JP2013103020A - Exercise volume measuring device and exercise volume measuring method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an exercise volume measuring device capable of measuring the quality or the like of an exercise of a person and what level of exercise and how long the person performed.SOLUTION: An exercise volume measuring device 1 includes an acceleration information detecting part 22 for detecting exercise volume information of an object person as acceleration information, and an acceleration reference information memorizing part 26 which memorizes the reference information of the exercise volume information and at least memorizes target acceleration reference information which is the acceleration information corresponding to target reference information which is the reference information of a target. The exercise volume measuring device 1 determines whether the acceleration information attains the target acceleration information, and displays the attainment in a display part when the acceleration information attains the target acceleration information, and determines whether the accumulated time of the acceleration information, which attains the target acceleration information, attains a target time, and displays the attainment in the display part 10 when the accumulated time attains the target time.

Description

  The present invention relates to a momentum measuring apparatus and a momentum measuring method for measuring a person's momentum, for example.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a device that detects the movement of a human body and calculates the calorie consumption thereof has been proposed (for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2008-295746 A

However, exercise that is favorable to the human body cannot be uniquely determined based on the calorie consumption, etc., but is determined based on the quality of the exercise, how much exercise has been performed, and for how long. There is a need to.
However, there is a problem that it is difficult to measure the quality of such exercise and how much quality of exercise has been executed for how long.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a momentum measuring apparatus and a momentum measuring method capable of measuring the quality of a person's exercise and the like, how much quality of exercise has been executed, and for how long.

  In the present invention, the above object has an acceleration information detection unit that detects exercise amount information of the subject as acceleration information, stores reference information of the exercise amount information, and at least the reference information of the target. An acceleration reference information storage unit that stores target acceleration reference information that is the acceleration information corresponding to the target reference information, and determines whether or not the acceleration information has reached the target acceleration reference information. When the target acceleration reference information is reached, the display unit displays that the target acceleration reference information is reached, and determines whether or not the accumulated time of the acceleration information that has reached the target acceleration reference information has reached the target time. This is achieved by a momentum measuring apparatus which displays that the display unit has been reached when the target time is reached.

According to the said structure, a subject's exercise amount information is grasped | ascertained as acceleration information. In addition, since there is target acceleration reference information that is acceleration information corresponding to the target reference information that is target reference information among the reference information of the momentum information, it is determined whether or not the acceleration information has reached the target acceleration reference information. By doing so, it can be easily determined whether or not the amount of exercise has reached the target reference information.
Further, according to the above configuration, when the cumulative time of acceleration information that has reached the target acceleration reference information reaches the target time, the fact is displayed on the display unit, so that the subject's own momentum has reached the target. It can be easily determined whether or not.
In other words, it is an exercise quantity measuring device capable of measuring the quality of exercise of the subject and how much exercise the quality has been performed for.

  Preferably, the accumulated time information when the acceleration information reaches the target acceleration reference information is displayed on the display unit.

  According to the above configuration, since the accumulated time information when the acceleration information has reached the target acceleration reference information is displayed, the subject can easily recognize the current accumulated time information that has reached the target acceleration reference information, It can be an encouragement to achieve the goal.

  Preferably, the reference information of the amount of exercise is configured to be displayed on the display unit every time measurement is performed.

  According to the above configuration, since the reference information of the exercise amount of the subject is displayed on the display unit every time measurement is performed, the exercise amount for each exercise is displayed as the reference information, so that the subject accurately grasps his / her exercise amount. Can do.

  Preferably, the reference information is mets (METs) which is information on the strength of physical activity of the subject.

  According to the said structure, since reference | standard information becomes a reference | standard called "METs" which the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare etc. involved, etc. determined, it is easy for a subject to evaluate momentum.

