JP2006058806A - Exercise-motivating system and program for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an exercise-motivating system and a program for the same capable of giving clear motivation for physical exercise, such as walking and running. <P>SOLUTION: When a user indicates a desired position by an operation section 30 while looking at a map displayed on a screen of a display section 30, a quiz data processing section 22 displays a quiz related to the position on the display section 30 and the user goes to the position, indicated by himself carrying a mobile terminal and searches for an answer of the quiz. A position information acquiring section 10 acquires the position information of the mobile terminal which the user carries; and when an entering determining section 14 determines that the mobile terminal has entered a neighboring area of the indicated position, the quiz data processing section 22 sets the answer of the quiz to a displayable state, and the user can verify the answer by the display section 28. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an exercise motivation system that contributes to the maintenance and promotion of health by motivating a user to exercise such as walking, and a program therefor.

  Conventionally, it has been strongly recognized that walking by walking or the like is meaningful for maintaining and improving human health. In particular, in order to maintain and improve the health of the elderly, it is important to go out and expand the scope of action.

  For this reason, for example, a device such as a pedometer for measuring the number of steps taken and using it as a guide for walking distance and range has been known. Thus, motivating exercise such as walking is beneficial for expanding the range of action and maintaining and improving health.

By the way, in the following Patent Document 1, when it is detected that a mobile terminal crosses a unit area obtained by dividing a map space into a mesh shape, position dependency information related to the current position of the mobile terminal is transmitted to the mobile terminal. A method for providing position-dependent information to be distributed is disclosed. According to this method, since it is possible to grasp which unit area the owner of the mobile terminal has passed, it can be expected to motivate exercise to some extent.
JP 2003-122656 A

  However, none of the above conventional technologies give clear motivation for the expansion of the range of action by physical exercise such as walking or running, and it cannot be said to actively promote the maintenance and improvement of human health. .

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an exercise motivation system that gives clear motivation for physical exercise such as walking or running, and a program therefor.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is an exercise motivation system that displays position designation means for a user to designate an arbitrary position on a predetermined map and quiz data related to the position. Based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition means, the position information acquisition means for acquiring the position information of the position detection terminal possessed by the user, and set in the vicinity of the position. And an entry determination means for determining whether or not the position detection terminal has entered the predetermined area, and the entry determination means determines that the position detection terminal has entered the predetermined area. Answer display control means for setting a quiz answer to a displayable state.

  Here, the exercise motivation system has area setting means for setting a predetermined shape area on the map represented by the map data, and the predetermined area near the position is set by the area setting means. It is good also as a structure to be made. Further, the exercise motivation system has a region setting means for dividing the map represented by the map data into a plurality of divided regions, and the predetermined region near the position is a position designated by the user on the map It is good also as a structure set as a division area containing.

  The present invention also provides a computer, a position specifying means for a user to specify an arbitrary position on a predetermined map, a quiz display control means for displaying quiz data related to the position on a display means, and a user Position information acquisition means for acquiring position information of a position detection terminal possessed, whether the position detection terminal has entered a predetermined region set in the vicinity of the position based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition means An entry determination unit that determines whether or not, and the entry determination unit sets the quiz answer to a displayable state when the position detection terminal determines that the position detection terminal has entered the predetermined area. The program is operated as a means.

  According to the present invention, a quiz related to a position designated by the user in a predetermined area is given, and the user searches for a quiz answer by actually going to the position. It is possible to clearly motivate the person to go out to that position and contribute to the expansion of the range of action.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention (hereinafter referred to as an embodiment) will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the exercise motivation system according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, the exercise motivation system includes a position information acquisition unit 10, a position designation control unit 12, an approach determination unit 14, a map data storage unit 16, a map data acquisition unit 18, an area setting unit 20, a quiz data processing unit 22, A quiz data storage unit 24, a display control unit 26, a display unit 28, an operation unit 30, and a communication unit 32 are included. In this exercise motivation system, a quiz related to a position on a map designated by the user is displayed, and the user goes out and searches the answer of the quiz to the designated position, finds the answer and returns. In the exercise motivation system, when it is confirmed that the user has actually gone to the designated position, the answer to the quiz is set in a displayable state. As a result, the user can confirm the answer. With the above configuration, it is possible to motivate the user to go to various places, and to motivate the user to exercise, contributing to the expansion of the action range and the maintenance and promotion of health.

  The position information acquisition unit 10 that constitutes the exercise motivation system uses a mobile terminal that can calculate current position information using GPS (Global Positioning System) or PHS (Personal Handyphone System), and the like. Get terminal location information. The acquisition of the position information can be performed via a computer network, wired or wireless communication, a magnetic storage medium, or the like. Further, the position information acquisition unit 10 may acquire the position information directly from the mobile terminal, or the position information acquisition unit 10 acquires the position information from the management center once the position information is collected from the mobile terminal to a predetermined management center. It is good also as composition to do. The mobile terminal corresponds to the position detection terminal of the present invention.

