JP2009201672A - Exercise supporting system, exercise apparatus, exercise supporting method and computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a safer exercise supporting system than a conventional system. <P>SOLUTION: An exercise apparatus 1 creates an exercise menu comprising a plurality of exercise motions and displays instructions on the exercise motions in a display part disposed within an exercise booth 5 in the order following the exercise menu. At the time, the exercise apparatus 1 detects the motion of a user getting exercise according to the instructions on the exercise motions by using a portable acceleration sensor attached to the user, and determines an injury to the user or the unfit posture, a premonition of the injury, based on the displacement between the instructions on the exercise motions and the motions of the user. A central device 3 stores the total of the number of times of injuries or unfit postures in a plurality of exercise apparatuses 1 and if the number of times of injuries or unfit postures in performing a specific exercise motion is at least a prescribed rate or larger, the central device makes the exercise apparatuses 1 stop using the exercise motion. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an exercise support system, an exercise support device, an exercise support method, and a computer program that support a user's exercise by displaying various exercise operation instructions on a display unit.

With the main purpose of improving physical fitness and dieting, users exercise at exercise facilities such as gyms. In an exercise facility, a facility such as a pool or a training machine is required for a user to exercise, and a staff member such as an instructor is required, which is very expensive. For this reason, the use cost of exercise facilities is often high. If the use schedule of the exercise facility does not match the schedule of each user, it is difficult for the user to use the exercise facility sufficiently. For these reasons, there has been provided an exercise support system that uses a terminal that can be installed in a relatively small space such as a vacant room in a building or a home, and that can be more easily used by a user than a conventional exercise facility. For example, in Patent Documents 1 and 2, an exercise menu is determined based on the user's exercise purpose and personal data, the exercise menu is transmitted to the terminal, and the user can exercise according to the exercise menu. Techniques to do this are disclosed.
JP 2006-255028 A JP 2000-51390 A

  In the exercise support system such as the techniques disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2, since the user can exercise by himself according to the exercise menu, the staff such as the instructor can be reduced as much as possible. However, when the number of staff is reduced, the staff cannot sufficiently monitor the user, so that the risk of an accident such as an injury to the user increases. In particular, when the exercise menu includes exercises that place a heavy burden on the user, such as exercises where the load is concentrated on a specific part of the human body, there is a high risk that the user will be injured and a serious accident may occur. is there. The conventional exercise support system has a problem that there is a lack of technology for reducing such danger and increasing safety.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and the object of the present invention is to improve safety by prohibiting the use of exercises that frequently cause abnormalities during exercise. An exercise support system, an exercise support apparatus, an exercise support method, and a computer program are provided.

  An exercise support system according to the present invention is an exercise support system including an exercise support device that supports an exercise of a user by displaying an instruction of exercise operation on a display unit, and a central device to which the exercise support device is connected. The exercise support apparatus includes a plurality of exercise operations, and includes means for creating an exercise menu in which an order for instructing each exercise operation is determined, and the exercise menu in an order determined by the exercise menu created by the means Means for displaying each instruction of a plurality of exercise motions displayed on the display unit, detection means for detecting a user's motion, instructions for exercise motion displayed on the display unit, and user motion detected by the detection unit Determination means for determining whether or not an error that causes a deviation from a predetermined value or more occurs, and the central device associates each of the plurality of exercise motions with each of the exercise support devices. A storage means for storing the number of times of occurrence of an error, which is the number of times that the determination means has determined the occurrence of an error during the display of an instruction for a movement, and a number of occurrences of an error associated with one exercise action stored by the storage means. A notification means for notifying the exercise support device of the prohibition of use of the exercise operation when the amount is not less than a predetermined amount, and the exercise support device further includes the exercise operation notified of the prohibition of use in the exercise menu It is characterized by comprising prohibiting means for prohibiting this.

  In the exercise support system according to the present invention, the determination unit displays the display when a deviation between an instruction of one exercise operation displayed on the display unit and a user operation detected by the detection unit exceeds a predetermined value. Means for stopping the display of the instruction of the exercise operation, displaying means for prompting the user to make a predetermined response, means for receiving the predetermined response from the user, and stopping the display of the instruction of the exercise operation When a predetermined response from the user is received within a predetermined time, the means for determining that the first error has occurred and the display of the instruction of the movement operation are stopped from the user within the predetermined time after stopping the display. Means for determining that a second error has occurred, and the storage means determines the occurrence of the first error as the number of occurrences of the error. In times Means for storing the first error occurrence number and a second error occurrence number that is the number of times the determination means has determined the occurrence of a second error; and the exercise support apparatus in association with each of the plurality of exercise operations Means for storing the number of instructions which is the number of times the instructions of each exercise operation are displayed on the display unit, and the notification means is for the instruction number associated with one exercise operation stored in the storage means. The means for notifying the exercise support device of the prohibition of the use of the exercise operation when the ratio of the number of occurrences of the first error associated with the exercise operation is a predetermined first ratio or more; and the storage means Prohibition of use of the exercise operation when the ratio of the second error occurrence number associated with the exercise operation to the number of instructions associated with the one exercise operation stored is equal to or greater than a predetermined second ratio. And having a means for notifying to the exercise support apparatus.

  The exercise support system according to the present invention is characterized in that the second ratio is smaller than the first ratio.

  The exercise support system according to the present invention further includes a portable acceleration sensor that can be worn on a user's body, and the acceleration sensor includes means for transmitting a measurement result to the exercise support apparatus, and the detection means includes the acceleration. Based on the measurement result transmitted from the sensor, it has means for obtaining the position and / or moving direction of the acceleration sensor as the user's motion, and in each motion motion instruction, the body part to which the user's acceleration sensor is attached The position and / or moving direction of the body part is determined, and the determining means determines the position and / or moving direction of the body part and the position of the acceleration sensor determined by the detecting means. And / or whether or not the direction of movement is the same, and if not, the position and / or movement of the body part defined by the instruction of the movement is determined. Means for measuring an elapsed time when the direction and the position and / or moving direction of the acceleration sensor required by the detection means are not equal, and an instruction for the movement operation when the elapsed time exceeds a predetermined time And a means for determining that an error has occurred that causes a deviation between the user's operation and a predetermined value or more.

  In the exercise support system according to the present invention, a plurality of exercise operations are classified by type, and a relative level corresponding to the exercise load is determined for each of the plurality of exercise operations classified into each type. And the prohibiting means classifies the exercise motion notified of the prohibition of use as the exercise motion to be included in the exercise menu into the same type as the exercise motion, and a level equal to or lower than the level of the exercise motion. It is characterized by having a means for substituting for other motion motions.

  In the exercise support system according to the present invention, a plurality of exercise support devices are connected to the central device, and the storage means determines the occurrence of an error in the plurality of exercise support devices as the error occurrence count. A value obtained by summing up the number of times is configured to be stored, and the notification unit is configured to notify a plurality of exercise support devices of prohibition of use of the exercise operation.

  An exercise support apparatus according to the present invention includes an exercise support apparatus that supports a user's exercise by displaying an instruction of exercise operation on a display unit. Means for creating a menu; means for displaying each instruction of a plurality of exercise actions included in the exercise menu in the order defined in the exercise menu created by the means; Detecting means for detecting; determining means for determining whether or not an error that causes a deviation between the instruction of the exercise operation displayed on the display unit and the user's action detected by the detection means to be a predetermined value or more; and an instruction of the exercise operation And a prohibiting means for prohibiting the exercise menu from including an exercise operation in which an error occurrence count, which is the number of occurrences of an error determined during display of the exercise menu, is greater than or equal to a predetermined amount. .

  In the exercise support apparatus according to the present invention, the determination unit displays the display when a difference between the instruction of one exercise operation displayed on the display unit and a user operation detected by the detection unit is greater than or equal to a predetermined value. Means for stopping the display of the instruction of the exercise operation, displaying means for prompting the user to make a predetermined response, means for receiving the predetermined response from the user, and stopping the display of the instruction of the exercise operation And when the predetermined response from the user is received within a predetermined time, the display unit restarts the display of the instruction of the exercise operation and determines that the first error has occurred, and the exercise A means for determining that a second error has occurred when a predetermined response from the user is not received within a predetermined time after the display of the operation instruction is stopped, and the prohibiting means is an exercise operation Is displayed Means for prohibiting the exercise menu from including an exercise action in which the ratio of the number of occurrences of the first error to the number of times determined is greater than or equal to a predetermined first ratio, and the second to the number of times the instruction of the exercise action is displayed And a means for prohibiting the exercise menu from including an exercise operation in which the ratio of the number of occurrences of the error is determined to be equal to or greater than a predetermined second ratio.