  In the present invention, the above object has an acceleration information detection unit that detects exercise amount information of the subject as acceleration information, stores reference information of the exercise amount information, and at least the reference information of the target. Target acceleration reference information that is the acceleration information corresponding to the target reference information is stored in an acceleration reference information storage unit, and it is determined whether or not the acceleration information has reached the target acceleration reference information, and the target acceleration reference When the information is reached, the display unit displays that the information has been reached, determines whether the accumulated time of the acceleration information that has reached the target acceleration reference information has reached the target time, and sets the target time to the target time. This is achieved by the method of measuring momentum, which is characterized by displaying that the display unit has been reached.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a momentum measuring apparatus and a momentum measuring method capable of measuring the quality of a person's exercise and how much quality of exercise has been performed for how long. it can.

It is the schematic which shows the active mass meter which is the exercise amount measuring apparatus of this invention, for example. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the main structures etc. of the active mass meter of FIG. It is a schematic flowchart which shows the main operation | movement etc. of the active mass meter concerning this Embodiment. It is another schematic flowchart which shows the main operation | movement etc. of the active mass meter concerning this Embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the example of a display of Mets etc. displays when the said average 3-axis acceleration data is "3 Mets" or less. It is the schematic which shows the example of a display of the display in case the said average triaxial acceleration data is "3 Mets" or more. It is the schematic which shows the example of a display of a display when "medium-intensity activity accumulation time data" becomes "20 minutes" or more.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The embodiments described below are preferred specific examples of the present invention, and thus various technically preferable limitations are given. However, the scope of the present invention is particularly limited in the following description. Unless otherwise stated, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing, for example, an activity meter 1 which is an exercise amount measuring apparatus of the present invention. The activity meter 1 is a device that measures the amount of activity of a human body, and is configured to measure the amount of activity by moving with the movement of the subject's body when possessed by a subject who desires measurement. Yes.
Specifically, it has X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis acceleration sensors inside, and the acceleration information detected by these acceleration sensors is, for example, X-axis acceleration data, Y-axis acceleration data, and Z-axis acceleration data. The average triaxial acceleration data is detected, and the momentum is measured from the acceleration data.

Traditionally, walking is considered to be good for health, and 10,000 steps per day were recommended. However, in recent years, it is important to improve lifestyle-related diseases through exercise. Activity. This “medium-intensity” activity is fast walking, but it is difficult to grasp the amount of exercise.
Therefore, in recent years, there is “METs” as a standard of the amount of exercise (physical activity) determined by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and the like, and it is trying to objectively measure the amount of exercise with this Met.
For example, mets are classified from 0.9 mets to 15 mets, “0.9 mets” is the amount of exercise in sleep, etc. “1.0 mets” is the amount of exercise in listening to music, watching movies, etc., “2.0 mets” Is the amount of exercise in cooking, etc., "3.0 Mets" is the amount of exercise such as car washing, "4.0 Mets" is the amount of exercise in garden cleaning, etc. "5.0 Mets" is the amount of exercise in playing with children, etc. .

According to this Mets standard, the above-mentioned “medium-level activities” are set to “3 Mets” or more. For this reason, if a person continues “car wash” for “20 minutes”, it can be determined that the amount of exercise is favorable for improving lifestyle-related diseases.
However, human exercises and activities do not necessarily perform the exercises exemplified in the Mets standards. Therefore, it is more preferable to measure the amount of exercise of a person, convert the amount of exercise into a Mets standard, and determine whether or not the accumulated exercise amount per day corresponds to “medium intensity activity of 20 minutes or more”.
Therefore, in the present embodiment, whether or not the exercise of the subject possessing the activity meter 1 is “medium intensity activity for 20 minutes or more”, that is, “3 Mets exercise for 20 minutes or more”. Is determined and displayed.
Thereby, the subject who possesses the active mass meter 1 can easily determine whether or not his / her exercise or the like is a preferable exercise amount for improving lifestyle-related diseases. Hereinafter, the configuration and the like will be described in detail.

