JP3472238B2 - How to provide effective physical exercise - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an effective physical exercise providing method for providing an effective physical exercise suitable for a user by using a server computer connected to a computer network such as the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the recent rapid spread of information communication technology, especially the Internet which is a computer network, various services have been provided to users by using these computer networks.

The service providing method using these computer networks is not limited to visiting a place such as a store where the service is provided or restricting business hours.
Since it becomes possible for users to receive services at their favorite times while staying at home, etc., the number of users of these services is rapidly increasing.

[0004] In particular, with the recent trend toward health and the rapid transition of the aging population, in response to the heightened awareness of self-management of health, effective physical exercise (exercise) suitable for oneself
Has been implemented.

[0005]

However, as a conventional method of providing effective physical exercise (exercise), there is a menu of physical exercise (exercise),
For example, because menu items such as jogging, radio exercise, push-ups, etc. are disclosed to the user, more effective exercises, for example, how to move the abdomen that is more effective when strengthening the abdominal muscles, etc. Although it is impossible to disclose and provide the above-mentioned special abdominal movement method to the user by disclosing only the menu items as described above, the user silently implements the menu. Since it is necessary to do so, few people can carry out these effective physical exercises (exercises) continuously for a long period of time.
There was a problem that many users did not last long.

[0006] Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and even if it is a special exercise or movement, it can be disclosed to the user in an easy-to-understand manner, and the user can enjoy working for a long time. It is intended to provide a method of providing effective physical exercise that can be performed.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an effective body movement providing method of the present invention is a server connected to a computer network composed of a plurality of computer terminals connected so as to be capable of data communication. A method for providing an effective physical exercise, which uses a computer to provide an effective physical exercise suitable for a user, the body being implemented by a computer of a user, at least the user wants to train or recover a function. A personal information receiving step of receiving personal information including part information, and a transmitting step of transmitting the received personal information to the server computer, and the personal computer has been transmitted by the server computer. An exercise-building game that builds an effective physical exercise menu that matches the user based on the individual information. And a motion control data generation step for generating motion control data for causing a human or animal model to perform an action corresponding to the body motion menu constructed in the motion construction step; A reply step to reply to the user computer,
Include, be implemented in the user's computer, viewed including the display and the step, the to be displayed on the transmitted display the human or animal models to perform effective physical exercise on the basis of the motion control data have screen, the pieces Information reception step
Information about the user's physical profile
Is accepted and registered in the personal information, and
In the server computer, the individual
On the display screen of the user computer based on the statistical information
Match the displayed person model to the user's body profile.
Generate model personalization data for transformation to match
The personalization data generation step to
Personalization data is sent to the user
Returned to the computer and used based on the model personalization data
Person transformed to match the person's body profile
The feature is that the model is displayed . According to this feature, the user can easily understand not only the physical exercise menu as in the past but also the exercise itself even if the movement of the model is complicated or special movement. Physical exercise according to movement (exercise)
By carrying out the exercise, the user can perform physical exercise (exercise) while having fun, and more users can continue the exercise (exercise) over a long period of time, which is more effective. Physical exercise can be performed. Also, the body profile of the person model displayed
The wheel (body shape) matches that of the user.
Therefore, make sure that the user has a sense of familiarity with the display model.
Not only that, but in the case of exercises such as weight loss,
Shows the body profile of the model as weight loss progresses
Will also change to the body profile after weight loss
Therefore, the result of physical exercise can be visually recognized through the model.
Become so.

[0008]

In the method for providing effective physical movement according to the present invention, it is preferable that the human model is displayed as a three-dimensional model on a display device of a user's computer. In this way, by making the human model a three-dimensional model, the user can more realistically understand the motion content of the physical exercise.

In the method for providing effective body movement of the present invention, the computer of the user stores a shape database in which a plurality of types of three-dimensional shape data are described for each body part of the human model, and It is preferable that the server computer transmits assembly data in which what kind of three-dimensional shape data is used in each body part of the human model is recorded. By doing so, in order to display the three-dimensional model, only the assembly data needs to be sent from the server computer, and it is not necessary to sequentially deliver the three-dimensional shape data of each body part of the three-dimensional model. The communication load can be reduced, and services can be provided to more users on the same server computer.

[0011]

[0012]

In the method for providing effective physical exercise of the present invention, the server computer returns the result information of the physical exercise of another specific user in the step of replying to the computer of the user, and the other specific use. It is preferable that the achievement information of the person is displayed. By doing so, it becomes possible to compare the situation with other specific users, for example, by recognizing the results of other users who started the same physical exercise at the same time.