  In the exercise support apparatus according to the present invention, the plurality of exercise operations are classified by type, and a relative level corresponding to the content of the exercise operation is determined for each of the plurality of exercise operations classified into each type. The prohibiting means is classified into the same type of exercise motion as the exercise operation to be prohibited from being included in the exercise menu as the exercise operation to be included in the exercise menu, and the level of the exercise operation is It is characterized by having means for substituting with other movement motions for which the following levels are defined.

  An exercise support method according to the present invention includes a plurality of exercise operations in an exercise support method for supporting a user's exercise by using a storage unit, a display unit, and a calculation unit and displaying an instruction of the exercise operation on the display unit. An exercise menu in which the order of instructing each exercise operation is defined is created by the calculation means, and each instruction of the plurality of exercise operations included in the exercise menu is sequentially displayed on the display means in the order determined in the created exercise menu. Use of a sensor that can detect and detect the user's action, detects the user's action, and whether or not an error has occurred that causes a deviation between the instruction of the exercise action displayed on the display means and the detected user action to be greater than or equal to a predetermined value. The storage means stores the number of error occurrences, which is the number of times the occurrence of an error is determined during the display of the instruction of each movement action, determined by the calculation means, and associated with each of the plurality of movement actions. If number of errors associated with one movement operation storage means stores is equal to or greater than a predetermined amount, and inhibits the inclusion of the exercise motion to the motion menu operation means.

  A computer program according to the present invention is a computer program for supporting a user's exercise by displaying an instruction of exercise operation on a display unit inside or outside the computer. The computer program includes a plurality of exercise operations, A procedure for creating an exercise menu in which an order for instructing an action is created, and a computer that instructs each of the plurality of exercise actions included in the exercise menu in the order determined in the created exercise menu on the display unit. A procedure for causing the computer to detect the user's motion, and an error that causes a deviation between the motion motion instruction displayed on the display unit and the user motion detected by the detection means to be greater than or equal to a predetermined value. The procedure for determining whether or not an error has occurred and the computer displays an error Error count the number of times that the raw is determined, characterized in that it comprises a procedure to prohibit the inclusion in the exercise motion movement menu is more than a predetermined amount.

  In the present invention, when an instruction for exercise operation is displayed according to the exercise menu, the user's operation in accordance with the instruction for exercise operation is detected, and the error between the instruction of the exercise operation and the user's operation exceeds a predetermined value. Occurrence is determined, the number of error occurrences is stored, and when the number of error occurrences related to a specific exercise motion exceeds a predetermined amount, the use of the exercise operation is prohibited.

  Also, in the present invention, when the difference between the instruction of the exercise operation and the user's operation exceeds a predetermined value, the display of the instruction of the exercise operation is stopped, and the response is received from the user within a predetermined time. Assume that error No. 1 has occurred, and if there is no response within a predetermined time, a more serious second error has occurred. Furthermore, when the ratio of the number of first error occurrences with respect to the number of times of specific exercise motion is equal to or greater than a predetermined first rate, the use of that motion motion is prohibited, and the occurrence of a second error with respect to the number of times of specific exercise motion indication When the ratio of the number of times is equal to or greater than a predetermined second ratio, the use of the movement is prohibited.

  In the present invention, the second rate, which is a reference for prohibiting the use of the motion motion that causes the more serious second error, is set to a value smaller than the first rate.

  In the present invention, the user wears a portable acceleration sensor on the body, detects the position and / or moving direction of the body part to which the user's acceleration sensor is attached based on the measurement result of the acceleration sensor, and exercises. The deviation between the operation instruction and the user's operation is measured.

  Further, in the present invention, when prohibiting the use of an exercise operation, the exercise operation prohibited to be used is replaced with another exercise operation having the same type of exercise and an equal or less exercise load.

  Further, in the present invention, errors generated in a plurality of exercise support devices are summed up and stored, and when the use of the exercise operation is prohibited, the use of the exercise operation is prohibited in the plurality of exercise support devices.

  In the present invention, the cause of the error that the deviation between the instruction of the movement operation and the movement of the user is greater than or equal to the predetermined value is the user's injury or the posture mismatch that is a precursor of the injury, and the movement operation with a large number of error occurrences By prohibiting the use of the device, it is possible to prevent the user from performing dangerous exercises that are likely to cause injuries or posture mismatches.

  Further, in the present invention, the second error that the user cannot respond to is the occurrence of injury, the use of an exercise motion with a high probability of injury to the user is prohibited, and the first error that the user can respond to is Even if an injury does not occur, it is an occurrence of a posture mismatch that is a sign of an injury, and the use of movements that are likely to cause an injury is prohibited. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the user from performing dangerous exercises and improve safety.

  In the present invention, the second error that the user cannot respond to is a serious injury that is more serious than the first error. By making the second rate smaller than the first rate, more dangerous exercise motion Is more likely to be banned, improving safety.

  In the present invention, a user's operation can be detected by a simple process by using a portable acceleration sensor.

  Further, in the present invention, since the exercise operation prohibited to be used is replaced with another exercise operation with an equal or less exercise load, the burden on the user increases even if the specific exercise operation is prohibited. No, the safety of the exercise support system is further improved.

  Furthermore, in the present invention, by summing up the results of a plurality of exercise support devices, it is possible to detect and prohibit the use of exercise operations that are generally prone to anomalies, which is safe for all users. The present invention has an excellent effect, such as being able to improve the properties.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings showing embodiments thereof.
(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a schematic conceptual diagram showing an outline of an exercise support system of the present invention according to Embodiment 1. The exercise support system includes a central device 3, terminal devices 2, 2,... And exercise support devices 1, 1,. A plurality of terminal devices 2, 2,... Are connected to the central device 3 via the communication network N, and each terminal device 2 is installed in an exercise facility G through which a user who desires exercise goes. In the exercise facility G, a plurality of exercise support devices 1, 1,... Are installed together with the terminal device 2, and the exercise support devices 1, 1,. 2 is connected. The central device 3 and the terminal devices 2, 2,... Transmit and receive various information via the communication network N. The terminal device 2 and the exercise support devices 1, 1,. Various types of information are sent and received via the Internet.

  In the exercise facility G, a plurality of exercise booths 5 for a user to exercise are provided, and the exercise support devices 1, 1,... Are arranged in the exercise booths 5, 5,. Yes. The exercise support system of the present invention further includes an acceleration sensor that is attached to the body of the user who exercises in the exercise booth 5. The exercise support system of the present invention creates an exercise menu composed of a plurality of exercise operations, and displays instructions for exercise operations in the order according to the exercise menu for a user who exercises in the exercise booth 5. Support user exercise. In the present embodiment described below, a description will be given of a mode in which necessary processing is performed by the terminal device 2 and the exercise support devices 1, 1,... Being distributed, but the single exercise support device 1 is the terminal device 2. It may be connected to the central device 3 without going through, and the terminal device 2 and the exercise support device 1 may perform processing to be performed in a distributed manner by the exercise support device 1 alone.

  FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing an outline of the booth 5 for exercise. The exercise booth 5 is installed in each private room to protect privacy. In addition, you may make it protect privacy by covering the booth 5 for exercise | movement with the curtain etc. which are not shown in figure. The exercise booth includes a front panel 51, a right panel 52 and a left panel 53. The front panel 51 is made of, for example, a rectangular plate-like tree, and the first display portion 141 is fitted in the upper half area with the substantially central portion in the height direction as a boundary, and the lower half area. A second display unit 142 is fitted. In addition, it is preferable to arrange | position the 1st display part 141 in the position in which the center position substantially corresponds with the gaze position based on a female average height. Moreover, it is preferable that the 2nd display part 142 is arrange | positioned in the position whose center position is about 50 cm from a base.

  The first display unit 141 installed on the upper side is for displaying a moving image serving as a model when the user exercises while standing. On the other hand, the second display unit 142 installed on the lower side is for displaying a moving image serving as a model when the user exercises while sitting or sleeping. Speakers 19 are attached to the left and right ends of the upper side of the front panel 51, respectively. The speakers 19, 19 output sound related to a moving image displayed on the first display unit 141 and the second display unit 142.

