JP2011194025A - Device and method for supporting exercise and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide: a device for displaying on a display part an exercise video under predetermined exercise load and an exercise video under exercise load smaller than the predetermined exercise load according to exercise load in which an exercising user can endure; a method for supporting exercise; and a program.SOLUTION: Lighter exercise video information corresponding to exercise focusing on posture is exercise video information representing the posture in which load on the body is smaller than that of general exercise video information. Similar to exercise focusing on movement, the general exercise video information and the lighter exercise video information are displayed on a display 4 by storing the lighter exercise video information indicating the posture in which the load on the body is smaller. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a user from being enforced to perform excessive exercise and the user can perform exercise by selectively seeing a video according to the exercise load in which the user can endure in the present condition.

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for displaying exercise content. More specifically, the present invention relates to a technique for displaying on a display unit an exercise image with a predetermined exercise load and an exercise image with an exercise load smaller than the predetermined exercise load.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2009-112732 discloses a system in which a person arranged in a three-dimensional space by CG (Computer Graphics) executes exercise motion including aerobic exercise and anaerobic exercise. Specifically, the exercise tempo that causes the user to perform a predetermined exercise is changed according to the physical strength of the user or the exercise load that the user can withstand. In addition, according to the physical strength of the user or the exercise load that the user can withstand, an exercise image in which a predetermined body part is operated is switched to a different exercise image and displayed on the display unit.

JP 2009-112732 A

  In the system disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2009-112732, the exercise image to be displayed is uniquely determined by the load that the user can withstand or the physical strength of the user. On the other hand, it is not necessarily preferable for a user who performs exercise that the exercise image to be displayed is uniquely determined. The physical strength of the user or the exercise load that the user can withstand varies depending on the situation. For users who are confident in physical strength, the same exercise may be displayed for a long time, but for general users, for example, when exercising for a long time or when physical strength falls greatly due to the physical condition of the day There is. In this case, by continuing to display the motion image uniquely determined by the system, the user may be forced to exercise excessively on the body, and content suitable for the user's physical strength or the exercise load that the user can endure is displayed. There was a problem that could not be provided.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems. An object of the present invention is to provide an exercise support apparatus and an exercise apparatus for displaying an exercise image of a predetermined exercise load and an exercise image having an exercise load smaller than the predetermined exercise load on a display unit depending on an exercise load that a user performing exercise can endure. It is to provide a support method and program.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an exercise support device for displaying exercise video information for operating a predetermined body part, the first corresponding to a posture-oriented exercise representing an operation for keeping the body part in a predetermined posture. A first storage unit that stores exercise image information and second exercise image information having a lower body load than the posture of the body part represented by the first exercise image information; and a user who exercises with the exercise support device An acquisition unit that acquires user information representing exercise experience, a first determination unit that determines exercise load based on the user information acquired by the acquisition unit, and the exercise load determined by the first determination unit are: A determination unit for determining whether or not the exercise load is smaller than a predetermined exercise load; and when the determination unit determines that the exercise load is smaller than the predetermined exercise load, the display unit displays the first exercise image information and the second exercise image information. Displayed When said judging unit has not been determined that the predetermined exercise load smaller by an exercise support device characterized by comprising a control unit for displaying the first motion image information to the display unit.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the second storage unit that stores the motion identification information for identifying the motion-oriented motion representing the motion that places importance on the intensity of the motion of the body part and the posture-oriented motion, A second determination unit for determining the exercise identification information to be displayed on the display unit from the exercise identification information stored in the second storage unit, and the exercise identification information determined by the second determination unit is When it is a posture-oriented exercise and the determination unit determines that the exercise load is smaller than a predetermined exercise load, the control unit causes the display unit to display the first exercise image information and the second exercise image information, When the exercise identification information determined by the second determination unit is the motion-oriented exercise and the determination unit determines that the exercise identification information is smaller than a predetermined exercise load, the control unit emphasizes the operation with a small exercise load. Table of motion movement The to video information and wherein the to be displayed on the display unit.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, the first storage unit stores exercise video information for operating a body part as exercise video information corresponding to the motion-oriented exercise, and the first determination unit includes the first determination unit, Based on the user information acquired by the acquisition unit, determine an exercise tempo for outputting the exercise video information, the exercise identification information determined by the second determination unit is the motion-oriented exercise, and When the determination unit determines that the exercise load is smaller than the predetermined exercise load, the control unit lowers the exercise tempo determined by the first determination unit by a predetermined value, and displays the video information indicating an operation with a low exercise load. It is displayed on the part.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the first storage unit includes, as the motion video information corresponding to the motion-oriented motion, third motion video information for moving a body part within a predetermined operating range, and the third motion information. Fourth motion video information that is an operating range narrower than the operating range of the body part represented by the motion video information, and the motion identification information determined by the second determination unit is a motion-oriented exercise, and When the determination unit determines that the load is smaller than the predetermined exercise load, the control unit causes the display unit to display the third exercise image information and the fourth exercise image information, and is determined by the second determination unit. The control unit causes the display unit to display the third exercise image information when the exercise identification information is an exercise that emphasizes motion and is determined by the determination unit to be greater than a predetermined exercise load. .

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the acquisition unit acquires the user information of a plurality of users participating in a lesson performing a predetermined exercise operation using the exercise video information displayed by the exercise support device. The first determining unit determines an exercise load operable for each user information of the participating user based on the user information of the participating user acquired by the acquiring unit, and the determining unit includes the first determining unit. It is determined whether there is at least one exercise load smaller than a predetermined exercise load among the exercise loads of the participating users determined by one determination unit, and the exercise load smaller than the predetermined exercise load is determined by the determination unit. When it is determined that there is at least one, the control unit causes the display unit to display the first motion video information and the second motion video information, and the determination unit performs a predetermined motion negative. When smaller exercise is not determined that at least one is, and wherein the displaying the first motion image information to the display unit.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an exercise support method for displaying exercise image information for operating a predetermined body part, wherein user information representing an exercise experience of a user who exercises is acquired by the exercise support device. An acquisition step; a first determination step for determining an operable exercise load based on the user information acquired by the acquisition step; and the exercise load determined by the first determination step is smaller than a predetermined exercise load A first exercise video information corresponding to a posture-oriented exercise representing an operation of keeping a body part in a predetermined posture when it is determined by the determination step to be smaller than a predetermined exercise load, , Stored in a first storage unit for storing second motion video information having a smaller physical load than the posture of the body part represented by the first motion video information The first motion video information and the second motion video information are displayed on the display unit, and the first motion video information is displayed on the display unit when it is not determined that the predetermined motion load is smaller than the predetermined motion load by the determination step. An exercise support method comprising: a control step.

