JP5317534B2 - Exercise support apparatus, computer program, and exercise support method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an exercise support apparatus capable of displaying only an exercise action which can be performed inside a space that a user can secure and supporting an exercise, a computer program and an exercise support method. <P>SOLUTION: The exercise support apparatus 1 stores information on the exercise action and a space required for it in the exercise action DB 22 of a storage part 20. Also, the exercise support apparatus 1 acquires the size of the entire space which can be utilized for the exercise and the number of persons using it and determines an exercise space that one user can use for the exercise. On the basis of the exercise space of the user and the space required for the exercise action, the exercise support apparatus 1 selects the exercise action which can be performed in the exercise space of the user from the exercise action DB 22, displays an image relating to the selected exercise action at a liquid crystal display device 3 and supports the exercise. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an exercise support apparatus, a computer program, and an exercise support method that can support an exercise of a user (supported person) by displaying an image related to the exercise operation on a display unit.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an increasing number of users use exercise facilities such as sports clubs and fitness clubs for the purpose of health promotion and dieting. In order to effectively promote health, diet, etc., it is necessary to continuously perform appropriate exercise according to the physical strength and exercise ability of the user, rather than excessive exercise at once. In the exercise facility as described above, since the instructor instructs the exercise content and exercise amount suitable for the user, it is possible to expect effective health promotion and diet. However, since such an exercise facility requires a large space for many users to exercise and many instructors for instructing many users, it is often provided around a station, There are cases where it is difficult for the user to use the device because it does not exist near the home. In addition, in order to use the exercise facility, there is a problem that the user needs to pay a high usage fee.

  Therefore, in recent years, an exercise support device that can be installed in a relatively small space and can support exercise by automatically determining and providing exercise content and exercise amount suitable for the user has attracted attention. Yes. Since this exercise support apparatus does not require an instructor, the labor cost can be reduced and the user can use it at low cost. It is also possible to install and use the exercise support device at the user's home. In this case, it is easy for the user to continuously exercise, so that the exercise can be performed more effectively. . Such exercise support devices are described in, for example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 below.

  In Patent Document 1, a training management system capable of providing appropriate training according to individual differences among users is proposed. This system is composed of a host device and a training device used by a user. The host device creates a training menu based on user identification information transmitted from the training device, and loads are set according to the created training menu. Send information to the training device. The training device receives load setting information from the host device and changes the load based on the load setting information.

  Patent Document 2 proposes an exercise support system that can present optimal exercise content according to changes in the user's exercise ability and physical condition, and that allows the user to perform effective exercise without excess or deficiency. . In this system, the center device selects exercise content data suitable for the user based on the user's exercise purpose and personal data and distributes the exercise content data to the user terminal, and the user terminal receiving the exercise content data uses the exercise content data. To help. In addition, while the user is exercising, the user terminal acquires the user's vital information with the sensor unit, calculates the user's exercise amount based on the vital information, and the calculated exercise amount is within the range of the target value. It is determined whether or not there is. When the amount of exercise is not within the range of the target value, the user terminal transmits a request to change the exercise content data to the center device, and the center device that receives this changes the frame of the exercise content data in response to the change request and distributes it.

The exercise support system described in Patent Document 2 displays an instructor image on a display unit and can output voice or music from a speaker, so that a user can adjust the voice or music while viewing the instructor image. You can move your body. As described above, the exercise support apparatus that displays the image of the instructor or the like on the display unit can cause the user to perform various exercises such as stretching, strength training, or aerobics. There is an advantage of being able to play a role.
JP 2000-51390 A JP 2006-255028 A

  However, the training management system described in Patent Document 1 is intended for an exercise support apparatus that allows a user to perform a relatively simple exercise operation such as a cycling machine or a running machine, and exercise such as a sports club or a fitness club. It is not sufficient as a substitute for facilities.

  In addition, in the case of an exercise support device that displays exercise-related images and performs exercise support such as stretching, strength training, or aerobics, exercise support can be performed simply by preparing a device such as a liquid crystal display device or a projector. realizable. For this reason, instead of an exercise facility such as a sports club or fitness club, the user can display an image relating to exercise motion on a television device at home, and can exercise at home using the exercise support device.

  However, in an exercise facility such as a sports club or fitness club, a user can exercise using a relatively large space, but at home, exercise in the size of a room in which a television device or the like is installed. There is a problem that the space that can be used is limited. Further, the size of the space where the exercise can be performed varies depending on the user, depending on factors such as the size of the room and the furniture installed in the room. For this reason, when the exercise | movement motion displayed by the exercise | movement assistance apparatus is a thing with a big movement, there exists a possibility that the user who cannot ensure a big exercise | movement space cannot fully perform an exercise | movement operation. When a plurality of users exercise at the same time using the exercise support device, the exercise space for each user is further limited.

  When the user exercises under the instruction of the instructor at the exercise facility, the instructor can select an appropriate exercise in consideration of the space available for exercise, the number of users, and the like, and can instruct the user. However, in the case of the exercise support apparatus as described above, there is no instructor who performs appropriate guidance, so that each user has sufficient exercise space such as a large number of users exercising in a narrow room using the exercise support apparatus. There is a possibility that the exercise may be performed in a state where it is not possible to secure the exercise, and the exercise effect and safety are impaired. The exercise support system described in Patent Document 2 has the same problem.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and the object of the present invention is to select only an exercise operation that can be performed in a space that a user can use for exercise from the exercise operation database. It is intended to provide an exercise support apparatus, a computer program, and an exercise support method that can be displayed on a display unit and can effectively support exercise.

  Another object of the present invention is that even when a plurality of users exercise, it is possible to accurately determine an exercise space in which each user exercises and perform the exercise in each user's exercise space. An object of the present invention is to provide an exercise support device capable of displaying only exercise motion on a display unit.

  Another object of the present invention is to determine an exercise space having a shape suitable for each user to exercise by determining the exercise space by equally dividing the rectangular usable space. An object of the present invention is to provide an exercise support device that can be performed.

  Another object of the present invention is to store the size of the space required for each exercise movement as a ratio to the height in the exercise movement database, so that each user can have the same regardless of the physique difference. An object of the present invention is to provide an exercise support device that can select a suitable exercise operation and display it on a display unit.