  A camera 133 is installed at a substantially central portion of the upper side of the front panel 51. Also, between the first display unit 141 and the second display unit 142, an input unit 131 that is operated by a user and inputs information is designated as the operation direction of the first display unit 141 and the second display unit 142. The panel 51 is attached in the same direction. A user who exercises in the exercise booth 5 wears the wrist sensor 41 and the waist sensor 42 which are acceleration sensors according to the present invention. The wrist sensor 41 and the waist sensor 42 are portable acceleration sensors that can be mounted on the wrist and waist of the user, respectively, and can transmit measurement results to the outside wirelessly. On the upper side of the front panel 51, a receiving unit 132 that receives the measurement results transmitted from the wrist sensor 41 and the waist sensor 42 is installed. The first display unit 141, the second display unit 142, the camera 133, the speakers 19 and 19, the input unit 131, and the reception unit 132 are connected to the computer 10 and constitute the exercise support apparatus 1.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the exercise support apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The exercise support apparatus 1 includes a first display unit 141, a second display unit 142, a camera 133, a speaker 19, an input unit 131, a reception unit 132, and the computer 10. The computer 10 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11 that performs calculation as a calculation means, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 12 that stores temporary information generated along with the calculation, a hard disk, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory, and the like. And a storage unit (storage means) 15. The storage unit 15 stores the computer program 150 of the present invention, and the CPU 11 loads the computer program 150 from the storage unit 15 to the RAM 12 as necessary, and loads the computer program 150 into the exercise support apparatus 1 based on the loaded computer program 150. Perform the necessary processing. The computer 10 also includes a communication unit 16 that communicates with the terminal device 2 via a LAN, and a time measuring unit 18. The RAM 12, the storage unit 15, the communication unit 16, and the time measuring unit 18 are connected to the CPU 11 via the bus 17 in the computer 10. The first display unit 141, the second display unit 142, the camera 133, the speaker 19, the input unit 131, and the receiving unit 132 are each connected to the bus 17 directly or via various interfaces, and via the bus 17. It is connected to the CPU 11.

  The first display unit 141 and the second display unit 142 are, for example, a liquid crystal display or the like, and display an instruction for an exercise operation according to the exercise menu as a moving image. The 1st display part 141 and the 2nd display part 142 respond | correspond to the display means and display part in this invention. The input unit 131 includes a push button or the like. Note that the input unit 131 may be stacked on the first display unit 141 or the second display unit 142 to form a touch panel. The speaker 19 amplifies and outputs the sound accompanying the moving image. The communication unit 16 is, for example, a wired or wireless LAN card, and transmits / receives necessary information to / from the terminal device 2.

  The timer 18 measures the time that has elapsed since the specific trigger. The camera 133 has an image sensor such as a CCD (Charge Coupled Device), and after A / D converting the captured image, outputs the converted image data to the CPU 11. The storage unit 15 stores an exercise DB (database) 151, a posture DB 152, and an exercise menu 153. The CPU 11 stores and retrieves necessary information by interacting with the access interface corresponding to the database format such as SQL (Structured Query Language) in the schema in which the key of the field such as the exercise DB 151 in the storage unit 15 is associated. Etc. are executed. In the present embodiment, a description will be given of a mode in which the exercise DB 151 and the like are stored in the storage unit 15, but such information is stored in a database server (not shown) connected via the communication unit 16, and if necessary. You may make it read and write. Details of these will be described later. In addition, how to hold the data of each DB and file is an example to the last, and is not limited to this.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the wrist sensor 41. The wrist sensor 41 includes a sensor unit 411 that measures acceleration applied to the wrist sensor 41 itself, and a transmission unit 412 that transmits a measurement result obtained by the sensor unit 411 to the reception unit 132. The sensor unit 411 is a triaxial sensor that measures acceleration in three directions. The wrist sensor 41 is attached to the wristband and attached to the user's wrist. The waist sensor 42 has the same configuration. The wrist sensor 41 and the waist sensor 42 are both about the size of a wristwatch and are sized and weighted so as not to hinder the user's operation as much as possible even when worn by the user. As shown in FIG. The sensor 41 is attached to, for example, the user's left wrist, and the waist sensor 42 is attached to, for example, the user's left waist. The wrist sensor 41 and the waist sensor 42 constantly measure the acceleration generated by the user's movement and transmit the measurement result to the receiving unit 132.

  FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the contents of the exercise DB 151 stored in the storage unit 15. The exercise DB 151 is a database that records individual components for configuring an exercise menu, and includes an exercise type field, an exercise parts field, and a level field. In the exercise type field, aerobics, which is aerobic exercise performed throughout the body, and various types of exercise that specify a part to be trained in the body, such as a muscle training abdomen or a stretch abdomen, are recorded. Although three types of exercises are shown in the figure, many types of exercises that specify each part to be trained in the body, such as muscle training arms, are recorded in the exercise DB 151.

  In the motion part field, a plurality of motion parts each indicating a single motion motion are recorded in association with each motion type. For example, in association with aerobics, “slow march” indicating the stepping motion motion, “slow march & back and forth movement” in which the stepping back and forth is added, and the like are recorded. The exercise part is a constituent unit of an exercise menu including a plurality of exercise operations. In the level field, a level indicating the height of the exercise load is recorded numerically in association with each exercise part. In the example in the figure, an example is shown in which motion parts classified into four or five levels are recorded, but motion parts classified into more levels may be recorded.

  The exercise DB 151 records image data for instructing the exercise operation of the exercise part with a moving image in association with each exercise part. For example, image data representing a moving image in which a stepping motion motion is performed in a state where a person is standing is associated with the slowly marching motion part. As this image data, it is only necessary to record image data representing a moving image in which the instructor moves. In addition, it is possible to record image data of a moving image in which a movement operation indicated by a movement part is performed on a character image composed of 3D polygons, or to operate a character image each time an instruction for movement operation is displayed. May be. In the present embodiment, a mode in which image data obtained by operating a character image is recorded in advance for each motion part will be described.

  Furthermore, the exercise DB 151 is configured to include a substitute exercise part field. In the substitute exercise part field, a substitute exercise part indicating a single exercise operation is recorded in association with each type of exercise. Further, the level “1” is associated with the substitute exercise part. The substitute exercise part is used instead of the exercise part forbidden to be used when the use of the level 1 exercise part is prohibited due to an abnormality of the user. Similar to the exercise parts, the exercise DB 151 records image data for instructing the exercise operation of the exercise parts with a moving image in association with each substitute exercise part. Further, warm-up image data (not shown) is recorded in the exercise DB 151.

  FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the contents of the posture DB 152 stored in the storage unit 15. The posture DB 152 is a database that records the correct posture that the user should take when performing the motion of each motion part, and includes a motion type field, a motion part field, a posture field, a waist movement field, and a hand movement field. Composed. In association with the type of exercise and the exercise part recorded in the exercise DB 151, the posture field records the correct posture of the user when the user performs the exercise operation of each exercise part. For example, each aerobics A standing position is associated with the motion part. Here, the standing position indicates a state where the user is standing up. FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram showing examples of postures that can be used in the present invention. Postures include standing, supine, prone, lying, and sitting, and the posture that the user should take when performing the motion of each motion part is associated with the motion part. Since the position and direction of the user's waist are different between the standing position and other postures, the posture associated with each motion part corresponds to the position of the user's waist when performing the motion motion of each motion part.

  In the waist movement field, the direction in which the user's waist moves is recorded in association with the exercise part when the user performs an exercise operation of each exercise part. Further, in the hand movement field, a direction in which the user's hand moves when the user performs an exercise operation of each exercise part in association with the exercise part is recorded. For example, when performing a slow march exercise that is a stepping foot, the user's posture is standing, the waist moves up and down, and the hand moves back and forth, so the march exercise parts slowly , Up and down waist movement and front and back hand movement are associated. FIG. 6 shows an example in which the correct posture is recorded for the exercise parts related to aerobics, but the posture DB 152 also records the correct posture for the exercise parts related to other types of exercise.

  FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the terminal device 2. The terminal device 2 includes a general-purpose computer, and includes a CPU 21, a RAM 22, an input unit 23, a display unit 24, a storage unit 25, and a communication unit 26 that perform calculations. The RAM 22, the input unit 23, the display unit 24, the storage unit 25, and the communication unit 26 are connected to the CPU 21 via the bus 27. The RAM 22 is composed of a semiconductor element, and stores information necessary for calculations executed by the CPU 21. The storage unit 25 is configured by a hard disk or a non-volatile semiconductor memory, and stores a control program 25P. The CPU 21 loads the control program 25P from the storage unit 25 to the RAM 22 as necessary, and loads the control program. The process is executed based on 25P.

  The display unit 24 is a liquid crystal display, for example, and the input unit 23 is configured by a keyboard or a mouse. The display unit 24 and the input unit 23 may be integrated as a touch panel. The display unit 24 and the input unit 23 are installed at a counter of the exercise facility G, for example, so that a user who visits the exercise facility G can operate the input unit 23 while displaying the display content of the display unit 24. is set up. The communication unit 26 is a gateway or the like that functions as a firewall. The communication unit 26 communicates with the exercise support devices 1, 1,... Via the LAN, and communicates with the central device 3 via the communication network N.

  The storage unit 25 stores a user DB 251 in which information related to a user who uses the exercise facility G is recorded. The CPU 21 performs processing such as storage and retrieval of necessary information by interacting with the schema associated with the field key of the user DB 251 in the storage unit 25 using an access interface corresponding to the database format such as SQL. . In the present embodiment, the user DB 251 and the like are stored in the storage unit 25. However, these pieces of information are stored in a database server (not shown) connected via the communication unit 26. You may make it read and write.

  FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the central device 3. The central device 3 includes a general-purpose computer and includes a CPU 31, a RAM 32, a communication unit 36, and a storage unit 35 that perform calculations. The RAM 32, the communication unit 36, and the storage unit 35 are connected to the CPU 31 via the bus 37. The RAM 32 is composed of a semiconductor element, and stores information necessary for calculations executed by the CPU 31. The storage unit 35 is configured by a hard disk, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory, or the like, and stores a control program 35P. The CPU 31 loads the control program 35P from the storage unit 35 to the RAM 32 as necessary, and loads the control program. The process is executed based on 35P.

  The communication unit 36 is a gateway or the like that functions as a firewall, and communicates with the terminal device 2 via the communication network N. The memory | storage part 35 memorize | stores the injury management DB351 which recorded the condition of the injury of the user who generate | occur | produced in each exercise facility G. The CPU 31 performs processing such as storage and retrieval of necessary information by interacting with an access interface corresponding to the database format such as SQL in the schema associated with the field key of the injury management DB 351 in the storage unit 35. To do.

  Next, processing for supporting a user's exercise by the exercise support system configured as described above will be described. The terminal device 2 performs a process of registering personal information of a user who has visited the athletic facility G. The exercise support device 1 creates an exercise menu based on the personal information registered by the terminal device 2 and performs a process of displaying an instruction for exercise operation according to the created exercise menu. The exercise support apparatus 1 also monitors the occurrence of posture mismatch or user injury that does not match the motion motion instruction and the user's motion while displaying the motion motion command, and the posture mismatch or injury is detected. When it occurs, a process of notifying the central device 3 of whether or not a posture mismatch or injury has occurred due to an instruction of an exercise operation related to which exercise part is performed. The central device 3 accumulates the number of times of use of the motion parts and the number of occurrences of posture mismatch and injury related to the motion parts. Further, the exercise support device 1 performs a process of prohibiting use of the exercise part in which the posture mismatch or injury that the central device 3 has accumulated exceeds a certain ratio in the exercise menu.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of personal information registration processing performed by the terminal device 2. When a new user visits the exercise facility G, the user or the staff of the exercise facility G operates the input unit 23, whereby the terminal device 2 receives an instruction for user registration. When receiving an instruction for user registration, the CPU 21 of the terminal device 2 sets one new ID not recorded in the user DB 251 as an ID for identifying a new user (S11). The ID is unique identification information for specifying each user who uses the exercise support system of the present invention. Next, the CPU 21 reads registration screen data stored in the storage unit 25 in advance, and causes the display unit 24 to display a registration screen for registering personal information of the user other than the ID (S12).

  FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a registration screen displayed by the display unit 24. On the registration screen, an ID and a registration button are displayed in addition to a screen for inputting personal information including name, e-mail address, age, gender, normal heart rate or exercise habits. In the example of FIG. 11, “XX01” is allocated by the CPU 21 as the ID. The user operates the input unit 23 and inputs necessary information while browsing the registration screen displayed on the display unit 24 of the terminal device 2. The user uses the input unit 23 to input personal information such as name, e-mail address, age, gender, normal heart rate, and exercise habit. As a normal heart rate, a pulse previously measured by a user with a pulse meter is input. A plurality of options are displayed as exercise habits, and the user selects one corresponding exercise habit using the input unit 23. For example, if the user exercises only on weekends, the number 3 is selected. When the user has finished inputting all items, the user designates a registration button on the registration screen using the input unit 23.

  The CPU 21 receives personal information including the name, e-mail address, age, gender, normal heart rate, or exercise habits input from the input unit 23 by the user's operation (S13). In response to the user specifying a registration button on the registration screen, the CPU 21 finishes accepting the personal information, and then records the accepted personal information in the user DB 251 stored in the storage unit 25 in association with the ID. (S14), and the registration process is terminated. In the present embodiment, an example in which the user inputs the information from the input unit 23 of the terminal device 2 has been described. However, the terminal device 2 is configured to input the information from the input unit 13 of the exercise support device 1. May be stored in the terminal device 2. Further, these pieces of information may be input via a web browser displayed on a personal computer (PC) (not shown) used by the user or a mobile phone, and transmitted to the terminal device 2 via the communication network N.

  FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a content example of the user DB 251 stored in the storage unit 25. The user DB 251 includes an ID field, name field, e-mail address field, age field, gender field, normal heart rate field, exercise habit field, and the like. The user DB 251 stores the personal information input through the input unit 23 in association with the ID. In the example of FIG. 12, the user with ID “XX01” stores age, age 25, sex, female, normal heart rate 65, and exercise habit 5, in addition to name and e-mail address. The exercise habits are “exercise every day”, 4 “exercise about 3 times a week”, 3 “exercise only on weekends”, and 2 “execute about once a month”. Yes, 1 corresponds to “almost no exercise”. Thus, the exercise habits are set to increase as the numerical value increases.

  After the initial registration, the user moves to the exercise booth 5 provided with the exercise support device 1 and operates the exercise support device 1. The exercise support apparatus 1 performs processing for creating an exercise menu for the user. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a procedure of processing in which the exercise support apparatus 1 creates an exercise menu. The CPU 11 of the exercise support apparatus 1 waits for an ID to be received when the user operates the input unit 131 (S21). If no ID is received (S21: NO), the CPU 11 continues to wait for an ID. When the ID is received (S21: YES), the CPU 11 causes the communication unit 16 to transmit the received ID and a request for user personal information to the terminal device 2 (S22). The terminal device 2 receives the request for ID and personal information at the communication unit 26, and the CPU 21 searches the received DB from the user DB 251 stored in the storage unit 25. When the received ID is not recorded in the user DB 251, the CPU 21 causes the communication unit 26 to transmit an error to the exercise support device 1. When the received ID is recorded in the user DB 251, the CPU 21 causes the communication unit 26 to transmit the personal information recorded in the user DB 251 in association with the received ID to the exercise support device 1.

  After step S22, the CPU 11 of the exercise support device 1 waits for reception of information transmitted from the terminal device 2 (S23). If no information is received (S23: NO), the CPU 11 continues to wait for information reception. When the information transmitted from the terminal device 2 is received by the communication unit 16 (S23: YES), the CPU 11 determines whether or not the received information is personal information (S24). When the received information is not personal information but an error (S24: NO), the CPU 11 ends the process. When the received information is personal information (S24: YES), the CPU 11 displays the received ID and the name included in the received personal information on the first display unit 141 or the second display unit 142 (S25). ). The user can now confirm that his name is displayed.

  Next, the CPU 11 causes the first display unit 141 or the second display unit 142 to display an input screen for inputting a part to be trained in the body (S26). FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of an input screen for inputting a part to be trained. The CPU 11 reads a screen for inputting a part to be trained as an exercise purpose stored in the storage unit 15 and displays the screen on the first display unit 141 or the second display unit 142. The user operates the input unit 13 to input a part to be specifically trained in the body on the input screen as one of exercise purposes. The shoulder, arm, chest, back, abdomen, armpit, buttocks, thigh inside, thigh outside, thigh front, thigh rear, calf and shin are displayed as the parts to be trained, and the user uses the input unit 13 To select the desired part. In addition, you may select not only one site | part to train but multiple. A check box is written in parallel for each part, and a check mark is displayed on the input screen by selection of the input unit 13.

  In the present embodiment, the exercise purpose specifying the part to be trained such as “shoulder” is selected, but other abstract exercise purposes may be displayed. For example, a purpose such as “I want to apply arm strength”, “I want to reduce the tummy area”, or “I want to cure stiff shoulders” may be selected. If the exercise purpose is "I want to apply arm strength", the shoulders, arms, and chest are the parts; if I want to reduce the tummy area, the abdomen and the side of the stomach are the parts; and if I want to cure the stiff shoulders The shoulder is selected as a part by referring to a table (not shown) by the CPU 11. CPU11 receives the information of the part to be trained input from the input part 13, when the operation of the determination button displayed according to the part to be trained is received from the input part 13. In this example, description will be made on the assumption that an arm and an abdomen are selected as a part to be trained.

  The CPU 11 waits for acceptance of a training part using the displayed input screen by designating a part to be trained on the input screen and operating the determination button (S27). If there is no acceptance of the part to be trained (S27: NO), the CPU 11 continues to wait for acceptance. When the training part is received from the input unit 131 (S27: YES), the CPU 11 creates an exercise menu according to the received personal information and the received training part (S28). Specifically, the CPU 11 selects an aerobics and an exercise type corresponding to a part to be trained as an exercise type from the exercise DB 151 stored in the storage unit 15, and the exercise part associated with the selected exercise type is selected. Among them, exercise parts associated with levels according to exercise habits included in the personal information are extracted, and an exercise menu is created by appropriately combining the extracted exercise parts.