  According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program for executing a computer included in an exercise support apparatus that displays exercise image information for operating a predetermined body part, and an exercise experience of a user who exercises with the exercise support apparatus An acquisition step for acquiring user information representing the following: a first determination step for determining an operable exercise load based on the user information acquired by the acquisition step; and an exercise load determined by the first determination step. A determination step for determining whether or not the exercise load is smaller than the predetermined exercise load, and a posture-oriented exercise representing an operation of keeping the body part in a predetermined posture when the determination step is determined to be less than the predetermined exercise load First motion image information to be performed and second motion image information having a smaller body load than the posture of the body part represented by the first motion image information When the first motion video information and the second motion video information stored in the first storage unit storing the information are displayed on the display unit, and it is not determined by the determination step that it is smaller than the predetermined motion load A control step of causing the computer of the exercise support apparatus to execute a control step of displaying the first exercise image information on a display unit.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the control unit displays the first exercise video information and the second exercise video information on the display unit when the determination unit determines that the predetermined exercise load is lower than the predetermined exercise load, and determines If the unit does not determine that the exercise load is smaller than the predetermined exercise load, the first exercise image information is displayed on the display unit. Therefore, the first exercise image information and the second exercise image information with a small load can be displayed for a user who is difficult to endure the predetermined exercise load. As a result, it is possible to prevent the user's body from being forced to exercise excessively, and to perform an exercise while selectively watching an image that fits the exercise load that the user can withstand at present.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the motion identification information determined by the second determination unit is a posture-oriented exercise and the determination unit determines that the predetermined exercise load is smaller than the control unit, The display unit displays the first motion video information and the second motion video information. When the exercise identification information determined by the second determining unit is an action-oriented exercise and the determination unit determines that the exercise identification information is smaller than the predetermined exercise load, the control unit represents the operation of the operation-oriented exercise with a low exercise load. Display video information on the display. As a result, it is possible to display an image of a posture with a small load in the case of posture-oriented exercise, and to display an image of an operation with a small load in the case of motion-oriented exercise. As a result, it is possible to prevent the user's body from being forced to exercise excessively, and to perform an exercise while selectively watching an image suitable for the exercise load that the user can withstand at present.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the motion identification information determined by the second determination unit is a motion-oriented exercise, and the determination unit determines that the predetermined exercise load is smaller than the control unit, A predetermined value is lowered from the exercise tempo determined by the first determination unit, and the information is displayed on the display unit as video information representing an operation with a low exercise load. In the case of motion-oriented exercise, if two images with different exercise tempos are displayed, it is difficult to synchronize both images. Therefore, when the exercise load that the user can withstand is lower than a predetermined load, both the first exercise image information and the second exercise image information are displayed in the case of posture-oriented exercise, and the exercise tempo in the case of operation-oriented exercise. A video showing low motion is displayed. As a result, it is possible to provide an image with a low exercise load in consideration of the characteristics of the exercise motion between the motion-oriented exercise and the posture-oriented exercise.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when the motion identification information determined by the second determination unit is a motion-oriented exercise and is determined by the determination unit to be smaller than a predetermined exercise load, the control unit is The third motion video information and the fourth motion video information are displayed on the display unit. When the motion identification information determined by the second determination unit is motion-oriented exercise and the determination unit determines that it is greater than the predetermined exercise load, the control unit displays the third motion video information on the display unit . In the case of motion-oriented exercise, there is a method of reducing the movable range of the body part as a method of reducing the exercise load. Compared to the method of reducing the exercise load by controlling the exercise tempo, the method of narrowing the movable range of the body part has both an image of exercise motion with a wide movable range and an image of exercise motion with a narrow movable range. Can be displayed. As a result, even in the case of motion-oriented exercise, the user can be prevented from being forced to exercise excessively, and the user can exercise by selectively watching an image that fits the exercise load that the user can withstand at present. it can.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, when the determination unit determines that there is at least one exercise load smaller than the predetermined exercise load, the control unit displays the first exercise image information and the second exercise on the display unit. Display video information. When the determination unit does not determine that there is at least one exercise load smaller than the predetermined exercise load, the first exercise image information is displayed on the display unit. As a result, it is possible to provide an exercise image according to a user who can withstand a small exercise load among the users participating in the exercise.

  According to the invention described in claim 6 or claim 7, when it is determined by the determination step that the control step is smaller than the predetermined exercise load, the first motion image information and the second motion image information are displayed on the display unit. When it is not determined that it is smaller than the predetermined exercise load by the determination step, the first exercise image information is displayed on the display unit. Therefore, the first exercise image information and the second exercise image information with a small load can be displayed for a user who is difficult to endure the predetermined exercise load. As a result, it is possible to prevent the user's body from being excessively exercised, and to perform an exercise while selectively watching an image suitable for the exercise load that the user can withstand at present.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is an external view of the exercise assistance apparatus 1 of 1st Embodiment to which this invention is applied. It is a block diagram which shows the electric constitution of the exercise assistance apparatus 1 of 1st Embodiment. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage state in which identification information is stored in an identification information storage area 72. FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage state in which exercise video information is stored in an exercise video information storage area 73. FIG. It is explanatory drawing explaining the detail of the exercise | movement image information used in 1st Embodiment. Fig.6 (a) is a conceptual diagram which shows the coordinate position of each body part of the person which the figure A shown in FIG. 5 represents. FIG. 6B is an explanatory diagram showing the coordinate positions of P1 to P17 representing each body part in FIG. 6A in order to display one predetermined motion of the figure A. It is explanatory drawing explaining the method of the two-dimensional image in this embodiment. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the display state by which the image obtained by affine transformation is displayed on the display 4. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage state in which music information is stored in a music information storage area 74. FIG. It is an example of the table which switches exercise | movement video information according to a participant's level. It is an example in which general exercise video information and reduced exercise video information are displayed on the display 4. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage state in which user information is temporarily stored in a user information temporary storage area 81. FIG. It is a conceptual diagram showing a storage state in which exercise list information is stored in an exercise list information temporary storage area. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a main operation in the exercise support device 1. It is a flowchart which performs the display process of the exercise assistance apparatus 1 according to a display process program. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the memory | storage state by which the identification information in 2nd Embodiment is memorize | stored in the identification information storage area 72. It is an example of the table which switches exercise | movement image information according to the level of the participant in 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which performs the display process of the exercise assistance apparatus 1 according to the display process program in 2nd Embodiment.

[First Embodiment]
A first embodiment in which the present invention is applied to an exercise support apparatus that outputs exercise content will be described with reference to the drawings.

<External configuration of the exercise support apparatus 1 of the first embodiment>
FIG. 1 is an external view of an exercise support apparatus 1 according to a first embodiment to which the present invention is applied. The exercise support device 1 includes a speaker 2, a speaker 3, a display 4, and an information input unit 5. The display 4 displays an exercise image 160. When the motion video 160 is displayed on the display 4, the music output together with the motion video 160 is output by the speakers 2 and 3. Using the information input unit 5, the user inputs information for selecting exercise and information for selecting music. For example, the information input unit 5 is a keyboard or a mouse. As shown in FIG. 1, the user 150 can exercise by watching the exercise image 160 displayed on the display 4. In the present embodiment, exercise video information output by the exercise support device 1 is viewed by one or more participants, and one or more participants perform exercise operation according to the exercise image information output by the exercise support device 1. A description will be given using an example.

<Electrical Configuration of Exercise Support Device 1 of First Embodiment>
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of the exercise support apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the exercise support apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment includes a CPU 6 that controls the exercise support apparatus 1. A speaker 2, a speaker 3, a display 4, an information input unit 5, an HDD 7, a RAM 8, and a network connection unit 9 are electrically connected to the CPU 6. The CPU 6 constitutes a computer that controls the operation of the exercise support apparatus 1 together with storage means such as the HDD 7 and the RAM 8. The network connection unit 9 communicates information with an external server or the like via the Internet.

  The HDD 7 includes a program information storage area 71, an identification information storage area 72, an exercise video information storage area 73, a music information storage area 74, and an exercise load table storage area 75.

  The program information storage area 71 includes a main operation program information storage area 711 and a display processing program information storage area 712. The main operation program information storage area 711 stores main operation program information for controlling the exercise support device 1. The main operation program information is a main operation program for operating the exercise support apparatus 1. The display processing program information storage area 712 stores display processing program information. The display processing program information is a program for outputting exercise video information and music performance information output as contents. The program may be downloaded from a predetermined server on the network, for example, or may be recorded on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM and read via the recording medium. good.

  The identification information storage area 72 stores a plurality of identification information. FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage state in which identification information is stored in the identification information storage area 72. The identification information is information for identifying specific exercise motion content. As shown in FIG. 3, in the identification information storage area 72, “march”, “front lunge”, “shoulder press” “quarter squat”, “upper arm stretch”,. “Pause” and the like are stored. In addition, the code which identifies each exercise | movement action may be memorize | stored as identification information.

  Furthermore, exercise type information is stored in the identification information storage area 72. The exercise type information is information representing the type of exercise. In other words, the exercise type information is information for classifying each exercise operation by the feature of the exercise operation. In the first embodiment, motion-oriented exercise and posture-oriented exercise are stored in the identification information storage area 72 as information for roughly classifying exercise types. The movement-oriented exercise is an exercise in which it is important to move each body part. For example, aerobic exercise or anaerobic exercise shown below. On the other hand, posture-oriented exercise is an exercise in which it is important to keep a predetermined posture. For example, the following stretch or yoga.

