JP2009119068A - Exercise support system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an exercise support system capable of finding an exercise recommendation time, when an effect by an exercise is efficiently acquired, based on a history of activity information of a person to be measured and notifying it to the person to be measured. <P>SOLUTION: A physical activity meter A finds an exercise intensity of the person to be measured based on detection data of an acceleration sensor by computing, and transmits the computing result of the exercise intensity and time information to a server device B through Internet NT. The server device B receives the activity information and the time information transmitted from the physical activity meter A, allows a storage section to store them, finds a recommendation time to do exercise based on the history of the activity information, and transmits a notification signal including the exercise recommendation time to the physical activity meter A through Internet NT. When receiving the notification signal from the server device B, the physical activity meter A displays the exercise recommendation time contained in the notification signal on a display section 4 or outputs it from a voice output section as buzzer sound and voice message, so that the person can understand the time when the exercise effect is efficiently acquired, based on the notification content. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an exercise support system.

Conventionally, a user terminal that is carried by the person to be measured, detects the body movement of the person to be measured by the acceleration sensor, and obtains the activity amount from the detection result of the acceleration sensor, and history information of the activity amount from the user terminal via the Internet A server computer that receives and determines the life pattern of the person to be measured based on this history information, and sends advice to the user terminal to improve the life pattern based on the balance of energy consumption and intake energy A configured motion state sensing system has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-205167

  The above-described motion state sensing system provides the subject with advice for improving the life of the subject based on the balance of energy consumption and intake energy of the subject. The energy balance was calculated on the assumption that the exercise to be performed always has the same effect regardless of the timing of the exercise.

  By the way, even if the subject performs the same amount of exercise, it has been found that there are differences in exercise effects such as weight loss and muscle strengthening depending on the timing of the exercise. It has been found that there are times when the effect is relatively high and times when the exercise effect is relatively low. However, in the above-described exercise state sensing system, the life pattern is only predicted from the history of the activity amount of the measured person. For example, when exercise is performed within a period of one day or one month, the weight loss is reduced. The subject could not be informed whether exercise effects such as muscle strengthening could be obtained efficiently.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and its purpose is to obtain an exercise recommendation time when the effect of exercise can be obtained efficiently based on the history of activity information of the measured person. An object of the present invention is to provide an exercise support system capable of notifying a measurement subject.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 includes an activity meter and a server device connected to the activity meter via a network, and the activity meter acquires activity information of the person being measured. Activity information acquisition means for timing, time measurement means for timing the time, first storage means for storing the activity information acquired by the activity information acquisition means in association with time information of the time measurement means, and storage in the first storage means The first transmission means for transmitting the activity information and the time information to the server device via the network, and the exercise recommendation included in the notification signal when the first reception means receives the notification signal transmitted from the server device via the network First notifying means for notifying the person to be measured of time information, and the server device receives second activity information and time information transmitted from the activity meter via the network. Means, second storage means for storing the received activity information and time information, exercise time determination means for obtaining a time for recommending exercise from the history of the activity information and time information stored in the second storage means, And a second transmission means for transmitting a notification signal including the recommended exercise time determined by the exercise time determination means to the activity meter via the network.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the exercise apparatus connected to the server device via the network is provided, and the second transmission means of the server device transmits a notification signal to the exercise equipment via the network. And a third receiving means for receiving a notification signal transmitted from the server device via the network to the exercise equipment, and a second notification for notifying the subject of the recommended exercise time information included in the received notification signal. An informing means is provided.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the invention, the first notification means of the activity meter is a specified period based on the recommended exercise time information included in the notification signal received from the server device. It is characterized by notifying whether or not the exercise is appropriate.

  According to the invention of claim 1, the server device acquires the activity information and time information acquired by the activity meter from the activity meter connected via the network, and acquires the acquired activity information and time information. Is stored in the second storage means, the recommended exercise time is obtained from the history of the activity information and time information stored in the second storage means, and a notification signal including the recommended exercise time is transmitted to the activity meter. Since the first notification means of the activity meter notifies the measured person of the exercise recommended time information included in the notification signal transmitted from the server device, the measured person can use the exercise measured by the server device. Based on the recommended time, there is an effect that exercise can be performed by selecting a time when the exercise effect can be efficiently obtained.

