JP2012065966A - Device, method and program for supporting exercise - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device and a method for supporting exercise capable of automatically determining an exercise motion suitable for a playback position from among a plurality of exercise motions corresponding to the playback position of a musical piece.SOLUTION: For a musical piece component "introduction", motion information corresponding to exercise information "warming-up exercise" is determined. Additionally, for musical piece components "melody A", "melody B", "climax", motion information corresponding to exercise information "main exercise" is determined. Furthermore, for a musical piece component "Ending", motion information corresponding to exercise information "cool-down exercise" is determined.

Description

  The present invention relates to an exercise support apparatus that performs an exercise image displayed on a display unit while listening to music. Specifically, the present invention relates to an exercise support apparatus, an exercise support method, and a program for automatically determining an exercise operation suitable for a reproduction position from a plurality of exercise operations according to a music reproduction position.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for generating an exercise lesson. Specifically, an exercise lesson is generated by determining a predetermined exercise operation from a plurality of exercise operations. In the technique described in Patent Document 1, different music pieces can be assigned for each movement.

JP 2010-107817 A

  In the exercise lesson generation method described in Patent Document 1, music can be assigned for each exercise operation. However, depending on the user who performs the exercise, there are cases where it is desired to perform a plurality of exercises with a single piece of music. For example, it is a case where an exercise lesson composed of a plurality of exercise motions is executed by a song that the user is fond of or a favorite song. Also, the exercise motion is classified into a warm-up exercise, a main exercise, and a cool-down exercise. The main exercise is a main movement that moves the body. The warm-up exercise is an exercise operation for preparing before the main exercise. The cool-down exercise is an exercise operation that cools the body after the main exercise.

  In the technique described in Patent Document 1, the classification of each movement is not considered. Therefore, there is a case where the exercise is performed while listening to the climax portion that is the most exciting in the music in spite of the warm-up exercise. Moreover, although it is the main exercise, there are cases where the exercise is performed while listening to an intro that is an introduction part of the music. For this reason, the user cannot perform a desired exercise operation in accordance with the excitement of the music, and cannot meet the user's desire.

  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 support method capable of automatically determining an exercise operation suitable for a reproduction position from among a plurality of exercise operations according to a music reproduction position. .

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the first acquisition unit that acquires music information including reproduction position information indicating the reproduction position of the music, a plurality of music identification information for identifying the music information, and the first acquisition A first determination unit that determines the music identification information to be output when the exercise operation is performed, a plurality of pieces of motion information representing an exercise operation, and the motion A second acquisition unit that acquires the reproduction position information in which the operation indicated by the information can be performed in association with each other, and the first determination unit determines the motion information acquired by the second acquisition unit. A second determination unit that determines the motion information corresponding to each piece of reproduction position information included in the music information corresponding to the music identification information that has been performed, and the music identification information determined by the first determination unit. The first determination unit that outputs the corresponding music information by a predetermined music output unit, and the second determination unit that is determined according to the reproduction position information included in the music information that is output by the first control unit And a second control unit for outputting a motion image corresponding to the motion information to a predetermined display unit.

  According to the invention described in claim 2, the first acquisition unit acquires the music information including the reproduction position information indicating a chorus portion of the music, and the second acquisition unit mainly moves the body. Corresponding to the music identification information determined by the first determination unit, the motion information representing the motion motion including the main motion that is a motion motion and the reproduction position information indicating the rust portion are acquired in association with each other. When the music information to be included includes the reproduction position information indicating the rust portion, the second determination unit represents the main motion from the plurality of motion information acquired by the second acquisition means. It is characterized by determining motion information.

  According to the invention described in claim 3, the first acquisition unit acquires the music information including the reproduction position information indicating an intro part of the music, and the second acquisition unit is configured to acquire the information before the main exercise. The music identification that is obtained by associating and acquiring the motion information representing the motion motion including the warm-up motion, which is a motion motion to perform preparation, and the reproduction position information indicating the intro part, and determined by the first determination unit When the music information corresponding to the information includes the reproduction position information indicating the intro part, the second determination unit performs the warm-up exercise from the plurality of motion information acquired by the second acquisition unit. The motion information representing is determined.

  According to the invention described in claim 4, the first acquisition unit acquires the music information including the reproduction position information indicating the end of the music, and the second acquisition unit cools the body after the main exercise. The music information obtained by associating the motion information representing the motion motion including the cool-down motion that is a motion motion to be lowered with the reproduction position information indicating the end of the music, and determined by the first determination unit When the music information corresponding to the identification information includes the reproduction position information indicating the end of the music, the second determination unit, from among the plurality of motion information acquired by the second acquisition means, The motion information representing a cool-down exercise is determined.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the second acquisition unit acquires time information indicating a time required to perform the exercise operation once and the motion information in association with each other, and the exercise support The apparatus further includes an output time of the music at the climax part, the intro part, or the final stage of the music based on the reproduction position information included in the music information acquired by the first acquisition unit. The motion determined by the second determination unit based on a third determination unit to be determined, the output time determined by the third determination unit, and the time information acquired by the second acquisition unit And a fourth determination unit that determines the number of executions of executing the information.

