JP2008253280A - Activity amount management system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an activity amount management system which makes it possible to compare the evaluation condition of a user himself/herself with others and relatively recognize it by displaying the mutual evaluation of the amount of exercises and the quality of the exercises of a plurality of users at a display means so as to be intuitively recognized. <P>SOLUTION: The calculation processing part 1d of an activity amount meter 1 calculates the count value of the number of steps and activity strength of the user from the detection output of an acceleration sensor 1a. The calculation processing part 2c of a management device 2 calculates a first index indicating the quality of the exercise of each user and a second index indicating the amount of the exercise from the history of the count value of the number of steps and the activity strength of each user acquired from the plurality of activity amount meters 1 through a data acquisition part 2a, refers to the attribute information of each user registered in a database 2b, and displays an exercise evaluation matrix indicating the first indexes and second indexes of the plurality of users having the same attribute at a display part 2d. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an activity amount management system.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an apparatus (for example, Patent Document 1) that performs evaluation of motion and biological information using an acceleration sensor has been provided.
JP 2003-24287 A (left column on page 1)

  However, in the configuration disclosed in Patent Document 1, although the motion is evaluated, the main purpose is to make the absolute value of the motion of the measurement subject's body objective, and according to the user. The relativity of movement cannot be presented in an easy-to-understand manner.

  In addition, only the user's evaluation is performed, and comparison with other people is not possible. Therefore, from the user's point of view, there is no competition consciousness, and the willingness to improve cannot be improved, and it will not last long.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned reasons, and its purpose is to display it on the display means so that the mutual evaluation of the amount of exercise and the quality of exercise of a plurality of users can be intuitively understood, An object of the present invention is to provide an activity amount management system capable of relatively grasping the evaluation status of a user himself / herself compared with others.

  The invention according to claim 1 is a motion detection means for detecting motion for each user, and a first calculation means for calculating a first index representing the quality of motion for each user based on the detection output of the motion detection means. A second computing means for computing a second index representing the amount of exercise for each user based on the detection output of the exercise detecting means, an attribute storage means for registering the attributes of each user in advance, and the same attribute And a display means for displaying an exercise evaluation matrix representing the first index and the second index of a plurality of users.

  According to the present invention, the user can check the evaluation result of another person having the same age, sex, occupation, occupation, department, etc. as the user on the same exercise evaluation matrix as the user's evaluation result. In addition, the mutual evaluation of the amount of exercise and the quality of exercise of a plurality of users can be intuitively understood, and the user's own evaluation situation can be relatively grasped compared with others belonging to the same group as the user. Therefore, competition consciousness is likely to occur, motivation for improvement is improved, and continuation of the exercise can be expected.

  As described above, in the present invention, the mutual evaluation of the amount of exercise and the quality of exercise of a plurality of users is displayed on the display means so as to intuitively understand, and the evaluation status of the user himself / herself is compared with others. There is an effect that it can be relatively grasped in comparison.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment)
As shown in FIG. 1, the activity amount management system of the present embodiment includes a plurality of activity amount meters 1 (11, 12, 13,...) And a management device 2. 1 is detachably connected to the management device 2 via a communication cable 3.

  The active mass meter 1 includes the circuit component shown in FIG. 1 in the flat device main body 100 shown in FIG. 2, and is normally used by attaching the device main body 100 to a belt or the like of a user to be measured. Is done.