  FIG. 15 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an example of an exercise menu. The exercise menu is configured by arranging exercise parts for which the exercise support apparatus 1 should display an instruction of exercise operation in order, and the duration of the exercise is determined for each exercise part. The exercise menu shown in FIG. 15 includes exercises corresponding to warm-up, aerobics, and a part to be trained. Warm-up is common to all users, and exercises are provided to increase body temperature and enable high-intensity exercise. The warm-up is assigned at the beginning of the exercise menu, for example, for a time of 300 seconds. As the exercise following the warm-up, aerobics and the exercise corresponding to the part to be trained are alternately and repeatedly assigned. For example, when the part to be trained is an abdomen, a muscle training abdomen and a stretch abdomen are selected as types of exercise. In addition, as an exercise part, for example, an exercise part associated with a level of the same number as the exercise habit or a number level equal to or less than the number of the exercise habit is extracted. By repeatedly combining the extracted aerobics and exercise parts of the type of exercise corresponding to the part to be trained, a menu of exercise following warm-up is created. FIG. 15 shows an example in which aerobics and muscle training are alternately assigned following warm-up. For example, any of the exercise parts related to the aerobics shown in FIG. 5 is assigned to the aerobics 1 to 4 shown in the figure, and the exercise relating to the muscle training abdomen shown in FIG. One of the parts is assigned. Each moving part is assigned a time of 30 seconds. In this way, the CPU 11 combines the exercise parts extracted from the exercise DB 151 and creates an exercise menu in which the total time of the exercise parts is a predetermined time. Further, the CPU 11 associates the music to be played back with the instruction of the exercise operation with each exercise in the exercise menu. Music data for reproducing each music is stored in the storage unit 15.

  Note that the warm-up content may be common to all users or may be determined for each user. Exercise by a method other than extracting exercise parts according to exercise habits, such as a method for determining the level of exercise parts based on the user's visit history, or a method for making personal information correspond to the level of exercise parts according to a predetermined relationship You may perform the process which extracts parts.

  After creating the exercise menu in step S28, the CPU 11 stores the created exercise menu 153 in the storage unit 15 (S29) and ends the process. Next, the exercise support device 1 performs a process of displaying instructions for exercise operation in the order according to the exercise menu 153, and the exercise support system of the present invention including the exercise support device 1 displays instructions for exercise operation. During this time, a process for prohibiting the use of a moving part whose posture mismatch or injury has exceeded a certain rate is performed.

  16 to 19 are flowcharts showing a procedure of processing performed by the exercise support apparatus 1 for displaying an instruction of exercise operation and processing performed by the exercise support system for prohibiting the use of exercise parts. First, the CPU 11 of the exercise support apparatus 1 displays a message such as “please put the wrist sensor on the wrist and the waist sensor on the waist” on the first display unit 141 to thereby display the acceleration sensor for the wrist. The user is instructed to wear the sensor 41 and the waist sensor 42 (S301). Next, the CPU 11 waits for reception of a response for completion of preparation when the user wearing the wrist sensor 41 and the waist sensor 42 operates the input unit 131 (S302). If no response for completion of preparation is received (S302: NO), the CPU 11 continues to wait.

  When the response of the completion of preparation is received in step S302 (S302: YES), the CPU 11 displays the image of the person who has taken the standing posture together with the message “take the standing posture” on the first display unit 141. The user is instructed to take a standing posture (S303). Next, the CPU 11 waits until the time measuring unit 18 measures the lapse of a predetermined time. At this time, the wrist sensor 41 and the waist sensor 42 are positioned when the user is standing. The positions of the sensor 41 and the waist sensor 42 are initially set (S304).

  Next, CPU11 reads the image data and music data which concern on the first exercise part contained in the exercise menu 153 from the memory | storage part 15 according to the content of the exercise menu 153 memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 15 (S305). Next, the CPU 11 starts moving image reproduction in which a moving image based on the read image data is displayed on the first display unit 141 or the second display unit 142 (S306). The moving image to be reproduced is a moving image in which the instructor image or the character image shows a model of the moving motion of the moving part, and the user performs the moving motion while watching the moving image. CPU11 displays a moving image on the 1st display part 141 about the exercise | movement in a standing position, and displays a moving image on the 2nd display part 142 about the exercise | movement performed in the state of sitting or sleeping. As the moving image is reproduced, the CPU 11 causes the speakers 19 and 19 to reproduce the music based on the read music data. In this way, the CPU 11 instructs the exercise operation.

  Next, the CPU 11 receives the measurement result of acceleration transmitted from the wrist sensor 41 and the waist sensor 42 at any time by the receiving unit 132, and calculates the wrist sensor which is an acceleration sensor by calculation based on the received acceleration measurement result. 41 and the position and movement direction of the waist sensor 42 are detected (S307). The movement direction of the wrist sensor 41 and the waist sensor 42 corresponds to the movement direction of the user's hand and waist, and the position of the waist sensor 42 corresponds to the posture of the user such as standing or other posture. Next, the CPU 11 compares the posture and the movement direction of the hand and the waist that are recorded in the posture DB 152 in association with the moving part with the detected positions and movement directions of the wrist sensor 41 and the waist sensor 42, and detects the detected position. Then, it is determined whether or not the moving direction matches the position corresponding to the normal posture recorded in the posture DB 152 and the normal moving direction (S308). For example, the CPU 11 determines that the detected position is a position corresponding to the standing position when the position of the waist sensor 42 is above a position below a predetermined amount from the initially set position, and the waist sensor 42 If the position 42 is lower than the initial setting position by a predetermined amount or more, it is determined that the detected position is a position corresponding to a sitting posture or a sleeping posture such as a sitting position or a supine position. If the normal posture is standing and the detected position is a position corresponding to the standing position, the positions match, and if the detected position is a position corresponding to the supine position, the positions do not match. When the detected position or moving direction does not coincide with the normal position or moving direction (S308: NO), the CPU 11 refers to the elapsed time measured by the timer 18 and determines whether or not the mismatched state continues for a predetermined time. Is determined (S309).

  When the position and the moving direction coincide with the normal position and the moving direction at step S308 (S308: YES), or when the disagreement does not continue for a predetermined time at step 309 (S309: NO), the CPU 11 It is determined whether or not the moving part playback has ended after the duration of the exercise part determined by the menu 153 has elapsed (S310). If the moving image reproduction has not been completed yet (S310: NO), the CPU 11 returns the process to step S307, and again detects the position and moving direction of the acceleration sensor. When the moving image reproduction is finished (S310: YES), the CPU 11 determines whether or not the exercise part to be instructed to exercise next is included in the exercise menu 153 (S311). If there is a next exercise part (S311: YES), the CPU 11 returns the process to step S305, and stores data related to the exercise part to be instructed next in the exercise menu 153 according to the order defined in the exercise menu 153. 15 is read out.

  In step S309, when the detected position or moving direction of the acceleration sensor does not coincide with the normal position or moving direction continues for a predetermined time (S309: YES), it is determined that an abnormality has occurred and reproduction of the moving image is stopped ( S312). FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a process when an abnormality occurs. In the figure, the progress of the exercise according to the exercise menu 153, the normal posture determined by the posture DB 152 for each exercise part, and the posture of the user corresponding to the detected position of the waist sensor 42 are shown. . In the warm-up, aerobics 1 and muscle training 1 exercises, the normal posture matches the posture corresponding to the detected position, and the exercise is continued. However, in the exercise of aerobics 2, the normal posture is standing, whereas the posture corresponding to the detected position is the supine position, and the user cannot perform the exercise operation according to the instruction of the exercise operation. The reason why the user can no longer perform an exercise motion is the possibility of injury.

  Next, the CPU 11 confirms whether or not the user is injured, and if there is no injury, causes the first display unit 141 and the second display unit 142 to display a message prompting a response from the user that there is no injury (S313). ). The message is "Is it okay? If you are not injured, please raise your hand. If you feel unwell or have been injured, please wait and the staff will come soon." If so, indicate that you are resting, and if you are not injured, display a message telling you to respond. Next, the CPU 11 waits for reception of a response from the user by a method such as detecting that the user raised his hand based on the measurement result of the acceleration measured by the wrist sensor 41 (S314). When no response is received from the user (S314: NO), the CPU 11 refers to the elapsed time measured by the time measuring unit 18 and determines whether 5 seconds have elapsed while waiting for the response to be received (S315). ). Note that 5 seconds is an example of the standby time, and may be another time. If 5 seconds have not yet elapsed (S315: NO), the CPU 11 returns the process to step S314.

  When a response from the user is accepted in step S314 (S314: YES), the CPU 11 uses the user's posture mismatch (first error) that is a sign of injury even if no injury has occurred. The information on the occurrence of the posture mismatch indicating that the posture mismatch has occurred with respect to the exercise part is stored in the RAM 12 (S316). Next, the CPU 11 resumes moving image reproduction (S317), and returns the process to step S307. In step S317, the CPU 11 does not automatically resume moving image playback, but the staff of the exercise facility G uses the camera 133 or goes directly to the exercise booth 5 to confirm that there is no injury to the user. Alternatively, a process of resuming the moving image reproduction by the operation of the staff may be performed.