The exercise support apparatus according to the present invention is an exercise support apparatus that includes display processing means for performing processing for displaying an image related to an exercise operation on a display unit, and uses to acquire information about an available space that can be used for exercise and available space acquisition unit, based on information relating to the available space available acquisition means has acquired space, a motion space determining means for determining a motion space which the supporters performs motion, a motion operation and the movement operation An exercise operation selection means for selecting an exercise operation that can be performed in the exercise space determined by the exercise space determination means, from an exercise operation database in which a plurality of information related to the space necessary to perform is stored in association with each other ; Bei a motion menu determining means for determining a motion menu movement operation selection means combines the plurality of motion operation selected The display processing means, characterized in that the image of the plurality of motion operation included in the motion menu was determined the kinetic menu determining means are to be displayed on the display unit.

  The exercise support apparatus according to the present invention further includes exercise number acquisition means for acquiring the number of persons to be supported, and the exercise space determination means uses the available space acquired by the available space acquisition means. Based on such information and the number of people acquired by the number-of-exercises acquisition means, an exercise space in which each supported person exercises is determined.

  In the exercise support apparatus according to the present invention, the available space acquired by the available space acquisition unit is rectangular, and the exercise space determination unit is the number of people acquired by the exercise number acquisition unit. The aspect ratio of the equally divided rectangular space is calculated, and when the aspect ratio of the rectangular space exceeds a predetermined ratio range, the number of persons is increased and the aspect ratio of the equally divided rectangular space is repeatedly calculated, and the rectangular space is calculated. In the case where the aspect ratio does not exceed a predetermined ratio range, the equally divided rectangular space is determined as the exercise space.

  In the exercise support apparatus according to the present invention, the exercise motion database stores the size of the space necessary for performing the exercise motion as a ratio to the height, and obtains the height of the supportee Based on the means, the ratio stored in the exercise action database, and the height acquired by the height acquisition means, the necessary space for calculating the size of the space required to perform each exercise action stored in the exercise action database The exercise motion selection means is configured to perform an exercise motion that can be performed in the exercise space determined by the exercise space determination means based on the size of the required space calculated by the required space calculation means. It is characterized by being selected.

The computer program according to the present invention can be used for exercise in a computer having an exercise motion database in which a plurality of information related to exercise motion and the space necessary for performing the exercise motion are stored in association with each other. An available space acquisition step for acquiring information related to the available space, and an exercise space determination step for determining an exercise space for the supportee to exercise based on the information related to the available space acquired by the available space acquisition step And an exercise operation selection step for selecting an exercise operation that can be performed in the exercise space determined in the exercise space determination step from the exercise operations stored in the exercise operation database, and the exercise operation selection step. Exercise menu combining multiple exercises A motion menu enter step of determining over, that to execute a display processing step to perform a process of displaying an image according to the plurality of motion operation included in the motion menu which is determined by the motion menu determining step to the display unit Features.

In addition, the exercise support method according to the present invention includes an exercise support apparatus having an exercise motion database in which a plurality of information related to exercise motion and a space necessary for performing the exercise motion are stored in association with each other. it'll be displayed on the display unit, and a movement supporting method for supporting the movement of the supporter, the exercise support apparatus obtains the information relating to the available space can be utilized to exercise available An available space acquisition step, an exercise space determination step for determining an exercise space in which a supportee exercises based on information on the available space acquired in the available space acquisition step, and the exercise space determination step selecting a motion operation can be performed at decision exercise space, from the exercise routine exercise operation stored in the database at And the dynamic operation selection step, a motion menu determining step of determining a motion menu which is a combination of a plurality of exercise motion selected by the motion operation selection step, a plurality included exercise menu determined by the motion menu determining step And a display processing step for performing a process of displaying an image related to the exercise operation on the display unit.

  In the present invention, information related to exercise motion and a space necessary for performing this is associated and stored in the exercise motion database. The exercise support device acquires information on the available space that can be used for exercise, for example, information such as the width, depth, and height of the room in which exercise is performed, and determines the exercise space in which the user exercises based on the acquired information To do. Based on the user's exercise space and the space required for the exercise operation, the exercise support device can select an exercise operation that can be performed in the user's exercise space from the exercise operation database. By displaying an image related to the selected exercise operation on the display unit, the exercise support apparatus can display only the exercise operation suitable for the size of the room where the user exercises. Therefore, the user can surely perform exercise by the exercise support device even in a limited space such as a narrow room.

  In the present invention, the exercise support apparatus acquires the number of users who exercise. The method of acquiring the number of users may be a method of directly accepting numerical values input by the user, a method of acquiring the number of people registered in a database or the like in advance, or other methods. Also good. Even if a room for exercise is large, if the number of users who exercise at the same time increases, the exercise space that can be secured by each user is limited and becomes smaller. Therefore, the exercise support device determines the exercise space for each user from the size of the space available for exercise as a whole and the number of people performing the exercise, and selects the exercise operation that can be performed with the size of this exercise space To do. Thus, the exercise support device displays a large movement motion when one or a small number of users exercise in a large room, and a small movement when a small room or a large number of users exercise. It is possible to provide exercise support suitable for the space available for exercise and the number of users performing exercise, such as displaying movement.

In the present invention, the exercise support apparatus acquires a rectangular space as an available space that can be used for exercise. When the shape of the room where the user exercises is a complicated shape other than a rectangle, the largest rectangular space that can be secured in this shape may be set as an available space. Next, the exercise support apparatus calculates the aspect ratio of the rectangular space obtained by equally dividing the rectangular usable space by the number of users. Note that when the available space is equally divided by the number of users, the exercise support apparatus performs equal division so that the difference between the vertical and horizontal lengths of the equally divided rectangular space is minimized.
When the difference between the vertical and horizontal lengths of the rectangular space is large and the aspect ratio exceeds a predetermined ratio range, it can be determined that the rectangular space is a vertically or horizontally long space that is not suitable for movement. Therefore, when the calculated aspect ratio exceeds the predetermined ratio range, the exercise support device increases the number of users, for example, by one, and again divides the available space, and whether the aspect ratio of the rectangular space exceeds the predetermined ratio range. Determine again. The determination of the equal division of the available space and the aspect ratio is repeated while increasing the number of users, and when the aspect ratio does not exceed the predetermined ratio range, the exercise support device determines the equally divided rectangular space as the exercise space.
As a result, the exercise support apparatus does not determine an extremely vertically or horizontally long space that is not suitable for exercise as an exercise space. When an extremely long or wide space is determined as an exercise space, there is a possibility that the exercise motion that can be performed in such an exercise space does not exist in the exercise database, but the aspect ratio of the exercise space is a predetermined ratio. This can be avoided by limiting the range.

