CN110636793A

CN110636793A - Exercise amount measurement system, shoe, and program

Info

Publication number: CN110636793A
Application number: CN201980002451.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 中泽洋介; 星野尚; 田边彩树
Original assignee: Co Wandai
Current assignee: Co Wandai; Bandai Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-11-02
Filing date: 2019-01-24
Publication date: 2019-12-31
Also published as: TWI688880B; WO2019087611A1; KR102432590B1; JP2019084330A; TW201940093A; JP7086019B2; JP6498332B1; TWI700050B; TW202045054A; TW201923519A; KR20220013586A; WO2019159636A1; JP2019130325A; KR20190139263A

Abstract

Stimulating the spontaneous enthusiasm of the wearer. The exercise amount measurement system includes shoes and a communication terminal that displays measurement results based on exercise performed using the shoes. At least one shoe of a pair of shoes has a sensor for detecting a movement generated in the shoe, and the number of steps associated with the shoe is determined based on the detection of the movement by the sensor. The shoe stores the exercise information including the number of steps measured in a predetermined period so that the period can be identified, and transmits the stored exercise information to the communication terminal in response to a request. The communication terminal, which is configured to be capable of transmitting and receiving information to and from the shoe, displays information on the number of steps per period based on the received exercise information.

Description

Exercise amount measurement system, shoe, and program

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a system, a shoe, and a program for measuring an amount of exercise.

Background

There are athletic shoes as follows: the present invention is provided with an acceleration sensor, a pulse sensor, and the like, and detects walking motion of a wearer and notifies whether or not a predetermined condition for an appropriate amount of exercise is satisfied based on the lighting state of an LED (patent document 1).

Documents of the prior art

Patent document

Patent document 1: japanese patent laid-open publication No. 2006-346323

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

Although the sports shoe as disclosed in patent document 1 can grasp whether or not the condition is satisfied by checking the LED provided in the shoe, it is impossible to manage the details of the sports shoe, the history of the sports, and the like, and there is a possibility that an ideal result cannot be obtained for an application for developing a sports habit or an application for stimulating a wearer's spontaneous enthusiasm.

The invention aims to provide an exercise amount measuring system, shoes and a program for exciting the enthusiasm of a wearer.

Means for solving the problems

In order to achieve the above object, a motion amount measurement system according to the present invention includes shoes and a communication terminal for displaying a measurement result based on a motion performed using the shoes, wherein at least one of the shoes includes: a sensor that detects motion generated in the shoe; a measuring unit that measures the number of steps relating to the shoe based on a detection result of the sensor detecting the movement; a storage unit that stores motion information including the number of steps measured by the measurement unit in a predetermined period so that the period can be identified; and a first communication unit configured to transmit the motion information stored in the storage unit to the communication terminal by enabling transmission and reception of information with the communication terminal, the communication terminal including: a second communication unit configured to transmit and receive information to and from the shoes, and receive the sports information from the shoes; and a display unit that displays information of the number of steps per period based on the motion information received by the second communication unit.

ADVANTAGEOUS EFFECTS OF INVENTION

According to the present invention, the enthusiasm of the wearer can be stimulated.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a system diagram showing a configuration of a motion amount measurement system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a diagram for explaining the structure of the sports shoe 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a sensor unit 500 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a diagram for explaining the structure of the shoe bottom 204 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a sensor unit 500 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a communication terminal 600 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a display control process related to the daytime mode of the result display application executed in the communication terminal 600 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a diagram illustrating a result display of a result display application according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a registration process of a result display application executed in the communication terminal 600 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a scale determination process for a training pattern of a result display application executed in the communication terminal 600 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 11 is another flowchart illustrating the scale determination process for the training mode of the result display application executed in the communication terminal 600 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

[ embodiment ]

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In one embodiment described below, an example in which the present invention is applied to the following system as an example of a motion amount measurement system will be described: the system includes a sports shoe and a communication terminal having a display unit for displaying information on the number of steps measured in the sports shoe, wherein the sports shoe incorporates a sensor for detecting movement and measures at least the number of steps. However, the present invention can be applied to any type of shoes that incorporate a sensor for detecting motion and any device that can display information on the amount of motion measured by the shoes.

Structure of motion quantity measuring System

Fig. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a motion amount measurement system according to the present embodiment. As described later, the system according to the present embodiment is configured such that: one communication terminal 600 can be communicatively connected to at most three pairs of sports shoes 100. A pair of sports shoes 100 has a sensor unit 500 (not shown in fig. 1) for motion detection in at least one (one foot side) shoe, so that it is possible to detect a motion performed while wearing the sports shoes 100. In the present embodiment, the following case is explained: the sensor unit 500 is built in one of the shoes in a pair to reduce the production cost and simplify the information exchange with the communication terminal 600. The present invention is not limited to this, and the sensor units 500 may be provided in each of two (left and right) of the pair of sports shoes 100.

The communication terminal 600 and the sports shoe 100, more specifically, the communication terminal 600 and the sensor unit 500 incorporated in the sports shoe 100 are connected by a communication method based on Bluetooth (registered trademark), and can transmit and receive information. As described later, the information communication and the communication connection need not be performed all the time.

Structure of sports shoes

Next, the structure of the sports shoe 100 will be described with reference to fig. 2. As shown in FIG. 2, the athletic shoe 100 includes an upper 201, a sockliner 202, a midsole 203, and a shoe bottom 204. In the present embodiment, the sensor unit 500 is incorporated in the sole portion 204 in consideration of durability, wearing/removing convenience of the sports shoe 100, and waterproofness.

The sole portion 204 corresponds to a so-called insole (Midsole) or, if formed as an integral body, to an insole and an outsole, and the sole portion 204 is formed of a rigid and elastic material. Since the sole portion 204 is configured to have a predetermined thickness, the sole portion 204 is used as a place where the sensor unit 500 is disposed in the sports shoe 100 of the present embodiment.

The shoe bottom 204 is constructed by, for example, sewing a midsole 203 made of cloth to wrap around the lower part of the upper 201, and thereby connecting the upper 201, the midsole 203, and the shoe bottom 204. Therefore, the upper surface (top surface) of the sole portion 204 is covered with the midsole 203 at the time of connection, and thus the presence or absence of the sensor unit 500 cannot be determined from the appearance. That is, in the sports shoe 100 of the present embodiment, the sensor unit 500 cannot be taken out in a nondestructive manner. Further, since the insole 202 functioning as a cushion material is also disposed on the upper portion of the midsole 203, the wearer can be made unaware of the presence of the sensor unit 500 when wearing the insole.

With such a configuration, the wearer does not have to consciously wear an instrument for measuring the movement, such as a pedometer, on the body outside the sports shoe 100, and thus continuous recording of the movement can be performed without difficulty. Also, even when the sports shoe 100 is used as a usual shoe for children, for example, it is used in places such as schools where it is restricted to being brought into special equipment, because it is similar in appearance to a conventional sports shoe and does not provide a function of providing an element of interest unless it is connected to the communication terminal 600 for communication, and thus daily movements of the wearer can be recorded more comprehensively.

The sensor unit 500 is configured to be accommodated in the sole portion 204 with its thickness and outer dimensions determined as shown in fig. 3 (a). In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 3 (b), the sensor unit 500 is configured to have the following dimensions: this size is based on the size of the button cell used for driving, and the necessary substrate is housed.

Further, since the sensor unit 500 is formed to be thin, it can be disposed at any position of the sole 204, and in the present embodiment, the sensor unit 500 is incorporated in the sole 204, and has a thickness that facilitates securing of a space for disposition and a heel portion that is less likely to be deformed by the sole 204 during use.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 4, the sensor unit 500 is built in by disposing the sensor unit 500 in a recess provided in the sole portion 204. As shown in the drawing, a two-layer recess having an opening on the upper surface of the sole portion 204 is provided in the heel portion of the sole portion 204, and the sensor unit 500 is disposed in the first recess 301 existing in the lower layer 305, which is the first layer according to the present invention. The space formed by the first recess 301 in the lower layer 305 is configured to have a size substantially equal to the size of the sensor unit 500, and when the sensor unit 500 is disposed, the sensor unit 500 is accommodated in the space without a gap. That is, the size of the space formed by the first concave portion 301 is configured to prevent a sound due to the vibration of the sensor unit 500 from being generated when the sports shoe 100 is moved, and to prevent erroneous detection due to the vibration.

