KR20110033001A - Training assistance apparatus and method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A device and a method for assisting exercise are provided to set various exercise programs in consideration of a user and to perform an exercise program selected by a user. CONSTITUTION: A method for assisting exercise comprises: a program setting process(210) of setting inputted one or more program as a program that a user uses; a movement collection process(230) of collecting the information related to the movement of a user; a motion pattern detection step(250) of outputting a predetermined output signal according to the detected specific movement; and an output step(290) of offering the output signal to the user.

Description

TRAINING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS AND METHOD}

The present invention relates to an exercise system, and more particularly, to an exercise assisting apparatus and method for assisting a user in exercising with a specialized program.

In general, exercise is necessary for everyone, and for adults, everyone knows that regular exercise is good for your health. In general, if you want to enjoy a particular sport as a hobby learn from a professional instructor.

However, people have to pay a lot of time and money in order to exercise through professional instructors in academy, and there is a difficulty in exercising where there is no professional instructor.

For example, exercise video is popular with office workers and students who can not afford time and economics because it has the advantage of being able to follow the exercise alone and at home comfortably without time. However, contrary to the advantage that the individual can exercise alone through the exercise video, the exercise program that is specialized for the individual, such as in an institute, cannot be effectively exercised.

Accordingly, there is a need for exercise assistance measures that allow individuals to exercise with specialized programs without the help of professional instructors.

The present invention proposes an exercise assisting apparatus and method for assisting a user's exercise with a program specialized for the user.

In addition, the present invention proposes an exercise assistance apparatus and method for setting a program for each exercise in consideration of the characteristics of the user, and performing the exercise by the program corresponding to the exercise selected by the user.

An exercise assisting apparatus for assisting a user's exercise according to the present invention may include a program storage unit for storing an exercise program input from the user or a developer, and when at least one program among the stored programs is selected from the user, the selected at least A program setting unit configured to receive one program from the program storage unit, and set the input at least one program as a program to be used by the user, and at least one sensor, and the user through the at least one sensor. A motion collecting unit for collecting the motion related information of the user, a motion pattern detecting unit detecting a specific motion corresponding to the set program among the collected user's motion related information, and outputting a predetermined output signal according to the detected specific motion Wow And an output unit for providing an output signal to the user.

In addition, in the exercise assisting method for assisting the user's exercise according to the present invention, when at least one program among pre-stored exercise programs is selected, the selected at least one program is received from the program storage unit; A program setting process of setting the at least one input program as a program to be used by the user, a motion collecting process of collecting motion related information of the user through at least one sensor, and the collected motion related information of the user And a motion pattern detecting step of detecting a specific motion corresponding to the set program, and outputting a predetermined output signal according to the detected specific motion, and an output step of providing the output signal to the user.

According to the present invention, an individual can exercise with a desired exercise program without the help of a professional instructor and can be provided with his or her own movement, thereby effectively performing the desired exercise program.

On the other hand various other effects will be disclosed directly or implicitly in the detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention to be described later.

1 is a view showing the exercise assisting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention,
Figure 2 is a flow chart illustrating a workout assistance method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that in the following description, only parts necessary for understanding the operation according to the present invention will be described, and descriptions of other parts will be omitted so as not to distract from the gist of the present invention.

The main subject of the present invention is to provide a specialized program to a user, collect the user's movement using sensors, and then detect the movement according to the characterized program from the collected user's movement, To provide the user with an output signal.

1 illustrates a configuration of an exercise assisting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the exercise assisting apparatus includes a program storage unit 110, a program setting unit 130, a motion collecting unit 150, an exercise pattern detecting unit 170, and an input / output unit 190.

The program storage unit 110 stores at least one exercise program received from a user or a developer. The program storage unit 110 transmits the corresponding program to the program setting unit 130 under the control of the program setting unit 130. Here, the user 100 may input at least one exercise program downloaded from the website to the program storage unit 110. In addition, the program storage unit 110 may store the received exercise programs as a program list according to the exercise item.

The program setting unit 130 provides a program stored in the program storage unit 100 to the user 100, and among the programs stored in the program storage unit 100 from the user 100 through the input / output unit 190. When at least one program is selected, the input at least one program is set as a program to be used by the user 100. The program setting unit 130 provides the set program to the user through the input / output unit 190 and transmits the set program to the exercise pattern detection unit 170 so that the exercise pattern of the user 100 can be detected.

In detail, when the program setting unit 130 receives a request to start a workout from the user 100 through the input / output unit 190, the program setting unit 130 requests a program transfer to the program storage unit 110. In this case, when the program setting unit 130 receives a request for a program for a specific exercise from the user 100, the program setting unit 130 may request a program delivery for the specific exercise to the program storage unit 110. In addition, the program setting unit 130 provides a program received from the program storage unit 110 according to the program delivery request to the user 100 through the input / output unit 190, and at least one program from the user 100 is provided. When input, the at least one program is set as a program to be used by the user 100.

