JPH07246255A - Proper exercise instruting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the proper exercise instructing device carried by a sportsman for instructing the continuation of any exercise with a proper load at the time of the exercise such as walking or running. CONSTITUTION:The age, sex, weight and height of the sportsman and the kind of the exercise can be minimumly inputted at least. Then, this device is composed of an input means for outputting those data, storage means for storing and outputting the exercise records of the sportsman in the past, arithmetic formulas and parameters, speed measuring means for measuring and outputting the moving speed of the sportsman, heat beat measuring means for measuring and outputting the heart beats of the sportsman, arithmetic means for executing arithmetic while using the outputs from the respective means and for outputting the arithmetic result, display means for displaying the arithmetic result and transmitting means for transmitting the respective outputs.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a proper exercise instructing device which is carried by an exerciser and instructs to continue exercise with an appropriate load when walking or running.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Needless to say, when running or walking to improve health, it is necessary to make appropriate the load during exercise. For this reason, conventionally, the heart rate has been measured by a heart rate monitor attached to the body of an exerciser, and a warning has been issued when the value deviates from a predetermined appropriate range.

Further, in the conventional device for measuring the load applied to an exerciser, when the exerciser runs or walks on a flat ground,
Utilizing the fact that the load during exercise is proportional to the speed, for example, the load was obtained by measuring the running time when an exerciser traveled on a track where the distance can be easily measured, such as a land track. .

[0004]

However, since the former device does not physically measure the load applied to the exerciser, when the exerciser is warned, whether the exercise intensity should be increased or decreased. However, there is a problem that the proper value of the change is not known and the exercise cannot be continued with an appropriate load.

Further, the latter device has a problem that the load cannot be accurately measured when an exerciser travels in an actual city area or suburbs, because the running speed and changes in height cannot be known. That is, the conventional device has a problem that the physical load of exercise and the medical load of the human body cannot be integrated to instruct the exerciser to perform proper exercise.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a proper exercise instructing device which is carried by an exerciser and instructs to continue the exercise with an appropriate load during exercise such as walking or running.

[0007]

Therefore, the first aspect of the present invention is that "at least the age, sex, weight, height, and type of exercise of an exerciser can be input at a minimum, and an input for outputting them. Means, exercise record of exerciser's past, formula,
Parameters that can be stored at a minimum, and storage means that outputs them, speed measurement means that measures the moving speed of the exerciser, and that outputs the heart rate of the exerciser, and A heart rate measuring means for outputting it, an arithmetic means for performing an arithmetic operation using outputs from the respective means, outputting an arithmetic result, a display means for displaying the arithmetic result, and a transmitting means for transmitting the respective outputs. And an appropriate motion instruction device (claim 1) ”.

Further, the present invention is secondly "an input means capable of inputting at least age, sex, weight, height, and type of exercise of an exerciser, and outputting them.
A storage means capable of storing at least the past exercise record of the exerciser, an arithmetic expression, and parameters, and outputting them.
A speed measuring means for measuring the moving speed of the exerciser and outputting it, an altitude measuring means for measuring the altitude of the existing position of the exerciser or its change and outputting it, and a heart rate of the exerciser A heart rate measuring means for measuring and outputting the calculation result, a calculation means for performing a calculation by using outputs from the respective means, and outputting a calculation result, a display means for displaying the calculation result, and An appropriate motion instruction device (claim 2) "is provided which comprises a transmission means for transmitting an output.

The third aspect of the present invention is to provide "at least an input means capable of inputting at least age, sex, weight, height, and type of exercise of an exerciser, and outputting them.
A storage means capable of storing at least the past exercise record of the exerciser, an arithmetic expression, and parameters, and outputting them.
The acceleration of the exerciser in the front-back direction is measured, and the acceleration measuring means for outputting the acceleration is measured, and the heart rate of the exerciser is measured.
Further, a heart rate measuring means for outputting the same, a calculating means for performing an operation using the outputs from the respective means, outputting the operation result, a display means for displaying the operation result, and the respective outputs are transmitted. And an appropriate motion instructing device (claim 3) comprising a transmission means.

In a fourth aspect of the present invention, "at least an input means capable of inputting at least age, sex, weight, height, and type of exercise of an exerciser, and outputting them,
A storage means capable of storing at least the past exercise record of the exerciser, an arithmetic expression, and parameters, and outputting them.
An acceleration measuring means for measuring the forward-backward movement acceleration of the exerciser and outputting the acceleration, an altitude measuring means for measuring the altitude of the presence position of the exerciser or its change, and outputting the altitude, and an exerciser. A heart rate measuring means for measuring and outputting the heart rate, a computing means for performing a computation using outputs from the respective means and outputting a computation result, and a display means for displaying the computation result. , A proper motion instructing device (claim 4) comprising a transmitting means for transmitting the respective outputs.