  According to the second aspect of the invention, the recommended exercise time information transmitted from the server device is notified from the second notification means of the exercise equipment connected to the server device via the network. In addition, there is an effect that it is possible to perform exercise using exercise equipment by selecting a time when the exercise effect is efficiently obtained.

  According to the invention of claim 3, since the appropriateness of the exercise in the designated period is notified from the first notification means of the activity meter worn by the measured person, the measured person also has the notification contents. In addition, it can be determined whether or not it is better to exercise during the period.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an exercise support system according to the present invention, which connects an activity meter A, a server device B, and a passive exercise device C through a network NT such as the Internet. It is configured. In this system, the activity meter A is acquired by the person to be measured who has signed a service contract for notifying the recommended exercise period with the business operator that operates the server device B. Based on the history information of the activity information, the server apparatus B determines the recommended exercise time and notifies the measurement subject. In this embodiment, as activity information, exercise information related to exercise intensity of the exercise performed by the subject and life information such as getting up, eating, sleeping, etc. are acquired, and the recommended exercise time is determined based on these information is doing.

  The device 10 of the activity meter A is formed in a thin rectangular parallelepiped shape, and is small and portable for the person to be measured, and the device 10 is formed in a size that can be held by a human hand. Has been. On the front surface of the container 10, a display unit 4 made of a liquid crystal display and operation buttons 3a and 3b used for operations such as display switching and setting operations are arranged.

  A circuit as shown in FIG. 2 is housed in the body 10, and includes an arithmetic processing unit 1 composed of a microcomputer, a triaxial acceleration sensor 2 (body motion detection unit), and operations such as display switching. The operation button 3a for performing the operation and the operation button 3b for performing the data call operation, the display unit 4, the storage unit 5 including the RAM and the ROM, and the time data to the arithmetic processing unit 1. A timing unit 6 to be provided; a communication unit 7 that performs short-distance wireless communication with a communication method such as infrared communication or Bluetooth; and an audio output unit 8 that outputs a notification sound or a voice message from a speaker (not shown). And a battery power supply unit (not shown) for supplying power to the internal circuit.

  The arithmetic processing unit 1 includes an exercise index calculation function 11 (exercise intensity detecting means) for obtaining exercise intensity (METs) from the detection value of the acceleration sensor 2, and also includes an input operation unit 3, a display unit 4, a communication unit 7, and an audio output. A control function 12 for performing input / output control of the unit 8 and read / write control for the storage unit 5 is provided.

  The control function 12 of the arithmetic processing unit 1 performs a process of switching the operation mode to the measurement mode or the display mode according to the operation of the operation button 3a, and the past stored in the storage unit 5 according to the operation of the operation button 3b. Performs processing to recall measurement data.

  The motion index calculation function 11 of the calculation processing unit 1 obtains an acceleration variation average (standard deviation value) for a predetermined time tw (seconds) based on the acceleration detection data taken from the acceleration sensor 2 at predetermined intervals. A calculation function and a calculation function for obtaining the exercise intensity Y from the fluctuation average are provided. Note that METs is a unit that represents the “strength” of physical activity corresponding to how many times it is at rest, and is used in the American sports medical community.

  By the way, a relational expression between the oxygen consumption measured by the expiration gas measuring device in a state where the exercise intensity is changed and the acceleration dispersion value is obtained in advance and incorporated in the arithmetic processing unit 1, and the motion index calculation function 14 Then, using this relational expression, the exercise intensity is obtained from the acceleration dispersion value. This calculation method will be described below with reference to FIGS. 6 (a) and 6 (b).

  FIG. 6A shows detection data of each axis (x-axis, y-axis, z-axis) by the acceleration sensor 2, and the calculation processing unit 1 takes in the constant time tw every time the predetermined time tw elapses. From the acceleration detection data, a composite value for the acceleration fluctuation of each axis is calculated. Here, when the time average (standard deviation) of the combined values for the acceleration fluctuation is Sw, the combined value Sw can be obtained from the following equation (1).

Note that ax _k , ay _k , and az _k indicate acceleration sampling values sampled k-th within a certain period tw (seconds), and bx, by, and bz indicate average values for a fixed time tw (seconds). .

  FIG. 6B is a scatter diagram showing the relationship between the measurement result of the acceleration fluctuation value and the measurement result of the exercise intensity (METs), and is a straight line obtained by least square approximation of the points plotted on the scatter diagram. The equation is shown by the following equation (2).