  When the user designates an arbitrary position on a predetermined map displayed on the display unit 28 by the operation unit 30, the position designation control unit 12 receives the operation input and designates the position to the quiz data processing unit 22. Controls operations such as outputting events. The position designation control unit 12 and the operation unit 30 constitute a position designation unit of the present invention.

  Based on the location information of the mobile terminal acquired by the location information acquisition unit 10, the entry determination unit 14 determines whether or not the mobile terminal has entered a predetermined area (neighboring area) set in the vicinity of the specified position. judge.

  The map data storage unit 16 stores map data of an area including an area where a user carrying a mobile terminal walks. The map data storage unit 16 may be arranged not in the exercise motivation system but in a predetermined management center and shared by a plurality of exercise motivation systems.

  The map data acquisition unit 18 reads predetermined map data from the map data storage unit 16 and outputs it to the region setting unit 20. The region setting unit 20 sets a region having a predetermined shape for the map represented by the map data received from the map data acquisition unit 18 and generates region specifying information for specifying the set region. The area specifying information is information for specifying the boundary line of the area, and may be coordinate information of the boundary line, for example. In this way, the area setting unit 20 sets the vicinity area of the position designated by the user on the map.

  Note that the map may be divided into a plurality of areas in advance, and an area including a position designated by the user on the map may be used as the vicinity area. The divided shape is not particularly limited, and may be an arbitrary closed region formed so as not to overlap each other on the map information, for example.

  The coordinate information of the boundary line of the vicinity area described above is output to the entry determination unit 14, and is used to determine whether or not the mobile terminal has entered the vicinity area.

  The quiz data processing unit 22 displays a quiz related to the position on the map designated by the user on the display unit 28, and an entry determination unit that indicates that the mobile terminal possessed by the user has entered the area near the position. The display of the quiz answer on the display unit 28 is prohibited until it can be confirmed from the determination result 14, and the operation for setting the quiz answer to a displayable state when the entry is confirmed is controlled. The quiz data processing unit 22 operates as quiz display control means and answer display control means of the present invention.

  The quiz data storage unit 24 stores quiz data processed by the quiz data processing unit 22. As described above, the quiz data has contents related to a predetermined position on the map.

  The display control unit 26 executes control for displaying map data, quizzes, and their answers on the display unit 28.

  The operation unit 30 includes an area designating unit such as a mouse, a keyboard, and the like, and is used by the user to input operation instructions and other information.

  The communication unit 32 communicates with a mobile terminal, a management center, or the like, and exchanges location information of the mobile terminal and other data.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of the neighborhood area set by the area setting unit 20 based on the position designated on the map by the user. The map is represented on the display unit 28 by map data read from the map data storage unit 16 by the map data acquisition unit 18. In FIG. 2, the position designated by the user on the map is “city hall”, and its neighboring area A is indicated by a broken line. The area setting unit 20 sets a partial area of the map indicated by the map data, that is, a circular area around the “city hall” in FIG.

  FIG. 3 shows another example of the neighborhood region. In FIG. 3, the map is divided into a plurality of rectangular areas in advance, and an area including the city hall designated by the user is set as the neighborhood area A. Each rectangular area is indicated by a broken line, and the neighboring area A is indicated by a solid line.

  4A and 4B show examples of a part of the storage area of the quiz data storage unit 24. FIG. FIG. 4A shows an example in which quiz content data and answer data are stored for each quiz ID for identifying a quiz. In FIG. 4B, for each predetermined position on the map, a quiz ID of a quiz related to that position is stored in association with each other. An answer permission flag is also stored for each quiz ID. When the entry determination unit 14 determines that the user has entered a region near the position designated by the user, the quiz data processing unit 22 turns on the answer permission flag. When the answer permission flag is turned on, the display of the answer data on the display unit 28 is permitted, and a displayable state is set.

  FIG. 5 shows a flow chart of an example of the operation of the exercise motivation system according to the present invention. In FIG. 5, the map data acquisition unit 18 reads predetermined map data from the map data storage unit 16 and passes it to the display control unit 26, and the display control unit 26 displays a map represented by the map data on the display unit 28. (S1).

  Next, when the user designates a desired position with the operation unit 30 while looking at the map displayed on the screen of the display unit 28 (S2), the position designation control unit 12 sends a position designation event to the quiz data processing unit 22. Is output. When the quiz data processing unit 22 receives the position designation event, the quiz data storage unit 24 shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B stores the quiz content data related to the position on the map designated by the user. (S3), and a quiz is displayed on the display unit 28 (S4).

  The user who sees the quiz goes to the position specified by himself in order to search for the answer of the quiz. At that time, the mobile terminal described above is carried.