In a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided "input means capable of inputting at least age, sex, weight, height, and type of exercise of an exerciser and outputting them.
A storage means capable of storing at least the past exercise record of the exerciser, an arithmetic expression, and parameters, and outputting them.
A first acceleration measuring means for measuring the forward and backward movement acceleration of the exerciser and outputting it, and a second acceleration measuring means for measuring the upward and downward movement acceleration of the exerciser and outputting it. And a heart rate measuring means for measuring and outputting the heart rate of an exerciser, a computing means for performing a computation using outputs from the respective means, and outputting a computation result, and displaying the computation result. An appropriate motion instructing device (claim 5) comprising a display means for performing the above operation and a transmitting means for transmitting the respective outputs.

In a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided "input means capable of inputting at least age, sex, weight, height, and type of exercise of an exerciser and outputting them.
A storage means capable of storing at least the past exercise record of the exerciser, an arithmetic expression, and parameters, and outputting them.
From three-dimensional acceleration measuring means for measuring and outputting the moving acceleration of the exerciser in an arbitrary direction, heart rate measuring means for measuring and outputting the heart rate of the exerciser, and each of the above means An appropriate motion instructing device comprising: an arithmetic means for performing an arithmetic operation using the outputs of the above and outputting the arithmetic result; a display means for displaying the arithmetic result; and a transmitting means for transmitting the respective outputs (claim 6). " I will provide a.

[0013]

In the apparatus of the present invention, in order to measure the physical load (work rate) of the exerciser with a smaller error, the movement speed of the exerciser and changes in height of the existing position are measured. Generally, the work rate, which is the physical load of the exerciser, is a function of the moving speed, the weight, and the change in height, and the physical load of the exerciser can be easily obtained by measuring and calculating the above parameters.

Therefore, the physical load of the exerciser is measured and calculated at any time during the actual exercise, and when this is different from the predetermined value,
Alternatively, when out of the predetermined range, it is possible to judge and instruct how to change the load with respect to the current load. At this time, using a portable speed measuring means, to measure the moving speed of the exerciser with respect to the ground,
Alternatively, it is possible to obtain the moving speed by measuring the moving acceleration of the exerciser with respect to the ground using a portable acceleration measuring means and integrating the measured acceleration.

Further, the elevation change can be obtained by using a portable altitude measuring means or by integrating the vertical (vertical) direction moving acceleration measured by using the portable acceleration measuring means. it can. Hereinafter, the present invention will be described more specifically by way of examples, but the present invention is not limited to these examples.

[0016]

[First Embodiment] FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an exerciser carrying a proper exercise instruction device of the present embodiment. Further, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the proper movement instruction device of the present embodiment. In FIG. 2, each square indicates a constituent means of the apparatus of this embodiment. The solid line indicates the information (signal) transmission means, and the direction of the information is not specified. The information (signal) transmission means is not necessarily directly connected by an electric wire, but electromagnetic waves, light, or ultrasonic waves may be used as a medium.

The input means (for example, a keyboard or the like) is for setting and outputting the age, sex, height, weight, type of exercise, etc. of the exerciser. The storage means stores a past exercise record of an exerciser, an arithmetic expression and parameters,
And for output. The speed measuring means measures and outputs the moving speed of the exerciser. In this embodiment, as an example of a portable speed measuring means, a means for emitting an electromagnetic wave or a sound wave and utilizing the speed change of the reflected wave by the ground to obtain the moving speed of the exerciser relative to the ground is used.

The speed measuring means is carried on the waist, and the value of the speed measured by the radio wave or the sound wave emitted forward is regarded as the moving speed in the front-back direction of the exerciser. This speed value is transmitted (output) to the calculation means. The heart rate measuring means measures and outputs the heart rate. The heart rate measuring means of the present embodiment is carried by the body and the optical means is used to measure the light transmittance or reflectance of the body part, or the heart rate is measured by measuring the potential change of a part of the body. I'm measuring the number. For example, the heart rate measuring means carried on the arm (see FIG. 1) transmits the output heart rate to the computing means carried on the waist through a weak radio wave or an electric wire.

The calculation means performs a calculation based on the output of each constituent means and transmits the calculation result to the display means. In other words, the calculation means uses the speed and heart rate output (transmitted) from each means, the values of the user's weight, height, sex, age, etc., which have been input in advance, in an arithmetic expression stored in advance. Based on this, an appropriate moving speed or speed range is calculated. The display means indicates to the exerciser that the actual moving speed is out of the proper speed or speed range, and it is also possible to display the moving distance and energy consumption during the exercise. The display means is on the arm or waist, and if there is an arm,
The output from the calculation means is transmitted to the display means by weak radio waves or electric wires.