In the method for providing effective physical movement according to the present invention, the result information is model individualized data of another specific user, and a person model based on the model individualized data of the other specific user. It is preferably displayed. In this way, the result of the specific user can be intuitively recognized by the model.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. (Embodiment) First, FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an effective body movement providing system to which an effective body movement providing method of the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a user used in this embodiment. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the computer of FIG. 3, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the server computer used in this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, the effective physical exercise providing system of the present embodiment is a service provider that provides a computer terminal 1a, 1b owned by a user and an aerobics service which is an effective physical exercise. Is mainly composed of a server computer 3 owned by, and each of these computers is an internet network 5 which is a computer network via each of the communication devices 2a, 2b and 4.
And is capable of sending and receiving data to and from both computers.

First, the configuration of the computer terminals 1a and 1b used by the user used in this embodiment is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, access processing to the server computer 3 by browser software, generation of a three-dimensional three-dimensional human model and generation of the model are performed on a data bus 10 for transmitting and receiving data inside the computer 1. Central processing unit (CP
U) 11, RAM 12, real-time clock (RTC) 17 capable of outputting current time information, calendar information such as the day of the week of arbitrary date, and input device 1 such as a keyboard
6, a display device 14 such as a display, a communication interface 13 that is connected to the communication devices 2a and 2b for transmitting and receiving data, and a magnetic disk or a magneto-optical disk, and is implemented by the central processing unit (CPU) 11. And a three-dimensional model generation program that describes the generation of the three-dimensional three-dimensional human model displayed on the display device and the operation control process for operating the model on the screen, and is used for accessing the server computer 3. Browser software, model personalization data for customizing the person model transmitted from the server computer 3 as described later, and for operating the person model according to the exercise content constructed on the screen A storage device 15 in which motion control data and the like are stored,
Is a normal computer to which is connected.

Further, in the three-dimensional model generation program of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, together with a shape database (library) in which the three-dimensional shape of each part constituting the human model is described, FIG. As shown, an exercise pattern database (library) to which an identification code capable of identifying the exercise is assigned is stored for each patterned exercise, and the data of these databases are stored when the server computer is accessed. Will be updated to the latest information.

Further, the server computer 3 of the service provider used in this embodiment, as shown in FIG.
The computer 1a, 1b of the user is connected to a data bus 30 which transmits and receives data at a relatively high speed inside the computer.
Based on the personal information data sent from the model editing process of editing the person model so as to match the age, sex, height, weight that is the profile of the user,
While constructing the exercise content based on the information of the body part that the user wants to train or recover the function, which is included in the individual information data, such as generation processing of exercise control data for causing the person model to execute the exercise content. A central processing unit (CPU) 31, which is capable of performing various types of processing at relatively high speed and has excellent computing capability, a RAM 32, and a real-time clock capable of outputting calendar information such as current time information and arbitrary days of the week (RTC) 37 and a communication interface 3 connected to the communication device 4 for transmitting and receiving data
3 and a magnetic disk or a magneto-optical disk, which is executed by the central processing unit (CPU) 31 and describes the model editing program in which the model editing processing is described and the motion control data generation processing. Along with the exercise construction program, a user database (DB) in which the ID and password of each user and the content of the results of the exercise of the user are registered as result information, and the platform of each computer terminal 1a, 1b used by the user Internet Explorer (home page browsing software manufactured by Microsoft Corporation in the United States) written in HTML (Hypertext Mailing Lang Edge) language that can be used on any platform independently of (operating system) etc. and operates on each platform. )etc A storage device 35, which stores homepage-type WWW (World Wide Web) data that allows information to be viewed and entered using browser software, and is connected to a storage device 35, which has a relatively high processing capability. The WWW (World Wide Web) data and the respective processing programs cooperate with each other to carry out the aerobics service providing process.

First, a person model that is characteristic of this embodiment and is three-dimensional and matches the user's profile is displayed on the display screens of the user's computer terminals 1a and 1b, for example, as shown in FIG. The details of the processing performed will be described below.

First, as shown in FIG. 4, the three-dimensional human model used in this embodiment is divided into 23 parts of the body, and the three-dimensional human model is formed by combining the three-dimensional parts of these parts. It is designed to generate.

For the three-dimensional parts of each of these parts, for example, in the case of a head, a head having the face of a young woman (20's), an elderly person (60
, Etc., various types are provided, and a three-dimensional part library in which three-dimensional part data (file) of each of these types is registered in association with a part code is the shape DB. The same three-dimensional parts library is stored in the storage device 35 of the server computer 3 as well.