Z = a × Y + b, correlation function R = 0.92 (2)
However, Z is an acceleration fluctuation value and Y is an exercise intensity (METs).

Therefore, the arithmetic processing unit 1 uses the following equation (3) obtained by modifying the above equation (2) after obtaining the combined value Sw for the acceleration fluctuation using the above equation (1), The exercise intensity Y for a certain period tw is obtained and stored in the storage unit 5.
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Y = α × Sw + β (3)
Here, α and β indicate coefficients in a relational expression obtained between the oxygen consumption measured by the expiration gas detection device and the acceleration dispersion value in a state where the exercise intensity is changed. An appropriate value for the period tw for determining the acceleration fluctuation value is 4 to 15 seconds, and in this embodiment, tw = 12 seconds.

  As described above, in the activity meter A, the exercise index calculation function 11 of the calculation processing unit 1 measures the exercise intensity, and the control function 12 of the calculation processing unit 11 performs the exercise measured by the exercise index calculation function 11. The intensity value is associated with the time information of the time measuring unit 6 and stored in the storage unit 5, and the control function 12 transmits the exercise intensity value and time information read from the storage unit 5 from the communication unit 7 at a predetermined data transmission interval. Send to the outside wirelessly.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of the server device B, and a communication unit 31 that performs data communication between the arithmetic processing unit 30 that performs overall control and the like, and the passive exercise equipment C and the mobile phone D via the network NT. And a storage unit 32 (second storage unit) that stores the exercise intensity value and time information received by the communication unit 31. Further, the arithmetic processing unit 30 recommends exercise from the control function 33 for performing input / output control of the communication unit 31 and read / write control for the storage unit 32, and the exercise intensity value and the history of time information stored in the storage unit 32. And an exercise time determination function 34 for obtaining the above.

  The passive movement apparatus C is installed in the measurement unit's dwelling unit and causes the measurement person to perform a passive movement. In the present embodiment, for example, a saddle-like shape on which the measurement person sits straddling. Riding-type exercise equipment that applies an exercise load imitating riding exercise by swinging the seat portion 48 is used. FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram of the passive motion apparatus C. The arithmetic processing unit 40 is configured by a microcomputer and performs overall control, a power on / off operation, an exercise menu selection operation, and a seat unit 48. An operation unit 41 for performing a selection operation such as a swing speed and an exercise time, a communication unit 42 for performing data communication with the server device B via the Internet NT, an exercise pattern for driving the seat unit 48, and the like. , A drive unit 44 that drives the seat unit 48 in response to a control signal from the control unit 40, a voice output unit 45 that outputs a notification sound or a voice message from a speaker (not shown), and an LED, for example And a lighting display unit 46 that is controlled to be turned on / off by the arithmetic processing unit 40. The arithmetic processing unit 40 also performs input / output control of the input operation unit 41, communication unit 42, and audio output unit 45, drive control of the drive unit 44, on / off control of the lighting display unit 46, and read / write control for the storage unit 43. A control function 47 for performing In this embodiment, the passive exercise device C that performs a riding exercise as an exercise device will be described as an example. However, an exercise device for causing the subject to perform a dynamic exercise other than the riding exercise may be used. Exercise equipment for the subject to perform automatic exercise may be used.

  FIG. 5 is a schematic configuration diagram of the mobile phone D, and performs wireless communication between the arithmetic processing unit 50 that performs overall control, the operation unit 51, and a base station (not shown) of a mobile phone communication network. A communication unit 53 that performs short-distance wireless communication between the communication unit 52 and the outside using a communication method such as infrared communication or Bluetooth, and a transmission / reception unit 54 that includes a speaker or a microphone for performing transmission and reception. And.

  Next, the operator who operates this system determines the recommended exercise period based on the information acquired from the activity meter A possessed by the subject who has signed the service contract, and Processing until notification is described.

