campaign certificate is the total number of steps actually walked by the user during the campaign period, and the "walking target steps" is the target step set in advance for each campaign.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the walking management server 10 for holding the walking campaign and managing the walking information of the user, the portable terminal 11 owned by the user participating in the walking campaign, In the walking management system 1 including the location detection server 12 for detecting the current location of the mobile terminal 11, the walking management server 10
Is established, and the participation of the walking campaign is registered from the mobile terminal 11 on this HP site. Then
When a walking start notification is transmitted from the portable terminal 11 of the user who has registered for participation, the walking management server 10 receives the current position information and the number of steps of the user transmitted at regular intervals. Subsequently, based on the received information, the number of steps of the user is managed for the normal walking of the user during the campaign period, and the total number of steps is calculated. Then, a campaign certificate is transmitted to the user who has achieved the target number of steps set for each campaign on the campaign end date.

Therefore, the user can set a target number of steps suitable for himself, and can participate in a walking campaign at his own convenience without choosing time and place. Also, when walking, it is possible to walk at a pace according to one's physical strength, so that people of all ages, from young people to old people, can participate in the walking campaign.

Further, since the target number of steps is achieved within a certain period, walking can be continued continuously every day, which is very convenient for health management. Alternatively, a walking certificate is issued to a user who has achieved the target number of steps, so that the user can achieve the desired number of steps without getting tired while satisfying the user's willingness to walk.

In addition, since the number of steps of the user is all managed by the walking management server 10, the user does not need to copy and manage his or her own steps every day in a notebook.
It does not take time and effort. Further, when the position change function of the user cannot be confirmed by the position detection function of the mobile terminal 11, error notification information is transmitted to the mobile terminal 11, and the number of steps is not counted. For this reason, even if the user is not actually walking, the pedometer attached to the portable terminal 11 is moved by hand to prevent fraudulent acts such as increasing only the value of the counter, and prompting the user to walk normally. Can be.

The description in the present embodiment is an example of the preferred walking management server 10 according to the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the walking amount is set not as the number of steps but as a distance, the current position of the mobile terminal 11 is constantly detected by the position detection function of the mobile terminal 11, the moving distance (walking distance) of the user is calculated, and the target distance is calculated. A configuration in which a campaign certificate is issued when achievement is achieved may be adopted. In this case, by simultaneously checking the count value of the pedometer, it is determined that the vehicle has moved,
Fraud can be prevented. Further, in the present embodiment, the walking management of the user is performed as an example of the exercise management apparatus. However, the exercise in the present invention is not limited to walking (walking), and may be running, jogging, cycling. Such exercises are widely included.

Further, the user's stride is registered in the user information, and the walking distance is calculated from the total number of steps and the user's stride.
A configuration in which a campaign certificate is issued when the target distance is achieved may be employed. Alternatively, the configuration may be such that calorie consumption is calculated from the total number of steps and the height and weight of the user, and the amount of walking is taken as calorie consumption during walking, and a campaign certificate is issued when the target calorie consumption is achieved.

The position detecting device 12 has a configuration in which the portable terminal 11 receives a radio wave transmitted from a GPS satellite, detects the current position, and transmits the current position information to the walking management server 10 or a network. The mobile terminal 11 transmits a position detection signal for position detection to the mobile terminal 11 via a wireless base station (not shown) connected to the mobile terminal 11 and a response signal returned from the mobile terminal 11 via the wireless base station. Any configuration that detects the position and transmits the current position information of the mobile terminal 11 to the walking management server 10 may be provided.

Further, the campaign certificate transmitted to the user who has achieved the target number of steps during the campaign period does not have to be transmitted to the portable terminal 11, and the certificate printed on paper or the like is sent by mail. You may. Alternatively, not only a certificate may be sent but also points and benefits may be given according to the target number of steps achieved. Furthermore, the name of the user who has achieved the target number of steps or the number of completed steps may be posted on the homepage of the walking campaign and praised.