Further, a rigid material 303, such as polyurethane resin (PU) or polyvinyl chloride resin (PVC), which ensures constant elasticity and rigidity so as to disperse a load applied to the sensor unit 500 during wearing, is disposed in the second concave portion 302 existing in the upper layer 306, which is the second layer according to the present invention. From the viewpoint of air permeability, PU is preferable, and in the practice of the present invention, the material of the rigid material 303 may be any material as long as it can withstand a load, and a core-containing material may be used to secure strength. As shown in the figure, the opening area of the second concave portion 302 is configured to be larger than the opening area of the first concave portion 301, and the rigid material 303 is supported by an edge portion 304 (a region belonging to the upper layer 306 indicated by hatching in fig. 4) which is present at the outer edge of the opening of the first concave portion 301 and forms the bottom surface of the second concave portion 302. By disposing the rigid material 303 in the second concave portion 302 and bonding it to the edge portion 304, the sensor unit 500 is sealed in the sole portion 204 (the first concave portion 301), and a certain waterproof effect is achieved.

In the present embodiment, the description has been given of the case where the first concave portion 301 and the second concave portion 302 configured in two layers are provided in the sole portion 204, and the structure of the concave portion provided to house the sensor unit 500 is not limited to this. In consideration of workability and productivity, two layers are preferable, but the recess portion may be formed in at least two layers, and may be any layer.

In the example of fig. 4, the sole 204 itself is disposed at a position near the arch part of the heel part in consideration of the strength of the sole 204 according to the shape (width) of the heel part of the sole 204 and the position where the concave part is provided, but the sole can be moved according to the size of the sports shoe 100 and the shape of the sole 204.

(functional Structure of sensor)

The microcomputer 501 is a microcomputer including, for example, a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM, and controls the operations of the respective blocks of the sensor unit 500. Specifically, the CPU of the microcomputer 501 reads an operation program of each block recorded in the ROM, and develops and executes the operation program in the RAM, thereby controlling the operation of each block.

The recording memory 502 is a recording medium for recording the measurement results of the exercise performed by wearing the sports shoe 100 of the present embodiment. For simplicity, the sensor unit 500 of the present embodiment will be described as including the recording memory 502 in addition to the ROM for recording the operation program of each block of the sensor unit 500, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this.

The acceleration sensor 503 detects the motion generated in the sensor unit 500. In the present embodiment, the acceleration sensor 503 is configured to be able to measure acceleration in the 3-axis direction. The 3-axis direction to be measured may be, for example, a direction in which the right-handed system is formed, and when the sensor unit 500 is disposed on a horizontal plane, the direction may be a Y-axis direction from the heel toward the toe within the horizontal plane, an X-axis direction orthogonal to the Y-axis within the plane, and a Z-axis direction corresponding to the height direction. The acceleration sensor 503 detects the generated acceleration for each of the X, Y, Z axes and outputs waveform data (raw data) for each axis, which is used to measure the amount of motion of the motion performed by the wear sensor unit 500. More specifically, the acceleration sensor 503 detects acceleration at a predetermined sampling period and outputs a detection value at a corresponding time interval.

In the present embodiment, a case will be described where the sensor of the sensor unit 500 is an acceleration sensor, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. That is, any sensor may be used as long as it can detect a predetermined movement performed while wearing the sports shoe 100.

The measurement unit 504 analyzes the waveform data output from the acceleration sensor 503, determines whether or not a predetermined movement has been performed, derives a measurement result related to the movement when the predetermined movement has been performed, and records the measurement result in the recording memory 502 as movement information, or updates the already recorded movement information based on the measurement result. The sports shoe 100 according to the present embodiment is provided with a plurality of modes in which the sports items to be measured are different, and the measuring unit 504 derives the measurement result of the matching of the sports items by making the waveform data analysis method different depending on the mode set in the sensor unit 500, which will be described in detail later.

The mode setting unit 505 manages the mode setting of the sensor unit 500. Basically, the mode setting unit 505 changes the mode set in the sensor unit 500 when receiving a mode change request based on a mode change operation performed in the communication terminal 600 and mode information indicating the mode after the change. Information on the mode set in the sensor unit 500 may be stored in, for example, a ROM of the microcomputer 501 and managed, and the measurement unit 504 determines the analysis method of the waveform data by referring to the information.

The communication unit 506 is a communication interface with the communication terminal 600 included in the sensor unit 500. As described above, the communication unit 506 of the present embodiment can transmit and receive information by a communication method based on bluetooth (registered trademark). Further, the communication unit 506 is not always in a communicable state, but shifts to a communicable state when a predetermined input such as a communication connection with the communication terminal 600 is made.

The sensor unit 500 of the present embodiment is explained as follows: in order to measure the movement of the wearer of the sports shoe 100, basically, the acceleration sensor 503 detects the generated acceleration at all times, and the waveform data of the detection result is analyzed to measure the amount of movement. But the assay itself need not always be performed. As described above, since the sensor unit 500 is a battery-driven sensor unit that is not incorporated in the sole portion 204 in a non-destructive manner, it is not necessary to analyze the sensor unit to derive the measurement result when the shoe is not worn or is stationary. Therefore, for example, when the waveform data output from the acceleration sensor 503 does not vary by a threshold value or more for a predetermined period, the microcomputer 501 may shift the state of the sensor unit 500 to a so-called sleep state in which the operation of the measurement unit 504 is stopped. The sleep state may be released when the waveform data detects a change of the threshold value or more again, and the microcomputer 501 may control to restart the operation of the measurement unit 504 related to the measurement when the sleep state is released.

< Structure of communication terminal >

Next, a functional configuration of communication terminal 600 will be described with reference to the block diagram of fig. 6. The communication terminal 600 may be a general-purpose communication device such as a mobile phone or a smartphone, and functions as the communication terminal 600 of the exercise amount measurement system according to the present embodiment by executing a predetermined application program.

The control unit 601 is, for example, a CPU, and controls the operation of each block included in the communication terminal 600. Specifically, the control unit 601 reads an operation program of each block recorded in the recording unit 602 and an application program including a display function of the measurement result, for example, and develops and executes the operation program in the memory 603 to control the operation of each block.

The recording unit 602 is a recording device capable of permanently holding data, such as a nonvolatile memory or an HDD. The recording unit 602 stores information such as parameters necessary for the operation of each block, and data (history data) obtained by accumulating measurement results, in addition to the operation program and application program of each block included in the communication terminal 600. The memory 603 is a storage device for temporarily storing data, such as a volatile memory. The memory 603 is used not only as an expansion area for the operation program of each block, but also as a storage area for temporarily storing data and the like output during the operation of each block.

The display control unit 604 includes a drawing device such as a drawing chip, for example, and performs a predetermined drawing process when generating a screen to be displayed on the display unit 605, and the display unit 605 may be an LCD, for example. In the exercise amount measurement system according to the present embodiment, the display control unit 604 mainly performs display control related to presentation of information on the measurement result of exercise performed while wearing the sports shoe 100.

The operation input unit 606 is, for example, a user interface provided in the communication terminal 600, such as an operation member for specifying input and various sensors. When detecting that an operation input to the operation member is performed, the operation input unit 606 outputs a control signal corresponding to the operation input to the control unit 601. In the present embodiment, the operation input unit 606 includes, for example, a touch input detection sensor for detecting a touch input performed on the screen of the display unit 605, in addition to the physical operation member.