Further, in the present invention, the size of the space necessary for performing the exercise operation is stored in the exercise operation database as a ratio to the height. The size of the space required for performing the exercise motion varies depending on the user's physique and the like. A small user can perform a large motion motion in a small space, but a large user needs a larger space to perform the same motion motion.
Therefore, the exercise support apparatus calculates the size of the space required for performing the exercise operation by acquiring the height of the user who performs the exercise and integrating the expansion to the ratio stored in the exercise operation database. When there are a plurality of users who exercise, the highest height may be used. As a result, when the user exercises in a small room, the exercise support device displays a movement operation with a large movement for a user with a short height, displays a movement movement with a small movement for a user with a high height, etc. Exercise support suitable for the height of the user can be performed.

  In the case of the present invention, only the exercise motion that can be performed in the exercise space that can be secured by the user is displayed on the display unit and exercise support is provided. In addition, exercise support suitable for the size of the room in which the user exercises can be performed, such as displaying an exercise operation with a large movement in a large room. Therefore, since the user can surely perform the exercise by the exercise support apparatus without worrying about the size of the room, the user can improve his / her health at home without using an exercise facility such as a sports club or a fitness club. You can easily and continuously exercise for the purpose of dieting.

  Further, in the case of the present invention, a plurality of exercise support apparatuses are used to determine the exercise space for each user from the available space that can be used for exercise and the number of users who exercise. Even when the user performs exercise at the same time, exercise support suitable for the space available for exercise and the number of users can be displayed and exercise support can be performed. Therefore, the convenience of the exercise support device can be improved, and exercise can be performed effectively while enjoying a large number of people such as family members or friends.

  Further, in the case of the present invention, the rectangular usable space is equally divided by the number of users, and when the vertical and horizontal ratio of the equally divided rectangular space exceeds the predetermined ratio range, the number of usable spaces can be increased by increasing the number of people. Once again, when the aspect ratio does not exceed the specified ratio range, this rectangular space is used as an exercise space for each user, and an extremely vertical or horizontal space that is not suitable for exercise is determined as an exercise space. There is no. Therefore, the exercise support device can determine an optimal exercise space for each user, and can perform exercise support by displaying an optimal exercise operation for the exercise space.

  In addition, according to the present invention, the size of the space required for the exercise operation is stored in the exercise operation database as a ratio to the height, and the user's height is acquired and is necessary for the exercise operation based on the ratio of the exercise operation database. By adopting a configuration for calculating the size of a space, it is possible to select and display an exercise motion in consideration of the exercise space and the user's physique. Therefore, the exercise support device can perform exercise support by displaying exercise operations more suitable for each user, and the user can exercise more effectively.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings showing embodiments thereof. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of an exercise support apparatus according to the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes an exercise support device that is connected to a liquid crystal display device 3 or the like via a cable and supports the exercise of the user (supported person) 100 by displaying an image related to exercise operation on the liquid crystal display device 3. . The exercise support device 1 and the liquid crystal display device 3 are installed, for example, at the corner of a room at the home of the user 100. At this time, the liquid crystal display device 3 is installed so that the display surface faces the center of the room, and the user 100 can view and exercise images displayed on the liquid crystal display device 3 on the center side of the room. The liquid crystal display device 3 may be a dedicated display device that displays an image related to exercise support of the exercise support device 1 or may be a display device that displays a television program or the like. The exercise support device 1 may be a dedicated device that performs processing related to exercise support, or may be a PC (Personal Computer) installed with a program that performs processing related to exercise support.

  The exercise support device 1 displays on the liquid crystal display device 3 a sample image 110 that performs an exercise operation as an image for supporting the exercise of the user 100. For example, a three-dimensional human image composed of polygons, textures, and the like can be used as the sample image 110, and the exercise support apparatus 1 is a moving image in which the sample image 110 operates in accordance with a predetermined exercise menu (exercise content). The image is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 3. Further, the exercise support device 1 can reproduce and output music with a tempo suitable for the rhythm of the exercise according to the operation of the sample image 110 from a speaker (not shown) built in the liquid crystal display device 3. . As a result, the user 100 can imitate the motion of the three-dimensional sample image 110 displayed on the liquid crystal display device 3 and can move his body according to the music output from the speaker of the liquid crystal display device 3. The device 1 can cause each user 100 to perform a suitable exercise.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the exercise support apparatus 1 according to the present invention. The exercise support device 1 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 12, an output unit 13, an operation unit 14, a communication unit 15, a storage unit 20, and the like. The CPU 11 reads out and executes the control program 21 stored in the storage unit 20, thereby performing control processing of various units of the exercise support device 1 and various arithmetic processes. The RAM 12 is composed of a memory element such as SRAM (Static RAM) or DRAM (Dynamic RAM), and stores data generated during the processing of the CPU 11.

  The output unit 13 has connection terminals for connecting cables for transmitting analog signals or digital signals such as images and sounds, and is connected to the liquid crystal display device 3 via these cables. The exercise support apparatus 1 is an image signal suitable for displaying data relating to images such as the image of the sample image 110, a setting screen for the user 100 to set various information, and a menu screen for the user 100 to select. The image is displayed by being output from the output unit 13 to the liquid crystal display device 3 via a cable. Also, the exercise support device 1 converts audio data such as music, sound effects, and voice messages to be reproduced in accordance with the operation of the sample image 110 into an audio signal and outputs the audio signal from the output unit 13 to the liquid crystal display device 3. Thus, sound is output from the speaker of the liquid crystal display device 3.

  The operation unit 14 includes, for example, a plurality of switches provided in front of the housing of the exercise support apparatus 1. The operation unit 14 receives information input and menu selection by the user's switch operation, and notifies the CPU 11 of the received operation content. In addition, when the exercise support apparatus 1 includes a remote controller (hereinafter referred to as a remote controller), the operation unit 14 may be provided in the remote controller. Further, the exercise support device 1 may be configured to include an input device such as a mouse and a keyboard as the operation unit 14, or may be configured to provide the operation unit 14 by providing a touch panel on the display surface of the liquid crystal display device 3. .

  The communication unit 15 has a connection terminal for connecting a communication cable, and is connected to a network N such as a LAN (Local Area Network) via the communication cable. The communication unit 15 can transmit and receive data to and from other devices connected to the network N. For example, various programs and data can be downloaded via the network N and stored in the storage unit 20. it can.