  The circuit components incorporated in the device main body 100 of the activity meter 1 include, for example, a three-axis acceleration sensor 1a serving as a motion detection means, and frequency components other than body movements from the detection output output from the acceleration sensor 1a. A low-pass filter circuit 1b to be removed, an A / D conversion circuit 1c for A / D converting the detection output of the acceleration sensor 1a taken in via the low-pass filter circuit 1b, and A / D conversion by the A / D conversion circuit 1c An arithmetic processing unit 1d that performs signal processing and control processing necessary as an activity meter on the detected output of the acceleration sensor 1a, an operation unit 1e for performing operations such as measurement start / end and display, and data storage The data storage unit 1f used for the arithmetic processing of the arithmetic processing unit 1d and the identification information composed of the unique MAC address and IP address of the activity meter 1 are stored. The identification information storage unit 1g, the display unit 1h composed of a liquid crystal display, the data communication unit 1i for exchanging data with the management device 2 connected to the cable 3, and the operation of each circuit element from the battery power source BT And a constant voltage circuit 1j for obtaining a predetermined voltage necessary for the above. The data storage unit 1f and the identification information storage unit 1g can store data even when the battery power supply BT is exchanged by using a nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory. In addition to the acceleration sensor 1a, a pulse sensor or the like may be used as the motion detection means.

  The arithmetic processing unit 1d of the present embodiment is configured by a CPU unit that realizes a function of performing data processing and control processing necessary as the activity meter 1 based on a program for performing an operation as the activity meter 1 in advance. When measurement is started by the operation of the operation unit 1e, processing such as counting the number of steps of the user and calculation of activity intensity (METs) and the data thereof are stored in the data storage unit 1f according to the acceleration value output from the acceleration sensor 1a. Is programmed to perform a process of performing a real-time display of the count value of the step count and the calculated value of the activity intensity on the display unit 1h. When the measurement is completed by the operation of the operation unit 1e, the data storage unit 1f stores a history of count values of the number of steps of the user and calculated values of activity intensity.

  The activity meter 1 that has finished the measurement displays the count value of the user's steps stored in the data storage unit 1f and the calculated value of the activity intensity on the display unit 1h by the operation of the operation unit 1e. The amount of activity of the person can be confirmed.

  Then, when the activity meter 1 whose measurement has been completed is connected to the management device 2 via the communication cable 3, the management device 2 records the history of the count value of the number of steps of the user and the calculated value of the activity intensity in the data storage unit 1f. Get the data. That is, the management device 2 includes a plurality of activity meters 11, 12, 13,. . . . . . Each data is acquired.

  The management device 2 includes a personal computer, and includes a data acquisition unit 2a, a database 2b, an arithmetic processing unit 2c, a display unit 2d, an operation unit 2e, and a data table unit 2f. The following functions are realized by using software installed on the computer.

  The data acquisition unit 2a transmits a data request to the activity meter 1 via the communication cable 3 by the operation of the operation unit 2e configured with a keyboard, a pointing device, and the like. When the arithmetic processing unit 1d of the activity meter 1 receives the data request via the data communication unit 1i, the history data of the count value of the number of steps of the user and the calculated value of the activity intensity in the data storage unit 1f is obtained as the identification information. It transmits from the data communication part 1i with the identification information in the memory | storage part 1g, and the data acquisition part 2a acquires these data with identification information.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the database 2b includes identification information ID1, ID2, ID3,. . . . . . Corresponding to each user's attribute information (age, gender, occupation, occupation, department, etc.) is registered in advance, and the history data acquired together with the identification information from the activity meter 1 by the data acquisition unit 2a is the database 2b. Stored corresponding to the same identification information. That is, in the database 2b, history data RD1, RD2, RD3,..., Identification information, user attribute information, count values of the number of steps of the user and calculated values of activity intensity. . . . . . Are stored correspondingly.

  The arithmetic processing unit 2c refers to the database 2b, compares the activity intensity history with the activity intensity reference value for each identification information, integrates the time when the activity intensity exceeds the activity intensity reference value, and stores the exercise intensity in the database 2b. Quality (first index) calculation results A1, A2, A3,. . . . . . Is written and saved (see FIG. 3). The quality of this exercise is represented by the daily integrated value of the time when the activity intensity exceeds the activity intensity reference value, or the average value per day of the integrated value for one week to one month.