  Further, the area setting unit 20 sets an area near the position designated by the user on the map (S5).

  The position information acquisition unit 10 acquires position information of the mobile terminal carried by the user (S6). The position information acquisition method is not particularly limited. For example, a method in which the communication unit 32 communicates with a predetermined management center capable of communicating with the mobile terminal, a method in which the communication unit 32 directly communicates with the mobile terminal, and the like are possible. In addition, after the user returns from the designated position, the mobile terminal and the computer installed with the exercise motivation system according to the present invention may be connected by a predetermined cable to acquire the position information. Further, the position information may be acquired using a memory card or the like.

  When the position information acquisition unit 10 acquires the position information of the mobile terminal, the position information is output to the entry determination unit 14. Based on the position information, the entry determination unit 14 determines whether or not the mobile terminal has entered the vicinity area set in the vicinity of the position designated by the user (S7). This determination is performed by, for example, the region setting unit 20 based on whether or not the mobile terminal has exceeded the boundary line based on the coordinate information of the boundary line generated as the region specifying information of the neighboring region and the position information of the mobile terminal. Can do.

  When the entry determination unit 14 determines that the mobile terminal carried by the user has entered the vicinity area, the quiz data processing unit 22 turns on the answer permission flag shown in FIG. 4B and displays the answer of the quiz. A possible state is set (S8). On the other hand, when it is determined that the mobile terminal has not entered the vicinity area, the operation from S6 is repeated.

  When the answer to the quiz is set in a displayable state, the user can confirm the answer by displaying the answer on his / her terminal, that is, the computer screen on which the exercise motivation system according to the present invention is installed. . With the above configuration, the user is given a motivation to walk to that position for the purpose of searching for a quiz answer related to the position specified by the user. Thereby, a user's action range can be expanded and the maintenance and promotion of health by exercise can be aimed at.

  A computer terminal installed with a plurality of user motivation systems is connected via a network, or map data necessary for a predetermined management center, location information of a mobile terminal, etc. are stored in the management center. If each computer terminal obtains the data, etc., and if a common quiz is given to a plurality of users, it is possible to raise awareness of competition among the users, and to further motivate physical exercise. be able to.

  Moreover, the position information acquisition part 10, the position designation control part 12, the approach determination part 14, the map data storage part 16, the map data acquisition part 18, the area | region setting part 20, and quiz data processing which comprise the exercise | movement motivation system concerning this invention The unit 22, the quiz data storage unit 24, the display control unit 26, the display unit 28, the operation unit 30, the communication unit 32, etc. may be arbitrarily arranged in one or a plurality of terminals, and all or one of the exercise motivation system. It is good also as an apparatus provided with the structure of a part integrally with a mobile terminal.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the exercise | movement motivation system concerning this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the vicinity area | region represented on the map. It is a figure which shows the example of the vicinity area | region represented on the map. It is a figure which shows the example of a part of storage area of the quiz data storage part shown by FIG. It is a figure which shows the flowchart of the example of operation | movement of the exercise | movement motivation system concerning this invention.

Explanation of symbols

10 position information acquisition unit, 12 position designation control unit, 14 entry determination unit, 16 map data storage unit, 18 map data acquisition unit, 20 region setting unit, 22 quiz data processing unit,
24 quiz data storage unit, 26 display control unit, 28 display unit, 30 operation unit, 32 communication unit.

Claims (4)

A position specifying means for the user to specify an arbitrary position on a predetermined map;
Quiz display control means for displaying on the display means quiz data related to the position;
Position information acquisition means for acquiring position information of a position detection terminal possessed by the user;
Based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition means, an entry determination means for determining whether or not the position detection terminal has entered a predetermined area set in the vicinity of the position;
An answer display control means for setting the answer of the quiz to a displayable state when the entry determination means determines that the position detection terminal has entered the predetermined area;
A motor motivation system comprising:   The exercise motivation system according to claim 1 has area setting means for setting an area of a predetermined shape with respect to a map represented by map data, and the predetermined area in the vicinity of the position is set by the area setting means. Motor motivation system characterized by being set.   The exercise motivation system according to claim 1, further comprising region setting means for dividing a map represented by map data into a plurality of divided regions, wherein a predetermined region near the position is designated on a map by a user An exercise motivation system, characterized in that it is set as a divided region including the position. Computer
A position specifying means for the user to specify an arbitrary position on a predetermined map;
Quiz display control means for displaying on the display means quiz data related to the position;
Position information acquisition means for acquiring position information of a position detection terminal possessed by the user;
Based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition means, an entry determination means for determining whether or not the position detection terminal has entered a predetermined area set in the vicinity of the position, and the entry determination means, When it is determined that the position detection terminal has entered the predetermined area, answer display control means for setting the answer of the quiz to a displayable state;
A program characterized by operating as

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