  In order to classify motion-oriented exercises in more detail, in the first embodiment, aerobic exercise and anaerobic exercise are stored in the identification information storage area 72 as exercise type information. Similar to the motion-oriented exercise, in order to classify the posture-oriented exercise in more detail, in the first embodiment, stretch and yoga are stored in the identification information storage area 72 as exercise type information. As shown in FIG. 3, the above-described exercise type information is stored in the identification information storage area 72 in association with identification information corresponding to each exercise type. The identification information storage area 72 of this embodiment is an example of the second storage unit of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 3, “march”, “front lunge”, etc. are stored in association with the exercise type information “aerobic exercise” as identification information corresponding to the exercise type information “aerobic exercise”. Is done. Further, “shoulder press”, “chest press”, etc. are stored in association with the exercise type information “anoxic exercise” as identification information corresponding to the exercise type information “anaerobic exercise”. As the identification information corresponding to the exercise type information “stretch”, “upper arm stretch”, “neck stretch”, etc. are stored in association with the exercise type information “stretch”. Further, as identification information corresponding to the exercise type information “yoga”, “cuckoo pose”, “sun worship pose”, etc. are stored in association with the exercise type information “yoga”.

  Specifically, aerobic exercise includes step exercise. “March”, “front lunge”, “back lunge”, “side step” and the like shown in FIG. 3 are examples of the step motion. The step exercise can be executed as an effective aerobic exercise by being executed at an appropriate exercise tempo for each user. The step exercise is an exercise mainly using the legs and repeating the same pattern for a certain period. Effective aerobic exercise is exercise that can continue without undue fatigue while taking oxygen into the body (eg, step exercise and jogging). Aerobic exercise is exercise that exceeds the minimum exercise intensity at which fat is easily combusted. When the tempo is below an appropriate tempo, for example, when the tempo is slow, the exercise intensity is weak, and the effect as an aerobic exercise may not be obtained. Further, even when the tempo is higher than the appropriate tempo, for example, when the tempo is fast, there is a possibility that the exercise intensity is strong and the effect as an aerobic exercise does not appear and an anaerobic exercise is caused. In this case, the user feels excessive fatigue, and not only cannot continue the exercise for a long time, but also may not obtain the effect as an aerobic exercise. In the first embodiment, an exercise tempo (Beat Per Minutes: BPM) can be set for each piece of identification information. Therefore, it is possible to cause each user to execute a step exercise at an appropriate exercise tempo. Therefore, the step exercise can be executed as an aerobic exercise at an appropriate exercise tempo for each user.

  Moreover, specifically, anaerobic exercise includes strength training exercise. “Squat” shown in FIG. 3 is an example of a strength training exercise using legs. The strength training exercise can be switched between a strength training exercise for applying endurance and a strength training exercise for applying instantaneous force by changing the exercise tempo for executing the strength training. The exercise tempo is changed for each user depending on the purpose of strength training, such as whether to apply endurance or instantaneous power. By changing the exercise tempo, the strength training exercise can change the purpose of the strength training. The strength training exercise using a barbell such as “shoulder press” or “chest press” shown in FIG. 3 is an example of the strength training exercise.

  Stretching is an exercise for stretching each body part of a person. There are stretches associated with human body parts, such as “upper arm stretch” and “neck stretch” shown in FIG. Yoga is an exercise that holds a human body part in a predetermined posture. Yoga is an exercise that moves the body by holding a variety of poses by the human body.

  The motion video information storage area 73 stores motion video information. The motion video information is a video corresponding to the motion motion represented by each identification information. In the first embodiment, general exercise video information and reduced exercise information are stored in the exercise video information storage area 73 in association with identification information as exercise video information. FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage state in which exercise video information is stored in the exercise video information storage area 73. As shown in FIG. 4, general motion video information “March video A” and reduced motion video information “March video B” are stored in the motion video information storage area 73 as motion video information corresponding to the identification information “March”. Is done. Similarly, general motion video information “shoulder press video A” and reduced motion video information “shoulder press video B” are stored in the motion video information storage area 73 as motion video information corresponding to the identification information “shoulder press”. The The details of the motion video information used in the first embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. The motion image information storage area 73 of this embodiment is an example of the first storage unit of the present invention.

  FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating details of the motion video information used in the first embodiment. In the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, a figure A representing a human figure is displayed on the display 4 by three-dimensional CG (Computer Graphics). The movement image 160 shown in FIG. 1 is displayed when the figure A performs a predetermined movement operation. Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 5, the details of the motion image 160 used in the first embodiment will be described.

  First, in order to display the figure A by the three-dimensional CG, the three-dimensional virtual space 60 is secured in a predetermined storage area of the RAM 8 by the CPU 6 according to a program. The three-dimensional virtual space 60 of the first embodiment is defined as coordinate data based on the XYZ coordinate axes 65. Specifically, the figure A or the like arranged in the three-dimensional virtual space 60 is defined as coordinate data based on the XYZ coordinate axes 65.

  Further, various “●” (black circles in the figure) installed in the three-dimensional virtual space 60 are viewpoints for displaying the figure A on the display 4. Each viewpoint is arranged at 24 fixed positions shown in FIG. A virtual camera is arranged at each viewpoint. An image captured by the virtual camera is displayed on the display 4 so that an exercise image 160 is displayed. A predetermined shooting direction 62 (gaze direction) and angle of view (vertical angle of view θ1, horizontal angle of view θ2) are set in the virtual camera. The number of viewpoints arranged in the three-dimensional virtual space 60 is an example. The number of viewpoints can be arbitrarily increased or decreased. In the first embodiment, it is assumed that a captured video is displayed on the display 4 from the virtual camera 61 arranged at a predetermined viewpoint shown in FIG.

  Fig.6 (a) is a conceptual diagram which shows the coordinate position of each body part of the person which the figure A shown in FIG. 5 represents. Based on the coordinate position of each body part shown in FIG. 6A, the figure A is generated. P1 to P17 in FIG. 6A represent the body parts of the figure A. FIG. 6B is an explanatory diagram showing the coordinate positions of P1 to P17 representing each body part in FIG. 6A in order to display one predetermined motion of the figure A. By displaying a plurality of images representing the coordinate positions shown in FIG. 6B on the display 4 in succession, an image of a person performing a predetermined exercise is displayed on the display 4.

  Here, a process of photographing the inside of the three-dimensional virtual space 60 with a virtual camera and generating a two-dimensional image will be briefly described. In the first embodiment, the process of converting the figure A arranged in the three-dimensional virtual space 60 into a two-dimensional image is performed by a series of coordinate conversion processes based on affine transformation. The affine transformation is a transformation method that is used for two-dimensional coordinate transformation and combines linear transformation such as enlargement, reduction, inversion, and parallel movement. By using the affine transformation, coordinates (for example, local coordinates) set for each object arranged in the three-dimensional virtual space 60 are sequentially converted into world coordinates, view coordinates, screen coordinates, and device coordinates to obtain two. Dimensional coordinates can be used. Thereby, an image in which the object is viewed from the viewpoint can be generated. Specific processing of coordinate transformation by this affine transformation is known. Hereinafter, an outline of a series of processes until the coordinates of the figure A arranged in the three-dimensional virtual space 60 are converted into device coordinates will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the figure A is coordinate data based on XYZ coordinate axes 65, which are important body parts (indicated by black circles in the figure) such as the head, chest, right hand, left hand, various legs, and the like. Is defined as The coordinates of each of these body parts are defined by XYZ coordinate axes 65, respectively. The details of the body are further defined by coordinate data based on each of these body parts, and the texture mapping technique expressed by known texture mapping or the like is a known technique. For the sake of simplification, detailed description is omitted.