  If it is determined in step S315 that 5 seconds have elapsed without receiving a response from the user (S315: YES), the CPU 11 determines that a user injury (second error) has occurred and exercises according to the exercise menu 153. The process of displaying the instruction is terminated (S318). Next, the CPU 11 sends information on the occurrence of injury indicating that the user's injury has occurred on the used exercise parts, and information on the number of uses indicating the number of uses of each exercise part according to the exercise menu 153 to the communication unit 16. To the central device 3 (S319). Specifically, the communication unit 16 transmits information to the terminal device 2 via the LAN, and the terminal device 2 transmits information to the central device 3 via the communication network N. The central device 3 receives the information on the occurrence of the injury and the information on the number of uses by the communication unit 36 (S320), and the CPU 31 stores the injury management DB 351 stored in the storage unit 35 according to the information on the occurrence of the injury and the information on the number of uses. Is updated (S321).

  FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the content of the injury management DB 351 stored in the storage unit 35. The injury management DB 351 includes an exercise type field, an exercise parts field, and a level field similar to those of the exercise DB 151, and the exercise types, exercise parts, and levels similar to those of the exercise DB 151 are recorded. The injury management DB 351 further includes a use count field, a posture mismatch count field, a posture mismatch occurrence probability field, an injury occurrence count field, and an injury occurrence probability field. In the use number field, the number of times (instruction number) that each exercise part is used by the exercise support devices 1, 1,... Is recorded. In step S321, the usage count is updated according to the usage count information. In the posture mismatch count field, the number of times a posture mismatch has occurred for each motion part (first error occurrence count) is recorded, and in the posture mismatch occurrence probability field, the number of posture mismatch counts in the number of uses for each motion part. The percentage is recorded. In addition, the number of times that the user's injury occurred (second error occurrence number) is recorded for each motion part in the injury occurrence number field, and the number of injuries occurring in the number of uses for each motion part is recorded in the injury occurrence probability field. The percentage of is recorded. In step S321, the number of injuries is updated according to the information on the occurrence of injuries, and the posture mismatch occurrence probability and the injuries occurrence probability are updated with the update of the number of uses and the number of injuries. As the number of uses, the number of posture mismatches, and the number of injuries, the total number of times over a plurality of exercise support devices 1, 1,.

  Next, the CPU 31 refers to the updated injury management DB 351 and determines whether or not an exercise part having an injury occurrence probability of 0.1% or more is recorded in the injury management DB 351 (S322). Note that 0.1% is an example of the second ratio in the present invention, and may be another numerical value. When an exercise part having an injury occurrence probability of 0.1% or more is not recorded in the injury management DB 351 (S322: NO), the CPU 31 ends the process. When an exercise part with an injury occurrence probability of 0.1% or more is recorded in the injury management DB 351 (S322: YES), the CPU 31 has the same level as an exercise part with an injury occurrence probability of 0.1% or more. The injury management DB 351 is updated so as to be replaced with other moving parts under the arm (S323). Next, the CPU 31 causes the communication unit 36 to transmit an instruction to prohibit use of exercise parts having an injury occurrence probability of 0.1% or more to the plurality of exercise support devices 1, 1,... (S324). Specifically, the communication unit 16 transmits an instruction to the terminal devices 2, 2,... Via the communication network N, and each terminal device 2 transmits an instruction to the exercise support devices 1, 1,.

  The exercise support apparatus 1 receives an instruction to prohibit the use of exercise parts through the communication unit 16 (S325). The CPU 11 of the exercise support apparatus 1 changes the exercise DB 151 so as to replace the exercise part whose use prohibition is instructed by the received instruction among the exercise parts recorded in the exercise DB 151 with another exercise part whose level is lower by one. Update (S326) and end the process.

  FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram showing how the injury management DB 351 and the exercise DB 151 are updated in accordance with the occurrence of an injury. FIG. 22A shows an injury management DB 351 including an exercise part having an injury occurrence probability of 0.1% or more. An exercise part of level 4 “slow march & turn” has an injury occurrence probability of 0.1%. It has become. FIG. 22B shows the injury management DB 351 after the update, and the exercise part which was originally “slow march & turn” is replaced with the exercise part of “slow march & crap” of level 3. FIG. 22 (c) shows the updated exercise DB 151. Like the injury management DB 351, the exercise part that was originally "slow march & turn" in the exercise DB 151 is a level 3 "slow march & crap" exercise. It has been replaced with parts.

  Since the exercise part recorded in the exercise DB 151 is replaced with another exercise part, the original exercise part cannot be used when creating the exercise menu 153 using the exercise DB 151 thereafter. In this way, it is prohibited to include in the exercise menu 153 an exercise part in which the rate of occurrence of user injuries exceeds a certain level. Since use of an exercise part with a high probability of injury to the user is prohibited, the present invention can prevent the user from performing dangerous exercise and improve the safety of the exercise support system.

  In step S311, when the exercise part to be instructed to exercise next is not included in the exercise menu 153 (S311: NO), the CPU 11 ends the process of displaying the instruction of exercise according to the exercise menu 153 (S327). ). At this time, the CPU 11 causes the first display unit 141 or the second display unit 142 to display an end message such as “End. Thank you for your work.” Next, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the posture mismatch information is stored in the RAM 12 during the process of displaying the instruction of exercise (S328). When the posture mismatch information is stored in the RAM 12 (S328: YES), the CPU 11 follows the information stored in the RAM 12 and the posture mismatch information indicating that the posture mismatch has occurred for the specific motion part and the motion. Information on the number of uses indicating the number of uses of each exercise part in accordance with the menu 153 is transmitted to the central device 3 through the communication unit 16 (S329).

  The central device 3 receives the posture mismatch information and the usage count information by the communication unit 36 (S330), and the CPU 31 stores the injury management DB 351 stored in the storage unit 35 in accordance with the posture mismatch information and the usage count information. Is updated (S331). At this time, in the injury management DB 351, the usage count is updated according to the usage count information, the posture mismatch count is updated according to the posture mismatch information, and the posture mismatch occurrence probability and the injury occurrence are accompanied by the update of the usage count and the posture mismatch count. Probabilities are updated.

  Next, the CPU 31 refers to the updated injury management DB 351 to determine whether or not an exercise part having a posture mismatch occurrence probability of 3% or more is recorded in the injury management DB 351 (S332). Note that 3% is an example of the first ratio in the present invention, and may specifically be another numerical value. When an exercise part having a posture mismatch occurrence probability of 3% or more is not recorded in the injury management DB 351 (S332: NO), the CPU 31 ends the process. When a motion part having a posture mismatch probability of 3% or more is recorded in the injury management DB 351 (S332: YES), the CPU 31 lowers the level of the motion part having a injury probability of 3% or more by one level. The injury management DB 351 is updated so as to be replaced with another motion part (S333). Next, the CPU 31 causes the communication unit 36 to transmit an instruction to prohibit use of exercise parts having a posture mismatch occurrence probability of 3% or more to the plurality of exercise support devices 1, 1,... (S334).

  The exercise support apparatus 1 receives an instruction to prohibit the use of exercise parts through the communication unit 16 (S335). The CPU 11 of the exercise support apparatus 1 changes the exercise DB 151 so as to replace the exercise part whose use prohibition is instructed by the received instruction among the exercise parts recorded in the exercise DB 151 with another exercise part whose level is lower by one. Update (S336) and end the process.

  FIG. 23 is an explanatory diagram showing how the injury management DB 351 and the exercise DB 151 are updated in accordance with the occurrence of the posture mismatch. FIG. 23A shows an injury management DB 351 including a motion part having a posture mismatch occurrence probability of 3% or more, and the motion part of the “slow march & back-and-forth motion” of level 2 has a posture mismatch occurrence probability of 3%. ing. FIG. 23 (b) shows the injury management DB 351 after the update, in which the exercise part that was originally “slow march & back-and-forth movement” is replaced with the level 1 “slow march” exercise part. FIG. 23 (c) shows the updated exercise DB 151. Like the injury management DB 351, the exercise part that was originally “slow march & back-and-forth exercise” in the exercise DB 151 is the level 1 “slow march” exercise part. Has been replaced.

  Since the exercise part recorded in the exercise DB 151 is replaced with another exercise part, the original exercise part cannot be used when creating the exercise menu 153 using the exercise DB 151 thereafter. In this way, it is prohibited to include, in the exercise menu 153, exercise parts that have been generated in a proportion or more where there is a posture mismatch that is a sign of injury without the user being injured. Since a motion that causes a posture mismatch is more burdensome to the user than other motions, the present invention allows the user to perform a dangerous motion by prohibiting the use of motion parts that have a high probability of a posture mismatch. Can be prevented, and the safety of the exercise support system can be improved.

