JP2019109612A - Remote exercise guidance system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a remote exercise guidance system allowing an instructor, at a remote location, to guide a user to maintain and improve the athletic ability of the user while watching an image of the user via a communication network.SOLUTION: A user terminal 10, imaging means 11, an instructor terminal 20, and a server 30 are respectively connected with each other via a communication network N. The imaging means 11 images motion of a user, and imaging information is displayed together with basic athletic ability information on the user terminal 10 and the instructor terminal 20. The instructor refers to the imaging information and the basic athletic ability information displayed on the instructor terminal 20 and instructs an exercise method to the user from a remote location. The user performs exercise according to the instruction of the instructor while checking the imaging information and the basic athletic ability information displayed on the user terminal 10.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a remote exercise guidance system capable of teaching maintenance and improvement of exercise abilities such as muscle strength and strength of a user through a communication network at a remote place while looking at the image of the user.

  As people age, their exercise abilities such as muscle strength and fitness decline. The decrease in motor ability greatly affects daily life, and behavioral disorders gradually occur. Especially in the elderly, the decrease in exercise capacity is remarkable, and it becomes difficult even in basic activities in daily life such as walking, moving up and down stairs, posture change such as standing or sitting, loading and unloading of luggage and transportation. Such a decrease in exercise capacity not only increases the risk of injury such as bruises or fractures due to falls or the like, and may also affect the life span.

  Therefore, attention has conventionally been focused on the importance of maintaining exercise capacity and improving recovery of lowered exercise capacity, particularly for the elderly. However, it is difficult for the elderly, who lacks specialized knowledge about exercise, to maintain and improve their exercise ability by themselves. Therefore, users do not maintain exercise ability properly if they do not refer to any index or exercise model. Recovery can not improve.

  Therefore, for example, the following Patent Document 1 is disclosed as an exercise support system capable of maintaining or improving exercise ability by referring to a model movement even for a user who lacks specialized knowledge. Patent Document 1 includes an imaging unit for imaging a user, a storage unit in which a plurality of sets of images are stored, a control unit for reading out a plurality of sets of images stored in the storage unit in a preset order, It has display means for displaying the image taken and the image read from the storage means by the control means.

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  However, in patent document 1, although it carries out contrasting own imaging | photography information and the reference index operation | movement currently stored beforehand, it is an exercise | movement assistance system on the assumption that a user himself exercise | works alone to the last. Therefore, they can not receive direct guidance from instructors such as doctors and trainers who have specialized knowledge. In this way, you can not receive instruction such as how to do the same movement as the reference index movement, the point to be careful in each movement, and advice according to the current exercise level, so maintenance or improvement of exercise capacity Lack of effectiveness.

  However, it is complicated for exercise-weakened people such as the elderly to go to a leader who has specialized knowledge to receive guidance, and conversely, the leader to go to the elderly.

  Therefore, the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the instructor can instruct at a remote place while looking at the image of the user while maintaining and improving the user's muscular strength and exercise performance such as physical strength through the communication network. It aims to provide a distance exercise instruction system.

  As means for that purpose, the present invention stores / calculates / processes various information, such as a user terminal used by the user, a photographing means for photographing the motion of the user, and a leader terminal used by the instructor. It is a remote exercise instruction system which has a server and in which the user terminal, the photographing means, the instructor terminal, and the server are mutually connected via a communication network. The server includes: an imaging storage unit that stores image information captured by the imaging unit; and a reference performance storage unit that stores reference performance information, which is average performance based on age, etc., in advance. And a transmission unit that simultaneously transmits the imaging information and the reference exercise ability information to the instructor terminal and the user terminal via the communication network. The user terminal and the instructor terminal include display means for displaying each information transmitted from the server. Then, the motion of the user is photographed by the photographing means, and the imaging information is transmitted to the user terminal and the instructor terminal together with the reference exercise ability information, and the instructor is displayed on the instructor terminal. An exercise method or the like is taught from a remote place to the user via the communication network while referring to the imaging information and the reference exercise ability information, and the user is instructed to display the imaging information and the reference displayed on the user terminal. Exercise can be performed based on the guidance of the instructor while confirming the athletic ability information.

  The server preferably includes comparison information notification means for comparing the imaging information with the reference exercise capacity information and notifying the comparison information to the user terminal and the instructor terminal via the communication network.