  The coordinates of the XYZ coordinate axis 65 (world coordinate system) defining the three-dimensional virtual space 60 are converted into the coordinates of the view coordinate system 66 with the position coordinate of the viewpoint position of the virtual camera 61 as the origin. Then, a planar virtual screen 68 is defined in the three-dimensional virtual space 60 defined as the coordinates of the view coordinate system 66. Then, an image of the figure A seen through the virtual screen 68 from the virtual camera 61 is formed on the virtual screen 68. Specifically, in the view coordinate system 66, a virtual line (indicated by a one-dot chain line in the figure) connecting the virtual camera 61 and each body part of the figure A intersects the virtual screen 68 with respect to the coordinates of each body part of the figure A. Convert to point coordinates (screen coordinates).

  The coordinates of each body part of the figure A thus converted into the coordinates on the virtual screen 68 are still defined as three-dimensional coordinates in the view coordinate system 66 at this point, and are then converted to the coordinates of the two-dimensional plane. Convert to The coordinates (device coordinates) on the two-dimensional virtual screen 69 indicated by the device coordinate system 67 having a size for displaying the coordinates (screen coordinates) on the virtual screen 68 indicated by the view coordinate system 66 on the display 4 described above. Convert to

  With the above affine transformation, an image in which the figure A is projected on the virtual screen 68 viewed from the viewpoint arranged in the three-dimensional virtual space 60 can be obtained. An image acquired by the affine transformation is displayed on the display 4 as a motion image 160.

  FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram showing a display state in which an image obtained by the affine transformation is displayed on the display 4. Specifically, it is a conceptual diagram showing a display state in which video information corresponding to the motion information “March” in FIG. 3 is read from the motion video information storage area 73 and displayed on the display 4. The numbers “1” to “16” in FIG. 8 represent the order of images displayed on the display 4. As the images corresponding to “1” to “16” in FIG. 8 are continuously displayed on the display 4, the motion “March” is executed once as an image. The image obtained by the affine transformation is read and displayed on the display 4 as many times as the exercise “march” is executed.

  The reduced exercise video information corresponding to the motion-oriented exercise of the first embodiment is an exercise in which the movable range of the body part is smaller than the general exercise video information. The movement having a large movable range is a movement in which the displacement of the position coordinate in the three-dimensional space in which the figure A is movable is larger than a predetermined displacement in the time series. The movement with a small movable range is a movement in which the displacement of the position coordinates on the three-dimensional space in which the figure A is movable is smaller than a predetermined displacement in the time series. The predetermined displacement is a value set as appropriate. In the first embodiment, first, general motion video information is generated using the figure A. Next, on the XYZ coordinate axis 65, a motion image in which the change in position coordinates of each body part is smaller than the general motion image information is generated as reduced motion image information.

  For example, in the case of the identification information “March”, it is assumed that exercise video information in which an arm and a leg are operated as a body part of the figure A is generated as general exercise video information. Specifically, the position coordinates corresponding to “left shoulder”, “left elbow”, “left hand”, “right shoulder”, “right elbow”, and “right hand” shown in FIG. Will be changed along. In addition, the position coordinates corresponding to “left knee”, “left heel”, “left toe”, “right knee”, “right heel”, and “right toe” shown in FIG. Will be changed along.

  The reduced exercise video information corresponding to the identification information “March” has a smaller movable range of each body part than the general exercise video information of the identification information “March” described above. Specifically, in the identification information “March”, the amount of change in the arm position coordinates in the reduced motion video information is smaller than the amount of change in the arm position coordinates in the general motion video information. In addition, the change amount of the leg position coordinates of the reduced motion video information is smaller than the change amount of the leg position coordinates of the general motion video information. Note that the change amount of the leg position coordinates of the general motion video information and the change amount of the leg position coordinates of the reduced motion video information are substantially the same, and the arm of the reduced motion video information may not be operated. Not being operated indicates that there is no change in the position coordinates of the arm. As described above, in this embodiment, an exercise operation with a small movable range is an exercise operation in which a change in position coordinates of a body part is small compared to an exercise operation with a large movable range. In addition, an exercise operation with a small movable range is an exercise operation with no change in position coordinates of a predetermined body part, compared with an exercise operation with a large movable range. As described above, the reduced exercise video information with a small movable range is stored, so that the general exercise video information and the reduced exercise video information can be displayed on the display 4. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the user's body from being forced to exercise excessively, and to perform an exercise while selectively watching an image suitable for the exercise load that the user can withstand at present.

  On the other hand, the reduced motion video information corresponding to the posture-oriented motion of the first embodiment is motion video information representing a posture with a lower physical load than general motion video information. Compared with the general exercise video information, the reduced exercise video information in the posture-oriented exercise is an exercise with a smaller load on the muscle strength of each body part to maintain the posture. Similar to the motion-oriented exercise, the reduced exercise video information indicating the posture with a small load on the body is stored, so that the general exercise video information and the reduced exercise video information can be displayed on the display 4. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the user's body from being forced to exercise excessively, and to perform an exercise while selectively watching an image suitable for the exercise load that the user can withstand at present.

  In addition, the user of the exercise support apparatus 1 can generate new exercise content by newly updating the identification information or exercise image information stored in the identification information storage region 72 or the exercise image information storage region 73. The identification information stored in the identification information storage area 72 or the exercise video information stored in the exercise video information storage area 73 may be acquired from an external server connected via a network. In this case, the identification information acquired from the external server is stored in the identification information storage area 72. In addition, the motion video information acquired from the external server is stored in the motion video information storage area 73.

  FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage state in which music information is stored in the music information storage area 74. The music information storage area 74 stores music information and music performance information in association with each other. The music information is information representing a music. For example, the music information is a music name. In other words, the music information is identification information for identifying music. As shown in FIG. 9, “AA” and “BB” representing each song are stored in the song information storage area 74 as song information. The music information may be an identification code representing each music. The artist name is stored in the music information storage area 74 in association with the music information.

  The music performance information is performance information for outputting the music performance information from the speakers 2 and 3. As shown in FIG. 9, “AA performance.midi” is stored in the music information storage area 74 as music performance information as music performance information corresponding to the music information “AA”. In the first embodiment, MIDI data is stored in the music information storage area 74 as music performance information. The music performance information stored in the music information storage area 74 is newly updated, so that the user of the exercise support device 1 can generate new exercise content. Although MIDI data is stored in the first embodiment, music performance information other than MIDI data may be stored. Note that the music information or the music performance information stored in the music information storage area 74 may be acquired from an external server connected via a network. In this case, music information or music performance information acquired from the external server is stored in the music information storage area 74.

  The music information storage area 74 further stores a music tempo (Beat Per Minutes: BPM) in association with the music performance information. The music information or the music tempo is used as a search key for searching for desired music performance information. In other words, the music tempo indicates the speed at which the music performance information is output.

  The exercise load table storage area 75 stores an exercise load table. The exercise load table is a table for determining exercise video information to be displayed on the display 4 based on user information. FIG. 10 is an example of an exercise load table for switching exercise image information according to the level of the participant. The exercise load table is composed of levels and exercise video information associated with each level.

  In the first embodiment, “advanced level”, “intermediate level”, and “beginner level” are set as levels. Specifically, the number of participants for each “advanced level”, “intermediate level”, and “beginner level” is determined from user information to be described later. The number of participants is the number of participants in the lesson output by the exercise support device 1. In the present embodiment, exercise video information output by the exercise support device 1 is viewed by one or more participants, and one or more participants perform exercise operation according to the exercise image information output by the exercise support device 1. It is an example to do. If there is even one participant at each level, it is determined as “participation”. If there are no participants at each level, it is determined that there is no participation. Details of the method of determining the participants at each level will be described later.