  According to invention of Claim 6, 1st information provided with the 1st memory | storage part which memorize | stores the music information containing the reproduction position information which shows the reproduction position of a music, and the music identification information which identifies each said music information A second information processing apparatus including a processing device, a plurality of motion information representing exercise motion, and a second storage unit that associates and stores the reproduction position information capable of operating the motion motion indicated by the motion information; The exercise support system comprises: a first acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of the music identification information from the first information processing device; and a plurality of the acquisition units acquired by the first acquisition unit. From the music identification information, the first determination unit that determines the music identification information to be output when the exercise operation is executed; the motion information; and the motion motion from the second information processing apparatus. A second acquisition unit that acquires the reproduction position information that can be operated in association with each other, and the music determined by the first determination unit from among the plurality of motion information acquired by the second acquisition unit A second determination unit that determines the motion information corresponding to each reproduction position information included in the music information corresponding to the identification information, and the music information corresponding to the music identification information determined by the first determination unit, Corresponding to the motion information determined by the second determination unit according to the first control unit to be output by a predetermined music output unit and the reproduction position information included in the music information output by the first control unit An exercise support system comprising: an exercise support device comprising: a second control unit that outputs an exercise video to be output to a predetermined display unit.

  According to the seventh aspect of the invention, the first acquisition step in which the exercise support apparatus acquires a plurality of pieces of music information including reproduction position information indicating the reproduction position of the music and music identification information for identifying each piece of music information; A first determination step in which the exercise support device determines the music identification information to be output when the exercise operation is executed from among the plurality of music identification information acquired in the first acquisition step; A plurality of motion information representing motions and the playback position information in which the motion motion indicated by the motion information can be operated in association with each other, acquired by the exercise support device, and acquired by the second acquisition step For each piece of reproduction position information included in the music information corresponding to the music identification information determined in the first determination step, from among the plurality of motion information that has been determined. Control for causing the predetermined music output unit to output the music information corresponding to the music identification information determined in the second determination step and the music determination information determined in the first determination step. Corresponding to the motion information determined by the second determination step according to the first control step executed by the exercise support device and the reproduction position information included in the music information output by the first control step The exercise support method includes a second control step in which the exercise support apparatus executes control for outputting an exercise image to be output to a predetermined display unit.

  According to the invention described in claim 8, the first acquisition step of acquiring a plurality of pieces of music information including reproduction position information indicating the reproduction position of the music, and music identification information for identifying the music information, and the first acquisition A first determination step of determining the music identification information to be output when the exercise operation is executed from among the plurality of music identification information acquired by the step, a plurality of motion information representing the exercise operation, and the motion A second acquisition step of acquiring the movement position indicated by the information in association with the reproduction position information capable of being operated, and a plurality of the motion information acquired by the second acquisition step, by the first determination step A second determination step of determining the motion information corresponding to each reproduction position information included in the music information corresponding to the determined music identification information; A first control step for outputting the music information corresponding to the music identification information determined in the first determination step by a predetermined music output unit, and the reproduction included in the music information output by the first control step According to the position information, a computer including the exercise support apparatus is caused to execute a second control step of outputting a motion image corresponding to the motion information determined in the second determination step to a predetermined display unit. It is a program.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the second determination unit includes music information corresponding to the music identification information determined by the first determination unit from among the plurality of motion information acquired by the second acquisition unit. Motion information corresponding to each reproduction position information included is determined. The second control unit causes the predetermined display unit to output a motion image corresponding to the motion information determined by the second determination unit in accordance with the reproduction position information included in the music information output by the first control unit. As a result, it is possible to automatically determine an exercise operation suitable for the reproduction position from a plurality of exercise operations according to the reproduction position of the music.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the music information corresponding to the music identification information determined by the first determination unit includes the reproduction position information indicating the rust portion, the second determination unit includes the second acquisition unit. The motion information representing the main motion is determined from the plurality of motion information acquired by the above. As a result, the main movement, which is the main movement, can be automatically determined in the climax part of the music that is most exciting.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the music information corresponding to the music identification information determined by the first determination unit includes reproduction position information indicating the intro part, the second determination unit includes the second acquisition unit. The motion information representing the warm-up exercise is determined from the plurality of motion information acquired by the above. As a result, the warm-up exercise before performing the main operation can be automatically determined in the intro part of the beginning of the music.

  According to the invention described in claim 4, when the music information corresponding to the music identification information determined by the first determination unit includes reproduction position information indicating the end of the music, the second determination unit performs the second acquisition. The motion information representing the cool-down exercise is determined from the plurality of motion information acquired by the means. As a result, the cool-down exercise after performing the main operation can be automatically determined at the end portion of the music.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the fourth determination unit is determined by the second determination unit based on the output time determined by the third determination unit and the time information acquired by the second acquisition unit. Determine the number of executions of the motion information. As a result, according to the playback position of the music, a motion motion suitable for the playback position can be automatically determined from a plurality of motion motions, and the number of repetitions suitable for the output time of each playback position is determined. be able to.

  According to the invention described in claim 6, the second determination unit includes music information corresponding to the music identification information determined by the first determination unit from among the plurality of motion information acquired by the second acquisition unit. The motion information corresponding to each playback position is determined. The second control unit causes the predetermined display unit to output a motion image corresponding to the motion information determined by the second determination unit in accordance with the reproduction position information included in the music information output by the first control unit. As a result, it is possible to automatically determine an exercise operation suitable for the reproduction position from a plurality of exercise operations according to the reproduction position of the music.