  The person to be measured always wears the activity meter A, and when the acceleration sensor 2 of the activity meter A detects the acceleration generated by the body movement of the person to be measured, the motion index calculation function 11 of the arithmetic processing unit 1 The exercise intensity Y is obtained by calculation from the acceleration detection data fetched from the acceleration sensor 2 at predetermined intervals, and the calculation result of the exercise intensity Y is stored in the storage unit 5 together with the time information measured by the timer unit 3. In addition, the arithmetic processing unit 1 determines that the measurement subject having the activity meter A is not active and is sleeping when the detection data of the acceleration sensor 2 is lower than a predetermined threshold level, and sleep time The bedtime and the wake-up time are obtained from the beginning and end of, and stored in the storage unit 5 as life information. In addition, when the person to be measured operates the input operation unit 3 and inputs that he is eating during a meal, the control function 12 of the arithmetic processing unit 1 stores the meal time in the storage unit 5 as life information. Thus, in the storage unit of the activity meter A, exercise information including the exercise intensity value and the time of the exercise performed by the measured person, and life information such as wake-up time, meal time, and bedtime are stored as activity information. Has been.

  The arithmetic processing unit 1 of the activity meter A reads the activity information (consisting of exercise information and life information) stored in the storage unit 5 at a predetermined transmission time interval (for example, every 30 minutes), and the read activity information The ID information of the user is transmitted from the communication unit 7 to the mobile phone D carried by the person to be measured. When the communication unit 53 of the mobile phone D receives the activity information transmitted from the activity meter A and the ID information of the activity meter A, the arithmetic processing unit 50 transmits the received activity information and ID information to the communication unit 52. To the server apparatus B via the Internet NT.

  On the other hand, in the server device B, the ID information of the activity meter A possessed by the person to be measured who has signed the service contract is registered in advance, and the activity information and ID information transmitted from the mobile phone D by the communication unit 31 are registered. Is received, the control function 33 of the arithmetic processing unit 30 determines whether or not the received ID information matches the registered ID information. If the ID information matches, the received activity information is converted to the individual activity meter A. The exercise time determination function 34 of the arithmetic processing unit 30 determines the recommended exercise time from the history of activity information (exercise information and life information) stored in the storage unit 32.

  Generally, the effect of exercise is thought to disappear after about 72 hours, so it is said that the effect of exercise therapy cannot be obtained unless exercise is continued at least once every 3 days or more than once a week. . Therefore, the exercise time determination function 34 of the arithmetic processing unit 30 determines a recommended time suitable for performing exercise based on the elapsed time from the previous exercise, for example, 72 hours from the previous exercise time. The time when the above has elapsed is judged as the recommended exercise period.

  In addition, the blood sugar level rises with meals, but it is thought that if you exercise along with the blood sugar level, it is possible to suppress the increase in blood sugar level by consuming blood sugar. It is said that it is effective to start exercising one hour later. Therefore, the exercise time determination function 34 of the arithmetic processing unit 30 reads the meal time from the life information stored in the storage unit 32 and obtains 1 hour after eating as the recommended exercise time.

  In addition, immediately after getting up, hydration and calorie intake are not performed during sleep, and the patient is hungry. In addition, it is generally said that it is better to avoid exercise on an empty stomach because blood flow worsens on an empty stomach and the risk of inducing arrhythmia increases. Therefore, the exercise time determination function 34 of the arithmetic processing unit 30 reads the wake-up time and the meal time from the life information stored in the storage unit 32, and the time when about 2 hours have elapsed after waking up after waking up is set as the recommended exercise time. Looking for.

  When the recommended time determined by the exercise time determination function 34 of the arithmetic processing unit 30 comes, the control function 33 of the arithmetic processing unit 30 sends a notification signal including the recommended exercise time information from the communication unit 31 to the same communication path as described above. Is transmitted to the activity meter A and the passive exercise equipment C. At this time, in the activity meter A, the control function 12 of the arithmetic processing unit 1 sets the recommended exercise time on the display unit 4 formed of a liquid crystal display based on the recommended exercise time information included in the notification signal received by the communication unit 7. Notify the recommended exercise time with letters or light, such as displaying a notification message or blinking a light emitting diode (not shown), and output a buzzer sound or a pre-registered voice message from the voice output unit 8 By doing so, the recommended exercise period is notified by sound. Further, in the passive exercise apparatus C, the control function 47 of the arithmetic processing unit 40 is registered in advance with, for example, a buzzer sound or the like from the audio output unit 8 based on the recommended exercise time information included in the notification signal received by the communication unit 42. The recommended exercise time is notified by sound and light, for example, by outputting a voice message or by blinking the lighting display unit 46 formed of a light emitting diode (not shown). Here, the display unit 4 and the voice output unit 8 of the activity meter A constitute a first notification unit, and the voice output unit 45 and the lighting display unit 46 of the passive exercise device C constitute a second notification unit. Composed.