  Based on the determined participants at each level, exercise video information output by the exercise support device 1 is determined. The exercise image information to be output is determined based on the exercise load table shown in FIG. In the first embodiment, exercise video information is determined in accordance with a participant whose level is low. In other words, the exercise load is determined according to the participant whose level is low. For example, in the case of only advanced level participants, it is determined that the exercise load is large. In accordance with the determination that the exercise load is large, the general exercise video information is displayed on the display 4 as the main video, and the exercise video information is not displayed on the sub video. On the other hand, in the case of only the beginner level participants, it is determined that exercise load is small. According to the determination that the exercise load is small, the reduced exercise image information is displayed on the display 4 as the main image, and the exercise image information is not displayed on the sub image. Except for advanced level participants or only beginner level participants, there are at least intermediate level participants or both advanced and beginner level participants Is the case. In this case, it is determined that the exercise load is small in consideration of the exercise load that the intermediate level participant and the beginner level participant can withstand. General motion video information is displayed as the main video, and reduced motion video information is displayed as the sub video. FIG. 11 is an example in which general exercise video information and reduced exercise video information are displayed on the display 4. As shown in FIG. 11, a main video display area 41 and a sub video display area 42 are generated on the display 4. In the main video display area 41, the main video determined by the above-described method is displayed. The sub video display area 42 displays the sub video determined by the above-described method. When only the main video is displayed, the main video display area 41 is generated, but the sub video display area 42 is not generated. In the case of only the beginner level participants, the general exercise video information may be displayed as the main video and the reduced exercise video information may be displayed as the sub video on the display 4 according to the determination that the exercise load is small. . Therefore, intermediate-level users and beginner-level users can perform exercises by selectively viewing general exercise video information and reduced exercise video information for images that are suitable for exercise load that the user can withstand at present. it can.

  The RAM 8 includes a user information temporary storage area 81 and an exercise list information temporary storage area 82. The user information temporary storage area 81 temporarily stores user information. FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage state in which user information is temporarily stored in the user information temporary storage area 81. As shown in FIG. 12, the user information includes lesson participant information and experience information. The lesson participant information is information for identifying a user who participates in a lesson of the exercise support apparatus 1. As shown in FIG. 12, the lesson participant information includes user identification information, name, and age. The user identification information is information for identifying each user who uses the exercise support apparatus 1. For example, the user of the exercise support apparatus 1 is identified by a predetermined code as user identification information. The name is the name of the user represented by the user identification information. The age is the age of the user represented by the user identification information.

  Experience information is information which shows a user's experience about each exercise | movement type information mentioned above. Specifically, the participation frequency and level for each type of exercise information are stored in the user information temporary storage area 81 as experience information. The number of participations is the number of times each user has performed an exercise operation corresponding to each type of exercise information by the exercise support device 1 so far. The level is information indicating the degree of experience of each type of exercise information for each user. The larger the degree of experience, the richer the experience of that type of exercise. Such user information may be directly input by the information input unit 5 of the exercise support apparatus. Alternatively, each user may hold an ID card in which user information is stored, and the user information may be read out by an ID card reader provided in the exercise support apparatus 1. Moreover, lesson participant information may be input by the exercise support apparatus 1 and experience information may be acquired from an external server connected via a network. In the present embodiment, the level is set to 1 when the participation count is 0 or more and less than 10 times. When the number of participation is 10 or more and less than 20, the level is set to 2. If the number of participation is 20 or more, the level is set to 3. Participants with level 1 are set as the beginner level. Participants with level 2 are set as intermediate levels. Participants with level 3 are set as advanced levels. The number of participations and the level may be determined for each piece of identification information indicating each exercise action. The user information temporary storage area 81 of this embodiment is an example of the acquisition unit of the present invention.

  The exercise list information temporary storage area 82 stores exercise list information. FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage state in which exercise list information is stored in the exercise list information temporary storage area 82. As illustrated in FIG. 13, the exercise list information includes an exercise name, music information, identification information, an exercise tempo, the number of repetitions, and an identification number. The exercise list information may be acquired from an external server and temporarily stored in the exercise list information temporary storage area 82.

  The exercise names shown in FIG. 13 include “warming up”, “main exercise”, and “cool down”. In general, exercise is performed in the order of “warming up”, “main exercise”, and “cool down”. Also in the exercise support device 1 of the first embodiment, exercises are executed in the order of “warming up”, “main exercise”, and “cool down” in the higher rank of the exercise list information. “Warming up”, “main exercise”, and “cool down” shown in FIG. 13 may be directly input by the information input unit 5 of the exercise support device 1. In addition, “warming up”, “main exercise”, and “cool down” may be set in advance. In the first embodiment, exercise video information corresponding to the identification information is output in order from the identification information positioned higher than the exercise list information. Specifically, motion video information is output in the order of “half squat”, “quarter squat”, “march”, “front lunge”,.

  The exercise list information includes identification information. As the identification information constituting the exercise list information, a desired number of identification information is selected by the user from the identification information shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 13, the warm-up includes “half squat” and “quarter squat” as identification information. In the example of FIG. 13, the main exercise includes identification information such as “march”, “front lunge”, “knee up”, “back lunge”, “dead lift”, “cuckoo pose”, and “meditation pose”. Is comprised. In the example of FIG. 13, the cool-down includes “thigh stretch” and “calf stretch” as identification information.

  The exercise tempo is an exercise tempo at which identification information constituting exercise list information is executed. In other words, it is the speed at which the motion corresponding to the identification information is performed. The exercise tempo is set by the user of the exercise support apparatus 1. In the first embodiment, the exercise tempo is not set for the posture-oriented exercise. This is because it is important to maintain a predetermined posture in the posture-oriented exercise, and the tempo for exercise is not important. For this reason, in the case of posture-oriented exercise, exercise video information is output in accordance with a tempo determined in advance for each posture holding exercise. For this reason, the user cannot set the exercise tempo of the identification information corresponding to the posture-oriented exercise in the exercise list information. Therefore, in the exercise list, the exercise tempo of the posture-oriented exercise is registered as “Null”. The number of repetitions is the number of times the identification information constituting the exercise list information is repeated. The number of repetitions is set by the user of the exercise support apparatus 1.

  The music information constituting the exercise list information is selected by the user from the music information stored in the music information storage area 74. For each piece of identification information in the exercise list information shown in FIG. 13, desired music information is assigned by the user. FIG. 13 shows an example in which music information is assigned to each exercise name, but the present invention is not particularly limited to this. Music information may be assigned for each piece of motion information. Further, the same music information may be assigned to a plurality of exercises. Further, the same music information may be assigned to a plurality of pieces of identification information. “TT”, “MM”, and “CC” shown in FIG. 13 are examples of music information.

The identification number is order information indicating the order of exercise motion output by the exercise support apparatus 1.
In the first embodiment, identification numbers such as “1”, “2”, and “3” are assigned in order from the identification information located at the top of the exercise list information shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 13, the identification information corresponding to the identification number “1” is “half squat”. The identification information corresponding to the identification number “2” is “quarter squat”. The identification information corresponding to the identification number “3” is “March”. The exercise support device 1 executes the exercise operation corresponding to the identification information in the order of the smaller identification numbers (“1” → “2” → “3”). When the identification information is selected by the user from the exercise list information, the identification number is automatically given in order from the identification information located at the upper level.

<Description of Operation of Exercise Support Device 1 of First Embodiment>
The operation and action of the exercise support apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, operation | movement and an effect | action of the exercise assistance apparatus 1 are demonstrated with reference to an accompanying drawing. FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of the main operation in the exercise support apparatus 1. The main operation is performed by the CPU 6 executing the main operation program when an external power source such as a commercial power source and the exercise support apparatus 1 are connected via a power source or an outlet. The processing shown below is processed by the CPU 6.

  In the exercise support apparatus 1, first, in step S <b> 101, it is determined whether the power switch of the apparatus is turned on by the user. Step S101 is repeated until it is determined that the power switch is turned on. The power switch may be a hardware switch or a power switch operated by software.

  In step S102, it is determined whether or not the user 150 has instructed to start a lesson. Specifically, it is determined whether or not an instruction to start a lesson is input using the information input unit 5. When it is determined that there is an instruction to start a lesson, step S103 is executed. If it is not determined that there is an instruction to start a lesson, step S108 is executed.