  According to the seventh aspect of the invention, in the second determination step, the music information corresponding to the music identification information determined in the first determination step from the plurality of motion information acquired in the second acquisition step. The exercise support apparatus determines motion information corresponding to each reproduction position information included in the. As a result, it is possible to automatically determine an exercise operation suitable for the reproduction position from a plurality of exercise operations according to the reproduction position of the music.

  According to the invention described in claim 8, the second determination step includes music information corresponding to the music identification information determined by the determination step from among the plurality of motion information acquired by the second acquisition step. Motion information corresponding to each reproduction position information is determined. As a result, it is possible to automatically determine an exercise operation suitable for the reproduction position from a plurality of exercise operations according to the reproduction position of the music.

1 is a configuration diagram of a content generation system 100 in the present embodiment. It is an external view of the exercise assistance apparatus 1 in this embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the electrical structure of the exercise assistance apparatus 1 in this embodiment. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the memory | storage state by which exercise | movement information is memorize | stored in the exercise | movement information storage area 74 in this embodiment. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the memory | storage state by which exercise | movement image information is memorize | stored in the exercise | movement image information storage area 75 in this embodiment. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the memory | storage state by which music information is memorize | stored in the music information storage area 76 in this embodiment. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the music structure information which the music performance information in this embodiment contains. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the memory | storage state where exercise lesson information is temporarily stored in the exercise lesson information temporary storage area 82 in this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the main operation | movement in the exercise assistance apparatus 1 in this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the exercise | movement information determination process operation | movement in the exercise assistance apparatus 1 in this embodiment. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the memory | storage state by which exercise | movement information and time information are memorize | stored in the exercise | movement information storage area 74 in this embodiment.

[Best Embodiment]
An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a content generation system that automatically generates athletic content will be described with reference to the drawings.

<Configuration of Content Generation System 100 of the Present Embodiment>
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a content generation system 100 according to this embodiment to which the present invention is applied. The content generation system 100 includes an exercise support device 1, an exercise information server 10, and a music server 20. The exercise support device 1, the exercise information server 10, and the music server 20 are connected via the Internet. The exercise support device 1 outputs exercise content including exercise video information and music performance information. The music server 20 of this embodiment is an example of the first information processing apparatus of the present invention. The exercise information server 10 of the present embodiment is an example of a second information processing apparatus of the present invention.

<External configuration of the exercise support device 1>
FIG. 2 is an external view of the exercise support apparatus 1 according to this 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. 2, the user 150 can perform exercise by viewing the exercise image 160 displayed on the display 4.

<Electrical configuration of the exercise support device 1>
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the exercise support apparatus 1 of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, the exercise support apparatus according to the present 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 the exercise information server 10 and the music server 20 via the Internet.

  The HDD 7 includes a program information storage area 71, an exercise information storage area 74, an exercise video information storage area 75, and a music information storage area 76. The program information storage area 71 includes a main operation program storage area 72 and an exercise information determination processing program storage area 73. The main operation program storage area 72 stores a program for controlling the exercise support apparatus 1. The exercise information determination processing program storage area 73 stores an exercise information determination processing program. The exercise information determination processing program is a program for determining exercise information. 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 exercise information storage area 74 stores exercise information. The exercise information is information representing the type of exercise. FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage state in which exercise information is stored in the exercise information storage area 74. As shown in FIG. 4, “warming up exercise”, “main exercise”, and “cool down exercise” representing each type of exercise are stored in the exercise information storage area 74 as exercise information. In addition, motion information indicating the motion corresponding to each motion information is also stored in the motion information storage area 74. In the present embodiment, “aerobic exercise” and “anoxic exercise” are stored in the exercise information storage area 74 as exercise types corresponding to the main exercise. As shown in FIG. 4, “March”, “Knee-up”, etc. are stored in the exercise information storage area 74 as motion information corresponding to the exercise information “warming up exercise”. Further, “back lunge”, “side step”, etc. are stored in the exercise information storage area 74 as motion information corresponding to “aerobic exercise” of the exercise information “main exercise”. In addition, “shoulder press”, “squat”, etc. are stored in the exercise information storage area 74 as motion information corresponding to “anoxic exercise” of the exercise information “main exercise”. In addition, as motion information corresponding to the exercise information “cool down exercise”, “upper arm stretch”, “neck stretch”, etc. are stored in the exercise information storage area 74. The exercise information or motion information stored in the exercise information storage area 74 is newly updated by the exercise information server 10 and distributed to the exercise support device 1 so that the user of the exercise support device 1 generates new exercise content. can do.

  Generally, exercise is performed in the order of warm-up exercise, main exercise, and cool-down exercise. Further, the main exercise is an exercise showing main exercise operations including aerobic exercise and anaerobic exercise. In other words, the main exercise is an exercise showing a main exercise operation in an exercise lesson including a plurality of exercise operations. Note that the warm-up exercise is an exercise operation for preparing before the main exercise. The cool-down exercise is an exercise operation that cools the body after the main exercise.