  The storage unit 20 is configured by a large-capacity storage device such as a hard disk, and includes a control program 21 for performing exercise support processing, an exercise operation database (hereinafter referred to as DB) 22, a user information DB 23, a space setting. Various data such as a file 24 and an exercise level conversion table 25 are stored. These programs and data may be configured to be preinstalled in the exercise support apparatus 1 and stored in the storage unit 20, and the communication unit 15 may be downloaded from another device via the network N and stored in the storage unit 20. The configuration may be stored. The details of various data stored in the storage unit 20 will be described later.

  The user 100 exercising using the exercise support apparatus 1 according to the present invention first operates the operation unit 14 while browsing the user information registration screen displayed on the liquid crystal display device 3 to display information on the user 100. It is necessary to register. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a user information registration screen for registering user information. The user information registration screen includes, for example, a box for inputting a user name, age, height, and weight, two option buttons for selecting a gender, and five check boxes for selecting exercise habits. It is. After inputting or selecting these pieces of information, the user 100 can complete and register the input of user information by operating the “Register” button using the operation unit 14. The user information registration using the user information registration screen may be performed only when the user 100 uses the exercise support device 1 for the first time, and the registered information may be read and used for the second time and thereafter.

  When the user information is registered by the user 100, the exercise support device 1 gives identification information such as an ID (IDentifier) number to each user 100 and stores the registered user information in the user information DB 23 of the storage unit 20. . FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration example of the user information DB 23. The user information DB 23 stores information such as a user name, age, sex, height, weight, exercise habit, and exercise level in association with identification information uniquely assigned to each user 100. The information relating to the user name, age, sex, height and weight stored in the user information DB 23 is information input by the user 100 on the user information registration screen shown in FIG.

  The exercise habits of the user information DB 23 are represented by values of 1 to 5, and are determined depending on which of the five check boxes provided on the user information registration screen is selected. For example, when “exercise every day” is selected, the value of exercise habit is determined to be “5”, and when “exercise about 3 times a week” is selected, the value of exercise habit is set to “4”. When “exercise only on weekends” is selected, the exercise habit value is determined as “3”, and when “execute about once a month” is selected, the exercise habit value is “2”. When “determined” is selected and “almost not exercise” is selected, the value of exercise habit is determined as “1”.

  The exercise level of the user information DB 23 is information indicating the exercise ability of each user 100. The exercise support device 1 refers to the exercise level conversion table 25 stored in the storage unit 20 on the basis of the age, sex, and exercise habits of the user 100 registered on the user information registration screen, thereby exercising the exercise of each user 100. Determine the level. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration example of the exercise level conversion table 25. The exercise level conversion table 25 stores the exercise levels in five levels of 1 to 5 in association with the age groups determined for each male or female gender and the values obtained by evaluating exercise habits in five levels. It is. Thereby, the exercise support device 1 can uniquely determine the exercise level from the age, sex, and exercise habit of the user 100, and stores the determined exercise level in the user information DB 23.

  In addition, the user 100 needs to set information regarding the size (width) of a space (usable space) that can be used for exercise before starting exercise using the exercise support apparatus 1. The available space is, for example, a place where there is no obstacle such as furniture in the room where the exercise support apparatus 1 is installed, and the user 100 can move freely (for example, a hatched area in FIG. 1). It is. The exercise support device 1 displays a space setting screen for setting the size of the available space on the liquid crystal display device 3 and accepts input from the user 100. Moreover, since the exercise | movement using the exercise assistance apparatus 1 can be performed simultaneously by the some user 100, the exercise assistance apparatus 1 receives the setting of the number of the users 100 who exercise in the space setting screen.

  FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a space setting screen. In the space setting screen, for example, a pull-down menu for selecting the shape of the available space, a box for inputting the width and depth, and a box for inputting the number of users are provided. The shape of the available space can be selected from, for example, a rectangle, a square, or a circle. When the rectangle is selected here, the exercise support apparatus 1 may accept the setting of the width and the depth as the size of the available space. When a square is selected, the exercise support device 1 may accept setting of either width or depth and automatically set the other to the same value. When the circle is selected, the exercise support device 1 may display a box for inputting the radius or diameter on the space setting screen and accept the setting of the radius or diameter as the size of the available space.

  The exercise support apparatus 1 stores the size (width and depth) of the available space received on the space setting screen and the number of users in the space setting file 24 of the storage unit 20. However, when the shape of the available space is a shape other than a rectangle or a square, the exercise support device 1 calculates the maximum rectangular or square space that can be secured with the set shape, and the size of the calculated space May be stored in the space setting file 24 as the size of the available space. If there is no change from the previous setting contents, the user 100 can omit setting on the space setting screen. In this case, the exercise support device 1 reads the space setting file 24 stored in the storage unit 20. Obtain the size of the available space and the number of users. In the present embodiment, the available space is handled as a two-dimensional plane, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the available space can be converted into a three-dimensional space by receiving a height setting on the space setting screen. It can also be configured to be handled as a space.

  The exercise support apparatus 1 that accepts the setting of the size of the available space and the number of users and stores it in the space setting file 24 determines a space (exercise space) that can be used by one user 100 for exercise based on this setting. . When the number of users 100 who exercise using the exercise support device 1 is one, the exercise space for the user 100 is an available space set on the space setting screen. A method for determining an exercise space when two or more users 100 exercise using one exercise support apparatus 1 will be described below.

  7 and 8 are schematic diagrams for explaining a method for determining an exercise space. In this example, it is assumed that the user 100 sets the available space on the space setting screen as a rectangle having a width of 4.0 m and a depth of 3.0 m. When the user 100 sets the number of users to two on the space setting screen, the exercise support device 1 divides the available space into two equal parts to form two rectangular or square spaces (rectangular spaces). Here, when the available space having a width of 4.0 m and a depth of 3.0 m is divided into two equal parts, the width direction is set so that two rectangular spaces a1 and a2 having a width of 2.0 m and a depth of 3.0 m are formed. Is divided into two equal parts (see FIG. 7A), and the depth direction is equally divided into two rectangular spaces b1 and b2 having a width of 4.0 m and a depth of 1.5 m (see FIG. 7). There are two methods (see (b)).

