JP2007330513A - Power assist cycle type health apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a power assist cycle type health apparatus which allows an elderly person incapable of control operation thereof due to insufficient physical power or the like, to perform assisted training of rotating crank pedals 4, 4 with the assistance of a power assist motor 2, allows an able bodied person to perform self training of rotating the crank pedals 4, 4 under application of a load thereto, and can switch the mode thereof from an assisted operation to a self operation and vice versa according to the purpose of the training. <P>SOLUTION: The power assist cycle type health apparatus has the crank pedals 4, 4 attached to a crank shaft 3 driven by the power assist motor 2 stored in a main body 1, and in response to a signal for instructing operational motion via an operating section by the user, the health appliance at least selectively carries out either the assisted operation of rotating the crank pedals 4, 4 with the assistance of the power assist motor 2, or the self operation of rotating the crank pedals 4, 4 under application of a load. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an electric assist cycle type health device developed based on the theory that moderate exercise, in particular, exercise of legs and arms leads to brain activation and prevents or improves dementia. According to the driving instruction, at least one of the assist operation for rotating the crank pedal with the help of the electric assist motor and the self operation for rotating the crank pedal under a load can be selected and performed. About what you did.

  As this type of health appliance, there is one in which a drive shaft is protruded from an appliance body in which an electric motor is built, and a pair of left and right crank pedals are attached to the drive shaft (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP 2002-282388 A (pages 2-6, FIGS. 1-2)

  The health appliance disclosed in Patent Document 1 is such that the rotational speed of the drive shaft is controlled in a stepwise manner by operation of a remote controller, and the user must control the exercise independently. Don't be. Therefore, although it is suitable for healthy people, it seems to be unsuitable for elderly people who have difficulty in control operations due to lack of physical strength.

  Therefore, at least one of an assist operation for rotating the crank pedal with the help of the electric assist motor and a self operation for rotating the crank pedal under a load in accordance with the driving instruction of the user is performed. If it is possible, it can be used properly according to the purpose of training, whether it is an elderly person who is incapable of controlling operations due to lack of physical strength or a healthy person.

  The main object of the present invention is to provide a health device capable of meeting such a demand. In order to achieve this object, in the present invention, a crank pedal is attached to a crankshaft driven by an electric assist motor in the main body, and at least the electric assist motor is in response to a signal that a user gives a driving instruction from an operation unit. The assist operation for rotating the crank pedal with the help of the above and the self operation for rotating the crank pedal under a load are selected and performed.

  When a user gives a driving instruction from the operation unit, at least one of an assist operation for rotating the crank pedal with the help of the electric assist motor and a self operation for rotating the crank pedal under a load is selected. Can be used. Therefore, for example, an elderly person who is unable to perform a control operation due to lack of physical strength or the like performs assist training in which the crank pedal is rotated with the help of an electric assist motor, and a healthy person rotates the crank pedal in a state where a load is applied. Self-training is possible. If both operations can be switched, they can be used according to the training purpose.

It is recommended to select one of basic training, program training, and concentration training. The basic training is to perform training after manually selecting “speed” or “load” of the electric assist motor, “training time”, and “forward / reverse rotation” of the crank pedal. Program training is to set “warm-up distance”, “load peak distance”, and “cool-down distance” in units of meters (m) and train in the manner of hill climb. Concentration training is the exercise of concentration by adjusting the speed at which the crank pedal is stroked with the aim of “OK” when the “Slow”, “OK”, and “Fast” barometers are displayed on the operation monitor. It is training.
As described above, when three training menus are prepared and any one of them is selected and performed, it is possible to select one according to a more specific purpose of use.

A pulse sensor is provided, the heart rate can be measured through the pulse sensor, and it is preferable that the “speed” and “load level” of the electric assist motor can be adjusted according to the measured heart rate. .
In this way, exercise according to the heart rate being measured can be performed. For example, if the maximum heart rate can be set and an alarm alarm is sounded when the maximum heart rate is exceeded, not only danger can be prevented but also excessive exercise can be prevented.

It is preferable that the “speed” and “load level” of the electric assist motor can be arbitrarily adjusted by the “UP / DOWN” button.
In this way, the user can arbitrarily adjust the “speed” and “load level” of the electric assist motor, and can exercise according to the speed and load level.