The terminal communication unit 607 is a communication interface with an external device included in the communication terminal 600. In the present embodiment, the terminal communication unit 607 can perform inter-device communication with the sensor unit 500, and receives the data of the motion information recorded in the recording memory 502. Upon receiving the data of the motion information from the sensor unit 500, the terminal communication unit 607 is stored in the recording unit 602, and updates the history data corresponding to the motion information, which is referred to when an application having a display function of the measurement result (hereinafter, referred to as a result display application), so that the measurement result can be displayed. The terminal communication unit 607 may be configured to be connected to an external device via a network not shown, and to be capable of transmitting and receiving data.

Record of type of mode and amount of exercise

Next, in the exercise amount measurement system according to the present embodiment, a plurality of modes that can be set in the sensor unit 500 and the exercise items in which the measurement results are recorded in the exercise information in each mode will be described. In the present embodiment, although walking, which is one form of foot exercise, is exemplified and described, it goes without saying that running is also included as the form of foot exercise.

The plurality of patterns that can be set in the sensor unit 500 are roughly classified into a training pattern that records measurement results of predetermined exercise items different from walking, as a first classification pattern, and a daytime pattern that records daily walking of the wearer, as a second classification pattern. The daytime mode is a mode in which daily walking movements of the wearer are recorded unconsciously, and the training mode includes 6 modes (lower mode) in which the motion menus of the measurement target are different from each other, and is a mode in which the wearer is recorded while consciously performing the motion movements corresponding to the lower mode.

In the daytime mode, the number of steps of walking with the sports shoe 100 is counted, and the counted number of steps is recorded as a measurement result. In the exercise amount measurement system according to the present embodiment, when the sensor unit 500 is set to the daytime mode, the walking type of the walking performed by the wearer is determined, and the number of steps is counted for each walking type. The measured walking type may be, for example, 3 types of normal walking (walking), jogging (jogging), and sprinting (running faster than jogging), and the measurement unit 504 determines the walking type based on the waveform data output from the acceleration sensor 503 and counts the number of steps. More specifically, the measurement unit 504 analyzes whether or not an output waveform in the Z-axis direction, for example, of the output waveform data shows a predetermined walking pattern, and determines which of the 3 walking categories is matched based on the peak interval when it is determined that the walking is matched.

The records of the measurement results in the daytime mode are summed up at predetermined intervals such as 1 hour, and stored in the recording memory 502 as the exercise information. The information on the number of steps for each walking type during the period (during the total period) is temporarily stored in, for example, the RAM of the microcomputer 501, and after the period is ended, the information for identifying the period is associated with the exercise information added to the recording memory 502. Therefore, when the sensor unit 500 is connected to the communication terminal 600 in a communication manner and a request for acquiring exercise information is transmitted from the communication terminal 600, information on the number of steps for each walking type performed from the previous communication connection to the current communication connection is transmitted from the sensor unit 500 to the communication terminal 600 for each total period.

Especially in the manner in which the sports shoe 100 is a child shoe, it is assumed that a terminal owned by a guardian who is a child of the wearer is used as the communication terminal 600. That is, the sports shoe 100 is used independently of the use of the communication terminal 600 and the execution of the result display application in the communication terminal 600, and depending on the case, the frequency of acquiring the latest sports information may be 1 time per week or the like. Therefore, the area for the exercise information relating to the daytime mode is secured in the recording memory 502 by an area capable of storing information for one week (24 hours × 7 hours 168 hours: the number of steps for recording 3 walking types per hour), for example.

The following structure may be adopted: for the daytime mode, the motion information saved in the memory 502 for recording is basically maintained in the save area until transmitted to the communication terminal 600, and is deleted after being transmitted. In addition, when the storage area secured for recording the daytime mode is full of the untransmitted motion information, the old motion information may be deleted and the new motion information may be overwritten.

On the other hand, in the training mode, the wearer of the sports shoe 100 is prompted to perform a corresponding action (sports menu) with respect to the lower mode selected in the result display application executed by the communication terminal 600, and the measurement result of the predetermined sports item is recorded as the sports information. The exercise amount measurement system according to the present embodiment includes, as the training mode that can be set to the sensor unit 500, a lower mode in which the wearer is made to implement the following 6 exercise menus for measuring exercise items different from those of walking. The quick response (japanese: クイックリアクション), dash squat distance (japanese: ダッシュスクワット), lateral jump agility (japanese: サイドアジリティ), forward and backward jump (japanese: バック & ゴー), bounce (japanese: スプリングジャンプ), and foot lift (japanese: フットリフト) is an exercise item for measuring the reaction speed of the wearer and measuring the time required from the state in which the wearer is still to the start of running in response to the start sound emitted from the communication terminal 600. The measurement unit 504 refers to an output waveform in the Y-axis direction, for example, of the waveform data output from the acceleration sensor 503, and continues the state of being considered stationary until the start sound is emitted, and measures the time required from the timing of emitting the start sound until the pattern at the time of walking first appears.

Squat is an exercise item for measuring the number of times a so-called step in place (japanese: そ high-foot step み) is performed in a predetermined period in order to measure the endurance of the wearer. However, the stepping operation and the squat operation are alternately performed in a predetermined period. The wearer inserts a squat step during a stepping operation, and the stepping operation is performed under a load applied thereto as compared with a case of performing only the stepping operation, thereby measuring the endurance of the wearer. Here, although stepping is assumed to be vertical movement of the foot such as walking in the same place, the number of steps may be measured not as the number of steps of vertical movement of the foot in situ but as the number of steps in a predetermined period in a state of movement (walking or running). The measurement unit 504 measures the number of steps started after the start sound is emitted, with reference to, for example, the output waveform in the Z-axis direction, among the waveform data output from the acceleration sensor 503, and outputs the number of steps. The wearer performs squat movements when the wearer further sounds 3 times at predetermined intervals within 10 seconds after the start sound is emitted and the sound is sounded. In addition, it is assumed that the squat operation is an operation of touching the squat floor surface at the same place as the stepping place, and during this operation, the foot is not in a state of being on the floor surface, and therefore, the squat operation is not measured.

The jumping agility is an exercise item for measuring the number of times of so-called repeated jumping performed in a predetermined period in order to measure the agility of the wearer. The measurement unit 504 refers to, for example, an output waveform in the Z-axis direction among the waveform data output from the acceleration sensor 503, and continues the state of being considered stationary until the start sound is emitted, and after the start sound is emitted, a bounce pattern appears in the Z-axis direction, and measures the number of exercises performed at that time. The number of movements may be measured by a rule of counting 1 time depending on the difference between the first and second acceleration directions in the X-axis direction. In order to reduce the load of data calculation and simplify the data processing, the number of movements performed may be measured with reference to only the output waveform in the Z-axis direction on the assumption that the movement in the left-right direction with respect to the wearer, that is, the movement in the X-axis direction is performed.

The forward-backward bouncing is an exercise item for measuring the stability of the trunk of the wearer and measuring the number of bounces in the forward-backward direction that are alternately performed in a predetermined period. The measurement unit 504 refers to the output waveforms in the Y axis direction and the Z axis direction, for example, among the waveform data output from the acceleration sensor 503, and continues the state of being considered stationary until the start sound is generated, and counts the number of times of the pattern in which the bounce occurs in the Z axis direction after the start sound is generated, and at this time, measures the number of bounces using a rule in which the number of times is counted in odd and even numbers according to the acceleration direction in the Y axis direction. In this case, the uniformity of the bounce interval may also be measured. In order to reduce the load of data calculation and simplify the data processing, it is also possible to assume that the movement in the front-back direction with respect to the wearer, that is, the movement in the Y-axis direction is performed, and thus a rule of counting 1 time from a pattern in which 2 times of bouncing occurs in the Z-axis direction may be employed with reference to only the output waveform in the Z-axis direction.