  In step S103, lesson participant information is acquired. Specifically, user information temporarily stored in the user information temporary storage area 81 is acquired. In the first embodiment, a user 150 who participates in a lesson of the exercise support apparatus 1 sequentially registers user information using the information input unit 5. The registered user information is temporarily stored in the user information temporary storage area 81. Similarly, when each user holds an ID card storing user information and the user information is read by an ID card reader provided in the exercise support apparatus 1, the user information is sequentially stored in the user information temporary storage area 81. Is remembered. Alternatively, lesson participant information may be input by the exercise support device 1, experience information may be acquired from an external server connected via a network, and user information may be stored in the user information temporary storage area 81 sequentially. User information stored in the user information temporary storage area 81 is acquired. Step S103 of this embodiment is an example of an acquisition step of the present invention.

  In step S104, the exercise load is determined based on the user information. In the first embodiment, the general exercise video information and the reduced exercise video information are displayed on the display 4. In step S104, the exercise load that the participant can withstand is determined according to the level of the participant participating in the lesson. This is a process of automatically switching the display of general exercise video information and reduced exercise video information according to the determined exercise load. In the first embodiment, exercise video information is determined in accordance with a participant whose level is low. In other words, the exercise load is determined according to the participant whose level is low. First, the number of participants for each “advanced level”, “intermediate level”, and “beginner level” in FIG. 10 is determined from the user information acquired in step 103. If there is even one participant at each level, it is determined as “participation”. If there are no participants at each level, it is determined that there is no participation. Specifically, flag information indicating “with participation” or “without participation” at each level is temporarily stored in a predetermined storage area of the RAM 8. Next, display information to be displayed on the display 4 is determined based on the flag information of “with participation” or “without participation” at each level and the table information shown in FIG. For example, in the case of only advanced level participants, general exercise video information is displayed on the display 4 as the main video. On the other hand, in the case of only the beginner level participants, the reduced exercise video information is displayed on the display 4 as the main video. Unless there are only advanced level participants or only beginner level participants, there will be at least intermediate level participants or both advanced and beginner level participants. is there. In this case, in consideration of the exercise load that can be withstood by intermediate level participants and beginner level participants, general exercise video information is displayed as a main video and reduced exercise video information is displayed as a sub video. The computer of this embodiment and step S104 are an example of the 1st determination part of this invention. Step S104 of the present embodiment is an example of a first determination step of the present invention.

  In step S105, exercise list information executed by the exercise support apparatus 1 is generated. In the first embodiment, exercise list information is generated by selecting desired identification information from the identification information shown in FIG. The exercise list information may be acquired from an external server and temporarily stored in the exercise list information temporary storage area 82. The computer of this embodiment and step S105 are an example of the 2nd determination part of this invention.

  In step S106, a display process is executed. The display process is a process for displaying the general exercise video information and the reduced exercise video information of the first embodiment. Details of the display process will be described later.

  In step S107, it is determined whether the power switch is turned off by the user. If the power switch is not turned off, step S102 is executed again. If the power switch is turned off, the process returns to step S101 and step S101 is executed again.

  In step S108, it is determined whether or not the participant of the lesson output by the exercise support device 1 has been registered. Specifically, in the first embodiment, a user 150 who participates in a lesson of the exercise support apparatus 1 sequentially registers user information using the information input unit 5. Similarly, when each user holds an ID card storing user information and the user information is read by an ID card reader provided in the exercise support apparatus 1, the user information is registered sequentially. When it is determined that the participant of the lesson output by the exercise support device 1 is registered (step S108: YES), step S109 is executed. When it is not determined that the participant of the lesson output by the exercise support device 1 has been registered (step S108: NO), step S107 is executed.

  In step S109, the user information registered in step S108 is temporarily stored in the user information temporary storage area 81. Similarly, when each user holds an ID card storing user information and the user information is read by an ID card reader provided in the exercise support apparatus 1, the user information is sequentially stored in the user information temporary storage area 81. Is remembered. Alternatively, lesson participant information may be input by the exercise support device 1, experience information may be acquired from an external server connected via a network, and user information may be stored in the user information temporary storage area 81 sequentially.

(Display processing)
FIG. 15 is a flowchart for executing display processing of the exercise support apparatus 1 according to the display processing program. First, in step S201, the total number of identification information included in the exercise list information stored in the exercise list information temporary storage area 82 is determined as the total number of identifications. The determined total identification number is temporarily stored in a predetermined storage area of the RAM 8. Specifically, the total number of identifications is the number of identification information in the exercise list information shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 13, the number of identification information registered in the exercise list information is eleven. Therefore, the total identification number is determined as “11”. The determined total identification number is temporarily stored in a predetermined storage area of the RAM 8. The value of the total identification number is equal to the largest identification number in the exercise list information.

  In step S202, an initial value is set. In the first embodiment, “N = 1” is set as an initial value. “N” is an identification number of identification information currently operated by the exercise support apparatus 1. In the first embodiment, identification numbers such as “1”, “2”, and “3” are assigned in order from the identification information located at the top of the exercise list information shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 13, the identification information corresponding to the identification number “1” is “half squat”. The identification information corresponding to the identification number “2” is “quarter squat”. The identification information corresponding to the identification number “3” is “March”. Initially, the identification information corresponding to the identification number “1” is executed. Therefore, “N = 1” is set as the initial value. The value set as “N” is temporarily stored in a predetermined storage area of the RAM 8.

  In step S203, it is determined whether the value of “N” is larger than the total number of identifications. The value of “N” being larger than the total number of identifications indicates that the execution of the exercise operation corresponding to all the identification information included in the exercise list information has been completed. On the other hand, that the value of “N” is not larger than the total number of identifications indicates that the execution of the exercise operation corresponding to all the identification information included in the exercise list information has not ended. When it is determined in step S203 that the value of “N” is greater than the total number of identifications (step S203: Yes), the display process ends. When it is not determined that the value of “N” is greater than the total number of identifications (step S203: No), step S204 is executed.

  In step S <b> 204, exercise video information corresponding to the “N” th identification information is acquired from the exercise video information storage area 73. Specifically, according to the exercise load determined in step S104, exercise video information of either general exercise video information and reduced exercise video information or either general exercise video information and reduced exercise video information. Is acquired. For example, in the case of only advanced level participants, general exercise video information corresponding to the “N” th identification information is acquired from the exercise video information storage area 73. On the other hand, in the case of only the beginner level participants, reduced exercise video information corresponding to the “N” th identification information is acquired from the exercise video information storage area 73. Except for those who are only at the advanced level, or those who are only at the beginner level, there are at least intermediate level participants, or there are participants corresponding to the advanced and beginner levels. Is the case. In this case, the general exercise video information and the reduced exercise video information are acquired from the exercise video information storage area 73 in consideration of the exercise load that can be withstood by the intermediate level participants and the beginner level participants. The computer of this embodiment and step S204 are an example of the determination unit of the present invention. Step S204 of the present embodiment is an example of a determination step of the present invention.

  In step S205, identification information corresponding to the value of “N” is determined from the exercise list information. When the identification information is “March”, the music information corresponding to “March” is determined from the exercise list information. When the value of “N” is “3”, the identification information “March” corresponding to the identification number “3” is determined. As shown in FIG. 13, the music information corresponding to the identification information “March” is music information “MM”. Therefore, the music information corresponding to the identification information “March” is determined as “MM”. The determined music information is temporarily stored in a predetermined storage area of the RAM 8.

  In step S206, music performance information corresponding to the music information determined in step S205 is determined. When the music information determined in step S205 is “MM”, “MM performance.midi” is determined from the music performance information shown in FIG. The determined music performance information is acquired from the music information storage area 74. The acquired music performance information is temporarily stored in a predetermined storage area of the RAM 8.