  It is preferable that the user terminal and the instructor terminal can make voice calls via the communication network.

  It is preferable that the photographing means be built in the user terminal.

  It is preferable that the comparison information notification means notify as a user's exercise ability level based on a difference between the imaging information and the reference exercise ability information.

  Preferably, the user captures an image with a plurality of marking points attached to the body, and the comparison information notification means calculates a difference based on the movement of the marking points.

  According to the distance exercise guidance system of the present invention, a user who needs maintenance, restoration or improvement of exercise ability such as muscle strength or physical strength compares and refers to his or her movement and reference exercise ability information as an image in a communication network. You can exercise while receiving the instruction of a specialized knowledge leader who is in a remote area. Therefore, it is possible to exercise easily without the need for the user to travel to the leader or the leader to travel under the user. In addition, because you can receive the guidance of the instructor in real time, you can not only avoid doing the wrong motion or the motion that is not effective, but you can take care in each motion whether you can do the same motion as the standard exercise As it is possible to receive advice according to the current exercise level and points to be attached, maintenance, restoration or improvement of exercise capacity can be appropriately and efficiently performed.

  If the user and the instructor confirm the comparison information between the imaging information of the user and the reference exercise ability information, the instruction according to the current exercise ability level can be easily performed, and the accuracy and effectiveness of the guidance will be improved. .

  If the user terminal and the instructor terminal can make voice calls via the communication network, it is efficient because there is no need to give instructions while making a call or typing chats.

  If the photographing means is built in the user terminal, it is not necessary to separately prepare the photographing means or to separately connect the photographing means to the communication network.

  If the comparison information notification means notifies as the exercise ability level, it is possible to conceptually grasp the difference between the user's movement (image pickup information) and the reference exercise ability.

  By imaging and comparing with a plurality of marking points attached to the user's body, it is possible to accurately calculate the difference between the user's movement (imaging information) and the reference exercise ability. Also, by wearing the marking points, it is also possible to measure the movement functions such as the distance, width, speed, angle, etc. the user has moved.

It is a conceptual diagram of a communication network of a distance exercise instruction system. It is a block diagram of a user terminal. It is a block diagram of a leader terminal. It is a block diagram of a server.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the remote exercise instruction system according to the present invention includes a user terminal 10 used by a user, a photographing means 11 for photographing the movement of the user, and a leader terminal 20 used by a leader. The user terminal, the photographing means, the instructor terminal, the server, and the respective means incorporated therein have the server 30 for storing, computing and processing various information, and the respective means are incorporated in each other through the communication network N. It is connected.

  As a user, if you want to receive instruction from a leader who has specialized knowledge about the movement of the body, such as those who want to maintain, restore or improve their strength and physical strength, and those who want to wear basic daily activities. , All people, young and old, are eligible. Specifically, not only healthy people but also injured people, sick people, physically disabled people, etc. are targeted. If it is a healthy person, it is suitable for an elderly person whose strength and physical strength are significantly reduced, and middle aged people with lack of exercise. If you are injured, sick or disabled, you can use it for rehabilitation.

  The leader is not particularly limited as long as it has expert knowledge on exercise and physical function. Typically, a doctor, a physical therapist, an occupational therapist, and an exercise trainer can be mentioned.

  The communication network N includes an IP (Internet Protocol) network represented by the Internet, and a plurality of access networks for accessing the IP network. As the access network, for example, a DSL (Digital Subscriber Line), a wired subscriber network using an optical transmission path, a CATV (Cable Television) network, a wireless local area network (LAN) network, a mobile communication network, or a private line network is used. .

  The imaging unit 11 is not particularly limited as long as it can be connected to the communication network N. For example, in addition to digital video cameras, digital cameras, wearable cameras, camera functions of smartphones and feature phones can also be used. These photographing means 11 can be directly and independently connected to the communication network N, but can also be connected to the user terminal 10 and indirectly connected to the communication network N. In particular, a camera originally built in or integrated into the user terminal 10 is most preferable. In addition to eliminating the need for unique settings and separate connection, it also saves space. Below, the user terminal 10 with which the imaging | photography means 11 was connected or incorporated is mentioned as an example, and is demonstrated.