The operation unit is equipped with a touch panel type LCD monitor, and at least the screen displays “Assist” and “Self” when starting, “Basic” and “Concentration” when assisting and self-operating, and electric Each item of training and the value to be set such as “speed”, “load level”, “target heart rate”, “maximum heart rate”, “timer time” of the assist motor are displayed. Is desirable.
In this case, the user appropriately selects a training purpose for various display buttons displayed on the touch panel type LCD monitor, inputs necessary operations according to the purpose, and further sets each target numerical value. By inputting, it is possible to exercise along the numerical values set according to the training purpose.

The LCD monitor of the operation unit or the electric assist cycle type health appliance body is connected to a personal computer, and the numerical values to be set can be input by this personal computer. It is desirable to manage all of them.
With this configuration, the target value of the training item can be easily set using a personal computer, and the training menu programmed by the personal computer can be transferred as it is. Furthermore, all the training data can be managed by dedicated software installed on the PC.

  It is desirable to electrically control the torque of the electric assist motor. In this case, unlike the conventional magnet type load, an accurate load can be applied, and the entire mechanism can be made compact in size, so that the instrument can be downsized.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the assist training for rotating the crank pedal with the help of the electric assist motor and the self-training for rotating the crank pedal under a load can be performed. An elderly person who has difficulty in operation and a healthy person can use properly according to the training purpose.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, by selecting one of the three training menus, it is possible to selectively use according to a more specific purpose of use.

  According to invention of Claim 3, the exercise | movement according to the heart rate currently measured can be performed.

  According to invention of Claim 4, the exercise | movement according to the speed and load level of the electric assist motor which the user adjusted arbitrarily can be performed.

  According to invention of Claim 5, according to the training objective, the exercise | movement along the set numerical value can be performed.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the target value of the training item can be easily set using a personal computer, and the training menu programmed by the personal computer can be transferred as it is. Furthermore, all the training data can be managed by dedicated software installed on the PC.

  According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, unlike the conventional magnet type load, an accurate load can be applied, and the entire mechanism can be made compact in size, so that downsizing of the instrument can be realized.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the health appliance shown here, the crank pedal 4 is attached to the crankshaft 3 driven by the electric assist motor 2 in the main body 1, and at least the electric motor according to a signal instructed by the user to drive from the operation unit. An assist operation for rotating the crank pedal 4 with the assistance of the assist motor 2 and a self operation for rotating the crank pedal 4 under a load can be selected and performed.

  The crank pedals 4 and 4 are a pair of left and right, and are disposed on both sides of the main body 1. Accordingly, the pedals 4a and 4a are pedaled on both the left and right sides of the main body 1, and an excellent balance can be achieved. In FIG. 1, the main body 1 of the health device A is held by an arm b ′ extended from the footrest b of the reclining chair B, and the health device A is attached to the front of the footrest b of the chair B. The case where the lower limbs (legs) are caused to rotate is illustrated.

  Moreover, although not shown in figure, this health appliance A can be placed in front of the chair while sitting on a chair, and the lower limb (leg) can be rotated. Further, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 2, a dedicated frame C that can fix the health device A is installed in front of the chair B, and the health device A is fixed to the lower part of the frame C so that the legs (legs) are fixed. Can also be rotated. And when making a lower limb (leg part) perform rotational motion, it can carry out not only in the state which sat down on the chair but in the supine state.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the health appliance A is attached to the frame d at the foot portion of the bed D, and the user puts his / her feet on the pedal 4a of the crank pedal 4 while lying on the bed D. It can also be done.
In addition, in order to fix this health instrument A to the frame d at the foot portion of the bed D, for example, a fixing tool or the like indicated by a reference sign E in FIG. 3 can be used.

On the other hand, the health appliance A can not only cause the lower limbs (legs) to perform a rotational motion as described above, but also can cause the upper limbs (arms) to perform a rotational motion. In this case, the health appliance A is placed on a desk or table, or a dedicated frame C that can fix the health appliance A is installed in front of the chair B as shown in FIG. As indicated by the chain line in the figure, the health appliance A may be fixed at a predetermined height of the frame C.
As described above, the health appliance A can be used in various ways. In short, it is possible to cause the lower limb (leg) or upper limb (arm) to perform a rotational motion based on the assist motion or a rotational motion based on the self motion. it can.