In addition, it goes without saying that the detailed configuration and detailed operation of the walking management server 10 in the present embodiment can be appropriately changed without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0107]

According to the first, ninth, or tenth aspect of the present invention, the user sets a target exercise amount suitable for himself / herself, and can select his / her desired momentum without choosing time and place. When exercise is performed at a convenient time, the exercise amount for each user is updated and stored based on the exercise amount information transmitted from the user's wireless communication terminal, and the exercise amount stored for each user achieves the target exercise amount. Will notify your wireless communication device that you have achieved your target
You can exercise at a pace that matches your physical fitness,
People of all ages, from young people to old people, can exercise continuously.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the exercise amount information is the step number information indicating the number of steps of the user of the wireless communication terminal, the user can grasp his or her own exercise amount by the step number which is easy to understand as the exercise amount. The number of steps can be easily known, and the number of steps can be easily compared with a predetermined target number of steps set for each user.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, a site for accepting user's participation registration is opened on the network,
The receiving means receives the exercise amount information transmitted from the wireless communication terminal that has accepted the participation registration through this site,
The user can register for participation at any time and from any place without having to perform registration for participation, and can easily start exercise.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, the notifying means transmits a certificate for notifying that the target exercise amount has been achieved to the radio communication terminal of the user determined to have achieved the target exercise amount. When a certain amount of exercise has been achieved, it can be evaluated by a third party, the willingness to exercise can be maintained, and the exercise can be continued. Can be

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since the receiving means receives the exercise amount information transmitted from the wireless communication terminal every predetermined time or every predetermined exercise amount, it is necessary for the user to manually transmit the exercise amount information. There is no trouble.

According to the invention of claim 6, the receiving means receives the position information indicating the current position of the wireless communication terminal together with the exercise amount information from the wireless communication terminal, and the storage means wirelessly transmits the position information together with the exercise amount information. The information is stored for each communication terminal, and the determination means compares the current position information received by the reception means with the past position information stored by the storage means, and determines that these two pieces of position information are the same. Since the error notification information is transmitted to the wireless communication terminal, it is possible to prevent the user from performing wrongdoing and to prompt the user to perform normal exercise.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the wireless communication terminal detects the GPS data indicating the current position of the wireless communication terminal by the GPS position detecting means, and the position information transmitting means detects the GPS data by the GPS position detecting means. GPS detected
Since the data is transmitted as position information and the receiving means receives the position information transmitted by the position information transmitting means, the current position of the user can be easily detected by the GPS detecting means attached to the wireless communication terminal. it can.

According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, the receiving means transmits the position detection signal to the wireless communication terminal, and detects the current position of the wireless communication terminal based on the response signal received from the wireless communication terminal. Since the position information transmitted from the device is received, the current position of the wireless communication terminal can be detected without attaching a function to the wireless communication terminal, and the user can easily carry the wireless communication terminal and reduce the cost. Can be possessed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration of a walking management system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the walking management server 10 shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of the portable terminal 11 shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a recording medium 107 of the walking management server 10.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a file configuration stored in a.

FIG. 5 is a recording medium 107 of the walking management server 10.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a campaign participation registration file 107a stored in the storage device.

FIG. 6 is a recording medium 107 of the walking management server 10.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a user information file 107b stored in the storage device.

FIG. 7 is a recording medium 107 of the walking management server 10.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a walking information file 107c stored in the.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display example of a campaign participation registration site screen shown on the display screen of the mobile terminal 11;

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display example of campaign information shown on a display screen of the mobile terminal 11;

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display example of a campaign certificate shown on a display screen of the mobile terminal 11;

FIG. 11 shows a CPU 101 of the walking management server 10.
It is a flowchart which shows the campaign participation registration process performed by this.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating walking information transmission processing executed by the CPU 201 of the mobile terminal 11;

FIG. 13 shows a CPU 101 of the walking management server 10.
Is a flowchart showing a walking information recording process executed by the CPU.