The bounce is an exercise item for measuring a bounce time in order to measure a bouncing force of a wearer. The measurement unit 504 refers to an output waveform in the Z-axis direction, for example, of the waveform data output from the acceleration sensor 503, and measures the time from the start to the end of the bounce when a pattern related to 1 bounce appears after the start sound is emitted.

The foot lift is an exercise item for measuring the number of so-called step-on-site steps performed in a predetermined period of time in order to measure the muscular strength (foot force) of the wearer. The measurement unit 504 refers to, for example, an output waveform in the Z-axis direction among the waveform data output from the acceleration sensor 503, and continues the state of being considered stationary until the start sound is generated, and counts the number of times the walking pattern appears in the Z-axis direction after the start sound is generated. Note that, the raising of the foot is output as the measurement result in the same manner as the sprint squat in the training mode, but the determination as to whether or not the exercise is performed in a fixed place (range) is not performed unlike the sprint squat. Since it is not necessary to refer to the output waveforms in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction without performing the determination, the load of data calculation can be reduced and the data processing can be simplified. When determining whether or not the wearer has performed exercise while staying in a fixed place (range) in order to measure more detailed exercise performance of the wearer, it is sufficient to determine whether or not the position where the wearer performs exercise is within a predetermined space by referring to the output waveforms in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction in addition to the output waveform in the Z-axis direction when counting the number of times the walking pattern appears in the Z-axis direction.

As described above, in the training mode, only the data of the axis necessary for measuring each exercise ability among the 3-axis directions is referred to. Although it is preferable to measure the detailed exercise performance by referring to data of a plurality of axes, it is preferable to reduce the number of axes of reference data from the viewpoint of reducing the load of data calculation and simplifying the processing of data, and it is more preferable to set the axes of reference data to only 1 axis. However, for example, when considering the quickness of a lateral jump, if only data on the Z axis is referred to, the lateral movement of the wearer in a so-called repeated lateral jump cannot be measured. Therefore, in this case, it is preferable that, before the wearer executes each mode of the training mode, what action the wearer should perform in each mode is displayed on the display unit 605 of the communication terminal 600, and a preferable action is presented to the wearer in advance. By making such a presentation, the wearer can be made aware that: on the premise that the wearer performs the motion (bounce and left-right movement in the jumping agility) according to the presentation information, the number of times of the so-called repeated jumping can be measured by referring to only the data on the Z axis.

In this manner, different pieces of information are analyzed in each lower mode of the training mode, and the information is output as a measurement result and stored as motion information. As described above, although the measurement related to the daytime mode is not performed in the state where the sensor unit 500 is set to the training mode, the motion information related to the training mode is stored in another area in the recording memory 502 and is stored separately from the motion information related to the daytime mode, because the storage area for the motion information related to the daytime mode should be secured.

The recording of the measurement result in the training mode is different from the daytime mode, and basically before and after the start of the measurement of various sports items, the sensor unit 500 and the communication terminal 600 perform various information communications to perform mode switching, an instruction to start the measurement, and transmission and reception of sports information. More specifically, when focusing on the use in the training mode, first, after the sensor unit 500 is put into a communication waiting state by detecting a predetermined motion such as swinging the sports shoe 100 in the sensor unit 500, a predetermined operation is performed in a result display application executed in the communication terminal 600, and a communication connection is established between the sensor unit 500 and the communication terminal 600 based on this operation. Thereafter, when any one of the training patterns is selected in the communication terminal 600, a pattern change request including pattern information on the selected lower pattern is transmitted from the communication terminal 600 to the sensor unit 500. Upon receiving the mode change request, the mode setting portion 505 sets the current mode of the sensor unit 500 to the selected lower mode according to the received mode information. In the communication terminal 600, guidance display related to the sport item to be measured in the selected lower mode is performed, and the content, the notice, and the like of the sport to be performed by the wearer are presented. Thereafter, the display of the communication terminal 600 shifts to a state in which the measurement start instruction can be given, and the user of the communication terminal 600 can perform the operation related to the measurement start instruction at an arbitrary timing according to the state of the wearer. When this operation is performed, a measurement start request is sent from the communication terminal 600 to the sensor unit 500.

At this time, the control unit 601 may control the operation relating to the measurement start instruction so as to be possible in response to the reception of the signal indicating that the state is assumed to be stationary based on the output waveform of the acceleration sensor 503 from the sensor unit 500 in the lower mode of the condition in which the measurement start is added to the wearer's quiescence. In order to perform more strict performance measurement, when the timing of generating the start sound is made random, the control unit 601 may determine a time difference between the transmission of the measurement start request and the timing of generating the start sound, transmit information of the time difference to the sensor unit 500 together with the measurement start request, and the measurement unit 504 may grasp the timing of generating the start sound in consideration of the time difference from the reception of the measurement start request to perform measurement. Alternatively, when the start sound is generated, a signal indicating the emission of the start sound may be transmitted from the communication terminal 600 to the sensor unit 500. When the measurement is completed (the motion information on the measurement result is stored in the recording memory 502), the microcomputer 501 transmits the motion information on the lower mode set this time to the communication terminal 600 via the communication unit 506, and the control unit 601 updates the history information (stored data) managing the corresponding sensor unit 500 based on the motion information when receiving the motion information.

In the exercise amount measurement system according to the present embodiment, the time required from the start of the sound to the start of the exercise (running) is a measurement item for the rapid response to measure the reaction rate of the wearer. Therefore, unlike the other lower modes, when the wearer is not at a standstill before the start sound is emitted, the result display application may be configured such that the result display application does not record the fair measurement result: the processing is performed as so-called preemptive processing, and the measurement result is not retained, and the measurement is failed. In this case, the control unit 601 may determine the timing of generating the start sound at random, for example, and transmit the timing to the sensor unit 500 together with the measurement start request, and when the microcomputer 501 obtains a measurement result indicating that the time from the reception of the request to the timing of generating the start sound is not stationary, the microcomputer may process the measurement result as a preemption and transmit the meaning of the preemption to the communication terminal 600 as movement information.

Note that disconnection of the communication connection between the sensor unit 500 and the communication terminal 600 is not particularly mentioned, and the sensor unit 500 may be controlled so as to perform disconnection of communication each time the measurement result of 1 time in the selected lower mode is transmitted, or may be controlled so as to maintain the communication connection in consideration of continuing the measurement in the training mode until a disconnection instruction is explicitly given in the result display application.

Here, since the daytime mode is a mode for measuring daily walking, it is preferable to be able to measure the walking motion of the wearer without omission. On the other hand, the training mode is a mode in which the wearer performs an operation different from a daily walking operation, and since the walking operation during the training mode deviates from the daily operation, it is not preferable to include the measurement result in the daytime mode. Therefore, in the sensor unit 500 of the present embodiment, the measurement related to the daytime mode and the measurement related to the training mode are not performed in parallel, and the storage areas of the motion information in the recording memory 502 are mutually exclusive. Preferably, after the training mode is set and the matching of the sports item is measured, the mode is shifted from the training mode to the daytime mode.

Therefore, when the communication connection is maintained until the disconnection instruction for the clear indication is given to the result display application, the mode setting unit 505 may determine that the communication disconnection is the clear indication ending training mode and process the communication disconnection as the change setting to the daytime mode, or may transmit a change request for changing the daytime mode to the control unit 601 before the disconnection, and the mode setting unit 505 may receive the change request and process the communication disconnection as the change setting to the daytime mode. In addition, when the microcomputer 501 disconnects the communication after transmitting the exercise information as the measurement result related to the training mode, the mode setting unit 505 may control the mode to be changed to the daytime mode after a predetermined time, for example, without requiring a request for changing the mode from the communication terminal 600.