As shown in FIG. 1, a worm gear 3a is attached to the crankshaft 3, which meshes with a motor gear 2a attached to the shaft of the electric assist motor 2, and the rotation of the electric assist motor 2 is motor gear 2a and worm gear 3a. To the crankshaft 3 to assist the rotation of the crank pedals 4 and 4.
Further, a photo sensor 5 is disposed in the vicinity of the crankshaft 3. The photosensor 5 reads the rotational speed of the crankshaft 3, and the control is mounted on the substrate 6 in the main body 1 as data. It can be controlled by a circuit (not shown).

The assist operation is an operation of rotating the crank pedal 4 with the help of the electric assist motor 2. If the “speed” of the electric assist motor 2 is set, the electric assist motor 2 can be rotated at that speed, and the crank pedal 4 can be rotated at the same speed with the help of the electric assist motor 2.
The self operation is an operation of rotating the crank pedal 4 in a state where a load is applied. If the “load” applied to the electric assist motor 2 is set, the load is applied to the electric assist motor 2, torque is transmitted to the crankshaft 3 through the motor gear 2 a and the worm gear 3 a, and a load is applied to the crank pedal 4. The force for depressing the crank pedal 4 varies depending on the load level setting.

  Here, the torque control of the electric assist motor 2 is electrically performed unlike a conventional magnet type load. When torque control is performed using this method, an accurate load can be applied unlike a magnetic load, and the entire mechanism can be made compact, so the health appliance A can be downsized. it can.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1, an arm b ″ is attached to the chair B, and a touch panel type liquid crystal monitor 7 as an operation unit is attached to the tip of the arm b ″ extending from the chair B. The liquid crystal monitor 7 and the substrate 6 in the main body 1 are connected by a connection cord 8. A pulse sensor 9 is connected to the liquid crystal monitor 7. Examples of the pulse sensor 9 include an ear sensor that can be used by being sandwiched between ear lobes. With this pulse sensor 9, it is possible to exercise at a speed and load level corresponding to the heart rate while constantly measuring the heart rate of the user exercising with the health appliance A.

In the health appliance shown here, any one of basic training, program training, and concentration training can be selected and performed.
The basic training is to perform training after manually selecting “speed” or “load” of the electric assist motor 2, “training time”, and “forward / reverse rotation” of the crank pedal 4.
The program training is to set the “warm-up distance”, “load peak distance”, and “cool-down distance” in units of 100 meters, and train in the manner of hill climb.
Concentration training is the adjustment of the speed at which the crank pedal 4 is driven with the aim of “OK” when the “slow”, “OK”, and “fast” barometers are displayed on the LCD monitor 7 as an operation unit. This is a training to improve concentration.

The instructions of the three training menus and the instructions of the assist operation and the self operation can be all performed on the touch panel type liquid crystal monitor 7 which is an operation unit.
The touch panel type liquid crystal monitor 7 displays at least the following menu screen. Then, the user touches the various display buttons on each screen, selects the training purpose as appropriate, inputs the necessary action according to the purpose, and further inputs each target numerical value. Thus, it is possible to exercise along the numerical values set according to the training purpose.

Here, the LCD monitor 7 of the operation unit is connected to a personal computer, and the above numerical values that should be set can also be input by this personal computer. It can be managed. The health appliance body 1 may be connected to a personal computer.
As described above, when the liquid crystal monitor 7 of the operation unit or the health appliance main body 1 is connected to the personal computer, the target value of the training item can be easily set using the personal computer, and the training programmed by the personal computer. Menus can be transferred as they are. Furthermore, all the training data can be managed by dedicated software installed on the PC.

  In particular, the present health appliance is provided with a pulse sensor 9, and the heart rate can be measured through the pulse sensor 9, and the “speed” and the “speed” of the electric assist motor 2 are determined according to the measured heart rate. The load can be adjusted. Therefore, the pulse sensor 9 can exercise at a speed and a load corresponding to the heart rate while constantly measuring the heart rate of the person exercising with the health appliance.

An example of the screen displayed on the menu screen of the liquid crystal monitor 7 and its operation will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
First, when the power of the liquid crystal monitor 7 is turned on, “assist” and “self” at the start are displayed as shown in FIG. When the “Assist Training” selection button is pressed, the screen moves to the assist training screen, and when the “Self Training” selection button is pressed, the screen moves to the self training screen.
As described above, the assist training refers to training for rotating the crank pedal 4 with the help of the electric assist motor 2. Self-training refers to training in which the crank pedal 4 is rotated while a load is applied.