Further, the person model is provided with standard models, for example, 170 cm in height and 60 kg in weight, for each predetermined value of height and weight, and these standard models are shown in FIG. As shown above,
Described in a model file composed of three-dimensional coordinate data in which each three-dimensional part is arranged, together with a part code indicating which three-dimensional part registered in the shape DB is used as the three-dimensional part Each of these model files is given a unique type code as a standard model library, and the standard model library is registered in the shape DB in the same manner as the three-dimensional part library, and the same The standard model library is the storage device 3 of the server computer 3.
It is also stored in 5.

Here, when the user inputs the sex, age, height, weight, etc. in the user setting questionnaire in the first access described later, these individual information are transmitted to the server computer 3 and the server computer 3 3 customizes the person model based on the sent individual information of the user.

The contents of the process of the model editing program for performing these customization processes are as follows.
Select the closest standard model based on height and weight. Specifically, if the user is male, the age is 35, the height is 174 cm, and the weight is 64 kg,
The standard model having the height of 170 cm and the weight of 60 kg is selected as the closest standard model, and the type code of the model is extracted from the standard model library.

Correction is then performed to match the standard model to the user. Specifically, the change data for changing the three-dimensional parts of the standard model (Head) selected above to three-dimensional parts in the thirties that match the age 35, and the vertical and horizontal directions of the model. Magnification data to be corrected to, for example, if the height of the standard model is 170 cm and the height of the user is 174 cm, 1
A value obtained by dividing 74 by 170, 1.023, is calculated as a correction factor in the vertical direction, and in the horizontal direction, the ratio of the average weight of each age and the weight of the user in each height of the male shown in FIG. Specifically, when the height of the user is 174 cm and the age is 35, since the average weight is 67.2 kilograms, the user's weight of 64 kilograms is the average weight 67. The value obtained by dividing by 0.2 kg = 0.952 is the lateral correction magnification data.

The type code of the standard model selected and calculated as described above, the change data of the three-dimensional parts, and the correction magnification data in the vertical and horizontal directions are used as model individualization data from the server computer 3 to the user's computer. It is transmitted to the terminals 1a and 1b.

The computer terminals 1a and 1b of the user are
Based on the transmitted model individualization data, a modified standard model is assembled and generated from the type code of the standard model and the modification data of the three-dimensional part, and the generated modified standard model is vertically aligned according to the correction magnification data. A person model matching the user's profile is generated by enlarging or reducing in the horizontal direction and displayed on the display screen.

Thus, the computer terminal 1 of the user
Both the a and 1b and the server computer 3 have the above-described three-dimensional part library and standard model library, and consist of the type code of the semi-model, the three-dimensional part change data, and the vertical and horizontal correction magnification data from the server computer 3. The transmission of the model individualization data is performed when all the three-dimensional data of the person model is transmitted in order to display the person model that matches the profile of the user on the computer terminals 1a and 1b of the user. However, the present invention is not limited to this, because the capacity of the transmission data can be remarkably reduced as compared with.

Hereinafter, the computer terminal 1 of the user
Specific processing contents when the user receives the aerobics service by accessing the server computer 3 from a and 1b will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, the user activates the browser software stored in the storage device 15 and inputs the address of the server computer 3 into the home page address to access the server computer 3.

At this time, the server computer 3 identifies whether or not the accessor is a new user, and if the accessor is a new user (user), the user registration page is displayed. In response to the input of personal information such as the user's name and address, an ID and a password for identifying the user are issued, and the issued user can be identified I
The D and the password are newly registered in the user DB, and the three-dimensional model generation program for generating the three-dimensional human model is the computer terminals 1a and 1b of the user.
And the three-dimensional model generation program and the identifiable ID and password are downloaded to the storage device 1.
5 is registered or stored.

A registered user who has already been issued an ID and password is identified as a registered user in the identification of whether or not the accessor is a new user, and the ID and password are displayed on the authentication processing page. The user is authenticated by comparing whether the ID matches the issued ID and the password, and the user who is determined to be a legitimate registered user in the authentication is activated in the computer terminals 1a and 1b of the user. It is determined whether the version of the stored three-dimensional model generation program is the latest data. If the version is not the latest version, the updated data is the computer terminals 1a, 1b of the user.
And the three-dimensional model generation program is updated.

Next, it is judged whether or not the access by the access user is the first time, and if it is the first time, it is executed by inputting an answer to a predetermined questionnaire item in the computer terminal 1a, 1b of the user. The user setting process is performed.

In the items of this questionnaire, information about the body parts such as age and sex of the user, height and weight, as well as the body parts that the user wants to train and the body parts that the user wants to recover (rehabilitate) as personal information. It is transmitted to the server computer 3. When inputting the information of the body part that the user wants to train and the body part that the user wants to recover (rehabilitation),
As a specific example, when the user desires a weight loss (diet), the whole body (weight loss) is added to the item of the body part to be trained.
Select and enter the target weight after weight loss.