  In steps S323, S326, S336, and S333, when the level of the exercise part that should be prohibited is 1, the CPU 11 performs a process of replacing the exercise part with the substitute exercise part. FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which the exercise part is replaced with the substitute exercise part in the injury management DB 351 and the exercise DB 151. FIG. 24A shows the injury management DB 351 in which the posture mismatch occurrence probability is 3% or more for the level 1 “slow march” motion part. FIG. 24B shows the injury management DB 351 after the update, and the exercise part that was originally “slow march” has been replaced with a level 1 “slow flexion” substitute exercise part. FIG. 24 (c) shows the updated exercise DB 151. Like the injury management DB 351, the exercise part that was originally “slow march” in the exercise DB 151 is replaced with a level 1 “slow flexion” substitute exercise part. ing.

  As described above, in the present invention, when the use of the exercise part is prohibited, it is replaced with an exercise part below the level of the prohibited exercise part. Therefore, even if the use of a specific exercise part is prohibited, the load on the user is reduced. There is no increase. Therefore, in the present invention, the safety of the exercise support system can be improved more reliably.

  In step S328, when the posture mismatch information is not stored in the RAM 12 (S328: NO), the CPU 11 sends the usage count information indicating the usage count of each exercise part according to the exercise menu 153 to the communication unit 16. Then, it is transmitted to the central device 3 (S337). The central device 3 receives the usage count information by the communication unit 36 (S338), and the CPU 31 updates the injury management DB 351 stored in the storage unit 35 according to the usage count information (S339). At this time, in the injury management DB 351, the usage count is updated according to the usage count information, and the posture mismatch occurrence probability and the injury occurrence probability are updated as the usage count is updated. CPU31 complete | finishes a process above and the process which an exercise assistance system complete | finishes.

  Through the processing described in detail above, the exercise support system of the present invention monitors the occurrence of a user's injury or posture mismatch while displaying an instruction of exercise motion according to the exercise menu, and when an injury or posture mismatch occurs. It records that an injury or posture mismatch has occurred, and prohibits the use of motion parts that have a high probability of injury or posture mismatch in the motion menu. For this reason, it is prevented that a user makes a dangerous exercise, and the safety of the exercise support system is improved.

  In the present embodiment, a process of transmitting various information to the central apparatus 3 immediately after the exercise support apparatus 1 ends the process of displaying the instruction of the exercise operation has been shown. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is also possible to store information on the occurrence of injuries, information on inconsistencies in posture, and information on the number of times of use in the terminal device 2 and periodically transmit the information such as once a day. In addition, the update of the injury management DB 351 in the central device 3 and the update of the exercise DB 151 in the exercise support device 1 may be performed together at a predetermined timing instead of as needed. Moreover, in this Embodiment, although the central apparatus 3 showed the form which memorize | stores injury management DB351, this invention is not restricted to this, Injury management DB in the terminal device 2 installed in each exercise facility G May be stored, and the exercise support devices 1, 1,... In the exercise facility G may be prohibited from using specific exercise parts. In the case of this form, the terminal device 2 executes the processing in the central device 3 shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 18 and 19.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the form using the posture DB 152 in which the normal posture of the user is recorded is shown, but the present invention may be a form for obtaining the normal posture of the user without using the posture DB 152. . For example, the exercise support apparatus 1 may be configured to obtain the normal posture of the user by performing image processing of a moving image displayed on the first display unit 141 or the second display unit 142.

  In the present embodiment, the wrist sensor 41 and the waist sensor 42, which are acceleration sensors, are used to detect the user's motion. However, the present invention detects the user's motion by other methods. It may be a form to do. For example, the exercise support device 1 may be configured to detect the user's action by capturing the user with the camera 133 and performing image processing on the captured image. In this embodiment, an identification object that can be easily identified from images captured by the camera 133, such as a sticker that emits fluorescence, is attached to a specific part such as the wrist or waist of the user, and the image captured by the camera 133 The user's action may be detected by extracting a change in position of the identification object from the image and converting the change in position of the identification object into a change in position of each part of the user. In this mode, the position change of each part is acquired as the user's action by the above-described processing, the position change of each part of the character image is acquired from the moving image being reproduced, and the deviation between the position changes of each part is calculated. Then, a process of determining whether or not an injury or a posture mismatch occurs based on the calculated deviation may be performed.

(Embodiment 2)
In the second embodiment, an embodiment is shown in which the present invention is realized in a smaller space by using a home PC or the like instead of installing the exercise support apparatus in an exercise facility. FIG. 25 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the exercise support device 6 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The exercise support device 6 uses a general-purpose computer such as a PC, and performs CPU 61, RAM 62, an interface unit 63 to which an external device is connected, and a CD that can read data from a recording medium 60 such as a CD-ROM. A drive unit 64 such as a ROM drive, a storage unit 65, and a communication unit 66 are provided. The RAM 62 is composed of a semiconductor element, and stores information necessary for calculations performed by the CPU 61. The storage unit 65 is configured by a hard disk, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory, or the like. The drive unit 64 reads the computer program 651, the exercise DB 652 and the posture DB 653 recorded on the recording medium 60 distributed to the user from the recording medium 60, and the CPU 61 stores the computer program 651, the exercise DB 652 and the posture DB 653 as a storage unit. 65 is stored. The CPU 61 loads the computer program 651 from the storage unit 65 to the RAM 62 as necessary, and executes processing based on the loaded computer program 651. The exercise support device 6 is installed at a user's home, for example, and the communication unit 66 transmits and receives information to and from the central device 3 via the communication network N. The computer program 651, the exercise DB 652, and the posture DB 653 may be downloaded from a server device (not shown) using the communication unit 66.

  The interface unit 63 is connected with an input unit 71, a receiving unit 72, a display unit 73, and a speaker 74, which are necessary to configure the exercise booth 5 as shown in FIG. The display unit 73 may be a commercially available display such as a television receiver. In the interface unit 63, the CPU 61 receives an input from the user using the input unit 71, receives the measurement result of the acceleration sensor using the receiving unit 72, causes the display unit 73 to display an instruction for exercise operation, and displays the instruction on the speaker 74. Input and output signals for playing music.

  The exercise support apparatus 6 creates a user DB 654 by executing processing similar to the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 10, and stores the created user DB 654 in the storage unit 65. Further, the exercise support apparatus 6 creates an exercise menu 655 by executing processing similar to the processing shown in FIG. 13 and stores the created exercise menu 655 in the storage unit 65. Furthermore, when the user wears the distributed wrist sensor 41 and waist sensor 42 and the exercise support apparatus 6 executes the same process as the process performed by the exercise support apparatus 1 shown in FIGS. Exercise support method.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the exercise support device 6 that executes the same processing as the exercise support device 1 in the first embodiment can be realized using a general-purpose computer such as a PC. That is, the present invention can be realized by using a smaller space such as a user's home. Also in the present embodiment, as in the first embodiment, it is possible to update the exercise DB 652 to improve the safety of the exercise support system.

It is a typical conceptual diagram which shows the outline | summary of the exercise | movement assistance system of this invention which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows the outline | summary of the exercise booth. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the exercise | movement assistance apparatus of this invention which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the sensor for wrists. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the content of exercise | movement DB which a memory | storage part memorize | stores. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the content of attitude | position DB which a memory | storage part memorize | stores. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the example of the attitude | position which can be utilized by this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of a terminal device. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of a central apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the process of registration of the personal information which a terminal device performs. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of the registration screen which a display part displays. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the content of user DB which a memory | storage part memorize | stores. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the process which an exercise assistance device produces an exercise menu. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of the input screen for inputting the site | part to train. It is a key map showing an example of an exercise menu. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the process which an exercise assistance device performs in order to display the instruction | indication of an exercise | movement operation, and the process which an exercise assistance system performs in order to prohibit use of an exercise | movement part. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the process which an exercise assistance device performs in order to display the instruction | indication of an exercise | movement operation, and the process which an exercise assistance system performs in order to prohibit use of an exercise | movement part. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the process which an exercise assistance device performs in order to display the instruction | indication of an exercise | movement operation, and the process which an exercise assistance system performs in order to prohibit use of an exercise | movement part. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the process which an exercise assistance device performs in order to display the instruction | indication of an exercise | movement operation, and the process which an exercise assistance system performs in order to prohibit use of an exercise | movement part. It is explanatory drawing which shows progress when abnormality generate | occur | produces. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the content of injury management DB which a memory | storage part memorize | stores. It is explanatory drawing which shows a mode that injury management DB and exercise | movement DB are updated with generation | occurrence | production of an injury. It is explanatory drawing which shows a mode that injury management DB and exercise | movement DB are updated with generation | occurrence | production of attitude | position mismatch. It is explanatory drawing which shows a mode that an exercise | movement part is replaced by a substitute exercise | movement part in injury management DB and exercise | movement DB. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the exercise | movement assistance apparatus of this invention which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1, 6 Exercise support device 10 Computer 11, 61 CPU (calculation means)
132, 72 Reception unit 141 First display unit (display means, display unit)
142 2nd display part (display means, display part)
15, 65 Storage unit 150, 651 Computer program 151, 652 Exercise DB
152, 653 Posture DB
153, 655 Exercise menu 2 Terminal device 3 Central device 31 CPU
35 storage unit (storage means)
351 Injury Management DB
41 Wrist sensor (acceleration sensor)
42 Waist sensor (acceleration sensor)
5 Booth for exercise 60 Recording medium 63 Interface section 73 Display section