FIG. 5A shows a screen set for assist training. In this case, “Assist Basic Training” is displayed on the screen, and a “CON” display button indicating a concentration is displayed for this “Basic”.
In addition, on the screen of FIG. 5 (a), a display button for heart rate control “Off / On” is displayed. When “On” is pressed, as shown in FIG. 5 (a), the electric assist motor is displayed. 2 “speed”, “target heart rate”, “timer time”, and “forward / reverse” display buttons of the electric assist motor 2 are displayed. On the other hand, when “Off” of the heart rate control display button is pressed, the “load level”, “warm-up distance”, “load peak distance”, “cool-down” of the electric assist motor 2 are not shown here. Display buttons for “Distance” and “Maximum heart rate” are displayed.

The “speed” display button changes the speed setting of the electric assist motor 2 (for example, “1 to 20 Km / h” in 20 steps), and the “target heart rate” display button displays the target heart rate during training ( For example, “how many times / minute”) setting change, “timer time” display button, training time (for example, 0-90 minutes) setting change, “forward / reverse” display button, electric assist motor It is possible to change the setting of whether 2 is rotated forward / reversely.

  In addition, the “load level” display button displayed when the heart rate control is “Off” is used to change the setting of the “load level” of the electric assist motor 2 (for example, with an index of “1 to 100”). The “Warm-up distance”, “Load peak distance”, and “Cool-down distance” display buttons allow you to set the distance for preparatory exercise, the distance to apply the maximum load, and “speed” or “load” in minutes after the workout. The number of distances to be zero can be changed in units of 100 meters. On the other hand, with the “maximum heart rate” display button, the value of the maximum heart rate to be set can be changed.

If “UP” of the “UP / DOWN” button displayed on the screen of FIG. 5A is pressed, the value to be set for each of the above items can be easily increased, and conversely, if “DOWN” is pressed. The value to be set for each item can be easily reduced.
When the “Start” display button displayed on the screen of FIG. 5A is pressed in the state of the heart rate control “On”, “Assist Basic Training” is displayed as shown in FIG. 5B. The screen will appear and you can start this training. In this screen, although the “end” display button is not displayed, it is shown here as being displayed for convenience.

FIG. 5B is a “training” screen of “assist basic training”. In this case, measurement data of “heart rate” (○ times / minute) measured through the pulse sensor 9, measurement data of “calorie consumption” (○ KCal), measurement of “speed” of the electric assist motor 2. Both the data (◯ Km / h) and the measurement data (○ seconds) of “elapsed time” are displayed.
In the state of FIG. 5 (a), the “target heart rate” has already been set, and the measurement data of “heart rate” measured through the pulse sensor 9 is connected to the main body via the connection cord 8 from the touch panel as the operation unit. 1, and an appropriate rotational speed is instructed from the substrate 6 to the electric assist motor 2 accordingly. As described above, the rotation of the electric assist motor 2 via the motor gear 2a and the worm gear 3a causes the crankshaft to rotate. 3, the crank pedals 4 and 4 can be rotated at a speed corresponding to the set target heart rate. Therefore, the assist motion can be performed by scooping the crank pedal 4 with the help of the electric assist motor 2 rotating at this speed.

  When the set “timer time” elapses, a “cooling down” screen is automatically displayed as shown in FIG. “Cooling down” refers to the situation from when the crank pedal 4 is stopped being stroked until the speed of the electric assist motor 2 becomes zero. And if predetermined time (for example, 1 minute) passes, the speed of the electric assist motor 2 can be automatically made zero. In “cooling down”, the display portion during the cooling down is blinking.

The training can be paused by pressing the “Start” button once. FIG. 5D shows a screen that is changed to “pause” by pressing the “start” display button again. “Pausing” means a situation where the crank pedal 4 is clearly stopped, and can be used, for example, when a break is desired during training. If the “Start” button is pressed again from this state, the training can be “resumed”.
Note that the “End” button is displayed on the “Paused” screen, so that you can end the assist basic training by pressing it, and the “Basic” display button will stop the assist basic training. Return to the training setting screen (FIG. 5A).