In addition, after the program setting unit 130 provides the set program through the input / output unit 190, and receives calorie information from the user 100, the program setting unit 130 provides the input calorie information with respect to the set program. Set the calorie information you want to consume. The program setting unit 130 transmits the set calorie information to the exercise pattern detection unit 170 so that the calorie information currently consumed by the user 100 can be detected. The calorie information may be previously included in a program stored in the program storage 110.

The motion collecting unit 150 may be mounted on a user's body to detect a user's motion (eg, the sensor may include a 3-axis acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, a global positioning system (GPS) sensor, and force sensing). Resistor sensor unit) includes at least one sensor (not shown), and collects a user's movement through the at least one sensor. Here, the user's movement means the amount of exercise that can be monitored by the sensor, the number of exercise, the moving distance, the exercise time, the tempo and the like.

For example, when a three-axis acceleration sensor capable of detecting a three-dimensional acceleration is mounted on the user's body, the motion collector 150 is a three-axis acceleration signal, that is, an X-axis acceleration signal from the three-axis acceleration sensor User's movement is collected by receiving Y-axis acceleration signal and Z-axis acceleration signal. Herein, the operation principle of the acceleration sensor will be described based on the acceleration sensor that detects the acceleration in the one-dimensional direction. When the acceleration sensor is in the stationary state, only gravity acts, and gravity does not act on the plane perpendicular to the direction of gravity. This plane becomes an absolute horizontal reference plane and the sensor signal value in an acceleration sensor having an axis disposed in this plane direction becomes a reference or zero. Based on the reference plane, the tilt according to the movement, that is, the tilt value of the measurement line may be measured and the acceleration in the axial direction may be measured using the reference plane.

As another example, when a gyro sensor is mounted on a user's body, the motion collecting unit 150 detects and detects an angular velocity around at least one axis (eg, Z axis) of the user from the gyro sensor. Collected angular velocity signal) to collect the user's movement.

The exercise pattern detection unit 170 detects a specific movement corresponding to the set program among the movements of the user transmitted from the movement collecting unit 150, and outputs a predetermined output signal according to the detected specific movement. To pass.

In addition, the exercise pattern detector 170 calculates calorie information corresponding to the detected specific movement and adds the calculated calorie information to the input / output unit 190 as the current calorie information. In this case, various methods may be used as a method of calculating the calorie information. For example, when the detected specific motions are the same, calorie information may be calculated using a multiplication of calorie information for a previously detected specific motion. In addition, the exercise pattern detector 170 checks whether the current calorie information and the calorie information received from the program setting unit 130 are the same, and if they are the same, outputs a predetermined output signal (eg, an alarm signal) to the input / output unit 190. To pass).

The input / output unit 190 supports the input / output so that the user 100 sets a desired program, receives the set program from the program setting unit 130, and outputs the output signal transmitted from the exercise pattern detection unit 170. To the user 100. In this case, the input / output unit 190 may output the output signal through at least one of a speaker, a screen, light, and the like. For example, the input / output unit 190 may output a pre-stored voice signal through a speaker when the output signal is a pre-stored voice output or an alarm output.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an exercise assisting method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, in operation 210, when at least one program among programs stored in the program storage unit 110 is selected from the user 100, the program setting unit 130 selects the selected program from the program storage unit 110. Received from) and set as a program to be used by the user (100).

In step 230, the motion collector 150 collects a user's motion through at least one sensor.

In operation 250, the exercise pattern detector 170 detects a specific movement corresponding to the set program from the collected user movements, and generates a predetermined output signal according to the detected specific movement in operation 270.

In operation 290, the input / output unit 190 provides the generated output signal to the user 100.

For example, the overall operation of the exercise assisting apparatus and method described above will be described.

For example, in step 210, when the program setting unit 130 receives a “50 sit ups” program among programs stored in the program storage unit 110 from the user 100, the program setting unit 130 may use the “50 sit ups” program. Set as a program to be used by the 100, and transmits the set “50 sit-ups” program to the user 100 and the exercise pattern detection unit 170 through the input / output unit 190.

In operation 230, the motion collector 150 collects the motion of the user 100 who is performing the “50 sit ups” program using the 3-axis acceleration sensor and provides the motion pattern detector 170 to the motion pattern detector 170.

In step 250, the exercise pattern detector 170 detects a motion that causes the upper body of the user's movement transmitted from the motion collector 170, and in step 270, the exercise pattern detection unit 170 increases a count by one each time the upper body is raised. The voice signal is transmitted to the input / output unit 190. When the exercise pattern detection unit 170 receives the calorie information for the “50 sit ups” program from the program setting unit 130, the exercise pattern detection unit 170 calculates calorie information consumed to raise the sit ups and calculates the calories. The current calorie information is calculated by multiplying the information by the current number of sit-ups, and the current calorie information is transmitted to the input / output unit 190 in step 270. In addition, the exercise pattern detection unit 170 checks whether the current calorie information and the calorie information received from the program setting unit 130 are the same and transmits an alarm signal to the input / output unit 190 in step 270 if the same is the same.