  Specifically, aerobic exercise includes step exercise. 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 this embodiment, an exercise tempo (Beat Per Minutes: BPM) can be set for each piece of motion 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. “Front lunge”, “back lunge”, “side step” and the like shown in FIG. 4 are examples of step motion.

  Moreover, specifically, anaerobic exercise includes strength training exercise. 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. 4 is an example of the strength training exercise. 4 is an example of a strength training exercise using legs.

  The cool-down exercise is, for example, a stretch 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. Stretching includes yoga. Yoga is an exercise that stretches the body by taking various poses depending on the human body.

  The motion video information storage area 75 stores motion video information. The motion video information is a video corresponding to each motion information constituting the motion information. FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage state in which exercise video information is stored in the exercise video information storage area 75. As shown in FIG. 5, “March video” is stored in the motion video information storage area 75 as motion video information corresponding to the motion information “March”. Similarly, “front lunge video” is stored in the motion video information storage area 75 as motion video information corresponding to the motion information “front lunge”.

  The music information storage area 76 stores music information. The music information is information representing a music. For example, the music information is a music name. FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage state in which music information is stored in the music information storage area 76. As shown in FIG. 6, “AA” and “BB” representing each music are stored in the music information storage area 76 as music information. The music information may be an identification code representing each music. The music information stored in the music information storage area 76 is newly updated by the music server 20 and distributed to the exercise support device 1, whereby the user of the exercise support device 1 can generate new exercise content. Further, in the present embodiment, the music information is stored in the music information storage area 76 in association with the artist name of the music represented by the music information. The music information of this embodiment is an example of music information of the present invention.

  The music information storage area 76 further stores music performance information. The music performance information is stored in the music information storage area 76 in association with the music information. The music performance information is information for outputting music by the speaker 2 and the speaker 3. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, MIDI data is stored as music performance information, but music performance information other than MIDI data may be stored.

  FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram showing a data structure of music performance information. As shown in FIG. 7, the music performance information is composed of a plurality of music components including intro, A melody, B melody, interlude, rust, and Ending. General music performance information is composed of music components of intro, A melody, B melody, interlude, chorus, and Ending. It is only necessary that at least intro, A melody, rust, and Ending are included as music components of the music performance information. When the music performance information having the data structure shown in FIG. 7 is played back and output, it is played back in the order of “Intro → A melody → B melody → Sabi → Intermediate → A melody → B melody → Sabi → Sabi → Sabi → Sabi → Ending” Is done. The markers 101 to 113 in FIG. 7 are markers that indicate the reproduction start positions of the music constituent elements that constitute the music performance information. For example, the marker 105 is information indicating the reproduction start position of the first chorus in the music performance information shown in FIG. Specifically, each of the markers 101 to 113 is information indicating the number of seconds from the first reproduction start position of the music performance information indicated by the marker 101. The music performance information includes the data structure shown in FIG. 7 and a marker indicating the reproduction position of each music component.

  The RAM 8 includes a music structure information temporary storage area 81 and an exercise lesson information temporary storage area 82. The music structure information temporary storage area 81 temporarily stores music structure information. The music structure information represents a music component included in the music performance information. When the desired music piece is determined, the exercise support apparatus 1 reads the music component from the determined music performance information. The read music component is temporarily stored in the music structure information temporary storage area 81 as music structure information.

  The exercise lesson information temporary storage area 82 temporarily stores exercise lesson information. The exercise lesson information is a list in which music constituent elements and motion information are associated with each other. The details of the music structure information and exercise lesson information of this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage state in which exercise lesson information is temporarily stored in the exercise lesson information temporary storage area 82. As shown in FIG. 8, the exercise lesson information includes a music component and motion information. The exercise lesson information is information in which each music component included in the exercise lesson information is associated with the motion information. Further, the exercise lesson information indicates the reproduction order of the music component elements. In the exercise lesson information shown in FIG. 8, the order of the musical composition elements “intro”, “A melody”, “B melody”, “rust”, and “interlude” positioned at the top is the playback order. In the present embodiment, when the desired music is determined and the music structure information is temporarily stored in the music structure information temporary storage area 81, the exercise support device 1 performs motion information corresponding to the music components included in each music structure information. To decide. Hereinafter, a method for determining motion information corresponding to a music component will be described.

<Method of determining motion information>
In the present embodiment, the motion information suitable for each music component is determined from the motion information stored in the exercise information storage area 74. Specifically, motion information corresponding to the exercise information “warming up exercise” is determined for the music component “intro”. Also, motion information corresponding to the exercise information “main exercise” is determined for the music components “A melody”, “B melody”, and “rust”. Also, motion information corresponding to the exercise information “cool-down exercise” is determined for the music component “Ending”. The music component “Ejding” of the present embodiment is an example of the final stage of the music of the present invention.

  In the present embodiment, a warm-up exercise is determined for the music component “Intro” and a cool-down exercise is determined for the music component “Ending”, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a warm-up exercise may be executed as a cool-down exercise. In addition, the stretching exercise included in the cool-down exercise may be included in the warm-up exercise. In this case, a stretching exercise may be determined for the music component “intro”. In addition, the “march” of the warm-up exercise may be determined for the music component “Ending”.

  In addition, the main exercise may be determined only for the music component “rust”. In this case, a warm-up exercise or a cool-down exercise may be determined for the musical composition components “A melody” and “B melody”.