  The activity intensity standard value is used from the attribute / index related data table T1 (see Table 1) in which the activity intensity standard value is written corresponding to the age, gender, occupation and occupation stored in the data table section 2f. The activity intensity standard value suitable for the person is adopted.

  The activity intensity reference value may be normally set to 4 METs, and may be set to 3 METs when the user is an elderly person (for example, 65 years old or older) from the attribute information in the database 2b.

  Further, the arithmetic processing unit 2c refers to the database 2b, and from the history of the count value of the number of steps for each identification information, the integrated value of the step count value for one day or the integrated value of the step count value for one week to one month. The average value per day is obtained by calculating the amount of exercise (second index) B1, B2, B3,. . . . . . Is written and stored in the database 2b (see FIG. 3). The amount of exercise may be expressed by total METs · hour (exercise amount) or calorie consumption.

  That is, the arithmetic processing unit 2c is based on first calculation means for calculating a first index representing the quality of movement based on the detection output of the acceleration sensor 1a serving as movement detection means, and on the detection output of each movement detection means. It functions as a second calculating means for calculating a second index representing the amount of exercise.

  A user selects his / her identification information by operating the operation unit 2e including a keyboard, a pointing device, etc., and then selects one or more attributes among age, gender, occupation, occupation, department, etc. When the request input of the activity analysis result of the user having the same attribute as that of himself / herself is made by setting as a condition, the arithmetic processing unit 2c refers to the database 2b to refer to the quality of exercise of the user having the same attribute ( The data of the intensity of activity exceeding the activity intensity reference value) and the amount of exercise (number of steps, or total METs · hour, or calorie consumption) are extracted, and as shown in FIG. An exercise evaluation matrix X displaying the data position of each user is generated on a two-dimensional display matrix in which the vertical axis is set as an index and the amount of exercise is set as the second axis on the horizontal axis. It is displayed on the display unit 2d composed of vessels. At this time, the data position P1 of the user himself / herself is displayed so as to be distinguishable from other data positions (for example, distinction by color, distinction by character display, etc.).

  In this way, the user can confirm the evaluation results of others having the same age, gender, occupation, occupation, department, etc. on the same exercise evaluation matrix X as his / her evaluation results. The mutual evaluation of the amount of exercise and the quality of exercise of a plurality of users can be intuitively understood, and the user's own evaluation situation can be relatively grasped as compared with others belonging to the same group as the user. Therefore, competition consciousness is likely to occur, motivation for improvement is improved, and continuation of exercise can be expected.

  The management device 2 is installed in a company or facility, and by registering the attribute information of employees and members in advance, it can provide services to the activity meter 1 of many employees and members. Improve employee and member health and raise health awareness.

  In addition, when the management device 2 is configured by a server device and installed in a service provider to provide services to a large number of users' activity meter 1, the server device and each activity meter via the Internet. It is also possible to enable communication with the user 1 so that not only the user's own data but also the exercise evaluation matrix X can be viewed on the Web site.

  In addition, you may have a level (for example, 3 steps | paragraphs: high, medium, and low) of a user's athletic ability as a personal attribute.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the active mass management system of embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of an active mass meter same as the above. It is a figure which shows the structure of a database same as the above. It is explanatory drawing of an exercise | movement evaluation matrix same as the above.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Activity meter 1a Acceleration sensor 1d Operation processing part 1f Data storage part 1g Identification information storage part 2 Management apparatus 2a Data acquisition part 2b Database 2c Operation processing part 2d Display part 3 Communication cable

Claims (1)

  Motion detection means for detecting motion for each user, first calculation means for calculating a first index representing the quality of motion for each user based on the detection output of the motion detection means, and detection of motion detection means A second computing means for computing a second index representing the amount of exercise for each user based on the output; an attribute storage means for registering the attributes of each user in advance; and a plurality of users having the same attribute. An activity amount management system comprising: display means for displaying an exercise evaluation matrix representing the first index and the second index.

Images