  Therefore, the exercise support device 1 determines the aspect ratio of the rectangular space obtained by equally dividing the available space (where the length of the longer side / the length of the shorter side of the rectangular space is the aspect ratio). ) And the rectangular space having the smallest aspect ratio is determined as the exercise space for each user 100. That is, the exercise support apparatus 1 determines the rectangular space closest to the square as the exercise space for each user 100. For example, the aspect ratio of the rectangular spaces a1 and a2 shown in FIG. 7A is 3.0 m / 2.0 m = 1.5, and the aspect ratio of the rectangular spaces b1 and b2 shown in FIG. 7B is 4.0 m. Since /1.5 m≈2.67, the exercise support apparatus 1 determines the rectangular spaces a1 and a2 as exercise spaces for the respective users 100.

  When the user 100 sets the number of users to three on the space setting screen, the exercise support device 1 divides the available space into three equal spaces to form three rectangular spaces. Here, when an available space having a width of 4.0 m and a depth of 3.0 m is divided into three equal parts, the width is set to be three rectangular spaces a1 to a3 having a width of about 1.33 m and a depth of 3.0 m. A method of dividing the direction into three equal parts (see FIG. 8A) and a method of dividing the depth direction into three equal parts so as to form three rectangular spaces b1 to b3 having a width of 4.0 m and a depth of 1.0 m (see FIG. 8). 8 (b)). The aspect ratio of the rectangular spaces a1 to a3 is 3.0 m / 1.33 m≈2.26, and the aspect ratio of the rectangular spaces b1 to b3 is 4.0 / 1.0 = 4.0. ˜a3 has a smaller aspect ratio. However, in the exercise support device 1, when the aspect ratio of the rectangular space exceeds the predetermined ratio range (in this example, when the ratio range of 1 ≦ the aspect ratio ≦ 2.0, that is, when the aspect ratio> 2.0). Therefore, it is determined that the rectangular space is extremely vertically or horizontally unsuitable for motion, and this rectangular space is not determined as a motion space.

  Therefore, the exercise support device 1 increases the number of users by one to four, and divides the available space into four equal spaces to form four rectangular spaces. When the available space with a width of 4.0 m and a depth of 3.0 m is divided into four equal parts, the width direction is divided into four equal parts so as to form four rectangular spaces with a width of 1.0 m and a depth of 3.0 m. (Not shown), a method of equally dividing the depth direction into four so as to form four rectangular spaces having a width of 4.0 m and a depth of 0.75 m (not shown), a width of 2.0 m and There are three methods: a method of dividing the width direction and the depth method into two equal parts (see FIG. 8C) so as to form four rectangular spaces c1 to c4 having a depth of 1.5 m. The aspect ratio of the rectangular spaces c1 to c4 is 2.0 m / 1.5 m≈1.33, the aspect ratio is the smallest by the three methods, and 1 ≦ the aspect ratio ≦ 2.0. 1 determines the rectangular spaces c1 to c4 (three of them) as the exercise space for each user 100.

  As described above, when the aspect ratio of the rectangular space obtained by equally dividing the available space exceeds the predetermined ratio range, the exercise support apparatus 1 increases the number of users by one until the aspect ratio falls within the predetermined ratio range. Are equally divided, and the process of determining whether the aspect ratio of the obtained rectangular space is within a predetermined ratio range is repeated. Thereby, the exercise space of each user 100 is not determined as an extremely long or horizontally long space unsuitable for exercise.

  The exercise support apparatus 1 that has determined the exercise space of each user 100 reads the exercise operation DB 22 stored in the storage unit 20 and takes into account the exercise level of each user 100, the above-described exercise space, and the like. Determine exercise content (exercise menu) suitable for the environment. FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration example of the exercise motion DB 22. The exercise operation DB 22 has a tree structure in which detailed exercise operations according to the exercise level of the user 100 are classified and stored for each exercise genre. In the illustrated example, the exercise motion DB 22 includes an aerobics DB in which exercise motions related to aerobics are stored, a hip hop DB in which exercise motions related to hip hop dance are stored, and a Latin dance DB in which exercise operations related to Latin dance are stored. Consists of two databases. In addition, the aerobics DB, the hip hop DB, and the Latin dance DB of the exercise operation DB 22 are configured by level 1 to 5 databases in which exercise operations according to the exercise level of the user 100 are stored. However, the illustrated configuration is an example, and the exercise motion DB 22 may be configured with a database relating to more exercise genres.

  FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration example of the aerobics DB of the exercise motion DB 22, and illustrates only a database in which exercise activity at an exercise level 3 is stored. The configuration of the database relating to other exercise levels of the aerobics DB and the configuration of the hip hop DB and the Latin DB are the same as the database shown in FIG. 10, and thus illustration and description thereof are omitted. The aerobics DB stores, for example, various movements such as march, side step, and grapevine, and a necessary space coefficient for calculating the size of space required when the user 100 performs each movement. Are stored in association with each movement.

  The required space coefficient indicates the amount of movement when each exercise is performed as a ratio to the height of the user 100. The exercise support apparatus 1 can calculate the movement amount of the user 100 associated with the exercise operation by multiplying (accumulating) the height of the user 100 by the necessary space coefficient. This is the size of the space required for movement. For example, when the required space coefficient is 0.5 and the height of the user 100 is 160 cm, the movement amount of the user 100 can be calculated as 0.5 × 160 = 80 cm. The necessary space coefficient is determined for each of the front-rear direction and the left-right direction. In this case, the front-rear direction corresponds to the depth direction of the exercise space, and the left-right direction corresponds to the width direction of the exercise space.

  In the illustrated aerobics DB, only items such as march, side step, and grapevine are described as exercise motions. However, in actuality, data for generating a motion image corresponding to each motion motion and motion motion are instructed. Audio data and the like for this purpose are stored in association with each item. The data for generating a moving image is, for example, polygon data and texture data for forming a person image to be displayed.

  The exercise support apparatus 1 selects a database of a genre (which may be configured to be selected by the user 100) suitable for the user 100 performing exercise from the exercise operation DB 22, and further stores the user information DB 23 stored in the user information DB 23 from the selected database. A database corresponding to 100 exercise levels is selected. Next, the exercise support apparatus 1 acquires the height of the user 100 who exercises from the user information DB 23, multiplies the necessary space coefficient of each exercise operation stored in the exercise operation DB 22 by the height, and the space required for each exercise operation. The size of is calculated. When a plurality of users 100 exercise at the same time using the exercise support device 1, the exercise support device 1 selects a database according to the lowest exercise level, and a space required according to the highest height. May be calculated.