  On the other hand, in the state of the heart rate control “Off”, “UP” of the “UP / DOWN” button displayed on the screen of FIG. 5A is pressed to arbitrarily adjust the “speed” of the electric assist motor 2. Then, when the “Start” display button displayed on the screen of FIG. 5 (a) is pressed, as shown in FIG. 5 (b), the display screen of “Assist basic training” is displayed, and this training is started. Can do. When “maximum heart rate” is set, the measurement data of “heart rate” measured through the pulse sensor 9 reaches the substrate 6 of the main body 1 via the connection cord 8 from the touch panel as the operation unit. When the numerical value exceeds the set “maximum heart rate”, an alarm (not shown) on the touch panel, which is an operation unit, is activated to warn.

In the state of FIG. 5 (a), if the “CON” display button, which means concentration, is pressed, an assist concentration training display screen is displayed as shown in FIG. 5 (e). In this case, barometers of “slow”, “OK”, and “fast” are displayed together with a display button of “OK setting speed”. Similarly to the cases shown in FIGS. 5A to 5D, an “UP / DOWN” button and a “START” button are displayed.
The touch panel type liquid crystal monitor 7 is touched with a finger to arbitrarily set a numerical value of “OK setting speed” (for example, it can be set in 20 steps of 1 to 20 Km / h). For example, if the “OK setting speed” is set to 15 km / h and the speed at which the crank pedal 4 is stroked is 4 km / h, the actually assisted speed (speed rotated by the electric assist motor 2) is (15-4). ) = 11 Km / h, and the data reaches the board 6 of the main body 1 and is judged to be “slow” and “fast” compared to the speed at which the crank pedal 4 is actually driven, and the data is shown in FIG. Displayed on the “slow”, “OK”, and “fast” screens in the screen. The concentration can be trained by adjusting the speed at which the crank pedal 4 is stroked aiming at “OK” which is between “slow” and “fast”.

  You can start assist concentration training by pressing the “Start” button. In this case, measurement data of “heart rate” and measurement data of “elapsed time” are displayed on the screen. Press the “Start” button again to “pause”. When “UP” of the “UP / DOWN” button is pressed, the value of “OK setting speed” to be set can be increased. Conversely, if “DOWN” is pressed, “OK setting speed to be set” is set. Can be reduced.

On the other hand, when the “self-training” selection button is pressed in the state of FIG. 4, the screen moves to a self-training screen.
FIG. 6A shows a screen set for self-training. In this case, “self-basic training” is displayed, and a “program” display button and a “CON” display button indicating concentration are displayed for this “basic”.
In addition, on the screen of FIG. 6 (a), a display button for heart rate control “Off / On” is displayed. When “On” is pressed, an electric assist motor is displayed as shown in FIG. 6 (a). 2 “load level”, “target heart rate”, and “timer time” are displayed. Conversely, when “Off” of the heart rate control display button is pressed, although not shown here, the “load level”, “maximum heart rate”, “warm-up distance”, “load peak” of the electric assist motor 2 are omitted. Display buttons for “distance” and “cool-down distance” are displayed.

  With the “load level” display button displayed when the heart rate control is “Off”, the setting change of the “load level” of the electric assist motor 2 (for example, with an index of “1 to 100”) is set to “highest”. With the “heart rate” display button, the maximum heart rate value to be set can be changed. The “Warm-up distance”, “Load peak distance”, and “Cool-down distance” display buttons allow the distance for preparation exercise, the distance to apply the maximum load, and the speed (unit, Km / H) ”or“ load (unit, watt · w) ”can be set to zero to change the number of distances in units of meters (m). On the other hand, with the “timer time” display button, the setting of the training time can be changed.

By pressing “UP” of the “UP / DOWN” button displayed on the screen of FIG. 6A, the value to be set for each item can be easily increased, and conversely, if “DOWN” is pressed. The value to be set for each item can be easily reduced.
When the “Start” button displayed on the screen of FIG. 6 (a) is pressed in the state of the heart rate control “On”, as shown in FIG. 6 (b), the display screen of “Self-basic training” is displayed. It turns out that this training is in progress. In this screen, although the “end” display button is not displayed, it is shown here as being displayed for convenience.