  Examples of the user terminal 10 include a PC (Personal Computer), a smartphone, and a feature phone. The user terminal 10 is most preferably located at the user's home, but can be installed at a facility outside the home where a dedicated system such as a nursing home, sports center, insurance center, or medical institution is built. . When using a smart phone or a feature phone as the user terminal 10, using the user's own one is the easiest because it does not choose a place.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, the user terminal 10 includes a central processing unit (CPU: Central Processing Unit) 101. The CPU 101 includes a program memory 103, a communication interface (communication I / F) 105, a camera interface (camera I / F) 106, a display interface (display I / F) 107, an audio input / output interface (audio input / output I / F). ) 108 and an input interface (input I / F) 109 are connected respectively.

  The program memory 103 stores, in addition to the core program of the user terminal 10, application programs and the like related to the remote exercise instruction system of the present invention. The application program is downloaded from the server 30 via the communication network N and installed on the user terminal 10. Alternatively, the application program can be read and installed from an external storage medium such as a CD-ROM or a memory card.

  The communication I / F 105 performs bi-directional communication with the server 30 according to a communication protocol defined by the communication network N under the control of the CPU 101. As a communication protocol, for example, TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) is used.

  The camera I / F 106 captures image data of the user captured by the imaging unit 11 under the control of the CPU 101.

  The display I / F 107 simultaneously displays the user's exercise image data captured by the imaging unit 11 and the reference performance information received from the server 30 on the display 12 under the control of the CPU 101. The display 12 may be a display built in or attached to the user terminal 10, but a television receiver or a video projector provided separately may be used. Also, when the imaging information of the user and the reference index operation are displayed using AR (Augmented Reality Augmented Reality) technology, it can be recognized as realistic information.

  The voice input / output I / F 108 captures the user's transmitted voice from the microphone 13 under the control of the CPU 101 and outputs from the speaker 14 a received voice signal sent from the instructor terminal 20 serving as a calling party. The speaker 14 may be a speaker built-in to or attached to the user terminal 10, but an independent speaker separately connected may be used.

  Input I / F) 109 is for the purpose of exercise such as maintenance, recovery or improvement of exercise ability together with personal physical information such as age, sex and weight of the user at the user terminal 10 under the control of the CPU 101. Then, the input information in which the target body part and the like are input by the input device 15 is transmitted to the server 30. Examples of the input device 15 include a keyboard, a mouse, and a touch panel.

  The instructor terminal 20 may also be a personal computer (PC), a smartphone, a feature phone, or the like. The leader terminal 20 can also be installed at the instructor's home, at a nursing home, at a sports center, at an insurance center, at a medical institution or the like, and may be installed at a place where the instructor is most easy to teach. Using a smartphone or feature phone as the leader terminal 20 is the easiest because it does not choose a place.

  The instructor terminal 20 includes a central processing unit (CPU: Central Processing Unit) 201. A program memory 203, a communication interface (communication I / F) 205, a display interface (display I / F) 207, and a voice input / output interface (voice input / output I / F) 208 are connected to the CPU 201, respectively.

  In addition to the core program of the leader terminal 20, the program memory 203 stores application programs and the like related to the remote exercise guidance system of the present invention. This application program is downloaded from the server 30 via the communication network N and installed on the leader terminal 20. Alternatively, the application program can be read and installed from an external storage medium such as a CD-ROM or a memory card.

  The communication I / F 205 performs bi-directional communication with the server 30 according to a communication protocol defined by the communication network N under the control of the CPU 201. As a communication protocol, for example, TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) is used.

  The display I / F 207 simultaneously displays on the display 22 the exercise image data of the user captured by the imaging unit 11 and the reference performance information received from the server 30 under the control of the CPU 201. The display 22 may be a display built in or attached to the instructor terminal 20, but a television receiver, a video projector or the like provided separately may be used. Also, when the imaging information of the user and the reference index operation are displayed using AR (Augmented Reality Augmented Reality) technology, it can be recognized as realistic information.

  The voice input / output I / F 208 captures the transmission voice of the instructor from the microphone 23 under the control of the CPU 201, and outputs the reception voice signal sent from the user terminal 10 as the other party from the speaker 24. The speaker 24 may be a speaker built in or attached to the instructor terminal 20, or an independent speaker separately connected may be used.

  The connected server 30 also includes the CPU 301. A program memory 303, a data memory 304, and a communication interface (communication I / F) 305 are connected to the CPU 301.