In particular, when the child wears the sports shoe 100, the sensor unit 500 and the communication terminal 600 may be separated by a distance that enables communication or longer before the transmission of the sports information after the setting of the training mode is changed, and the transmission of the sports information may be disabled. In a case where the measured exercise information cannot be transmitted, the exercise information may be held in the recording memory 502 until the communication connection with the communication terminal 600 is established next, and the day mode may be changed based on the failure of transmitting the exercise information or the occurrence of communication disconnection.

In the present embodiment, for simplicity, the microcomputer 501 will be described as transmitting the measurement result in the training mode under the conditions of completion of measurement, establishment of a communication connection, and the like, but may be configured to transmit the measurement result in the training mode when the communication terminal 600 requests acquisition, as in the daytime mode.

Summary of results display applications

Next, an outline of a result display application executed in communication terminal 600 of the present embodiment and displaying a measurement result of the movement of the wearer measured by sensor unit 500 will be described.

< registration of sports shoes >

In the result display application of the present embodiment, one application is configured to be able to manage (hold stored data) the 3 pairs of sports shoes 100(3 sensor units 500). The configuration may be such that: one save data corresponds to one sensor unit 500 that is paired (associated with identification information (sensor ID) for uniquely identifying the sensor unit 500), and features of shoes, arbitrary character strings, and the like can be set so that the user can identify the sports shoe 100 corresponding to the save data. The microcomputer 501 of the sensor unit 500 that has been paired once stores identification information for uniquely identifying the communication terminal 600 to be connected in the ROM, and thereafter performs communication connection only with the communication terminal 600 (until a predetermined forcible release operation is performed). In the case where one communication terminal 600 manages a plurality of stored data while the number of sensor units 500 capable of communication connection via the result display application is one, the communication terminal 600 needs to select the stored data in order on the stored data reading screen, for example, in order to receive motion information for each stored data.

Since the sports shoe 100 may be changed in size or replaced in terms of characteristics of a consumable product, the sensor unit 500 corresponding to the stored data may be changed to the sensor unit 500 of another sports shoe 100. That is, the information of the motion history recorded in the stored data may be retained, and the information of the motion history may be updated based on the motion information from the new sensor unit 500 next time and later. In this case, for example, the stored data may be processed such that a new sensor unit 500 can be associated with the stored data after an operation of removing the pairing with the previously associated sensor unit 500 is performed. Alternatively, in a mode configured to be able to associate the sensor unit 500 (sports shoe 100) with the stored data without performing the pairing-release operation, it is sufficient to be able to select whether or not to continue using the information of the previous sports history.

(registration processing)

Next, a specific process of the registration process performed when one save data (object save data) is associated with the sports shoe 100 (sensor unit 500) by the result display application of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of fig. 9. The control unit 601 can realize the processing corresponding to the flowchart by, for example, reading a program of a result display application stored in the recording unit 602, and expanding and executing the program in the memory 603. The following is assumed to be explained: for example, this registration process is started when one of the 3 pieces of object storage data is selected on the setting screen of the result display application and an operation input related to registering a new sports shoe (sensor unit) with respect to the selected object storage data is performed.

In S901, the control unit 601 transmits an ID transmission request of a sensor ID to the sensor unit 500 existing in the vicinity of the communication terminal 600 via the terminal communication unit 607. The ID transmission request transmitted in this step is not transmitted to the specific sensor unit 500 that has been paired, but transmitted so that the sensor unit 500 that is in a receivable state, that is, the sensor unit 500 that is not in the sleep state and is present in the inter-device communication range of the communication terminal 600 can receive the ID transmission request. In the present embodiment, when the transmitted ID transmission request is received, the sensor unit 500 returns regardless of whether the sensor unit 500 is paired with a certain communication terminal 600.

In S902, the control unit 601 waits for a predetermined time period from the transmission of the ID transmission request in S901, and determines whether or not the sensor unit 500 has returned the sensor ID in the process of waiting. The control unit 601 transfers the process to S903 when determining that the sensor unit 500 has returned the sensor ID, and transfers the process to S911 when determining that the sensor unit 500 has not returned the sensor ID. The sensor ID returned for 1 ID transmission request transmission is added to one sensor ID table and stored in the memory 603.

In S903, the control unit 601 determines whether or not a plurality of unassociated sensor IDs are returned. In the present embodiment, the situation of exchanging the paired sports shoes is taken into consideration, and the sensor ID that has already been associated with the object storage data is not the object of counting in the present step. Therefore, the control unit 601 determines whether or not there are a plurality of sensor IDs other than the sensor ID already corresponding to the object storage data among the returned sensor IDs (sensor IDs added to the sensor ID table). The control unit 601 transfers the process to S904 when determining that a plurality of non-corresponding sensor IDs have been returned, and transfers the process to S905 when determining that only one non-corresponding sensor ID has been returned.

If it is difficult for the user to determine which sensor unit 500 in the sports shoe 100 corresponds to the sensor ID, the user cannot associate the desired sports shoe 100 with the object storage data even if a list of a plurality of sensor IDs is displayed in a state where they are returned. That is, in order to avoid the user from associating an undesired sensor unit 500 with the object storage data, guidance display is performed in the result display application of the present embodiment to notify the user of the situation. Therefore, in S904, the display control unit 604 causes the display unit 605 to display a guidance display for setting one returned sensor ID under the control of the control unit 601.

The guidance display may include the following displays, for example. In a situation where a plurality of sensor IDs are sent back, since a plurality of sensor units 500 that are not in the sleep state exist within the inter-device communication range of the communication terminal 600, the following instructions are displayed: the corresponding sports shoe 100 is made immobile for a fixed time period for which it is not desired to perform, and thereafter, the operation related to the registration of the sports shoe is performed again. The fixed time may be set to be longer than a rest period required for the sensor unit 500 to shift to the sleep state. In addition, the guidance display includes a display that instructs: the corresponding sports shoe 100 is, for example, swung, moved while worn, or the like so as not to be transferred to a sleep state, as desired.

After the guidance display of detecting only the sensor unit 500 of the corresponding sports shoe 100 that the user desires to perform is performed, the control section 601 completes the present registration process. In this case, the user can perform the registration process again with the sports shoe in the changed state as the target by performing the operation input again to the target storage data corresponding to the sports shoe through the result display application after changing the state of each sports shoe in accordance with the guide display.

On the other hand, when it is determined in S903 that only one sensor ID that is not associated is returned, the display control unit 604 displays each sensor ID stored in the sensor ID table based on the ID transmission request transmitted in S901 as selectable on the display unit 605 under the control of the control unit 601 in S905. That is, in the display performed in this step, if there is a sensor unit 500 that has already been associated with the object holding data, the unit ID of the sensor unit and the unit ID of the sensor unit 500 that has not been associated with the unpaired pair of sports shoes 100 are included. At this time, the unit ID of the corresponding sensor unit 500 may be displayed in a manner different from the display manner, so that it can be determined as the unit ID corresponding to the paired sports shoe 100. In this display, the user can select the sports shoe 100 paired with the object storage data, and when the selection operation of the display item related to one unit ID is performed, the control unit 601 advances the process to S906.

In S906, the control section 601 determines that a selection operation of selecting which sensor cell 500 the cell ID is associated with has been performed for the display performed in S905. When a selection operation for selecting the cell ID of the corresponding sensor cell 500 is performed, the control unit 601 does not change the corresponding sensor cell 500 and completes the present registration process. On the other hand, when a selection operation is performed to select a cell ID of the sensor cell 500 that does not correspond to the sensor cell, the control section 601 shifts the process to S907.

In S907, the control section 601 determines whether or not the selected sensor unit 500 (selection unit) is in a paired state with another communication terminal. The control unit 601 sends a request for confirmation of the pairing status to the selection unit via the terminal communication unit 607, and the determination is made based on the information returned in response to the request. As described above, since the identification information for uniquely identifying the paired communication terminal 600 is stored in the memory of the microcomputer 501 of the paired sensor unit 500, the microcomputer 501 returns the identification information or information indicating whether or not the storage is present in response to the confirmation request. Therefore, the control unit 601 determines whether or not the pairing state is established based on the presence or absence of the identification information of the paired communication terminal in the memory of the selection means. Further, this manner is exemplified in the present embodiment, but determining whether or not the sensor unit 500 is in the paired state is not limited to this. The control unit 601 transfers the process to S908 when determining that the selection unit is already in the paired state with another communication terminal, and transfers the process to S910 when determining that the selection unit is not in the paired state with any communication terminal.