FIG. 6B is a “training” screen of “self-basic training”. In this case, measurement data of “heart rate” (○ times / minute) measurement data of “calorie consumption” (○ KCal), measurement data of “speed” of the electric assist motor 2 measured through the pulse sensor 9. (○ Km / h), “Elapsed time” measurement data (○ seconds), “Distance” measurement data (○ m), and “Load” measurement data (○ w) applied to the electric assist motor 2 are all displayed. It has come to be.
The “target heart rate” is already set in the state of FIG. 6A, and the measurement data of “heart rate” measured through the pulse sensor 9 is connected to the main body via the connection cord 8 from the touch panel as the operation unit. 1 substrate 6 is reached. At this time, since the crank pedals 4 and 4 are rotated, the electric assist motor 2 is rotated via the worm gear 3a and the motor gear 2a, and the current is load-controlled by the substrate 6 of the main body 1 according to the heartbeat data. Torque is applied to the electric assist motor 2 by this electric current, and torque is transmitted to the crank pedals 4 and 4 via the motor gear 2a and the worm gear 3a, and a load is applied to the pedal. Therefore, the self-motion can be performed by stroking the crank pedal 4 under a load.

  When the set “timer time” has elapsed, a “cooling down” screen is automatically displayed as shown in FIG. “Cooling down” refers to the situation from when the crank pedal 4 is stopped being stroked until the speed of the electric assist motor 2 becomes zero. And if predetermined time (for example, 1 minute) passes, the speed of the electric assist motor 2 can be automatically made zero. In “cooling down”, the display portion during the cooling down is blinking.

The training can be paused by pressing the “Start” button once. FIG. 6D shows a screen that is changed to “pause” by pressing the “start” display button again. “Pausing” means a situation where the crank pedal 4 is clearly stopped, and can be used, for example, when a break is desired during training. If the “Start” button is pressed again from this state, the training can be “resumed”.
In addition, since the “End” button is displayed on the “Paused” screen, the self-basic training can be ended by pressing it.

  On the other hand, in the state of heart rate control “Off”, “UP” of the “UP / DOWN” button displayed on the screen of FIG. 6A is pressed to arbitrarily set “load” (unit: w) of the electric assist motor 2. Adjust to. When the “Start” display button displayed on the screen of FIG. 6 (a) is pressed, the display screen of “Self-basic training” is displayed as shown in FIG. 6 (b), and this training is started. Can do. When “maximum heart rate” is set, the measurement data of “heart rate” measured through the pulse sensor 9 reaches the substrate 6 of the main body 1 via the connection cord 8 from the touch panel as the operation unit. When the numerical value exceeds the set “maximum heart rate”, an alarm (not shown) on the touch panel, which is the operation unit, is activated to warn.

When the “program” display button is pressed in the state of FIG. 6A, a self-program training display screen is displayed as shown in FIG. 7A. In this case, display buttons of “load level”, “maximum heart rate”, “warm-up distance”, “load peak distance”, and “cool-down distance” of the electric assist motor 2 are displayed.
Of these items, program training is to set “warm-up distance”, “load peak distance”, and “cool-down distance” in meters (m) and train in the manner of hill climb (above Explained).

  With the “load level” display button displayed when the heart rate control is “Off”, the setting change of the “load level” of the electric assist motor 2 (for example, with an index of “1 to 100”) is set to “highest”. With the “heart rate” display button, the maximum heart rate value to be set can be changed. The “Warm-up distance”, “Load peak distance”, and “Cool-down distance” display buttons are used for preparation exercise distance, distance to which maximum load is applied, and “speed” or “load” It is possible to change the setting in units of 100 meters for the number of distances for setting “0” to zero.

By pressing “UP” of the “UP / DOWN” button displayed on the screen of FIG. 7A, the value to be set for each of the above items can be easily increased, and conversely, by pressing “DOWN” The value to be set for each item can be easily reduced.
When the “Start” button displayed on the screen of FIG. 7 (a) is pressed in the state of the heart rate control “On”, as shown in FIG. 7 (b), the “Self program training in progress” display screen. It turns out that this training is in progress.
When the “Basic” display button is pressed in the screen of FIG. 7A, the self-concentration training setting screen is displayed, and when the “CON” display button indicating concentration is pressed, the self-concentration training setting screen is displayed. .
Note that the “End” display button is not displayed on the screen of FIG. 7A, but is displayed here for convenience.