As shown in FIG. 1, the activity meter 1 according to the present embodiment includes, for example, a display 10 that is a display unit including a substantially circular LED or the like at the center.
As shown in FIG. 1, the display 10 displays a time display 11 for displaying time data and the above-mentioned Mets data every predetermined time of a measurement subject (hereinafter referred to as “subject”), for example, every two minutes. A display 12 such as a mets.
The Mets display 12 can be configured to display “Banzai mark”, “OK mark”, and the like when the target is achieved in addition to the Mets data.
The display 10 also has a flame display 13 that displays a character when the above-described 3 Mets movement is achieved.

Further, the display 10 has a medium intensity activity time target gauge display 14 arranged in an arc shape, and the display 14 is configured to display the progress until the target is achieved by lighting with a liquid crystal or the like. . Details of these display contents will be described later.
By the way, in the activity meter 1 of FIG. 1, a setting change button 15 and a memory call button 16 are arranged on the outside thereof.

  FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing a main configuration and the like of the activity meter 1 of FIG. The activity meter 1 shown in FIG. 2 has a computer. The computer has a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory), etc., which are not shown. Connected through.

As shown in FIG. 2, the activity meter 1 includes an activity meter control unit 20. This activity meter control unit 20 is an acceleration information detection unit as well as a time measuring device 21 that generates time information, the display 10, the setting change button 15 and the memory call button 16, for example, average three-axis acceleration data generation The device 22 is controlled.
Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the average triaxial acceleration data generation device 22 includes an X axis acceleration sensor 22a, a Y axis acceleration sensor 22b, and a Z axis acceleration sensor 22c.
The activity meter control unit 20 also controls various storage units and various processing units (programs) as shown in FIG. 2, and these configurations will be described later.

  3 and 4 are schematic flowcharts showing main operations and the like of the activity meter 1 according to the present embodiment. Hereinafter, the operation and the like of the activity meter 1 will be described along the flowcharts of FIGS. 3 and 4 and the configurations of FIGS. 1 and 2 will be described.

First, a subject who wishes to measure his / her exercise amount, activity amount, etc. (hereinafter referred to as “exercise amount”) carries the activity meter 1 shown in FIG. 1 and turns on a power ON / OFF switch (not shown). By the operation, the power source of the active mass meter 1 is turned on, and the active mass meter 1 is brought into an operating state.
In this state, the process proceeds to step ST (hereinafter referred to as “ST”) 1 in FIG. In ST1, it is determined whether or not data before the previous day is stored in the medium intensity activity accumulated time data storage unit 23 (the contents of this storage unit will be described later) in FIG.
That is, in the present embodiment, the activity meter 1 determines whether or not there is data for the previous day in order to determine whether or not the subject has performed “medium intensity activity for 20 minutes or more per day”. to decide.
Specifically, this determination is made by the medium-intensity activity accumulated time data presence / absence determination processing unit (program) 24 before the previous day in FIG. 2, and when the corresponding data exists, the data before the previous day is obtained in ST2. It erases from the medium-intensity activity accumulated time data storage unit 23.
The erased data is stored as past history data.

Next, the process proceeds to ST3. In ST3, the average triaxial acceleration data generation device 22 in FIG. 2 calculates the average triaxial acceleration data (m / s ² ) by sampling every predetermined second, for example, every 2.0 seconds, and the average 3 in FIG. It is determined whether or not the data has been stored in the axial acceleration data storage unit 25.
In the present embodiment, the amount of exercise of the subject is grasped as acceleration data. Specifically, the X-axis acceleration sensor 22a, the Y-axis acceleration sensor 22b, and the Z-axis acceleration sensor 22c shown in FIG. 2 acquire the acceleration data of each axis, and the standard of the three-axis average acceleration data from these acceleration data. The deviation is obtained, average triaxial acceleration data (m / s ² ) that is average triaxial acceleration data every two minutes is calculated, and stored in the average triaxial acceleration data storage unit 25 of FIG.
Thus, the reason why the exercise amount of the subject is grasped as the acceleration data is that the increase / decrease in the average triaxial acceleration data substantially corresponds to the increase / decrease in the oxygen intake amount of the subject, whereby the increase / decrease in the exercise amount can be grasped. .