  The program memory 303 stores an application program 303a according to the remote exercise instruction system of the present invention and an information comparison program 303b. Under the control of the CPU 301, the application program 303a includes the imaging information of the user transmitted from the photographing unit 11, the reference performance information stored in the server 30, and the comparison information calculated by the information comparison program 303b. It distributes to the user terminal 10 and the leader terminal 20 simultaneously.

  The information comparison program 303 b compares the imaging information of the user transmitted from the imaging unit 11 with the reference performance information stored in the server 30 under the control of the CPU 301 and calculates the difference. As the comparison method, for example, the imaging information of the user and the reference index operation are each subdivided (coordinated) in a mesh shape, and the difference is calculated by comparing for each of these coordinates. As coordinates, for example, it is preferable that the head, neck, hands, shoulders, feet, knees, hips, etc. be subdivided as finely as possible. The user wears a plurality of marking points on the body, and the information comparison program 303b can calculate the difference with high accuracy based on the movement of the marking point.

  In addition, the information comparison program 303b makes the simulated human image showing the reference index motion match the imaging information of the user as much as possible with the imaging information of the user, using the computer graphic (CG) technology or the like.

  The data memory 304 uses a hard disk, a flash memory, a RAM or the like as a storage medium, and stores reference exercise capacity information. The reference performance information includes the user's movement (imaging information) obtained by the information comparison program 303b and the reference index operation, along with a reference index operation related to a predetermined operation according to the purpose such as maintenance, recovery or improvement of exercise performance. The movement level etc. which are calculated | required from the difference of are memorize | stored. The reference index motion and the exercise level are stored in plural types according to the age and sex.

  Communication I / F 305 performs two-way communication of each information such as image information and voice information according to a communication protocol defined by communication network N between user terminal 10 and instructor terminal 20 under the control of CPU 301. Do. As a communication protocol, for example, TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) is used.

  Next, how to use the distance exercise instruction system will be described. When using this remote exercise instruction system, the user activates a dedicated application on the user terminal 10. Then, the CPU 101 starts the browser and displays the personal data input screen on the display 12 of the user terminal 10 from the program memory 103. Then, the gender and age of the user, the purpose of use, the operation site and the like are input to the personal data input screen via the input device 15. Then, the CPU 101 transmits the input information from the communication I / F 105 to the server 30 via the communication network N. At the same time, the leader terminal 20 is notified via the communication network N that the user terminal 10 has been activated, and the leader also activates a dedicated application on the leader terminal 20.

  When personal information etc. of the user is input to the server 30, a reference index operation corresponding to this is taken out from the data memory 304, and its initial resting posture is transmitted to both the user terminal 10 and the leader terminal 20. , And displayed on the displays 12 and 22 of the user terminal 10 and the leader terminal 20, respectively. At this time, the user image is displayed as a real image and the reference index motion is displayed as a simulated human image, but it is also preferable to display the user image and the reference index motion image as illustrated.

  The motion performed in the distance exercise instruction system is not a general strength training for a healthy person aiming at muscle strengthening, but is a basic motion in daily life. Specifically, stride, stride, speed, flexibility, sense of balance, etc. are taken as indicators when walking, forward bending, raising and lowering arms, raising and lowering knees, standing one leg, etc.

  Then, when the user presses the start on the user terminal 10, the basic operations displayed on the user terminal 10 and the instructor terminal 20 are activated. Therefore, the user moves in the same way as this basic operation. At this time, the motion of the user is performed by the photographing unit 11 while photographing. Accordingly, the imaging information is input from the camera I / F 106 and displayed on the display 12 of the user terminal 10, and at the same time, displayed on the display 22 of the instructor terminal 20 via the communication network N. At this time, the user's action (imaging information) and the reference index action can be displayed on the upper and lower or left and right two screens, but are preferably displayed in an overlapping state. Moreover, it is more preferable to display on AR (Augmented Reality) space.

  As described above, since the user's operation and the reference index operation are simultaneously displayed on the user terminal 10 and the instructor terminal 20, the user performs the same operation as the reference index operation if the user's own movement is confirmed. be able to. Also, the user and the instructor can visually check the degree of deviation between the user's operation and the reference index operation.