  In step S207, the motion video information and music performance information acquired in steps S204 and S206 are output. Specifically, the motion video information and the music performance information acquired in step S204 and step S206 are read from a predetermined storage area of the RAM 8. The read music performance information is output by the speaker 2 and the speaker 3. In addition, exercise video information and music performance information are output according to the exercise tempo associated with the identification information in the exercise list information. Each image shown in FIG. 8 is displayed on the display 4 in accordance with the tempo of the exercise tempo. The music performance information is output from the speakers 2 and 3 according to the exercise tempo. When the music performance information is MIDI data, it is output from the speakers 2 and 3 according to the tempo of the exercise tempo. Note that the playback speed at which the music performance information is played back may be determined according to the exercise tempo. In this case, music performance information is output at the determined playback speed. As described above, the exercise video information and the music performance information are output according to the exercise tempo, so that the user 150 can exercise in accordance with the exercise tempo. These pieces of exercise video information are repeatedly displayed for the number of repetitions set in the exercise information list. Further, the main video is displayed in the main video display area 41 and the sub video is displayed in the sub video display area 42 according to the determined exercise load. The computer of this embodiment and step S207 are an example of the control part of this invention. Step S207 of the present embodiment is an example of a control step of the present invention.

  In step S208, it is determined whether or not the output of the motion video information corresponding to the identification information whose identification number is “N” has ended. If it is not determined that the process has been completed, step S208 is repeatedly executed. When it is determined that the process has ended, step S209 is executed.

  In step S209, “1” is added to the identification number “N”. The identification number “N” added with “1” is temporarily stored in a predetermined storage area of the RAM 8. Thus, by adding “1” to the identification number “N”, the identification information in the exercise list information can be executed in the order of the identification numbers.

[Second Embodiment]
A second embodiment in which the present invention is applied to an exercise support apparatus that outputs exercise content will be described with reference to the drawings. Since the basic configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment, differences from the first embodiment will be described in detail below.

  In the first embodiment, motion video information representing a posture with a smaller physical load than general motion video information is used as the reduced motion video information. In the second embodiment, general posture video information and reduced exercise video information are used for posture-oriented exercise, as in the first embodiment. On the other hand, with regard to the movement-oriented exercise, in the second embodiment, both the general exercise image and the reduced exercise image are not displayed on the display 4, and the exercise operation in which the tempo value of the exercise tempo is reduced by a predetermined value is displayed. 4 is displayed. Hereinafter, differences from the second embodiment will be described in detail.

<Electric Configuration of Exercise Support Device 1 of Second Embodiment>
FIG. 16 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage state in which the identification information in the second embodiment is stored in the identification information storage area 72. In addition to the identification information of the first embodiment, the identification information storage area 72 stores a reduced exercise tempo in association with each identification information. The reduced exercise tempo is a tempo value used to reduce an exercise load when an exercise operation corresponding to each identification information is executed. Similar to the first embodiment, also in the second embodiment, reduced exercise video information is output by the display 4 in accordance with information indicating the user's exercise ability. The reduced exercise video information is an exercise in which the load is reduced from a predetermined exercise load. In the second embodiment, for motion-oriented exercise, both general exercise video information and reduced exercise video information are not displayed, and reduced exercise video information in which the tempo value of the exercise tempo is reduced by a predetermined value is displayed. The As shown in FIG. 3, the reduced exercise tempo corresponding to the identification information “March” is “−15 BPM”. When the exercise operation corresponding to the identification information “March” is executed, it indicates that “−15 BPM” is lowered from the set exercise tempo as the reduction exercise. Specifically, when exercise video information is output according to the exercise list information shown in FIG. 13, it is assumed that exercise video information corresponding to the identification information “March” is output. In this case, the exercise tempo corresponding to the identification information “March” is “120 BPM”. When the reduced exercise tempo is applied to the identification information “March”, “105 BPM” reduced by the value of the reduced exercise tempo “−15 BPM” (from FIG. 16) is determined from the exercise tempo “120 BPM”. According to the determined “105 BPM”, the motion video information corresponding to the identification information “March” is output. The exercise operation with the tempo reduced by the reduced exercise tempo is displayed on the display 4, whereby the exercise load can be reduced.

  As shown in FIG. 16, the identification information corresponding to the motion-oriented exercise is stored in the identification information storage area 72 in association with the reduced exercise tempo. On the other hand, the reduced information tempo is not associated with the identification information corresponding to the posture-oriented exercise. This is because the posture-oriented exercise is an exercise in which it is important to hold the body part at a predetermined position, and the tempo at which the exercise is performed is not important. Basically, the posture holding exercise is an exercise operation in which the exercise load does not change even if the exercise tempo for executing the exercise operation is changed.

  FIG. 17 is an example of a table for switching exercise video information according to the level of the participant in the second embodiment. The exercise load table in FIG. 17 is an exercise load table in the movement-oriented exercise. As the exercise load table for posture-oriented exercise in the second embodiment, the same table as the exercise load table shown in FIG. 10 is used.

  In FIG. 17, as in the first embodiment, “advanced level”, “intermediate level”, and “beginner level” are set as levels. Similarly to the first embodiment, in the second embodiment, motion video information is determined in accordance with a participant whose level is low. In other words, the exercise load is determined according to the participant whose level is low. When exercise video information is output, the reduced exercise tempo shown in FIG. 16 is referred to. When exercise video information corresponding to the identification information “March” is output from the display 4, the reduced exercise tempo is “−15 BPM”. Therefore, when the exercise video information corresponding to the identification information “March” is output by the display 4, the exercise tempo is reduced by the value of the reduced exercise tempo from the exercise tempo registered in the exercise list information shown in FIG. Video information is output. On the other hand, in a motion-oriented exercise, when there are no beginners among the participants, the display 4 displays exercise video information that is operated at a standard tempo. The standard tempo is the exercise tempo registered in the exercise list information shown in FIG. Therefore, it is possible to provide the user 150 with an image with a small exercise load in consideration of the characteristics of the exercise motions of the motion-oriented exercise and the posture-oriented exercise.

<Description of Operation of Exercise Support Device 1 of Second Embodiment>
(Display processing)
FIG. 18 is a flowchart for executing the display processing of the exercise support apparatus 1 according to the display processing program in the second embodiment. The display processing of the second embodiment is basically the same as the flowchart of the first embodiment shown in FIG. Therefore, processing different from the first embodiment will be described in detail.

  The processing in steps S301 to S303 is the same as that in steps S201 to S203 shown in FIG.

  In step S304, it is determined whether or not the “N” th identification information is a motion-oriented exercise. Specifically, with reference to the identification information storage area 72, it is determined whether the “N” th identification information is an aerobic exercise or an anaerobic exercise. When it is determined that the “N” -th identification information is an aerobic exercise or an anaerobic exercise, the “N” -th identification information is determined to be a motion-oriented exercise. When it is determined that the “N” -th identification information is the movement-oriented exercise (step S304: YES), step S305 is executed. When it is not determined that the “N” th identification information is the movement-oriented exercise (step S304: NO), step S307 is executed.

  In step S305, the exercise tempo is determined according to the exercise load determined in step S104. Specifically, it is determined whether to output exercise video information at a standard tempo or at a reduced exercise tempo according to the exercise load determined in step S104. For example, the reduced exercise tempo is used when there is at least an elementary level participant among the participants and the exercise video information corresponding to the “N” th identification information is output. On the other hand, the standard tempo is used when there is no beginner level participant and when the motion picture information corresponding to the “N” th identification information is output.

  In step S <b> 306, the motion video information corresponding to the “N” th identification information is acquired from the motion video information storage area 73.

  In step S307, it is determined whether or not the “N” th identification information is a posture-oriented exercise. Specifically, with reference to the identification information storage area 72, it is determined whether or not the “N” th identification information is stretch or yoga. When it is determined that the “N” th identification information is stretching or yoga, the “N” th identification information is determined to be posture-oriented exercise. When it is determined that the “N” th identification information is the posture-oriented exercise (step S307: YES), step S308 is executed. When it is not determined that the “N” th identification information is the motion-oriented exercise (step S307: NO), step S309 is executed.