In S908, the control unit 601 determines whether or not pairing already performed is released to the selection unit. The display control unit 604 may cause the display unit 605 to display an inquiry screen for whether or not pairing of the selection means is to be released under the control of the control unit 601, and this determination may be made based on an operation input to the screen. When determining that pairing is released from the selection means, the control unit 601 proceeds to S909. When determining that the pairing is not released to the selecting means, the control unit 601 causes the display unit 605 to display a notification indicating that the registration is to be suspended, and completes the present registration process.

In S909, the control unit 601 transmits a pairing release request to the selection unit via the terminal communication unit 607. At this time, the microcomputer 501 of the selection unit that has received the pairing release request deletes the identification information of the communication terminal currently in the pairing state stored in the memory, and changes the state to the state not paired with any communication terminal.

In the present embodiment, the following description is assumed: when a new sensor unit 500 is associated with the object storage data, a pairing release request is transmitted to the sensor unit as necessary, and the set paired device is released. However, for example, in the case of transferring the sports shoe 100 having the sensor unit 500 associated with the stored data, the configuration may be such that the processing related to the pairing release can be forcibly performed from the setting screen related to the stored data.

In S910, the control unit 601 updates the information of the unit ID of the paired sensor unit 500 among the information managed in the recording unit 602 for the target storage data, with respect to the selection unit, using the received unit ID. Further, the control unit 601 transmits the identification information of its own terminal (identification information of the communication terminal 600) to the terminal communication unit 607, and transmits the information to the selection unit together with the pairing registration request. At this time, the microcomputer 501 of the selection unit that has received the pairing registration request stores the received information of the identification information in the memory as the identification information of the communication terminal in the paired state.

On the other hand, in S902, when no sensor unit 500 has returned the sensor ID, the display control unit 604 causes the display unit 605 to display the following guidance display under the control of the control unit 601 in S911: the guidance display is used to prompt re-registration after the sensor unit 500 of the sports shoe desired to be registered is restored from the sleep state. The guidance display includes a display that instructs: such as swinging, wearing, moving, etc., the corresponding sports shoe 100 as desired without being transferred to a sleep state. In this way, the correspondence between the selection means and the object storage data and the information of the device to which the selection means is paired can be changed.

< daytime mode result display >

Next, a specific process of the display control process performed when acquiring the exercise information related to the daytime mode in the result display application according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of fig. 7. The control unit 601 can realize the processing corresponding to the flowchart by, for example, reading a program of a result display application stored in the recording unit 602, and expanding and executing the program in the memory 603. The following is assumed to be explained: for example, the present display control process is started when the display device is shifted to a screen on which the read save data is selected after an instruction to start the result display application is given.

In S701, the control unit 601 determines whether or not a selection operation for saving data is performed. When determining that the selection operation for saving data has been performed, the control unit 601 shifts the process to S702, and when determining that the selection operation for saving data has not been performed, the control unit 601 repeats the process of this step.

In S702, the control unit 601 refers to the information of the paired device corresponding to the selected save data (target save data), and executes a process of establishing a communication connection with the corresponding sensor unit 500.

In S703, the control unit 601 determines whether or not a communication connection is established with the corresponding sensor unit 500. If it is determined that a communication connection conforming to the communication connection is established, the control unit 601 shifts the process to S704, and if it is determined that a communication connection conforming to the communication connection is not established, the process of this step is repeated.

In S704, the control unit 601 transmits a request for acquiring motion information related to the daytime mode to the connected sensor unit 500 via the terminal communication unit 607. In the present embodiment, for simplicity, the description is made on the case where the communication connection is performed and the exercise information related to the daytime mode is acquired when the save data is selected, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this, and the acquisition request may be transmitted when the user performs an operation related to the acquisition of the exercise information.

In S705, the control unit 601 determines whether or not the motion information related to the daytime mode is received from the connected sensor unit 500. When determining that the exercise information related to the daytime mode has been received, the control unit 601 shifts the process to S706. When determining that the exercise information related to the daytime mode is not received, the control unit 601 repeats the processing of this step until a predetermined timeout period elapses, and disconnects the communication connection after the elapse of the timeout period, thereby ending the display control processing. In this step, for simplicity, the following processing will not be described when the state in which the motion information is not received is timed out, but for example, the display based on the history information (walking history data) accumulated in the stored data may be performed based on the received motion information.

In S706, the control section 601 disconnects the communication connection with the sensor unit 500 being connected.

In S707, the control unit 601 converts the information on the number of steps for each walking type included in the received exercise information into the actual number of steps (more precisely, the actual number of steps performed), and updates the walking history data of the target storage data. As described above, in the exercise amount measurement system according to the present embodiment, since the pair of sports shoes 100 has the configuration in which the sensor unit 500 is incorporated in only one shoe, the number of steps measured by the sensor unit 500 is the number of steps for one foot of the wearer. Therefore, the control unit 601 derives the actual number of steps by simply doubling the number of steps. Similarly to the exercise information, the walking history data is configured to be able to refer to the number of steps of each walking type by the date and time (predetermined time scale) when the walking is performed.

In S708, the control unit 601 presents a time distribution of the number of steps relating to the exercise information received this time, for example, as shown in fig. 8 (a). In the example of fig. 8 (a), the number of steps of walking, jogging, and sprinting is counted every 3 hours for the walking record data of one day.

In S709, the control unit 601 starts game processing related to the display of the measurement result in the daytime mode. In the result display application of the present embodiment, in order to increase the interest of the wearer and the user, the result is simply summed up as in S708, and a game screen of a game in which progress control is performed based on the walking history data is formed, and the measurement result is displayed.

In S710, the control unit 601 converts the information on the number of steps included in the exercise information received this time into a game point used for progress control of the game. For example, the number of steps is multiplied by a coefficient corresponding to the walking type, and the result is accumulated and converted into the number of game points, and the value of the coefficient may be set to be larger for the walking type with a higher load on the wearer (sprint coefficient > jogging coefficient > walking coefficient).

In S711, the control unit 601 adds the game credits related to the motion information received this time to the existing game credits to derive the accumulated game credits, and determines whether or not the accumulated game credits satisfy a predetermined in-game condition determined for the game. The in-game conditions may be, for example, conditions for an increase in the level of an avatar character (japanese: アバターキャラクタ) related to the wearer, conditions for stage movement, conditions for the avatar character to challenge the opponent character to go out of the field, and the like. The control unit 601 proceeds with the process to S712 if it determines that the accumulated game point satisfies the in-game condition, and proceeds with the process to S714 if it determines that the accumulated game point does not satisfy the in-game condition.

In S712, the control unit 601 presents the character corresponding to the satisfied in-game condition as a match character in the game, and performs match processing. The match-up process may be a process of providing a game in which a win or a loss is determined by, for example, a user operation or a lottery, and the winning probability may be set higher as the accumulated game point increases.

In S713, the control unit 601 adds the information of the result of the match-up process to the save data, and displays the result of the match-up process.

In S714, the control unit 601 ends the game process and completes the present display control process.

As described above, the movement information accumulated in the memory 502 for recording can be provided with an interest element by a linked game in addition to the number of steps when communicating with the communication terminal 600, thereby activating the spontaneous movement enthusiasm of the wearer.