FIG. 7B is a “training” screen of “self program training”. In this case, measurement data of “heart rate” (○ times / minute) measured through the pulse sensor 9, measurement data of “calorie consumption” (○ KCal), measurement of “speed” of the electric assist motor 2. Data (○ Km / h), “Elapsed time” measurement data (○ seconds), “Remaining distance” (○ m) measurement data, “Load” measurement data (○ w) applied to the electric assist motor 2 Is also displayed.
The load level of the entire training is determined by a touch panel as an operation unit (for example, with an index of 1 to 100). Next, “warm-up distance”, “load peak distance”, and “cool-down distance” are respectively input (in units of 100 m), and training is started. At this time, since the crank pedals 4 and 4 are rotated, the electric assist motor 2 is rotated via the worm gear 3a and the motor gear 2a, and the current is controlled by the substrate 6 of the main body 1 according to the program data. Torque is applied to the electric assist motor 2 by the generated current, and the torque is transmitted to the crank pedals 4 and 4 via the motor gear 2a and the worm gear 3a, and a load according to the program is applied to the pedal. Therefore, the self-motion can be performed by stroking the crank pedal 4 under a load.

  When the set “timer time” elapses, a “cooling down” screen is automatically displayed as shown in FIG. “Cooling down” refers to the situation from when the crank pedal 4 is stopped being stroked until the speed of the electric assist motor 2 becomes zero. And if predetermined time (for example, 1 minute) passes, the speed of the electric assist motor 2 can be automatically made zero. In “cooling down”, the display portion during the cooling down is blinking.

The training can be paused by pressing the “Start” button once. FIG. 7D shows a screen that is changed to “pause” by pressing the “start” display button again. “Pausing” means a situation where the crank pedal 4 is clearly stopped, and can be used, for example, when a break is desired during training. If the “Start” button is pressed again from this state, the training can be “resumed”.
In addition, since the “End” button is displayed on the “Paused” screen, the self-basic training can be ended by pressing it.

  In the state of FIG. 7 (a), if the display button of “CON” meaning concentration is pressed, a self-concentration training display screen is displayed as shown in FIG. 7 (e). In this case, barometers of “slow”, “OK”, and “fast” are displayed together with a display button of “load level” and a display button of “OK setting speed”. Similarly to the cases shown in FIGS. 6A to 6D, an “UP / DOWN” button and a “START” button are displayed. The touch panel type liquid crystal monitor 7 is touched with a finger to arbitrarily set a value of “OK setting speed” (speed at which the crank pedal 4 rotates, for example, 4 Km / h). Then, the data reaches the board 6 of the main body 1 and is determined to be “slow” or “fast” compared to the speed at which the crank pedal 4 is actually driven, and the data is “slow” in the screen of FIG. , “OK”, “Fast” screen. The concentration can be trained by adjusting the speed at which the crank pedal 4 is stroked aiming at “OK” which is between “slow” and “fast”.

Press the “Start” button to start self-concentration training. In this case, the measurement data of “heart rate” (○ times / minute) and the measurement data of “elapsed time” (○ seconds) are displayed on the screen. Press the “Start” button again to “pause”. When “UP” of the “UP / DOWN” button is pressed, the value of “OK setting speed” to be set can be increased. Conversely, if “DOWN” is pressed, “OK setting speed to be set” is set. Can be reduced.
In addition, since the “End” button is displayed on the “Paused” screen, the self-basic training can be ended by pressing it. When the “Basic” display button is pressed on the screen of FIG. 7E, the self-basic training setting screen is displayed, and when the “Program” display button is pressed, the self-program training setting screen is displayed.

  FIG. 8 shows an end screen of the liquid crystal monitor 7 in a touch panel format. On this screen, there is a display button for "Your total exercise points are XX points", a display button for "Opening screen", as well as "calorie consumption", "total exercise time", "total exercise distance", “Maximum pulse rate” and “Minimum pulse rate” are displayed, and the training result by each training menu can be known on the screen.