Accordingly, in operation 290, the input / output unit 190 provides the transmitted voice signal and alarm signal to the user 100 through a speaker, and provides the current calorie information to the user 100 through a display window.

As another example, the program storage unit 110 by the input of the user "15 times after three sets of sit-ups, two sets of 15 times push-up after one minute rest, 10 minutes at 10km per hour after one minute rest" If the set "body 1" program is stored, the exercise assisting apparatus and method according to an embodiment of the present invention operates as follows.

In operation 210, when the program setting unit 130 receives a “body 1” program among programs stored in the program storage unit 110 from the user 100, the program setting unit 130 may use the “body 1” program as a program to be used by the user 100. By setting, the set "body 1" program is transmitted to the user 100 and the exercise pattern detection unit 170 through the input and output unit 190.

In operation 230, the motion collecting unit 150 collects the motion of the user 100 who is executing the "body 1" program using the 3-axis acceleration sensor and the gyro sensor, and provides the motion pattern detection unit 170.

In step 250, the exercise pattern detection unit 170 detects a motion corresponding to the “body 1” program among the transferred user's movements, and measures a signal or exercise time that counts the number of exercise in step 270 to complete the exercise time. When the signal indicating completion is transmitted to the input and output unit 190. Accordingly, in operation 290, the input / output unit 190 provides the transmitted signal to the user 100 through a speaker and a display window.

Therefore, the user 100 may exercise with a desired exercise program without the help of a professional instructor, and may be provided with his / her movement so that the user may effectively perform the desired exercise program.

Meanwhile, in the detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined not only by the appended claims, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

Claims (13)

In the exercise assisting device to assist the user's exercise,
Program storage unit for storing the exercise program received from the user or developer,
A program setting unit configured to receive at least one selected program from the program storage unit when the at least one program is selected from the user, and to set the at least one input program as a program to be used by the user; ,
A movement collector including at least one sensor and collecting movement related information of the user through the at least one sensor;
An exercise pattern detection unit for detecting a specific movement corresponding to the set program among the collected user's movement related information and outputting a predetermined output signal according to the detected specific movement;
And an output unit for providing the output signal to the user.
The method of claim 1, wherein the sensor,
An exercise assisting device comprising at least one of a 3-axis acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, a global positioning system (GPS) sensor, and a force sensing resistor (FSR) sensor.
The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the movement of the user,
Exercise assistance device, characterized in that at least one of the exercise amount, the number of exercise, the moving distance, the exercise time, the tempo.
The method of claim 1, wherein the stored program,
Exercise assisting device characterized in that it comprises preset calorie information.
The method of claim 1, wherein the program setting unit,
And receiving calorie information to be consumed with respect to the set program from the user, setting calorie information for the set program, and transmitting the set calorie information to the exercise pattern detector.
The method of claim 4 or 5, wherein the movement pattern detection unit,
And calculating current calorie information on the basis of the detected specific movement, and outputting a predetermined output signal when the calculated current calorie information and the set calorie information are the same.
In the exercise assistance method to assist the user's exercise,
A program setting process of receiving at least one selected program from a pre-stored exercise program from the user, receiving the selected at least one program from a program storage, and setting the at least one program as a program to be used by the user; ,
A motion collection process of collecting motion related information of the user through at least one sensor;
A motion pattern detection process of detecting a specific motion corresponding to the set program among the collected motion related information of the user and outputting a predetermined output signal according to the detected specific motion;
And an output process of providing the output signal to the user.
According to claim 7, wherein the pre-stored exercise program,
Exercise assistance method characterized in that the exercise program received from at least one of the user and the developer.
The method of claim 7, wherein the sensor,
An exercise assisting method comprising at least one of a three-axis acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, a global positioning system (GPS) sensor, and a force sensing resistor (FSR) sensor.
The method of any one of claims 7 to 9, wherein the movement of the user,
Exercise assistance method, characterized in that at least one of the amount of exercise, the number of exercise, the moving distance, the exercise time, the tempo.
According to claim 7, wherein the pre-stored exercise program,
Exercise assisting device characterized in that it comprises preset calorie information.
The method of claim 7, wherein the program setting process,
And receiving the calorie information to be consumed with respect to the set program from the user, and setting calorie information for the set program.
The method of claim 11 or 12, wherein the movement pattern detection process,
And calculating current calorie information on the basis of the detected specific movement, and outputting a predetermined output signal when the calculated current calorie information and the set calorie information are the same.

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