  Further, in the motion information corresponding to the main exercise, the exercise information may be divided into exercise with high exercise intensity and exercise with low exercise intensity. The exercise with high exercise intensity is, for example, exercise that moves the whole body. Moreover, the exercise | movement with low exercise intensity is an exercise | movement which moves only a part of body, for example. In this case, each piece of motion information shown in FIG. 4 is associated with identification information for identifying exercise with high exercise intensity or exercise with low exercise intensity. In addition, even with the same motion information “side step”, there are two types of exercises: “side step” with high exercise intensity that moves arms other than legs and “side step” with low exercise intensity that moves only legs. An operation may be set. In this way, when the exercise with the high exercise intensity and the exercise with the low exercise intensity are set, the music component “rust” is determined to have the exercise with the high exercise intensity, and the music components “A melody”, “B” For “Mello”, a motion with low exercise intensity can be determined.

<Description of Operation of Exercise Support Device 1 of this Embodiment>
The operation and action of the exercise support apparatus 1 of the present embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the main operation in the exercise support apparatus 1. The main operation is performed by the CPU 6 executing the output terminal operation program when an external power source such as a commercial power source and the exercise support device 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. When it is determined that the power switch is turned on, step S102 is executed. The power switch may be a hardware switch or a power switch operated by software.

  In step S102, it is determined whether or not exercise is started. In the present embodiment, for example, a start command is input by the information input unit 5. The start command is a command indicating the start of operation of the exercise support apparatus 1. When the start command is input by the information input unit, it is determined that the exercise is started. When it is determined that the exercise is started (step S102: YES), step S103 is executed. When it is not determined that the exercise is started (step S102: NO), step S108 is executed.

  In step S103, music information is acquired. Specifically, the music server 20 is confirmed to update the music information stored in the music information storage area 76. When there is an update, the music information stored in the music information storage area 76 is updated. Then, the updated music information is read into a predetermined storage area of the RAM 8. In step S103, the music server 20 may be accessed and the music information may be acquired by the exercise support apparatus 1. The computer of this embodiment and step S103 are an example of a first acquisition unit of the present invention. Moreover, step S103 of this embodiment is an example of a first acquisition step of the present invention.

  In step S104, predetermined music information is determined from the music information read in step S103. The music information determination method in step S104 may be determined by the user of the exercise support apparatus 1, for example. Alternatively, recommended music may be automatically determined by the exercise support device 1. The determined music information is stored in a predetermined storage area of the RAM 8. The music component corresponding to the determined music information is temporarily stored in the music structure information temporary storage area 81 as music structure information. The computer of this embodiment and step S104 are an example of the 1st determination part of this invention. Moreover, step S104 of this embodiment is an example of a first determination step of the present invention.

  In step S105, exercise information is acquired. Specifically, the exercise information server 10 is confirmed to update the exercise information stored in the exercise information storage area 74. When there is an update, the exercise information stored in the exercise information storage area 74 is updated. The updated exercise information is read into a predetermined storage area of the RAM 8. In step S105, the exercise information may be acquired by the exercise support apparatus 1 by accessing the exercise information server 10. The computer of this embodiment and step S105 are an example of the 2nd acquisition part of this invention. Further, step S105 of the present embodiment is an example of a second acquisition step of the present invention.

  In step S106, exercise information determination processing is executed. Details of the exercise information determination process determined in step S106 will be described later. The computer of this embodiment and step S106 are an example of the 2nd determination part of this invention. The computer of this embodiment is an example of the second determination step of the present invention.

  In step S107, exercise video information and music performance information are output according to the exercise lesson information. The exercise lesson information used in step S107 is temporarily stored in the exercise lesson information temporary storage area 82. The case where the music performance information shown in FIG. 7 is output by the exercise support apparatus 1 is taken as an example. First, exercise video information corresponding to motion information included in exercise lesson information is read from the exercise video information storage area 75. The read motion image information is temporarily stored in a predetermined storage area of the RAM 8. Next, the music performance information is output from the speaker 2 and the speaker 3 in the order of “intro → A melody → B melody → chorus → intermediate → A melody → B melody → rusting → rusting → rusting → Ending”. Output of music performance information is started from the marker 101. Then, the reproduction position of the music performance information advances to the reproduction position of the marker 102. At this time, the music component corresponding to the reproduction position of the marker 102 is “intro”. The motion information corresponding to the music component “intro” in the exercise lesson information is “March”. Therefore, when music performance information corresponding to the music component “Intro” is output, the motion video information corresponding to the motion information “March” is read from the RAM 8 and output from the display 4. Next, the playback position of the music performance information advances to the playback position of the marker 103. At this time, the music component corresponding to the reproduction position of the marker 103 is “A melody”. The motion information corresponding to the musical composition component “A melody” in the exercise lesson information is “Squat”. Therefore, when music performance information corresponding to the music component “A melody” is output, the motion video information corresponding to the motion information “squat” is read from the RAM 8 and output from the display 4. Thus, as the output of the music performance information proceeds, the motion video information is switched. For this reason, it is possible to display on the display 4 an exercise motion that matches the characteristics of each music component. The computer of this embodiment and step S107 are examples of the first control unit and the second control unit of the present invention. Moreover, step S107 of this embodiment is an example of the first control step and the second control step of the present invention. In the present embodiment, the first control unit and the second control unit are operated by a common computer (CPU 6). The first control unit and the second control unit may be configured by different CPUs.