Further, in the present embodiment, correspondence data between the average triaxial acceleration data and the above-described reference information, for example, Mets, is stored in the acceleration / Mets correspondence data storage unit 26 of FIG. That is, average triaxial acceleration data in each Met from 0.9 Met to 15 Met is stored.
For this reason, average triaxial acceleration data corresponding to “3 Mets”, which is a medium-intensity activity, is also stored. This “3 Mets” is an example of target reference information, and average three-axis acceleration data corresponding to “3 Mets” is an example of target acceleration reference information. Therefore, the acceleration / mets correspondence data storage unit 26 is an example of an acceleration reference information storage unit.

If the average triaxial acceleration data generation device calculates the average triaxial acceleration data and stores it in the average triaxial acceleration data storage unit 25 in ST3 of FIG. 3, the process proceeds to ST4.
In ST4, the average triaxial acceleration data determination processing unit (program) 27 in FIG. 2 operates, and the average triaxial acceleration data in the average triaxial acceleration data storage unit 25 in FIG. With reference to the acceleration / Mets correspondence data, it is determined whether or not the average triaxial acceleration data is equal to or greater than the value of the average triaxial acceleration data corresponding to “3 Mets”.
That is, it is determined whether or not the subject's exercise corresponds to a medium-intensity exercise.

If the average triaxial acceleration data is not “3 mets (medium intensity exercise)” or more in ST4, the process proceeds to ST5.
In ST5, the Mets value corresponding to the average triaxial acceleration data is displayed on the Mets etc. display 12 of FIG. Specifically, the latest Mets value is displayed at the right end of FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, the Mets etc. display 12 has a configuration capable of displaying, for example, every “1 Mets”, and in particular, a thick line (or a line such as red) 12 a and / or light. An area of the red background color 12b is arranged, and the subject can easily recognize whether or not it is “3 mets” or more.
Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the Mets display 12 is configured to simultaneously display Met values up to a predetermined time, for example, up to about the past 50 minutes.
For this reason, the target person is also configured to be able to simultaneously grasp past Mets values on the same screen.
In the present embodiment, the average triaxial acceleration data displayed on the display 12 such as Mets is data every predetermined time, for example, every 2 minutes. The data every 2 minutes is preferably 60 average triaxial accelerations obtained and stored, for example, by sampling every 2.0 seconds so that the division of Mets can be clearly determined. The mode value of the 2-minute section of data is used, but the average value of the 2-minute section may be used.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a display example of the Mets etc. display 12 when the average triaxial acceleration data is “3 Mets” or less.
As shown in FIG. 5, the display (arrow A) portion at the right end of the Mets display 12 is displayed as the amount of exercise of “1 Mets”. Therefore, the subject can immediately recognize that his / her own momentum of “2 minutes” has not reached “medium intensity exercise”.

On the other hand, when the average triaxial acceleration data is equal to or greater than “3 mets (medium intensity exercise)” in ST4 of FIG. 3, the process proceeds to ST6.
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a display example of the display 10 when the average triaxial acceleration data is “3 Mets” or more.
As shown in FIG. 6, in ST6, a mets value (6 mets) corresponding to the average triaxial acceleration data is displayed on the display 12 such as mets (arrow B), and the subject's most recent exercise amount is “medium intensity. The flame display 13 is turned on or blinks to indicate that the movement (3 mets) has been reached.
As a result, the subject knows that the most recent exercise amount (up to 2 minutes before) has reached “medium-intensity exercise”, and whether or not his / her exercise is a favorable exercise amount for improving lifestyle-related diseases in almost real time. Can be easily determined.