Claims (11)

In an exercise support system including an exercise support device that supports a user's exercise by displaying an instruction of exercise operation on a display unit, and a central device to which the exercise support device is connected,
The exercise support device includes:
Means for creating an exercise menu including a plurality of exercise operations and defining an order for instructing each exercise operation;
Means for causing the display unit to display instructions for each of a plurality of exercise actions included in the exercise menu in an order determined by the exercise menu created by the means;
Detecting means for detecting a user's action;
A determination unit that determines whether or not an error that causes a deviation between the instruction of the exercise operation displayed on the display unit and the user operation detected by the detection unit to be equal to or greater than a predetermined value,
The central device is
In association with each of the plurality of exercise operations, storage means for storing an error occurrence number that is the number of times the determination unit has determined the occurrence of an error while displaying the instruction of each exercise operation on the exercise support device;
A notification means for notifying the exercise support device that the use of the exercise action is prohibited when the number of occurrences of errors associated with one exercise action stored in the storage means is a predetermined amount or more;
The exercise support device further includes:
An exercise support system comprising: a prohibition means for prohibiting an exercise menu from including an exercise motion notified of the prohibition of use. The determination means includes
When the difference between the instruction of one exercise operation displayed on the display unit and the user's operation detected by the detection unit is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, the display unit stops displaying the instruction of the exercise operation, Means for displaying information for prompting the user for a predetermined response;
Means for receiving a predetermined response from the user;
Means for determining that the first error has occurred when a predetermined response from the user is received within a predetermined time after the display of the instruction of the exercise operation is stopped;
Means for determining that a second error has occurred when a predetermined response from the user is not received within a predetermined time after stopping the display of the instruction of the exercise operation,
The storage means
As the number of error occurrences, a first error occurrence number that is the number of times that the determination unit has determined the occurrence of a first error, and a second error occurrence number that is the number of times that the determination unit has determined the occurrence of a second error. Means for storing;
Means for storing the number of instructions, which is the number of times the instruction of each exercise operation is displayed on the display unit in the exercise support device, in association with each of the plurality of exercise operations;
The notification means includes
Use of the exercise operation when the ratio of the number of first error occurrences associated with the exercise operation to the number of instructions associated with one exercise operation stored in the storage means is equal to or greater than a predetermined first ratio Means for notifying the exercise support apparatus of prohibition of
Use of the exercise operation when the ratio of the number of second error occurrences associated with the exercise operation to the number of instructions associated with one exercise operation stored in the storage means is equal to or greater than a predetermined second ratio. The exercise support system according to claim 1, further comprising: means for notifying the exercise support device of the prohibition of the exercise.   The exercise support system according to claim 2, wherein the second ratio is an amount smaller than the first ratio. It further includes a portable acceleration sensor that can be worn on the user's body,
The acceleration sensor
Means for transmitting a measurement result to the exercise support device;
The detection means includes
Based on the measurement result transmitted from the acceleration sensor, it has means for obtaining the position and / or moving direction of the acceleration sensor as a user action,
In each movement operation instruction, the position and / or moving direction of the body part to which the acceleration sensor of the user is attached is determined,
The determination means includes
It is determined whether or not the position and / or moving direction of the body part determined by the instruction of the movement operation is equivalent to the position and / or moving direction of the acceleration sensor obtained by the detecting means. If not, the elapsed time in a state where the position and / or movement direction of the body part determined by the instruction of the movement operation and the position and / or movement direction of the acceleration sensor determined by the detection means are not equivalent Means for measuring;
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a unit that determines that an error has occurred that causes a difference between the instruction of the exercise operation and a user's operation to exceed a predetermined time when the elapsed time exceeds a predetermined time. 4. The exercise support system according to any one of 3. Multiple motor movements are categorized by type,
Each of a plurality of movements classified into each type has a relative level according to the exercise load,
The prohibition means is
Other exercises that are classified as the same type of exercise motions that are prohibited from being used as exercise motions that should be included in the exercise menu, and that have a level equal to or lower than the level of the exercise motions. The exercise support system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising means for replacing the movement. A plurality of exercise support devices are connected to the central device,
The storage means
The error occurrence count is configured to store a total value of the number of times the occurrence of an error is determined by a plurality of exercise support devices,
The notification means includes
The exercise support system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the exercise support system is configured to notify a plurality of exercise support devices of prohibition of use of the exercise operation. In an exercise support device that supports an exercise of a user by displaying an instruction of exercise operation on a display unit,
Means for creating an exercise menu including a plurality of exercise operations and defining an order for instructing each exercise operation;
Means for causing the display unit to display instructions for each of a plurality of exercise actions included in the exercise menu in an order determined by the exercise menu created by the means;
Detecting means for detecting a user's action;
A determination unit that determines whether or not an error that causes a deviation between the instruction of the exercise operation displayed on the display unit and the user's operation detected by the detection unit to be greater than or equal to a predetermined value;
An exercise support comprising: prohibiting means for prohibiting the exercise menu from including an exercise operation in which an error occurrence number, which is the number of occurrences of an error determined during display of an exercise operation instruction, is a predetermined amount or more; apparatus. The determination means includes
When the difference between the instruction of one exercise operation displayed on the display unit and the user's operation detected by the detection unit is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, the display unit stops displaying the instruction of the exercise operation, Means for displaying information for prompting the user for a predetermined response;
Means for receiving a predetermined response from the user;
When a predetermined response from the user is received within a predetermined time after stopping the display of the instruction of the exercise operation, the display unit restarts the display of the instruction of the exercise operation and a first error occurs. Means for determining that
Means for determining that a second error has occurred when a predetermined response from the user is not received within a predetermined time after stopping the display of the instruction of the exercise operation,
The prohibition means is
Means for prohibiting the exercise menu from including an exercise operation in which the ratio of the number of times the occurrence of the first error is determined to the number of times the instruction of the exercise operation is displayed is a predetermined first ratio or more;
And means for prohibiting the exercise menu from including an exercise operation in which the ratio of the number of occurrences of the second error determined with respect to the number of times the instruction of the exercise operation is displayed is equal to or greater than a predetermined second ratio. The exercise support apparatus according to claim 7. Multiple motor movements are categorized by type,
Each of the plurality of movements classified into each type has a relative level according to the content of the movement,
The prohibition means is
As the exercise action to be included in the exercise menu, the exercise action that should not be included in the exercise menu is classified into the same type as the exercise action, and a level lower than the level of the exercise action is determined. The exercise support apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising means for substituting for the exercise operation. In an exercise support method for assisting a user's exercise by using a storage unit, a display unit, and a calculation unit, and displaying an instruction of exercise operation on the display unit
Create an exercise menu that includes a plurality of exercise operations and defines the order in which each exercise operation is instructed by the computing means.
In the order determined in the created exercise menu, instructions for each of the plurality of exercise operations included in the exercise menu are displayed in order on the display means,
Using a sensor that can detect the user's action, detect the user's action,
The calculation means determines whether or not an error that causes a deviation between the instruction of the exercise action displayed on the display means and the detected user action to be a predetermined value or more,
In association with each of the plurality of exercise motions, the storage means stores an error occurrence count that is the number of times the occurrence of an error is determined during display of each exercise motion instruction,
An exercise support method, wherein, when the number of error occurrences associated with one exercise operation stored in the storage means is equal to or greater than a predetermined amount, the calculation means prohibits the exercise menu from including the exercise operation. In a computer program for supporting a user's exercise by displaying an instruction of exercise operation on a display unit inside or outside the computer on a computer,
A procedure for causing a computer to create an exercise menu that includes a plurality of exercise operations and that defines an order for instructing each exercise operation;
A procedure for causing the computer to display instructions for each of a plurality of exercise actions included in the exercise menu in the order determined in the created exercise menu,
A procedure for causing a computer to detect user actions;
A procedure for causing a computer to determine whether or not an error has occurred that causes a deviation between an instruction of an exercise motion displayed on the display unit and a user motion detected by the detection means to be equal to or greater than a predetermined value;
And a procedure for prohibiting the computer from including in the exercise menu an exercise operation in which the number of occurrences of an error, which is the number of occurrences of an error determined during display of an instruction of exercise operation, is greater than or equal to a predetermined amount. Computer program.

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