  In step S108, it is determined whether the power switch is turned off. When it is determined that the power switch is turned off (step S108: YES), step S101 is executed. If it is not determined that the power switch is turned off (step S108: NO), step S102 is executed.

<Description of Exercise Information Determination Processing Operation of Exercise Support Device 1>
Hereinafter, the exercise information determination process of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of exercise information determination processing according to the present embodiment. First, in step S201, it is determined whether or not all the music constituent elements stored in the music structure information temporary storage area 81 have been selected. In the present embodiment, a flag is assigned to the music component selected in the exercise information determination process. The assigned flag is temporarily stored in the music structure information temporary storage area 81 in association with the selected music component. Therefore, specifically, in step S201, it is determined whether or not a flag is assigned to all the music components stored in the music structure information temporary storage area 81. When it is determined that all the music components have been selected (step S201: YES), the exercise information determination process is terminated. If it is not determined that all the music components have been selected (step S201: NO), step S202 is executed.

  In step S202, one unselected music component is selected. One music composition element not associated with a flag is selected from the music composition elements stored in the music structure information temporary storage area 81. In the present embodiment, the music composition elements are selected in order from the music composition elements having the earliest reproduction order.

  In step S203, it is determined whether or not the music component selected in step S202 is “Intro”. If it is determined that the music component selected in step S202 is “Intro” (step S203: YES), step S204 is executed. If it is not determined that the music component selected in step S202 is “Intro” (step S203: NO), step S206 is executed.

  In step S204, exercise information corresponding to the intro is determined. In the present embodiment, the exercise information corresponding to the music component “intro” is a warm-up exercise. For this reason, in step S204, a warm-up exercise is determined.

  In step S205, desired motion information is determined from the motion information corresponding to the motion information determined in step S204. In step S204, a warm-up exercise is determined. Therefore, a desired exercise is determined from the motion information corresponding to the exercise information “warming up exercise”. Note that the motion information may be determined by the user of the exercise support apparatus 1 or may be automatically determined according to a predetermined rule. The determined motion information is temporarily stored in the exercise lesson information temporary storage area 82 in association with the music component “intro”.

  In step S206, it is determined whether or not the music component selected in step S202 is “A melody”. If it is determined that the music component selected in step S202 is “A melody” (step S206: YES), step S207 is executed. If it is not determined that the music component selected in step S202 is “A melody” (step S206: NO), step S209 is executed.

  In step S207, exercise information corresponding to A melody is determined. In the present embodiment, the exercise information corresponding to the music component “A melody” is the main exercise. For this reason, the main exercise is determined in step S207.

  In step S208, desired motion information is determined from the motion information corresponding to the motion information determined in step S207. In step S207, the main exercise is determined. Therefore, a desired exercise is determined from the motion information corresponding to the exercise information “main exercise”. Note that the motion information may be determined by the user of the exercise support apparatus 1 or may be automatically determined according to a predetermined rule. The determined motion information is temporarily stored in the exercise lesson information temporary storage area 82 in association with the music component “A melody”.

  In step S209, it is determined whether or not the music component selected in step S202 is “B melody”. If it is determined that the music component selected in step S202 is “B melody” (step S209: YES), step S210 is executed. If it is not determined that the music component selected in step S202 is “B melody” (step S209: NO), step S212 is executed.

  In step S210, exercise information corresponding to B melody is determined. In the present embodiment, the exercise information corresponding to the music component “B melody” is the main exercise. For this reason, the main exercise is determined in step S210.

  In step S211, desired motion information is determined from the motion information corresponding to the motion information determined in step S210. In step S210, the main exercise is determined. Therefore, a desired exercise is determined from the motion information corresponding to the exercise information “main exercise”. Note that the motion information may be determined by the user of the exercise support apparatus 1 or may be automatically determined according to a predetermined rule. The determined motion information is temporarily stored in the exercise lesson information temporary storage area 82 in association with the music component “B melody”.

  In step S212, it is determined whether or not the music component selected in step S202 is “rust”. When it is determined that the music component selected in step S202 is “rust” (step S212: YES), step S213 is executed. If it is not determined that the music component selected in step S202 is “rust” (step S212: NO), step S215 is executed.

  In step S213, exercise information corresponding to rust is determined. In the present embodiment, the exercise information corresponding to the music component “rust” is the main exercise. For this reason, the main exercise is determined in step S210.

  In step S214, desired motion information is determined from the motion information corresponding to the motion information determined in step S213. In step S213, the main exercise is determined. Therefore, a desired exercise is determined from the motion information corresponding to the exercise information “main exercise”. Note that the motion information may be determined by the user of the exercise support apparatus 1 or may be automatically determined according to a predetermined rule. The determined motion information is temporarily stored in the exercise lesson information temporary storage area 82 in association with the music component “rust”.

  In step S215, it is determined whether or not the music component selected in step S202 is “Ending”. When it is determined that the music component selected in step S202 is “Ending” (step S215: YES), step S216 is executed. If it is not determined that the music component selected in step S202 is “Ending” (step S215: NO), step S218 is executed.