In ST6, “2 minutes” that is the time of the average three-axis acceleration data of “3 mets” or more is added to the medium-intensity activity accumulation time data in the “medium-intensity activity accumulation time data storage unit 23” in FIG. At the same time, “2 minutes” is added and displayed on the medium intensity activity time goal achievement gauge display 14 of FIGS.
That is, the arcuate “medium intensity activity time target achievement gauge display 14” of FIG. 6 is sequentially lit and displayed so that a portion corresponding to “2 minutes” extends at the right end of FIG.
In this embodiment, when all of the “medium intensity activity time goal achievement gauge display 14” is lit, it becomes “20 minutes”, which is “a medium intensity of 20 minutes a day, which is a preferable amount of exercise for lifestyle-related disease improvement”. "Exercise" has been achieved.
When the medium intensity activity time target achievement gauge display 14 uses a color liquid crystal, when the medium intensity activity accumulation time exceeds 20 minutes, the display color is darkened. The display color may be further darkened and displayed.
Therefore, the subject can easily determine how much his / her exercise is insufficient for the target by visually recognizing the “medium intensity activity time target achievement gauge display 14”.
The medium intensity activity time target achievement gauge display 14 may be lit and displayed by the setting change button 15 for an achievement ratio with respect to a preset target of the exercise.

  Next, the process proceeds to ST7. In ST7, the medium-intensity activity accumulated time achievement determination processing unit (program) 28 in FIG. 2 operates, refers to the medium-intensity activity accumulated time data storage unit 23 in FIG. It is determined whether it is 20 minutes or more.

If the data is “20 minutes” or more in ST7, the process proceeds to ST8.
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating a display example of the display 10 when the “medium intensity activity accumulated time data” becomes “20 minutes” or more.
As shown in FIG. 7, the “Banzai mark” is displayed on the display 12 such as the Mets of the display 10 and the “OK mark” is also lit.
As a result, the subject can easily recognize that his / her exercise has become “medium intensity exercise for 20 minutes per day”, which is a preferable exercise amount for improving lifestyle-related diseases.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, not only can it be easily understood how the exercise corresponds to the criteria of “METs” that are difficult to judge as criteria, but also the lifestyle based on the Mets criteria. It is possible to easily recognize whether or not it has achieved “3/20 mets per day (medium intensity exercise)”, which is a preferable amount of exercise for improving habitual diseases.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Activity meter, 10 ... Display, 11 ... Time display, 12 ... Mets etc. display, 13 ... Flame display, 14 ... Medium intensity activity time target gauge display, 15. ··· Setting change button, 16 ··· Recall memory button, ·································································· Cumulative time data storage unit 24... Medium strength activity cumulative time data presence / absence determination processing unit (program) prior to the previous day, 25... Average three-axis acceleration data storage unit 26... Acceleration / mets correspondence data storage unit 27 ... average three-axis acceleration data judgment processing unit (program), 28 ... medium intensity activity cumulative time achievement judgment processing unit (program)

Claims (5)

It has an acceleration information detector that detects the amount of exercise information of the subject as acceleration information,
An acceleration reference information storage unit that stores reference information of the momentum information and stores at least target acceleration reference information that is acceleration information corresponding to target reference information that is the reference information of a target;
It is determined whether or not the acceleration information has reached the target acceleration reference information, and when the target acceleration reference information is reached, the fact that the display unit has been reached is displayed,
It is determined whether or not the accumulated time of the acceleration information that has reached the target acceleration reference information has reached a target time, and when the target time has been reached, the fact that the display unit has been reached is displayed. Momentum measuring device.   The exercise amount measuring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the acceleration information displays cumulative time information when the target acceleration reference information is reached on the display unit.   3. The exercise amount measuring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reference information of the exercise amount is configured to be displayed on the display unit every time the measurement is performed.   The exercise amount measuring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reference information is mets (METs) that is information on the strength of physical activity of the subject. It has an acceleration information detector that detects the amount of exercise information of the subject as acceleration information,
The reference information of the momentum information is stored, and at least the target acceleration reference information that is the acceleration information corresponding to the target reference information that is the reference information of the target is stored in the acceleration reference information storage unit,
It is determined whether or not the acceleration information has reached the target acceleration reference information, and when the target acceleration reference information has been reached, a message indicating that the acceleration information has been reached is displayed.
It is determined whether or not the accumulated time of the acceleration information that has reached the target acceleration reference information has reached a target time, and when the target time has been reached, the fact that the display unit has been reached is displayed. How to measure momentum.

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