< display of training mode results >

As described above, since the acquisition of the motion information in the training mode is assumed to be performed collectively a plurality of times rather than once as the training, the measurement result may be displayed in a manner that can be easily confirmed without including the game screen display or the like such as the daytime mode. The result display related to the training mode may be performed by a radar chart as shown in fig. 8 (b), for example, and the measurement result included in the exercise information may be scored according to the evaluation criterion and presented as the score of the item. In the example of fig. 8 (b), 6 kinds of sports prepared for the training mode correspond to the respective components in the graph, respectively, the score of the quick response is shown in the response speed component, the score of the sprint squat is shown in the endurance component, the score of the lateral jump agility is shown in the agility component, the scores of the back and forth jumps are shown in the trunk stability component, the score of the jump is shown in the bounce component, and the score of the foot lift is shown in the muscle strength component. Here, the display of each component is displayed so that the result of the newly acquired exercise information can be compared with the result of the previously acquired exercise information, and it is expected that the wearer's enthusiasm for exercise is further excited than the comparison with the highest record in the past.

For example, a title or the like corresponding to the score may be prepared for each sport item, and an element for agreeing on the wearer or evaluating the measurement result may be included.

For example, the scale may be configured by adding a rank name corresponding to a score based on the evaluation criterion to the ability name determined for the sports item measured in each lower mode of the training mode. The ability names respectively determined for quick response, sprint squat, lateral jump agility, forward and backward jumping, bouncing and foot lifting can be, for example, "quick", "endurance", "speed", "control", "elasticity" and "muscle". The rank names corresponding to the scores may be, for example, 100 points or less for "challenger," 101 to 200 points for "beginner," 201 to 300 points for "rower (wizard)," 301 to 400 points for "master," and 401 points or more for "god. Therefore, in this method, for example, the title given to the item of agility corresponding to the snap agility in fig. 8 (b) is "speed walker".

On the other hand, in a manner of providing a title based on a score corresponding to the measurement result as such, for example, a wearer who is not good at exercise cannot obtain an ideal title, with the result that the enthusiasm of exercise of the wearer may be reduced. Therefore, it is possible to control the favorable element such as the license so as to be easily provided to the wearer by processing the favorable element as follows.

(Scale determination processing)

Next, a specific process of the title determination process performed when acquiring exercise information relating to the training pattern and when providing a title as a factor of approval in the result display application of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of fig. 10. The control unit 601 can realize the processing corresponding to the flowchart by, for example, reading a program of a result display application stored in the recording unit 602, and expanding and executing the program in the memory 603. The following is assumed to be explained: for example, when the measurement result related to the training pattern is obtained in the result display application, the present scale determination process is started. In addition, in fig. 10, the processing of the manner in which the like elements provided for the measurement results are referred to as titles is described, but it is easily understood that the like elements provided for the training mode need not be referred to as titles in the implementation of the present invention.

In S1001, the control unit 601 stores the capability name corresponding to the exercise item (target exercise item) related to the acquired measurement result in the memory 603 as the provision capability name.

In S1002, the control unit 601 specifies a rank (pure rank) to which the score associated with the acquired measurement result corresponds. The pure rating may be determined according to which one of the above-described score ranges the score of the scoring result belongs to.

In S1003, the control unit 601 refers to the information on the number of measurements on the target exercise item of the wearer stored in the recording unit 602, for example, and determines whether or not the threshold value of the number of measurements determined for the pure level is exceeded. The threshold value of the number of measurements may be determined to be a value that increases in a stepwise manner, for example, 100 points or less may be determined to be 5 times, 101 to 200 points may be determined to be 10 times, 201 to 300 points may be determined to be 20 times, 301 to 400 points may be determined to be 50 times, and the like. The control unit 601 transfers the process to S1004 when determining that the number of measurements exceeds the threshold value of the number of measurements determined for the rank, and transfers the process to S1005 when determining that the number of measurements does not exceed the threshold value. Note that, when the pure level is the level associated with the uppermost score range, the process may be shifted to S1005 without performing the process of this step.

In S1004, the control unit 601 stores the grade name corresponding to the grade immediately preceding the pure grade (grade for which the high score range is determined) in the memory 603 as the provided grade name.

On the other hand, when it is determined in S1003 that the number of measurements does not exceed the threshold value of the number of measurements determined for the pure rating, the control unit 601 stores the rating name corresponding to the pure rating in the memory 603 as the provided rating name in S1005.

Then, in S1006, the control unit 601 determines the text obtained by linking the providing capability name and the providing level name stored in the memory 603 as the provided title.

In this way, even a wearer who is not good at exercise can be provided with a scale higher than the usual evaluation by repeating the measurement, and as a result, the wearer's enthusiasm for exercise can be stimulated. In the present embodiment, for simplicity, the following description is assumed: the threshold value determined for each level is one, and whether the level name corresponding to the higher level of the pure level or the level name corresponding to the pure level is set is switched depending on whether the threshold value is exceeded, but the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this. That is, the threshold values determined for the respective ranks may be further provided in a hierarchical manner by the number corresponding to the number of ranks present above the rank, and the result display application may be configured to provide the scale relating to the highest rank in accordance with the number of measurements.

In the present embodiment, the description has been made on the assumption that the rank names are different depending on whether or not the number of measurements exceeds the threshold, but the practice of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in the calculation of the score related to the measurement result, the score determined for the measurement result may be multiplied by a coefficient corresponding to the number of measurements to derive a final score, and the scale may be controlled so that the higher the number of measurements is, the higher the rank is.

Alternatively, the following method may be adopted: a score of 0 or more is given to 1 measurement in the training pattern, and a cumulative score (cumulative score) is derived by adding the given score to each measurement, and a scale relating to a predetermined rank is given based on the cumulative score exceeding a predetermined threshold. When the point is given based on the cumulative point exceeding the predetermined threshold, it is preferable to set a point (base point) of 1 point or more based on 1 measurement performed, as the predetermined point for 1 measurement in the training mode, without depending on the measurement result. By providing the base point, the cumulative point can be increased by repeating the measurement number of times, and therefore even a wearer with low exercise ability can obtain a higher-ranking title. Further, as the predetermined score for the 1 st measurement in the training pattern, a score (added score) given based on the measurement result is more preferably set in advance. By providing the addition score in addition to the base score, if, for example, the more addition scores are obtained as the evaluation of the measurement result is better, the wearer who has obtained a measurement result with a good evaluation accumulates the cumulative score corresponding to the addition score more, and therefore the cumulative score can be made to exceed the predetermined threshold value and obtain the higher-ranking title than the wearer who has not obtained a good measurement result, and there is a motivation to obtain a measurement result with a good evaluation.

For example, a specific process of the title determination process in this manner will be described with reference to a flowchart of fig. 11. Similarly to the above-described title determination process, the control unit 601 can realize the process corresponding to the flowchart by reading, for example, a program of a result display application stored in the recording unit 602, and expanding and executing the program in the memory 603. For example, when the measurement result related to the training pattern is obtained in the result display application, the present reference number determination process is started to be described. It is to be understood that the processing of the form in which the approval element provided for the measurement result is a title is also described in fig. 11, and the approval element provided for the training mode need not be a title in the practice of the present invention.

In S1101, the control unit 601 stores the capability name corresponding to the exercise item (target exercise item) related to the acquired measurement result in the memory 603 as the provision capability name.

In S1102, the control unit 601 stores a base score (for example, 5 scores) that is not dependent on the measurement result as a score of this time (an initial value is 0) for the current measurement of the target exercise item. Here, since the base score is a score that does not depend on the measurement result, the score (cumulative score) accumulated in the measurement of the target exercise item is increased as the number of measurements relating to the target exercise item increases.

In S1103, the control unit 601 derives a score (added score) related to the acquired measurement result, and adds the derived score to the current score. In this embodiment, the derived additive point is determined within a predetermined value range (for example, 0 to 5 points). The additive score may be derived by scoring the measurement results based on a prescribed evaluation criterion. For example, as in the present example, setting the more desirable the measurement result is to obtain a higher bonus within a predetermined value range, and thus there is a motivation for the wearer to obtain a good result in the measurement in the training mode in order to obtain a mark earlier.