FIG. 14 shows a CPU 101 of the walking management server 10.
It is a flowchart which shows the campaign achievement confirmation process performed by the campaign.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Walking management system 10 Walking management server 11 Portable terminal 12 Position detection server 20 Network 101, 201 CPU 102, 202 Display unit 103, 203 Input unit 104 Transmission control unit 204 Wireless communication unit 105, 205 RAM 106, 206 Storage device 107, 207 Recording medium 208 GPS position detecting device 209 Pedometer 108, 210 Bus

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. An exercise management device connected to a wireless communication terminal via a wireless communication network and managing exercise amount for each user of the wireless communication terminal, receiving exercise amount information transmitted from the wireless communication terminal. Receiving means; storage means for updating and storing the amount of exercise for each user of the wireless communication terminal based on the amount of exercise information received by the receiving means; Comparing with the target amount of exercise set for the user, determining whether the amount of exercise information stored for each user has achieved the target amount of exercise, and the amount of exercise stored for each user by the determination unit When it is determined that the target exercise amount has been achieved, a notification unit that notifies the wireless communication terminal of the user that the target exercise amount has been achieved. Exercise management system according to claim and. 2. The exercise management device according to claim 1, wherein the exercise amount information is step count information indicating a step count of a user of the wireless communication terminal. 3. A site for accepting the user's participation registration is established on a network, and the receiving means receives the exercise amount information transmitted from the wireless communication terminal accepting the participation registration via the site. The exercise management device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said notifying means transmits a certificate for notifying that the target exercise amount has been achieved to the radio communication terminal of the user determined to have achieved the target exercise amount. The exercise management device according to any one of the above. 5. The exercise management system according to claim 1, wherein said reception means receives exercise amount information information transmitted from said wireless communication terminal at predetermined time intervals or at predetermined exercise amount intervals. apparatus. 6. The receiving means receives position information indicating a current position of the wireless communication terminal together with the exercise amount information from the wireless communication terminal, and the storage means transmits the position information together with the exercise amount information to the wireless communication. The determination unit stores the current position information received by the reception unit and the past position information stored in the storage unit. If the two position information are the same, 6. The exercise management device according to claim 1, further comprising transmitting error notification information to the wireless communication terminal. 7. The wireless communication terminal includes: a GPS position detecting means for detecting GPS data indicating a current position of the wireless communication terminal; and a GP detected by the GPS position detecting means.
7. Position information transmitting means for transmitting S data as position information, wherein the receiving means receives the position information transmitted by the position information transmitting means.
The exercise management device according to any one of the above. 8. The receiving means transmits a position detection signal to the wireless communication terminal, and is transmitted from a position detecting device which detects a current position of the wireless communication terminal based on a response signal received from the wireless communication terminal. The exercise management device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the exercise management device receives position information. 9. A function for causing a computer to receive exercise amount information transmitted from a wireless communication terminal connected via a wireless communication network; and an exercise amount for each user of the wireless communication terminal based on the received exercise amount information. A function of updating and storing, and comparing the stored exercise amount information for each user with a target exercise amount set for each user, to determine whether the exercise amount stored for each user has achieved the target exercise amount. A function of determining whether or not the exercise amount stored for each user has achieved the target exercise amount, and a function of notifying the wireless communication terminal of the user that the target exercise amount has been achieved, Program to make it happen. 10. An exercise management method for managing exercise amount for each user of a wireless communication terminal connected via a wireless communication network, the method comprising: receiving exercise amount information transmitted from the wireless communication terminal; Update and store the exercise amount for each user of the wireless communication terminal based on the information, compare the stored exercise amount information for each user with a target exercise amount set for each user, and store for each user. It is determined whether the exercise amount has achieved the target exercise amount.If it is determined that the exercise amount stored for each user has achieved the target exercise amount, the user's wireless communication terminal achieves the target exercise amount. An exercise management method characterized in that the user is notified that he / she has performed.