  In step S216, exercise information corresponding to Ending is determined. In the present embodiment, the exercise information corresponding to the music component “Ending” is a cool-down exercise. For this reason, cool-down is determined in step S210.

  In step S217, desired motion information is determined from the motion information corresponding to the motion information determined in step S216. In step S216, a cool-down exercise is determined. Therefore, a desired exercise is determined from the motion information corresponding to the exercise information “cool-down exercise”. Note that the motion information may be determined by the user of the exercise support apparatus 1 or may be automatically determined according to a predetermined rule. The determined motion information is temporarily stored in the exercise lesson information temporary storage area 82 in association with the music component “Ending”.

  In step S218, it is determined that the music component acquired in step S202 has been selected. Specifically, in this embodiment, a flag is assigned to the music component selected in the exercise information determination process. The assigned flag is temporarily stored in the music structure information temporary storage area 81 in association with the selected music component. Thereby, it is determined that the music component selected in step S202 has been selected.

  In step S208 or step S211 or step S214 of the present embodiment, the main exercise is determined as exercise information corresponding to the musical composition components “A melody”, “B melody”, and “rust”. When the main exercise is determined only for the musical composition component “rust”, the main exercise is determined in step S214. In this case, for the music components “A melody” and “B melody”, a warm-up exercise or a cool-down exercise other than the main exercise may be determined in step S208 or step S211.

  Moreover, in the motion information corresponding to the main exercise, there are cases where the exercise is divided into exercise with high exercise intensity and exercise with low exercise intensity. In this case, in step S214, an exercise with a high exercise intensity may be determined for the music component “rust”. Further, in step S208 or step S211, an exercise having a low exercise intensity may be determined for the musical composition elements “A melody” and “B melody”.

  In the present embodiment, the exercise information shown in FIG. 4 is stored in the exercise information storage area 74. In the exercise information storage area 74, each piece of motion information and time information may be stored in association with each other. FIG. 11 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage state in which exercise information and time information are stored in the exercise information storage area 74 in the present embodiment. The time information indicates a time during which the exercise operation indicated by the motion information associated with the time information is executed once. Exercise information including motion information and time information is acquired in step S105. In this case, the output time of each music component is determined based on the markers 101 to 113 included in the music performance information. The output time is the time required to reproduce each music component. For example, in the case of the music component “Intro”, the output time is the time required for reproduction from the marker 102 to the marker 103. For this reason, the output time is determined based on the reproduction positions of the marker 102 and the marker 103. The determined output time is temporarily stored in a predetermined storage area of the RAM 8. For example, the music information is determined and the output time is determined in step S104. The computer of this embodiment and step S104 for determining the output time are an example of a third determination unit of the present invention. Then, when motion information is selected in step S205, step S208, step S211, or step S214 or step S217 shown in FIG. 10, the time information of the selected motion information is read out to the RAM 8. Consider a case in which the time information determined in step S205 or step S208 or step S211 or step S214 or step S217 is, for example, 8 seconds. For example, when the output time of “A melody” is determined to be 27 seconds in step S104, the output time is divided by the time information. In the above example, 27 seconds is divided by 8 seconds. As a result of the division, 27 (seconds) / 8 (seconds) = 3.375 (times). In this case, the exercise operation can be executed three times. Therefore, 3.375 (times) is discarded and 3 (times) is determined. Thereby, the execution frequency which performs each exercise | movement operation | movement can be determined by step S205 or step S208 or step S211 or step S214 or step S217. The computer of this embodiment and step S205 or step S208 or step S211 or step S214 or step S217 for determining the number of executions are examples of the fourth determination unit of the present invention.

  Although the present embodiment describes an example in which the present invention is applied to an exercise support device that supports a user's exercise, the present embodiment is not limited to this. For example, the present invention may be applied to a karaoke system. In this case, the present invention is applied to the commander installed in the karaoke box. In addition to the commander, the present invention may be applied to a general personal computer. The present invention can be applied to any device provided with a display and a speaker.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Exercise support apparatus 2 Speaker 3 Speaker 4 Display 5 Information input part 6 CPU
7 HDD
8 RAM
9 network connection unit 10 exercise information server 20 music server 71 program information storage area 72 main operation program storage area 73 exercise information determination processing program storage area 74 exercise information storage area 75 exercise image information storage area 76 song information storage area 81 song structure information Temporary storage area 82 Exercise lesson information temporary storage area 100 Content generation system 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, marker 150 User 160 Video information

Claims (8)