Computer terminals 1a, 1 of these users
The questionnaire data transmitted from b is registered in association with the identification code (ID) of the user in the user DB stored in the storage device 35 of the server computer 3, and the model editing program According to the physical characteristics (gender, age, height, weight) of the user in the questionnaire data, the three-dimensional person model displayed on the user's computer terminals 1a and 1b becomes a figure that matches the user. As described above, the type identification code of the body part model of the 23 parts used for the human model after the model customization (editing) is performed, and the height direction of the basic model generated by the body part model of the type identification code. Model personalization data including the amount of deformation (enlargement / reduction scale) in the width direction is generated, and the generated model personalization data is used by the user's computer. Data terminal 1a, is returned to 1b, so that three-dimensional model with a type matching the user is generated.

Further, according to the exercise construction program stored in the storage device 35, the exercise menu of the user is displayed on the basis of the questionnaire data, information on a body part or a body part to be functionally recovered (rehabilitation), for example, the weight reduction purpose. If it is, the exercise menu for the user is constructed from the respective information such as height, weight and difference from the target weight using the calories consumed by exercise as an index, and the action in the exercise menu is performed by the person. Motion control data is generated for implementation on the model.

When these motion control data are generated, as shown in FIG. 8, each operation data carried out by the model, for example, the operation of raising the right foot, the operation of turning the left hand, etc., is given to each operation. The motion data DB (library) registered in association with the motion code is used.
The motion code of B (library) is combined to generate motion control data, which is registered in association with the identification code (ID) of the user in the user DB.

As described above, the motion control data for causing the human model to carry out the motion of each motion corresponding to the motion menu is executed by appropriately combining the motion codes of the motion data DB (library). This means that the amount of generated motion control data can be reduced compared to the method of describing changes in the position coordinates of each part of the human model as motion data, and therefore the communication time for transmitting motion control data can be shortened. This is preferable, because more users can use the server computer in parallel, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the description method of these motion control data is It may be appropriately selected depending on the model to be used, the method of the model generation program, and the like.

After the customization of these models and the construction of the exercise menu are completed, a "lobby" screen, which is a menu selection screen displaying each item to be executed by the user, is displayed, and the "lobby" screen is displayed on the "lobby" screen. ,"exercise",
If you want to carry out an exercise built for you, select "Exercise" and start exercise when you see the results of others, "Individual lesson" and "End". When browsing the exercise results of specific opponents other than yourself registered in advance at the time, or setting and registering the link (data disclosure) between your own exercise results and the exercise results of the other party If you want to see the explanation of the constructed exercise menu, or change the exercise menu, the body part you want to train or the body part you want to recover (rehabilitation), etc., select "Individual lesson". If you want to end, select and enter "End".

In this lobby screen, when the item of "exercise" is selected and input, it is registered by being associated with the identification code (ID) of the user in the user DB generated by the exercise construction program. The exercise control data corresponding to the constructed exercise menu is transmitted to the computer terminals 1a, 1b of the user, and in the computer terminals 1a, 1b of the user, as shown in FIG. The exercise room screen, which displays a three-dimensional person model that operates the exercise menu constructed based on, is displayed, and the user can exercise according to the displayed person model. , Even complex exercises can be easily understood and similar effective exercises can be performed.

Further, in the present embodiment, a result input section for inputting a result is provided on the exercise room screen so that, for example, in the case of the above-mentioned weight loss, the weight etc. after the exercise can be inputted. The input result data is transmitted to the server computer 3 and registered as an exercise result together with the usage record of the user DB.

These exercise results can be obtained by a specific partner who is registered in advance, for example, a colleague who carries out weight loss together.
Along with your own achievements, you can view the achievements of your partner who is a weight-loss companion, that is, you can view the usage record and current weight etc. registered in the user DB, and how much exercise the other person is carrying out. A specific person can see whether or not the results of the above have been obtained and can compare it with their own situation.

As described above, by making it possible to browse the achievements of a specific opponent, it becomes possible to compare the achievements of oneself with the achievements of the opponent, and by improving the competitiveness of the user, the exercise can be continued for a long time. However, the present invention is not limited to this.

Although the present invention has been described above with reference to the drawings, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and any modification or addition within the scope of the present invention is included in the present invention. Needless to say. For example,
Animal body owned by the user instead of the human model
It may be an animal model that matches the profile.

In the present invention, it is needless to say that the information on the body part that the user wants to train or recover the function includes weight loss (diet) and the like as the whole body exercise, as explained in the above embodiment. .