  Further, as described above, the exercise support device 1 determines the exercise space for each user 100 based on the size of the available space and the number of users 100. Thus, the exercise support device 1 can extract the exercise operation that can be performed in the determined exercise space from the exercise operation DB 22. In other words, the exercise support device 1 can extract only the exercise operation in which the required space in the front-rear direction is smaller than the depth of the exercise space and the required space in the left-right direction is smaller than the width of the exercise space from the exercise operation DB 22. The exercise support apparatus 1 determines an exercise menu of about 30 minutes to be performed by the user 100 by appropriately combining the extracted exercise operations. FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of an exercise menu. In the illustrated example, the exercise menu is composed of six sessions of “warming up”, “first to fourth circuits”, and “stretch”.

  In the “warming up” session, warming up corresponding to the exercise level of the user 100 is performed for about 5 minutes. The “first to fourth circuit” sessions are sessions in which a plurality of exercise operations such as march, push-ups, and side steps selected from the exercise operation DB 22 are performed. The “stretch” session is a session for performing deep breathing after stretching and ending exercise. Note that the warming up and the exercise motions of the stretches 1 to 4 are also selected from the exercise DB 22 according to the exercise level and exercise space of the user 100. In addition, if the exercise support apparatus 1 determines appropriately the combination of the exercise | movement exercise | movement performed in each session based on various information, such as a user's liking, a user's exercise | movement history, a user's exercise | movement purpose, or calorie consumption of an exercise | movement exercise | movement. The determination method is not particularly limited in the exercise support device 1 according to the present embodiment. In the exercise support apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, any combination of exercise operations that can be performed in an exercise space may be used.

  The exercise support device 1 acquires data relating to each exercise operation from the exercise operation DB 22 based on the determined exercise menu, creates a moving image in which the sample image 110 performs the exercise operation by image processing, and stores it in the liquid crystal display device 3. indicate. The user 100 can perform exercise by imitating the exercise operation of the displayed sample image 110. At this time, the moving image displayed on the liquid crystal display device 3 is only a moving image related to an exercise operation that can be performed by each user 100 in the exercise space. A moving image related to an exercise operation is displayed, and a moving image related to an exercise operation with a small amount of movement is displayed as the available space is narrow and the number of users is large.

  Hereinafter, a series of processes performed by the exercise support apparatus 1 according to the present invention will be described with reference to flowcharts. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a procedure of user information registration processing performed by the exercise support apparatus 1 according to the present invention, and is a process performed by the CPU 11 of the exercise support apparatus 1 executing the control program 21. First, the CPU 11 of the exercise support device 1 outputs an image signal from the output unit 13 to display the user information registration screen shown in FIG. 3 on the liquid crystal display device 3 (step S1), and accepts input of user information. . The CPU 11 checks whether or not the input of the user information is completed by checking whether or not the “register” button on the user information registration screen is operated using the operation unit 14 (step S2), and the input is completed. If not (S2: NO), the process returns to step S1, continues displaying the user information registration screen, and waits until the input of the user information is completed.

  When the input of user information is completed (S2: YES), the CPU 11 reads the user information DB 23 from the storage unit 20 (step S3), and determines a new piece of identification information not included in the user information DB 23 (step S3). S4). Further, the CPU 11 reads the exercise level conversion table 25 shown in FIG. 5 (step S5), and determines the exercise level of the user 100 based on the input user information (step S6). Next, the CPU 11 stores the input user information and the determined exercise level in the user information DB 23 in association with the determined identification information (step S7), and ends the user information registration process.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the space setting process performed by the exercise support apparatus 1 according to the present invention. The CPU 11 of the exercise support device 1 outputs an image signal from the output unit 13 to display the space setting screen shown in FIG. 6 on the liquid crystal display device 3 (step S21), and accepts an input of space setting. The CPU 11 checks whether or not the input of the space setting has been completed by checking whether or not the “OK” button on the space setting screen has been operated based on whether or not the operation unit 14 has been operated by the user 100 (step S1). S22) If the input has not been completed (S22: NO), the process returns to step S21, the display of the space setting screen is continued, and the process waits until the input of the space setting is completed.

  When the input of the space setting is completed (S22: YES), the CPU 11 acquires the size (width and depth) of the available space from the space setting input by the user using the operation unit 14 (step S23). The number of users of the exercise support device 1 is acquired (step S24), and these pieces of information are stored in the space setting file 24 of the storage unit 20 (step S25). Next, the CPU 11 performs exercise space determination processing in order to determine the exercise space of each user (step S26).

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the exercise space determination process performed by the exercise support apparatus 1 according to the present invention, and is the process performed in step S26 of the flowchart of the space setting process shown in FIG. The CPU 11 of the exercise support apparatus 1 acquires the available space (size) and the number of users from the space setting file 24 stored in the storage unit 20 (step S31), and sets the number of users as the initial value of the variable n. (Step S32). Note that the variable n is an integer type variable and is secured in a storage area such as a register of the CPU 11 or the RAM 12.

  Next, the CPU 11 divides the available space acquired in step S31 into n equal parts (step S33), and acquires n rectangular spaces. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the CPU 11 divides the available space into n equal parts so that the obtained n rectangular spaces are closest to a square. The CPU 11 calculates the aspect ratio of the rectangular space obtained by dividing into n equal parts (step S34), and whether the calculated aspect ratio is within a predetermined ratio range (for example, 1 ≦ the aspect ratio ≦ 2.0). (Step S35). When the aspect ratio of the rectangular space is outside the predetermined ratio range (S35: NO), the CPU 11 adds 1 to the variable n (step S36), returns to step S33, and divides the available space into n equal parts. The calculation of the aspect ratio and the comparison with the predetermined ratio range are repeated.

  When the aspect ratio of the rectangular space is within the predetermined ratio range (S35: YES), the CPU 11 determines this rectangular space as an exercise space for each user 100 (step S37), and ends the exercise space determination process. Return to the space setting process shown in.

  After performing the exercise space determination process in step S26, the CPU 11 stores the information related to the determined exercise space of each user 100 (such as the width and depth of the exercise space) in the space setting file 24 of the storage unit 20 ( Step S27), the space setting process is terminated.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a procedure of exercise menu determination processing performed by the exercise support apparatus 1 according to the present invention. First, the CPU 11 of the exercise support apparatus 1 acquires the height of the user 100 who exercises from the user information DB 23 stored in the storage unit 20 (step S41). When a plurality of users 100 exercise, the CPU 11 acquires the heights of all the users 100 and performs the following processing for the highest height.