As the display means, not only the one using the optical means but also the one using the voice can be used. In this embodiment,
By calculating the moving distance by integrating the moving speed obtained by the speed measuring means by the calculating means, the moving distance and energy consumption during exercise can be displayed. When using the apparatus of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, each means is divided into an arm and a waist and carried. A belt may be used to carry the device around the human body.

In the arm, a pulse sensor (an example of heart rate measuring means) and a display means are carried. This can be easily confirmed by bringing the arm close to the eyes even if the display is small if the arm has a display means, and the pulse (heart rate) can be easily measured because the skin of the arm is exposed. It is easy to do.
In the waist, a speedometer (an example of a speed measuring unit) and a computer for controlling the whole (an example of an input unit, a storage unit, a calculating unit) are carried. This is because the waist is close to the center of gravity of the human body and it is easy to measure the moving speed.

Information (signal) can be transmitted (output) by directly connecting the means of the arm and the waist with an electric wire or by communicating with infrared rays, electromagnetic waves or ultrasonic waves.

[0023]

[Embodiment 2] The proper motion instructing device of Embodiment 1 is provided with altitude measuring means. This is the device of this embodiment (see the block diagram of Fig. 3). The altitude measuring means measures the altitude of the position where the exerciser is present or its change. As the altitude measuring means, a device that converts a pressure change into an electric signal can be used.

In the first embodiment, it is assumed that the vehicle is traveling or walking on a flat ground, but in this embodiment, the apparatus can be used even when the ground is not flat. The forward / backward moving speed of the exerciser is measured by a speed measuring means similar to that of the first embodiment, and the vertical change in height of the exerciser is obtained by differentiating the output from the altitude measuring means. Further, the heart rate obtained in the same manner as in Example 1, an appropriate heart rate stored in the storage means in advance, the weight and age value of the exerciser input by the input means, and the above-mentioned front-back direction Then, from the respective moving speeds in the up and down direction, the speed at which the vehicle should run is calculated by the calculating means, and the exercising person is instructed by the displaying means.

[0025]

[Third Embodiment] The device of the present embodiment is obtained by replacing the speed measuring means of the proper motion instruction device of the first embodiment with an acceleration measuring means (see the block diagram of FIG. 4). The acceleration measuring means measures and outputs the movement acceleration of the exerciser in the front-rear direction. As the acceleration measuring means of this embodiment, a means for converting strain caused by inertial force into an electric signal is used.

The output from the acceleration measuring means is integrated by the calculating means and converted into a moving speed. Others are the same as in the first embodiment.

[0027]

[Embodiment 4] The apparatus of this embodiment is obtained by replacing the speed measuring means of the proper motion instruction apparatus of the second embodiment with an acceleration measuring means (see the block diagram of FIG. 5). The acceleration measuring means measures and outputs the movement acceleration of the exerciser in the front-rear direction. As the acceleration measuring means of this embodiment, a means for converting strain caused by inertial force into an electric signal is used.

The output from the acceleration measuring means is integrated by the calculating means and converted into a moving speed. Others are the same as those in the second embodiment.

[0029]

[Embodiment 5] The apparatus of this embodiment is obtained by replacing the altitude measuring means of the proper motion instructing device of embodiment 4 with a second acceleration measuring means (see the block diagram of FIG. 6). The second acceleration measuring means measures and outputs the vertical acceleration of the exerciser. As the second acceleration measuring means of this embodiment, a means for converting the strain caused by the inertial force into an electric signal is used.

The output from the second acceleration measuring means is integrated by the calculating means and converted into a vertical moving speed, that is, a change in height. Others are the same as in the fourth embodiment.

[0031]

Sixth Embodiment A device according to the present embodiment is obtained by replacing the two acceleration measuring means of the proper motion instructing device of the fifth embodiment with a three-dimensional acceleration measuring means (see the block diagram of FIG. 7). In this embodiment, the three-dimensional acceleration measuring means is used to measure the movement speed of the exerciser in the front-rear direction and the change in altitude in the up-down direction.

Others are the same as in the fifth embodiment.

[0033]

As described above, according to the device of the present invention, an appropriate load can be constantly monitored during exercise such as walking and running. Therefore, it is possible to prevent excessive exercise that is likely to damage the human body of the exerciser. Further, even when the physical load amount is set in advance and exercise is performed so as to match the physical load amount, the use of the present device makes it easy to continue the exercise as set.