[0047]

The present invention has the following effects.

(A) According to the invention of claim 1, the user can easily understand the exercise itself, not the menu of the physical exercise as in the past, even if the movement is complicated or special due to the movement of the model. Not only will it be possible, but by performing physical exercises (exercises) in accordance with the movements of these models, users will be able to perform physical exercises (exercises) while having fun, and more users It becomes possible to continuously carry out physical exercises (exercises), and more effective physical exercises can be performed. Well
The body profile of the displayed person model (body shape
Since the (condition) matches that of the user, use
People not only have a sense of familiarity with the display model,
For example, in the case of exercise such as weight loss,
The body profile of the display model also shows the body profile after weight loss.
Achievement of physical exercise to change into lo-fi
Can be visually recognized through the model.

[0049]

( B ) According to the second aspect of the invention, the human model is a three-dimensional model, so that the user can more realistically understand the motion content of the physical exercise.

( C ) According to the invention of claim 3 , in order to display the three-dimensional model, only the assembly data need be sent from the server computer, and the three-dimensional shape data of each body part of the three-dimensional model is sent. It is possible to reduce the communication load and provide a service to more users in the same server computer because it is not necessary to sequentially deliver the information.

[0052]

[0053]

( D ) According to the invention of claim 4 , by comparing the results of other specified users, for example, other users who started the same physical exercise at the same time, it is possible to compare with their own situation. You will be able to.

( E ) According to the invention of claim 5 , the result of the specific user can be intuitively recognized by the model.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an effective body movement providing system of an embodiment to which an effective body movement providing method of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a user's computer used in this embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a server computer used in this embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a three-dimensional person model used in this embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a flow of an effective physical exercise providing process in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display state of a three-dimensional person model on a computer of a user of this embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration of a standard model file used in this embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration of an operation data database (library) used in this embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1a Computer (user) 1b Computer (user) 2a Communication device 2b Communication device 3 Server computer (service provider) 4 Communication device 5 Internet network 10 data bus 11 Central processing circuit (CPU) 12 RAM 13 Communication interface 14 Display 15 Memory device 16 Input device 17 Real Time Clock (RTC) 30 data buses 31 Central processing circuit (CPU) 32 RAM 33 Communication interface 35 storage device 37 Real Time Clock (RTC)

Continuation of front page (56) References JP-A-8-215362 (JP, A) JP-A-10-230035 (JP, A) JP-A-10-274918 (JP, A) JP-A-2000-126334 (JP, A) JP 9-204163 (JP, A) JP 7-289540 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G06F 17/60 126 A63B 69/00 A63B 24/00

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. Use of a server computer connected to a computer network composed of a plurality of computer terminals connected so as to be able to perform data communication, to provide effective physical exercise that matches the user with effective physical exercise. A personal information receiving step for receiving personal information including at least information on a body part that the user wants to train or recovers its function, the method being executed on the user's computer.
A transmission step of transmitting the received personal information to the server computer, and effective physical exercise that is performed by the server computer and is matched to the user based on the transmitted personal information. A motion building step for building a menu, a motion control data creating step for creating motion control data for causing a human model to execute a motion corresponding to the body motion menu built in the motion building step, and the motion control A reply step of returning data to the user computer, and displaying on the display screen a human model for executing effective physical exercise based on the transmitted exercise control data, which is executed in the user's computer. only contains the display and the step, the that, in the individual information receiving step, interest
Information regarding the user's body profile has been accepted
The server computer is registered in the personal information and
Based on the personal information sent
The person model displayed on the display screen of the user computer.
Transform Dell to match your body profile
Personalization data to generate model personalization data for
Data generation step is performed and the model personalization data
In the reply step, it will be returned to the user computer.
Based on the model personalization data
A human model that has been transformed to match the
A method for providing effective physical exercise, characterized by being performed. 2. The method for providing effective physical exercise according to claim 1 , wherein the human model is displayed as a stereoscopic model on a display device of a user's computer. 3. The user's computer stores a shape database in which a plurality of types of three-dimensional shape data is described for each body part of the human model, and the server computer stores each of the human model data. The method for providing effective body movement according to claim 2 , wherein assembly data in which what kind of three-dimensional shape data is used in the body part is recorded is transmitted. 4. The server computer also returns the result information of the physical exercise of another specific user in the step of replying to the computer of the user, and the result information of the other specific user is displayed. 4. The method for providing effective physical exercise according to any one of 1 to 3 . 5. The effect according to claim 4 , wherein the result information is model individualized data of another specific user, and a person model based on the model individualized data of the other specific user is displayed. Method of physical exercise.