  Moreover, CPU11 reads exercise | movement motion DB22 from the memory | storage part 20 according to the user's 100 favorite genre and the exercise level of the user 100 (step S42). Therefore, prior to step S43, the CPU 11 may display a menu or the like that allows the user 100 to select an exercise genre and perform a process of accepting an exercise genre selection. Further, when a plurality of users 100 exercise, the CPU 11 reads the exercise operation DB 22 corresponding to the lowest exercise level.

  Next, the CPU 11 calculates the necessary space for each exercise operation by multiplying the necessary space coefficient provided for each exercise operation in the exercise operation DB 22 by the height of the user 100 acquired in step S41 (step S43). . Moreover, CPU11 acquires the magnitude | size of the exercise space of each user 100 from the space setting file 24 memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 20 (step S44). Thereby, CPU11 can determine whether each exercise | movement motion of exercise | movement motion DB22 can be performed within an exercise | movement space by comparing the space required for each exercise | movement with the exercise | movement space of each user 100. FIG. . Therefore, the CPU 11 performs in the exercise space by extracting, from the exercise operation DB 22, only the exercise operation in which the required space in the front-rear direction is smaller than the depth of the exercise space and the required space in the left-right direction is smaller than the width of the exercise space. The motion operation that can be performed is selected from the motion motion DB 22 (step S45).

  Next, the CPU 11 determines the warming-up exercise operation by appropriately combining the selected exercise operation (step S46), determines the exercise operation of the first to fourth circuits (step S47), and the stretch exercise operation. Is determined (step S48), the exercise menu is determined, and the process is terminated.

  Thereafter, the exercise support device 1 acquires data for configuring a moving image related to each exercise operation from the exercise operation DB 22 according to the determined exercise menu, and creates a moving image in which the sample image 110 performs the exercise operation by image processing. Display on the liquid crystal display device 3. As a result, the user 100 can perform the exercise by imitating the exercise operation of the sample image 110 displayed on the liquid crystal display device 3.

  The exercise support device 1 having the above configuration is configured to display only the exercise operation that can be performed within the space that the user 100 can secure on the liquid crystal display device 3 and perform exercise support. It is possible to provide exercise support suitable for the size of the room where the user 100 exercises, such as displaying exercise action and displaying exercise action with large movement in a large room. Therefore, since the user 100 can perform the exercise by the exercise support apparatus 1 without worrying about the size of the room or the like, the user 100 can be at home without using an exercise facility such as a sports club or a fitness club. Exercises aimed at health promotion and dieting can be performed easily and continuously.

  In addition, since the exercise support device 1 is configured to determine the exercise space of each user 100 from the size of the available space and the number of users input on the space setting screen, a plurality of exercise support devices 1 are used. Even if the user 100 exercises at the same time, it is possible to perform exercise support by displaying only the exercise operation suitable for the space available for exercise and the number of users 100 on the liquid crystal display device 3. Therefore, the user 100 can effectively exercise while enjoying with a large number of people such as family members or friends.

  In addition, the exercise support device 1 equally divides the rectangular usable space by the number of users, and when the divided rectangular space has an aspect ratio exceeding the predetermined ratio range, the number of people is increased and the available space is divided again. When the aspect ratio does not exceed the predetermined ratio range, the rectangular space is used as an exercise space for each user 100. Therefore, an extremely vertical or horizontal space that is not suitable for exercise may be determined as an exercise space. Absent. Therefore, the exercise support device 1 can determine the optimal exercise space for each user 100, and can display only the exercise operation optimal for the exercise space on the liquid crystal display device 3 to perform exercise support.

  Further, the exercise support device 1 stores the size of the space necessary for the exercise operation in the exercise operation DB 22 as a ratio to the height, acquires the height of the user 100 from the user 100 information DB 23, and uses the ratio of the exercise operation DB 22 as the ratio. Since it is the structure which calculates the magnitude | size of the space required for an exercise | movement exercise | movement by multiplying the height of the user 100, selection and display of the exercise | movement operation in consideration of the size of the exercise | movement space of each user 100 and the physique of the user 100 are performed. The user 100 can exercise more effectively.

  In the present embodiment, the exercise support device 1 is configured to display a moving image related to the exercise operation on the liquid crystal display device 1 connected via a cable or the like. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The device 1 may be configured to incorporate a display unit such as a liquid crystal panel and display the same image on the display unit. When a general-purpose PC is used as the exercise support device 1, the exercise support device 1 may be provided as a computer program for exercise support.

  The exercise support device 1 is configured to be used by the user 100 at home, but the use location is not limited to this, and the exercise support device 1 is used at an exercise facility such as a sports club or a fitness club. May be. In this case, a plurality of exercise support apparatuses 1 may be connected via a network such as a LAN (Local Area Network), and data such as the exercise operation DB 22 and the user information DB 23 may be managed by a server computer or the like.

  Moreover, when calculating the aspect ratio of the rectangular space obtained by equally dividing the available space by the number of users, the calculation was performed as the length of the longer side of the rectangular space / the length of the shorter side = the aspect ratio. However, it is not limited to this. For example, the length of the shorter side of the rectangular space / the length of the longer side = the aspect ratio may be set. In this case, the exercise space is determined by setting 0.5 ≦ the aspect ratio ≦ 1.0 as the predetermined ratio range. What is necessary is just to process. Further, for example, the length of the vertical side of the rectangular space / the length of the horizontal side = the aspect ratio may be set, and in this case, the process of determining the exercise space with 0.5 ≦ the aspect ratio ≦ 2.0 as a predetermined ratio range. Can be done. In addition, the numerical value shown as the predetermined ratio range is an example, and is not limited to this.

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The exercise support device 1 is configured to handle the available space as a two-dimensional plane, but is not limited thereto, and may be configured to handle the available space as a three-dimensional space. FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a space setting screen according to a modification. The space setting screen of the modification has a configuration in which a box for inputting the height of the available space is added to the space setting screen shown in FIG. The user 100 inputs the height of the space that can be used for exercise (the height to the ceiling of the room, the height to the electric light, etc.). The exercise support apparatus 1 acquires the input height and stores it in the space setting file 24 of the storage unit 20 together with the width and depth. However, the exercise support device 1 does not need to consider the height of the available space for the exercise space determination process of each user 100, and may determine the exercise space by the same method as described above. The height of the available space is used when selecting a motion motion from the motion motion DB 22.

  FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration example of the exercise motion DB 22 according to the modification. The motion motion DB 22 of the modified example stores necessary space coefficients in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction in association with each motion motion, and stores necessary space coefficients in the vertical direction. The exercise support device 1 can calculate the height of the space necessary for performing each exercise by acquiring the height of the user 100 from the user information DB 23 and multiplying the required space coefficient.

  Therefore, when the exercise support apparatus 1 according to the modification selects an exercise operation that can be performed by each user 100 in the exercise space from the exercise operation DB 22, the height of the available space and the height of the space necessary for each exercise operation are increased. And excluding motion movements that exceed the height of the available space from the selection. As described above, the exercise support device 1 according to the modification selects the exercise operation in consideration of the height of the usable space. For example, when the tall user 100 exercises in a room with a low ceiling, An exercise operation with a large movement amount (for example, jump) is not displayed, and the user 100 can exercise safely.

It is a schematic diagram which shows the structure of the exercise assistance apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the exercise assistance apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the user information registration screen for registering user information. It is a schematic diagram which shows one structural example of user information DB. It is a schematic diagram which shows one structural example of an exercise level conversion table. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of a space setting screen. It is a schematic diagram for demonstrating the determination method of an exercise space. It is a schematic diagram for demonstrating the determination method of an exercise space. It is a schematic diagram which shows one structural example of exercise | movement motion DB. It is a schematic diagram which shows one structural example of aerobics DB of exercise | movement motion DB. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of an exercise menu. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the user information registration process which the exercise assistance apparatus which concerns on this invention performs. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the space setting process which the exercise assistance apparatus which concerns on this invention performs. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the exercise space determination process which the exercise assistance apparatus which concerns on this invention performs. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the exercise menu determination process which the exercise assistance apparatus which concerns on this invention performs. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the space setting screen which concerns on a modification. It is a schematic diagram which shows one structural example of the exercise | movement motion DB which concerns on a modification.

Explanation of symbols

1 Exercise support device 3 Liquid crystal display device (display unit)
11 CPU (display processing means, available space acquisition means, exercise space determination means, exercise motion selection means, exercise number acquisition means, height acquisition means, necessary space calculation means)
12 RAM
13 Output unit 14 Operation unit 15 Communication unit 20 Storage unit 21 Control program 22 Exercise motion DB
23 User information DB
24 Space setting file 25 Motion level conversion table 100 User 110 Sample image

Claims (6)

In an exercise support apparatus comprising display processing means for performing processing for displaying an image relating to exercise motion on a display unit,
An available space acquisition means for acquiring information relating to an available space that can be used for exercise;
Based on information on the available space acquired by the available space acquisition means, exercise space determination means for determining an exercise space in which the supportee exercises,
Association information according to the space required to perform the movement operation and the movement operation of a plurality stored exercise routine database, selecting a motion operation can be performed by movement space in which the motion space determination means has determined Motor motion selection means ;
An exercise menu determining unit for determining an exercise menu combining a plurality of exercise operations selected by the exercise operation selecting unit ;
The exercise support apparatus, wherein the display processing means displays on the display section images related to a plurality of exercise operations included in the exercise menu determined by the exercise menu determining means . It further comprises an exercise number acquisition means for acquiring the number of supported persons performing exercise,
The exercise space determination means determines an exercise space in which each supported person exercises based on information on the available space acquired by the available space acquisition means and the number of persons acquired by the exercise number acquisition means. The exercise support device according to claim 1, wherein the exercise support device is configured as follows. The available space acquired by the available space acquisition means is a rectangle,
The exercise space determining means includes
Calculate the aspect ratio of the rectangular space obtained by equally dividing the available space by the number of people acquired by the athletic number acquisition means,
When the aspect ratio of the rectangular space exceeds a predetermined ratio range, the number of persons is increased, and the aspect ratio of the equally divided rectangular space is repeatedly calculated.
The exercise support device according to claim 2, wherein when the aspect ratio of the rectangular space does not exceed a predetermined ratio range, the equally divided rectangular space is determined as the exercise space. In the exercise motion database, the size of the space necessary for performing exercise motion is stored as a ratio to height,
A height acquisition means for acquiring the height of the supportee;
Necessary space calculation means for calculating the size of the space required to perform each exercise motion stored in the exercise motion database based on the ratio stored in the exercise motion database and the height acquired by the height acquisition means; Further comprising
The athletic motion selecting means selects an athletic motion that can be performed in the athletic space determined by the athletic space determining means, based on the size of the required space calculated by the required space calculating means. The exercise support device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein In a computer having an exercise motion database in which a plurality of information related to exercise motion and the space necessary for performing the exercise motion are stored in association with each other ,
An available space acquisition step for acquiring information related to an available space that can be used for exercise;
Based on the information on the available space acquired by the available space acquisition step , an exercise space determination step for determining an exercise space in which the supportee exercises,
An exercise operation selection step for selecting an exercise operation that can be performed in the exercise space determined in the exercise space determination step from the exercise operations stored in the exercise operation database ;
An exercise menu determination step for determining an exercise menu combining a plurality of exercise operations selected in the exercise operation selection step;
A computer program for executing a display processing step for performing a process of causing a display unit to display images relating to a plurality of exercise operations included in the exercise menu determined in the exercise menu determination step . And information relating to the space required to perform the movement operation and the motion operation correspondence exercise support apparatus having a plurality stored exercise motion databases, you'll to display an image according to the motion operation on the display unit , an exercise support method for supporting the movement of the supporters,
The exercise support device is
An available space acquisition step for acquiring information relating to an available space that can be used for exercise;
Based on the information on the available space acquired in the available space acquisition step , an exercise space determination step for determining an exercise space in which the supportee exercises;
The movement operations that may be performed by decision exercise space in motion space determination step, a motion operation selection step of selecting from the exercise operation stored in the motion operation database,
An exercise menu determination step for determining an exercise menu combining a plurality of exercise operations selected in the exercise operation selection step;
A display processing step for performing processing for displaying images related to a plurality of exercise operations included in the exercise menu determined in the exercise menu determination step on the display unit ;
Exercise support method characterized in that it comprises a.

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