Further, the endurance can be measured by observing the relationship between the physical load during running or walking and the heart rate of the exerciser. That is, the device of the present invention can also be used for physical fitness measurement.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an exerciser carrying an appropriate exercise instruction device according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the proper motion instruction device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a proper motion instruction device according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of an appropriate motion instruction device according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an appropriate motion instruction device according to a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of an appropriate motion instruction device according to a fifth embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of an appropriate motion instruction device according to a sixth embodiment. that's all

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Toru Nakamura Toru Nakamura 3 2-3 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Stock company Nikon (72) Inventor Takashi Ueno 3 2-3 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo Company Nikon

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An input device capable of inputting at least the age, sex, weight, height, and type of exercise of an exerciser and outputting them, and a past exercise record of the exerciser and an arithmetic expression. , A storage means capable of storing the parameters at a minimum and outputting them, a speed measuring means for measuring the moving speed of the exerciser and outputting the same, a heart rate of the exerciser, and , A heart rate measuring means for outputting it, an arithmetic means for performing an arithmetic operation using outputs from the respective means and outputting an arithmetic result, a display means for displaying the arithmetic result, and a transmission for transmitting the respective outputs An appropriate motion instructing device consisting of means. 2. An input means capable of inputting at least the age, sex, weight, height, and type of exercise of an exerciser and outputting them, and a past exercise record of the exerciser and an arithmetic expression. , A storage means capable of storing parameters at a minimum and outputting them, a speed measuring means for measuring the moving speed of an exerciser and outputting the same, and an altitude of the presence position of the exerciser or its change Is measured, and
Altitude measuring means for outputting it, heart rate measuring means for measuring and outputting the heart rate of the exerciser, and arithmetic means for performing arithmetic operation using outputs from the respective means and outputting the arithmetic result An appropriate motion instruction device comprising: a display unit that displays the calculation result; and a transmission unit that transmits the outputs. 3. At least an input means for inputting and outputting at least age, sex, weight, height, and type of exercise of an exerciser, an exercise record of an exerciser's past, and an arithmetic expression. , A storage means capable of storing the parameters at a minimum and outputting them, an acceleration measuring means for measuring the forward and backward movement acceleration of the exerciser and outputting it, and measuring the heart rate of the exerciser In addition, a heart rate measuring means for outputting the same, an arithmetic means for performing an arithmetic operation using the outputs from the respective means and outputting an arithmetic result, a display means for displaying the arithmetic result, and each of the outputs. An appropriate motion instructing device comprising a transmitting means for transmitting. 4. An input means capable of inputting at least the age, sex, weight, height, and type of exercise of an exerciser at least, and an exerciser's past exercise record and arithmetic expression. , A storage means capable of storing parameters at a minimum and outputting them, an acceleration measuring means for measuring and outputting the forward and backward movement acceleration of the exerciser, and an altitude of the presence position of the exerciser Or measure the change, and
Altitude measuring means for outputting it, heart rate measuring means for measuring and outputting the heart rate of the exerciser, and arithmetic means for performing arithmetic operation using outputs from the respective means and outputting the arithmetic result An appropriate motion instruction device comprising: a display unit that displays the calculation result; and a transmission unit that transmits the outputs. 5. An input means capable of inputting at least the age, sex, weight, height, and type of exercise of an exerciser, and an output means for outputting the past, exercise record of the exerciser, and an arithmetic expression. , A storage means capable of storing parameters at a minimum and outputting them, a first acceleration measuring means for measuring and outputting the forward-backward movement acceleration of the exerciser, and a vertical movement of the exerciser Second acceleration measuring means for measuring and outputting the moving acceleration in the direction, heart rate measuring means for measuring and outputting the heart rate of the exerciser, and outputs from the respective means. A proper motion instructing device comprising: a calculation unit that performs a calculation using the calculation result and outputs a calculation result; a display unit that displays the calculation result; and a transmission unit that transmits each output. 6. An input device capable of inputting at least the age, sex, weight, height, and type of exercise of an exerciser, and an output means for outputting the same, a past exercise record of the exerciser, and an arithmetic expression. , A storage means capable of storing parameters at a minimum and outputting them, a three-dimensional acceleration measuring means for measuring and outputting a moving acceleration of an exerciser in an arbitrary direction, and a heart rate of the exerciser A heart rate measuring means for measuring and outputting the calculation result, a calculation means for performing a calculation using the outputs from the respective means, and outputting a calculation result; a display means for displaying the calculation result; A proper motion instruction device comprising a transmission means for transmitting output.