In this example, for simplicity, the measurement result is described as being ideally higher in the added point, but the present invention is not limited to this. The score criteria or value ranges may be different depending on the exercise items to be measured, and for example, a higher additive score may be derived for an exercise item with a high physical load (a long measurement time, a large number of steps to be required, etc.) than for an exercise item with a low physical load (a short measurement time, a small number of steps to be required, etc.). Further, this need not be limited to the addition score, and a difference may likewise be set between the sports items for the base score. The base score may be set to have a difference according to the scale obtained at the measurement time point, or the score reference and the value range of the added score may be set to be different.

In S1104, the control unit 601 adds the score of the current time (base score + added score) to the score of the target exercise item of the wearer stored in the recording unit 602, for example, to derive a new score reflecting the current measurement result.

In S1105, the control unit 601 specifies the rank corresponding to the cumulative score reflecting the measurement result of this time based on the new cumulative score derived in S1104, and stores the rank name corresponding to the specified rank in the memory 603 as the provided rank name. The rank determination in this step may be performed based on which range of the above-described score ranges the new cumulative score derived in S1104 belongs to (whether or not the lowest point (predetermined threshold value) of each of the above-described score ranges is exceeded).

In S1106, the control unit 601 determines the text obtained by connecting the providing capability name and the providing level name stored in the memory 603 as the provided title.

This can excite the enthusiasm of the wearer who is not high-capacity and the wearer who is high-capacity.

In the present embodiment, since the cumulative score can be easily increased without depending on the measurement result as long as the number of times of measurement is repeated, for example, the number of times of adding at least either one of the base score and the added score to the measurement performed within a predetermined time period may be limited. In addition, the enthusiasm of the wearer may be further excited by increasing the added point by an equal amount when the measurement result exceeds the maximum record.

It should be noted that the description has been made on the assumption that the result display application of the present embodiment acquires the exercise information on the daytime mode and the training mode and displays the result, but the present invention is not limited to this, and it is easily understood. That is, the result display in each mode in the result display application need not be performed on condition that communication between the communication terminal 600 and the sensor unit 500 is necessary. For example, the result display application may be configured to be activated to display the result even in a situation where the sports shoe 100 is not present in the vicinity of the communication terminal 600 or in a situation where the sports shoe 100 is not currently worn. In this situation, if the motion information related to each mode is received in the past, the result display regarding the mode may be performed based on the received motion information as shown in fig. 8 (a) and (b).

As described above, according to the exercise amount measurement system of the present embodiment, it is possible to excite spontaneous exercise enthusiasm of the wearer of the shoe that can measure the amount of exercise performed.

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The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The exercise amount measurement system according to the present invention can also be realized by a program for causing 1 or more computers to function as shoes and/or communication terminals of the exercise amount measurement system. The program can be provided/distributed by being recorded in a computer-readable recording medium or by being recorded on an electronic communication line.

Description of the reference numerals

100: sports shoes; 201: an upper; 202: shoe-pad; 203: a midsole; 204: a shoe bottom; 301: a first recess; 302: a second recess; 303: a rigid raw material; 304: an edge portion; 305: a lower layer; 306: an upper layer; 500: a sensor unit; 501: a microcomputer; 502: a memory for recording; 503: an acceleration sensor; 504: a measurement section; 505: a mode setting unit; 506: a communication unit; 600: a communication terminal; 601: a control unit; 602: a recording unit; 603: a memory; 604: a display control unit; 605: a display unit; 606: an operation input unit; 607: a terminal communication unit.

Claims

1. A system for measuring the amount of exercise, comprising a shoe and a communication terminal for displaying the result of measurement of the exercise performed by wearing the shoe,

at least one shoe of a pair of said shoes having:

a sensor that detects motion generated in the shoe;

a measuring unit that measures the number of steps related to the shoe based on a detection result of the movement detected by the sensor;

a storage unit that stores motion information including the number of steps measured by the measuring unit in a predetermined period so that the period can be identified;

a first communication unit configured to transmit and receive information to and from the communication terminal, and to transmit the motion information stored in the storage unit to the communication terminal;

the communication terminal has:

a second communication unit configured to transmit and receive information to and from the shoe, and to receive the motion information from the shoe; and

a display unit that displays information of the number of steps per period based on the motion information received by the second communication unit.

2. The exercise amount measurement system according to claim 1,

the sensor is arranged in the sole of the shoe.

3. The exercise amount measurement system according to claim 2,

the sensor is disposed in a heel portion of the sole portion.

4. The exercise amount measurement system according to claim 3,

the shoe bottom has a recess formed at least in 2 layers, the recess having an opening on an upper surface of the shoe bottom,

the sensor is disposed in a recess of a first layer, and a rigid member is disposed in a recess of a second layer that is located above the first layer, whereby the sensor is built in the shoe bottom,

the opening area of the recess of the second layer is larger than the opening area of the recess of the first layer.

5. The exercise amount measurement system according to any one of claims 1 to 4,

the sensor of one of the pair of shoes determines the motion produced by that one shoe,

the measuring unit measures a number of steps associated with the one shoe.

6. The exercise amount measurement system according to claim 5,

the display unit displays information on the number of steps of the wearer during each period by changing the number of steps associated with the one shoe.

7. The exercise amount measurement system according to any one of claims 1 to 6,

the measurement unit measures the number of steps for each of a plurality of walking categories based on the result of the detection of the motion,

the motion information contains information of the number of steps for each walking category.

8. The exercise amount measurement system according to any one of claims 1 to 7,

the shoe further includes a setting unit for setting a plurality of modes for measuring predetermined items of exercise based on the detection result of the exercise, including a mode for measuring the number of steps,

the sensor is an acceleration sensor that detects a motion in a 3-axis direction to output a waveform for each axis,

the measurement unit makes the measurement of the motion item based on which axis of the waveform of the detected motion differs according to a set pattern,

the storage means stores the measurement result of the exercise item measured in accordance with the set pattern, including the exercise information.

9. The exercise amount measurement system according to claim 8,

classifying the plurality of patterns according to the measured motion items,

the storage unit stores the motion information in different storage areas according to the set mode classification.

10. The exercise amount measurement system according to claim 9,

the exercise device further includes an evaluation unit that evaluates the exercise item for the measurement based on the detection result of the exercise and the number of times the measurement of the exercise item is performed.

11. The exercise amount measurement system according to claim 9,

the exercise device further includes an evaluation unit that evaluates the measured exercise item based on an accumulated score of the score corresponding to the detection result of the exercise.

12. The exercise amount measurement system according to any one of claims 9 to 11,

the communication terminal further has a determination unit that determines a mode set for the shoe,

in the case where the mode is determined by the determination means, the second communication means transmits mode information indicating the determined mode to the shoe,

the setting unit sets a corresponding mode when the mode information is received by the first communication unit.

13. The exercise amount measurement system according to claim 12,

the setting unit changes the setting to a first classification mode on condition that the mode information is received, and changes the setting from the first classification mode to a second classification mode on condition that the mode information is not received.

14. The exercise amount measurement system according to claim 13,

when the second classification mode is set, the measurement unit measures the number of steps associated with the shoe.

15. The exercise amount measurement system according to any one of claims 1 to 14,

the communication terminal also has a control unit that executes a game,

the control unit controls the progress of the game based on the motion information received by the second communication unit,

the display unit displays a screen related to the game.

16. A shoe which outputs a measurement result of a sport being worn,

at least one shoe of a pair of said shoes having:

a sensor that detects motion generated in the shoe;

a storage unit that stores motion information including the number of steps measured by the measuring unit in a predetermined period so that the period can be identified; and

and a transmitting unit that transmits the motion information stored in the storage unit to an external device in response to an acquisition request from the external device.

17. A program for causing a computer to function as each unit of the exercise amount measurement system according to any one of claims 1 to 15.