  As described above, according to the present system, the person to be measured who has signed the service use contract has the information notified by sound or light from the activity meter A held by himself or the exercise equipment C installed at home. In addition, the time when the exercise effect can be obtained efficiently can be grasped, and as a result, the exercise can be performed by selecting the time when the exercise effect can be obtained efficiently.

  In addition, when the measured person operates the input operation unit 3 of the activity meter A and inputs a period during which he / she wants to know whether exercise is appropriate, the period during which the control function 12 of the arithmetic processing unit 1 is input by the input operation unit 3. And the ID information of the own device are transmitted from the communication unit 7, and the period information and the ID information are transmitted to the server apparatus B via the mobile phone D and the Internet NT. Then, when the communication unit 31 of the server device B receives the period information and ID information transmitted from the activity meter A, the exercise timing determination function 34 of the arithmetic processing unit 30 stores the storage unit 32 based on the received ID information. The activity information of the activity meter A is read from the activity information, and the time when the exercise is recommended is determined from the history of the activity information, the fitness of the exercise in the period indicated by the received period information is determined, and the determination result of the fitness of the exercise It transmits to activity meter A of the transmission source. In the activity meter A of the transmission source, when the communication unit 7 receives the determination result of the appropriateness of the exercise transmitted from the server device B via the Internet NT and the mobile phone D, the control function 12 of the arithmetic processing unit 1 performs the exercise. Since the determination result of the suitability is displayed on the display unit 4 and is output as a voice message or the like from the voice output unit 8, the person to be measured should exercise during that period based on this notification content. It can be judged whether it is good or not.

  It should be noted that a wide variety of different embodiments can be configured without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to a specific embodiment.

It is a schematic structure figure of an exercise support system of this embodiment. It is a schematic block diagram of the active mass meter used for the same as the above. It is a schematic block diagram of the server apparatus used for the same as the above. It is a schematic block diagram of the passive exercise apparatus used for the same as the above. It is a schematic block diagram of the mobile phone used for the same as the above. (A) (b) is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the calculation method of exercise intensity.

Explanation of symbols

A Activity meter B Server device C Passive motion equipment D Mobile phone NT Internet 1 Arithmetic processing unit 2 Acceleration sensor (activity information acquisition means)
4 Display section (first notification means)
5 storage unit (first storage means)
6 Timekeeping section (timekeeping means)
7 Communication unit (first transmission means, first reception means)
8 Audio output unit (first notification means)
11 Exercise index calculation function (activity information acquisition means)
30 arithmetic processing unit 34 exercise time determination function 34 (exercise time determination means)
31 Communication unit (second transmission means, second reception means)
32 storage section (second storage means)

Claims (3)

An activity meter and a server device connected to the activity meter via a network;
An activity meter that stores activity information acquisition means for acquiring activity information of the person to be measured, time measurement means for measuring time, and activity information acquired by the activity information acquisition means in association with time information of the time measurement means; 1 storage means, first transmission means for transmitting the activity information and time information stored in the first storage means to the server device via the network, and a notification signal transmitted from the server device via the network to the first And a first notification means for notifying the person to be measured of the recommended exercise timing information included in the notification signal when the receiving means receives
The server device includes: second receiving means for receiving activity information and time information transmitted from the activity meter via the network; second storage means for storing the received activity information and time information; From the history of activity information and time information stored in the storage means, exercise time determination means for determining the recommended time for exercise, and a notification signal including the recommended exercise time determined by the exercise time determination means to the activity meter via the network And a second transmission means for transmitting the exercise support system.   An exercise device connected to the server device via the network, wherein the second transmission means of the server device transmits the notification signal to the exercise device via the network, and transmits the network from the server device to the exercise device. A third receiving means for receiving a notification signal transmitted via the communication device and a second notification means for notifying a person to be measured of recommended exercise timing information included in the received notification signal are provided. The exercise support system according to Item 1.   The first notification means of the activity meter notifies whether or not the exercise is appropriate in the designated period based on the recommended exercise timing information included in the notification signal received from the server device. 2. The exercise support system according to 2.

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