A first acquisition unit for acquiring a plurality of pieces of music information including reproduction position information indicating a reproduction position of the music, and music identification information for identifying the music information;
A first determination unit that determines the music identification information to be output when the exercise operation is executed from among the plurality of music identification information acquired by the first acquisition unit;
A second acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of pieces of motion information representing an exercise operation and the reproduction position information capable of operating the exercise operation indicated by the motion information in association with each other;
The motion information corresponding to each reproduction position information included in the music information corresponding to the music identification information determined by the first determination unit from among the plurality of motion information acquired by the second acquisition unit. A second determining unit for determining;
A first control unit that causes the predetermined music output unit to output the music information corresponding to the music identification information determined by the first determination unit;
Second control for outputting a motion image corresponding to the motion information determined by the second determination unit to a predetermined display unit according to the reproduction position information included in the music information output by the first control unit And
An exercise support apparatus comprising: The first acquisition unit acquires the music information including the reproduction position information indicating a chorus portion of the music,
The second acquisition unit acquires the motion information representing the motion motion including the main motion that is the main motion motion that moves the body and the reproduction position information indicating the rust portion in association with each other,
When the music information corresponding to the music identification information determined by the first determination unit includes the reproduction position information indicating the chorus part, the second determination unit is acquired by the second acquisition unit The exercise support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the motion information representing the main exercise is determined from a plurality of the motion information. The first acquisition unit acquires the music information including the reproduction position information indicating an intro part of the music,
The second acquisition unit acquires the motion information representing the motion motion including a warm-up motion that is a motion motion for performing preparations before the main motion and the reproduction position information indicating the intro portion in association with each other. ,
When the music information corresponding to the music identification information determined by the first determination unit includes the reproduction position information indicating the intro part, the second determination unit is acquired by the second acquisition unit The exercise support apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the motion information representing the warm-up exercise is determined from a plurality of the motion information. The first acquisition unit acquires the music information including the reproduction position information indicating the end of the music,
The second acquisition unit associates the motion information representing the exercise operation including the cool-down exercise, which is an exercise operation to cool down the body after the main exercise, and the reproduction position information indicating the final stage of the music. Acquired,
When the music information corresponding to the music identification information determined by the first determination unit includes the reproduction position information indicating the end of the music, the second determination unit is acquired by the second acquisition unit. The exercise support apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the motion information representing the cool-down exercise is determined from the plurality of motion information. The second acquisition unit acquires time information indicating a time required to perform the exercise operation once and the motion information in association with each other,
The exercise support device further includes:
A third determination for determining an output time of the music in the chorus part, the intro part, or the final stage of the music based on the reproduction position information included in the music information acquired by the first acquisition unit And
Based on the output time determined by the third determination unit and the time information acquired by the second acquisition unit, the number of executions of executing the motion information determined by the second determination unit is determined. A fourth determination unit to
The exercise support apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising: A first information processing apparatus including a first storage unit that stores a plurality of pieces of music information including reproduction position information indicating a reproduction position of the music and music identification information for identifying the music information;
A second information processing apparatus comprising a second storage unit that stores a plurality of pieces of motion information representing an exercise operation and the reproduction position information capable of operating the exercise operation indicated by the motion information in association with each other;
An exercise support system comprising:
The exercise support system includes:
A first acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of pieces of the music identification information from the first information processing apparatus;
A first determination unit that determines the music identification information to be output when the exercise operation is executed from among the plurality of music identification information acquired by the first acquisition unit;
A second acquisition unit that acquires, from the second information processing apparatus, the motion information and the reproduction position information at which the motion operation can be performed in association with each other;
The motion information corresponding to each reproduction position information included in the music information corresponding to the music identification information determined by the first determination unit from among the plurality of motion information acquired by the second acquisition unit. A second determining unit for determining;
A first control unit that causes the predetermined music output unit to output the music information corresponding to the music identification information determined by the first determination unit;
Second control for outputting a motion image corresponding to the motion information determined by the second determination unit to a predetermined display unit according to the reproduction position information included in the music information output by the first control unit And
An exercise support system comprising an exercise support device. A first acquisition step in which the exercise support apparatus acquires a plurality of pieces of music information including reproduction position information indicating a reproduction position of the music and music identification information for identifying each piece of music information;
A first determination step in which the exercise support device determines the music identification information to be output when the exercise operation is executed from among the plurality of music identification information acquired in the first acquisition step;
A second acquisition step in which the exercise support apparatus acquires a plurality of pieces of motion information representing an exercise operation and the reproduction position information capable of operating the exercise operation indicated by the motion information;
The motion information corresponding to each reproduction position information included in the music information corresponding to the music identification information determined in the first determination step is selected from the plurality of motion information acquired in the second acquisition step. A second determination step determined by the exercise support device;
A first control step in which the exercise support device executes control for causing the predetermined music output unit to output the music information corresponding to the music identification information determined in the first determination step;
Control for outputting a motion image corresponding to the motion information determined in the second determination step to a predetermined display unit according to the reproduction position information included in the music information output in the first control step, A second control step executed by the exercise support device;
Exercise support method including. A first acquisition step of acquiring a plurality of pieces of music identification information including reproduction position information indicating a reproduction position of the music, and music identification information for identifying each piece of music information;
A first determination step of determining the music identification information to be output when the exercise operation is executed from among the plurality of music identification information acquired by the first acquisition step;
A second acquisition step of acquiring a plurality of pieces of motion information representing an exercise operation and the reproduction position information capable of operating the exercise operation indicated by the motion in association with each other;
The motion information corresponding to each reproduction position information included in the music information corresponding to the music identification information determined in the first determination step is selected from the plurality of motion information acquired in the second acquisition step. A second determining step for determining;
A first control step of causing the predetermined music output unit to output the music information corresponding to the music identification information determined in the first determination step;
Second control for outputting a motion image corresponding to the motion information determined in the second determination step to a predetermined display unit according to the reproduction position information included in the music information output in the first control step. Steps,
Is executed by a computer included in the exercise support apparatus.