Also, here, the liquid crystal monitor 7 of the operation unit is connected to a personal computer (not shown), and dedicated data can be installed on this personal computer so that all data from training can be managed. For example, user-specific data such as shown in FIG. 9 can be created, such as a state training result and “blood pressure”, “heart rate”, “weight” before and after the training. In addition, if these data are file-processed for each user and stored in a personal computer as user information, such information can be collectively managed by the personal computer, and training can be performed by opening past files and comparing them with the current data. Can be diagnosed, and the medical records can be managed by inputting comments from the trainer.
Even when the health appliance main body 1 is connected to a personal computer (not shown), the same data creation, collective management of user information and personal data management by the personal computer can be performed.

  Here, as shown by the reference numeral 4b in FIGS. 1 and 3, the pedal 4a is equipped with a dedicated supporter, and during training, this dedicated supporter 4b can hold the foot strongly. Because it is safe.

It is a schematic side view which illustrates the case where the electric assist cycle type health appliance of the present invention is mounted on a reclining chair and the lower limbs (legs) are caused to rotate. It is a schematic side view which illustrates the case where the electric assist cycle type health device of the present invention is fixed to the lower part of a dedicated frame and the lower limbs (legs) are caused to rotate. It is a schematic side view which shows the state which fixed the electric assist cycle type health appliance of this invention to the flame | frame of the step part of a bed, and made the lower limb (leg part) or the upper limb (arm part) perform rotational motion. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen at the time of the start of a liquid crystal monitor in the case of operating the electrically-assisted cycle type health appliance of this invention using a touch-panel type liquid crystal monitor. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen of a liquid crystal monitor in the case of operating the electric assist cycle type health appliance of the present invention using a touch panel type liquid crystal monitor, (a) is an assist basic training setting screen, (b) is an assist basic A screen during training, (c) a screen during cool-down, (d) a screen during suspension, and (e) a screen for assist concentration training. It is a figure showing an example of the screen of the liquid crystal monitor when operating the electric assist cycle type health device of the present invention using a touch panel type liquid crystal monitor, (a) is a self-basic training setting screen, (b) is a self-basic training The training screen, (c) is the cool-down screen, and (d) is the paused screen. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen of a liquid crystal monitor in the case of operating the electric assist cycle type health appliance of the present invention using a touch panel type liquid crystal monitor, (a) is a self program training setting screen, (b) is a self program. A screen during training, (c) a screen during cool-down, (d) a screen during suspension, and (e) a screen for self-concentration training. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen at the time of completion | finish of a liquid crystal monitor in the case of operating the electrically-assisted cycle type health appliance of this invention using a touch-panel type liquid crystal monitor. It is a figure which shows an example of the user original data produced using the connected personal computer.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Main body, 2 ... Electric assist motor, 3 ... Crankshaft, 4 ... Crank pedal, 5 ... Photo sensor, 7 ... Liquid crystal monitor, 8 ... Connection cord, 9 ... Pulse sensor, A ... This health appliance, B ... Chair, b: footrest, b ": arm, C: dedicated frame, D: bed.

Claims (7)

  An assist operation in which a crank pedal is attached to a crankshaft driven by an electric assist motor in the main body, and the crank pedal is rotated at least with the help of the electric assist motor in response to a signal that a user gives a driving instruction from an operation unit; The electric assist cycle type health appliance is characterized by selecting and performing any one of self-operations for rotating the crank pedal in a state where a load is applied.   2. The electric assist cycle type health appliance according to claim 1, wherein any one of basic training, program training, and concentration training is selected and performed.   A pulse sensor is provided, the heart rate can be measured through the pulse sensor, and the “speed” and “load level” of the electric assist motor can be adjusted according to the measured heart rate. The electric assist cycle type health device according to claim 1.   The electric assist cycle type health appliance according to claim 3, wherein "speed" and "load level" of the electric assist motor can be arbitrarily adjusted by an "UP / DOWN" button.   The operation unit is equipped with a touch panel type LCD monitor, and at least the screen displays “Assist” and “Self” when starting, “Basic” and “Concentration” when assisting and self-operating, and electric Each item of training and the value to be set such as “speed”, “load level”, “target heart rate”, “maximum heart rate”, “timer time” of the assist motor are displayed. The electric assist cycle type health appliance according to claim 1 or 2.   The LCD monitor of the operation unit or the electric assist cycle type health appliance body is connected to a personal computer, and the numerical values to be set can be input with this personal computer. The electric assist cycle type health appliance according to claim 1 or 5, wherein all of the above are managed.   The electric assist cycle type health device according to claim 1, wherein torque control of the electric assist motor is electrically performed.