  In step S 308, the motion video information corresponding to the “N” th identification information is acquired from the motion video information storage area 73. Specifically, according to the exercise load determined in step S104, either general exercise video information and reduced exercise video information in posture-oriented exercise, or either general exercise video information and reduced exercise video information. Motion image information is acquired. For example, in the case of only advanced level participants, general exercise video information corresponding to the “N” th identification information is acquired from the exercise video information storage area 73. On the other hand, in the case of only the beginner level participants, reduced exercise video information corresponding to the “N” th identification information is acquired from the exercise video information storage area 73. Except for advanced level participants or only beginner level participants, there are at least both intermediate level participants, or both advanced and beginner level participants. This is the case. In this case, the general exercise video information and the reduced exercise video information are acquired from the exercise video information storage area 73 in consideration of the exercise load that can be withstood by the intermediate level participants and the beginner level participants.

  Steps S309 to S313 are the same as steps S205 to S209 shown in FIG. The motion picture information acquired in step S306 or step S308 is output in step S311. In step S311, in the case of motion-oriented exercise, exercise video information and music performance information are output according to the exercise tempo determined in step S305. In step S311, in the case of posture-oriented exercise, either the general exercise video information and the reduced exercise video information acquired in step S308 or either the general exercise video information and the reduced exercise video information is displayed on the display 4. Is displayed.

  In the first embodiment and the second embodiment, the case where a plurality of participants participate in the lesson with respect to the exercise support apparatus 1 has been described. As a modification of the present embodiment, there may be only one participant for the exercise support apparatus 1. In this case, user information may be input by the information input unit 5 and an exercise load corresponding to each user's exercise experience may be determined. In this case, when the exercise experience of each user is equal to or less than a predetermined experience value, both the general exercise image information and the reduced exercise image information displayed in the first embodiment and the second embodiment are displayed.

  In the first embodiment and the second embodiment, as exercise experience, experience in exercise motion corresponding to each exercise type information or identification information is used. The method for determining exercise experience is not limited to this. In the first embodiment and the second embodiment, exercise motion provided as content by the exercise support device 1 or experience of exercise type information is used. It may be used as an experience. In addition to the exercise provided by the exercise support device 1, exercise experience may be determined using a history of exercises performed by the user in the past. The user's exercise ability may be used as the exercise experience. For example, the height, weight, age, etc. of the user may be used. Information other than exercise experience that can determine an exercise load that the user can withstand may be used.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Exercise support apparatus 2 Speaker 3 Speaker 4 Display 5 Information input part 6 CPU
7 HDD
8 RAM
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 9 Network connection part 41 Main video display area 42 Sub video display area 61 Virtual camera 62 Shooting direction 63 Three-dimensional virtual space 65 Coordinate axis 66 View coordinate system 67 Device coordinate system 68 Virtual screen 68
69 Virtual screen 71 Program information storage area 72 Identification information storage area 73 Exercise video information storage area 74 Music performance information storage area 75 Exercise load table storage area 81 User information temporary storage area 82 Exercise list information temporary storage area 711 Main operation program information storage Area 712 Display processing program storage area 150 User 160 Motion image A Figure

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An exercise support device for displaying exercise video information for operating a predetermined body part,
First motion image information corresponding to posture-oriented exercise representing an operation of keeping the body part in a predetermined posture; second motion image information having a lower body load than the posture of the body part represented by the first motion image information; A first storage unit for storing
An acquisition unit for acquiring user information representing exercise experience of a user who exercises with the exercise support device;
A first determination unit for determining an exercise load based on the user information acquired by the acquisition unit;
A determination unit that determines whether or not the exercise load determined by the first determination unit is smaller than a predetermined exercise load;
When the determination unit determines that the predetermined exercise load is smaller than the predetermined exercise load, the first exercise image information and the second exercise image information are displayed on the display unit, and the determination unit determines that the predetermined exercise load is smaller than the predetermined exercise load. A control unit for displaying the first motion video information on a display unit when there is not,
An exercise support apparatus comprising: A second storage unit that stores movement identification information for identifying movement-oriented movement representing movement that places importance on the intensity of movement of a body part, and the posture-oriented movement;
A second determination unit for determining the exercise identification information to be displayed on the display unit from the exercise identification information stored in the second storage unit;
With
When the exercise identification information determined by the second determination unit is the posture-oriented exercise and the determination unit determines that the exercise identification information is smaller than a predetermined exercise load, the control unit displays the first exercise on the display unit. Displaying video information and the second motion video information;
When the exercise identification information determined by the second determination unit is the motion-oriented exercise and the determination unit determines that the exercise identification information is smaller than a predetermined exercise load, the control unit emphasizes the operation with a small exercise load. The exercise support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein video information representing an exercise operation is displayed on the display unit. The first storage unit stores exercise video information for operating a body part as exercise video information corresponding to the motion-oriented exercise,
The first determination unit determines an exercise tempo for outputting the exercise video information based on the user information acquired by the acquisition unit,
When the exercise identification information determined by the second determination unit is the motion-oriented exercise and is determined by the determination unit to be smaller than a predetermined exercise load, the control unit is determined by the first determination unit. The exercise support apparatus according to claim 2, wherein video information representing an action with a low exercise load is displayed on the display unit by lowering the exercise tempo by a predetermined value. The first storage unit includes, as exercise image information corresponding to the movement-oriented exercise, third exercise image information for moving the body part within a predetermined operation range, and an operation range of the body part represented by the third exercise image information. 4th motion video information that is also a narrow operating range,
When the motion identification information determined by the second determination unit is a motion-oriented exercise and the determination unit determines that the exercise determination information is smaller than a predetermined exercise load, the control unit displays the third motion image on the display unit. Information and the fourth motion picture information are displayed,
When the motion identification information determined by the second determination unit is a motion-oriented exercise and the determination unit determines that it is greater than a predetermined exercise load, the control unit displays the third motion image on the display unit. The exercise support apparatus according to claim 2, wherein information is displayed. The acquisition unit acquires the user information of a plurality of users participating in a lesson performing a predetermined exercise operation using exercise video information displayed by the exercise support device,
The first determining unit determines an exercise load operable for each user information of the participating user based on the user information of the participating user acquired by the acquiring unit,
The determination unit determines whether there is at least one exercise load smaller than a predetermined exercise load among the exercise loads of the participating users determined by the first determination unit,
When the determination unit determines that there is at least one exercise load smaller than a predetermined exercise load, the control unit causes the display unit to display the first exercise image information and the second exercise image information, The display unit displays the first motion video information when the determination unit does not determine that there is at least one exercise load smaller than a predetermined exercise load. The exercise support device according to claim 1. An exercise support method for displaying exercise video information for operating a predetermined body part,
An acquisition step of acquiring user information representing an exercise experience of a user who exercises with the exercise support device;
A first determination step of determining an operable exercise load based on the user information acquired by the acquisition step;
A determination step of determining whether or not the exercise load determined by the first determination step is smaller than a predetermined exercise load;
When it is determined by the determination step that the load is smaller than the predetermined exercise load, the first exercise image information corresponding to the posture-oriented exercise representing the operation of keeping the body part in the predetermined posture, and the body represented by the first exercise image information Displaying the first motion image information and the second motion image information stored in the first storage unit storing the second motion image information having a smaller body load than the posture of the part on the display unit, A control step of displaying the first exercise video information on a display unit when the determination step does not determine that the load is smaller than the predetermined exercise load;
An exercise support method comprising: A program for executing a computer included in an exercise support apparatus for displaying exercise image information for operating a predetermined body part,
An acquisition step of acquiring user information representing an exercise experience of a user who exercises with the exercise support device;
A first determination step of determining an operable exercise load based on the user information acquired by the acquisition step;
A determination step of determining whether or not the exercise load determined by the first determination step is smaller than a predetermined exercise load;
When it is determined by the determination step that the load is smaller than the predetermined exercise load, the first exercise image information corresponding to the posture-oriented exercise representing the operation of keeping the body part in the predetermined posture, and the body represented by the first exercise image information Displaying the first motion image information and the second motion image information stored in the first storage unit storing the second motion image information having a smaller body load than the posture of the part on the display unit, A control step of displaying the first exercise video information on a display unit when the determination step does not determine that the load is smaller than the predetermined exercise load;
Is executed by a computer of the exercise support apparatus.