  Furthermore, when the user's operation is input to the server 30, the server 30 compares and compares the user's operation with the reference index operation by the information comparison program 303b. Then, if there is a gap between the user's operation and the reference index operation, the difference is detected, the degree is quantified and displayed on the user terminal 10 and the instructor terminal 20. Thereby, the user and the instructor can also check the difference between the user's action and the reference index action by numerical values.

  Then, the instructor can confirm the user's operation from a remote place in real time through the instructor terminal 20, and can give advice on the operation to the user by voice communication even during exercise. This enables the user to increase the effectiveness of maintenance and recovery of exercise capacity.

  Then, if exercise is performed for a predetermined time, the reference index movement is stopped, and the user also stops the exercise. Then, the server 30 averages the difference value between the user's motion during exercise and the reference index motion, and displays the user's current performance level on the user terminal 10 and the instructor terminal 20 based on the value. As an example of display of exercise ability level, for example, level 1 is significantly inferior to standard, level 2 is slightly inferior to standard, level 3 if standard level, level 4 slightly superior to standard is level 4, significantly larger than standard Can be displayed at multiple numerical levels, such as level 5, for example. Or, it can also be displayed in superiority or inferiority levels, such as excellent, good, acceptable, somewhat unacceptable, and unacceptable. Furthermore, it can also be displayed in a color such as blue if excellent, green if standard, and red if inferior. Moreover, it can also be displayed as virtual age, such as physical age.

  In addition, when the user wears multiple marking points on the body, by detecting the movement of the marking points, movement functions such as distance, width, speed, angle, etc. by which the user moved are measured. The measurement results are also displayed on the user terminal 10 and the instructor terminal 20.

  In this way, while referring to the measurement results of the motor ability level and the motor function after exercise, the instructor is aware of the future task for the user, daily life, which part to focus on You can also give advice, give instructions, take action, etc. until the next exercise.

  When the guidance by the instructor is completed, the application at the user terminal 10 and the instructor terminal 20 is finally turned off, and the exercise at that time is ended. Then, by repeatedly performing this remote exercise guidance system regularly, the user can maintain, restore, improve, etc. the exercise ability such as muscle strength and physical strength. As a frequency of performing regularly, it is preferable to carry out at a fixed time every day, but it may be performed once every two days, once every three days, once a week, etc. every several days.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 user terminal 11 imaging | photography means 20 leader terminal 30 server 101 * 201 * 301 CPU
103, 203, 303 Program memory 105, 205, 305 Communication interface 106 Camera interface 107, 207 Display interface 108, 208 Audio input / output interface 109 Input interface 12, 22 Display 13, 23 Microphone 14, 24 Speaker 15 Input device N Communication network

Claims (6)

A user terminal used by the user,
Shooting means for shooting the movement of the user;
A leader terminal used by the leader,
It has a server that stores, calculates and processes various information,
A remote exercise instruction system, wherein the user terminal, the photographing unit, the instructor terminal, and the server are connected to one another via a communication network, respectively.
The server is
Imaging storage means for storing image information captured by the imaging means;
Reference exercise capacity storage means which stores in advance standard exercise capacity information which is an average exercise capacity according to age etc.,
Transmission means for simultaneously transmitting the imaging information and the reference exercise ability information to the leader terminal and the user terminal via the communication network,
The user terminal and the instructor terminal include display means for displaying each information transmitted from the server,
The movement of the user is photographed by the photographing means, and the imaging information is transmitted to the user terminal and the instructor terminal together with the reference performance information, and the instructor is the imaging information displayed on the instructor terminal The user is instructed to exercise methods etc. from a remote place to the user via the communication network while referring to the reference exercise ability information, and the user can use the imaging information displayed on the user terminal and the reference exercise ability A remote exercise guidance system that exercises based on the guidance of a leader while confirming information.   The server includes comparison information notification means for comparing the imaging information and the reference exercise ability information and notifying the comparison information to the user terminal and the instructor terminal via the communication network. Distance exercise guidance system described in.   The remote exercise instruction system according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the user terminal and the instructor terminal can make a voice call via the communication network.   The remote exercise instruction system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the photographing means is built in the user terminal.   The remote exercise instruction system according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the comparison information notification means notifies as the exercise ability level of the user based on the difference between the imaging information and the reference exercise ability information. The user captures an image with multiple marking points on the body,
The remote exercise instruction system according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the comparison information notification means calculates a difference based on the movement of the marking point.

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