JPH027943A - Pedometer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To inform a space necessary for achieving the set object of calorie consumption by mounting a pitch indication means for indicating a walking pitch necessary for consuming the objective calorie consumption by sound. CONSTITUTION:An objective calorie setting part 37 for setting objective calorie and a body wt./step setting part 38 are provided and the objective calorie is set by the respective setting parts 37, 38 prior to stating walking. As an actual walking time, the measuring time measured on the previous day by an actual operation timer 28 is used. An operation circuit 29 calculates a walking pitch on the basis of these set values. When walking is started and walking operation is judged by an operation judge circuit 24, pitch sound is emitted from a pitch sound generation part 42 on the basis of the output of the operation circuit 29.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Industrial Application Field 1 The present invention relates to a decimal counter with a function to calculate consumed calories.

1 Jubei's technology 1 Conventional pedometers with a calorie consumption function can calculate the number of calories consumed based on the number of steps walked in a day, and conversely can calculate the number of steps required to consume a target number of calories. It was also possible to calculate However, the amount of calories consumed is not determined only by decimal numbers, but also by the basis of walking.

For this reason, even if the number of steps is known, depending on the walking base, the user may not be able to burn the target number of calories even if he or she walks more than the target number of steps. In other words, with this conventional pedometer with a function to calculate calorie consumption, there was a problem in that it was not possible to determine how many steps a person would need to walk to burn the desired amount of calories. Furthermore, the base for consuming the target calories varies depending on the stride length, body weight, and target calorie settings, and conventionally it has been difficult to accurately specify this base.

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention 1] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and its purpose is to notify the base necessary for achieving the set target of calorie consumption. Our goal is to provide a pedometer that can.

[Means for Solving Problem 1] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is provided with pitch instruction means for instructing by sound the walking pitch required to consume the target calorie consumption.

(Function) As described above, the present invention is equipped with a pitch instruction means that uses sound to instruct the walking pitch required to consume the target calories. This allows the user to walk based on the amount of calories he/she wants to burn, thereby allowing the user to consume the desired amount of energy more reliably than with conventional pedometers.

(Example) tjS1 to FIG. 8 show an embodiment of the present invention.

A state in which the pedometer A of this embodiment is attached to a bell B is shown in FIGS. 6 and 7. This pedometer A consists of an attachment 2 that is detachably attached to a belt B, and a pedometer main body 1 that is rotatable approximately 90 degrees with respect to the attachment 2.

This decimal counter A is normally used in the state shown in FIG. 6, and it is kept in the state shown in FIG. 7 when setting or checking. The pedometer body 1 is provided with 7 hooks 4, and these 7 hooks 4 are engaged with the 7 hook engagement holes 6 of the attachment 2, so that the pedometer body 1 is attached to the mounting 2 as shown in Figure P2O. be coated.

By the way, this! ! The display surface 3 of the pedometer main body 1 is held by a fixture 2. When the state shown in Fig. 7 is reached, when the hooks 5 for opening and closing the main body are pushed in,
A bow is inserted into the pedometer body 1 in conjunction with the pedometer 4 and 7.
The engagement with the hook engagement hole 6 is disengaged, the pedometer main body 1 rotates, and the display surface 3 can be viewed from above. Note that the display section 3 is provided with a display section 7, a calorie/step count changeover switch 8, a reset switch 9, and the like.

FIG. 8 shows the structure of the walking sensor provided inside the pedometer main body 1. This walking sensor is of a type that detects walking using a pendulum 10 that swings with walking motion. The magnet 12 approaches or moves away from the reed switch 13, which is arranged to be spaced apart from and opposite the magnet 512, by the swing of the pendulum 10, thereby turning the reed switch 13 on and off. The output of this reed switch 13 is output as a walking detection signal. In addition, pendulum 10
Stoppers 14 and 15 are provided on both sides of the rear end, and the pendulum 10 swings between the stoppers 14 and 15 to open. Further, the swinging motion of the pendulum 10 is controlled by a torsion spring 16 whose one end is locked between the pongee 11 and the stopper 15 and whose other end is locked to the pendulum 10.

By the way, in order to prevent malfunctions due to swings caused by daily activities of the human body other than walking, conventional methods have been used such as increasing the weight of the pendulum 10 to increase the moment of inertia, or creating a dark dead zone through circuit processing. However, none of them could protect against the same level of shaking as the human body when walking.

Therefore, focusing on the fact that walking is a continuous movement, the pedometer of this embodiment uses circuit processing to determine whether or not the detection signals of the walking sensor are continuous, and distinguish between the detection signals caused by walking and the other signals. This is to distinguish between detection signals based on people's daily activities, etc.

FIG. 1 shows the basic circuit configuration of this embodiment. The configuration and operation of the main parts of this embodiment will be explained after the basic configuration and operation are explained. The number of steps WrA in this embodiment is determined by the walking sensor 21.
The detection signal of the walking sensor 21 is based on the dead zone processing circuit 22 which shapes the detection signal a, which is the output of a motion determination circuit 24 that determines whether or not the motion is a walking motion; and an end circuit that determines the end of the walking motion from the output of the dead zone processing circuit 22 after this motion is determined to be a walking motion on the fixed route 4. A determination circuit 26, an actual operation timer 28 that measures the walking time required to measure walking speed or calorie consumption, etc., and a decimal number according to the outputs of the operation determination circuit 24, end determination circuit 26, and actual operation timer 28. an arithmetic circuit 29 that performs calculations such as counting, speed, walking distance, and calories burned;
The display switching control circuit 30 switches and displays the calculation result on the display section 7, and the output of the dead zone processing circuit 22 is directly sent to the calculation circuit 29 without passing through the operation judgment circuit 24, end judgment circuit 26, and actual operation timer 28. At the start of the walking motion, the output of the dead zone processing circuit 22 is sent to the motion determination circuit 24 via the switch SW3, and the motion determination circuit 24 determines that the detection signal of the walking sensor 21 is due to walking. When r is finished, t-q constant circuit 2
a switch SW that provides the output of the emotionless processing circuit 22 to 6;
It consists of The operation determination circuit 24 repeatedly performs the operation of detecting whether or not the next output is detected within a predetermined time after one output of the dead band processing circuit 22 is detected, and continuously performs the operation a predetermined number of times. If detected, is the detection signal of the walking sensor 21 at this time due to the walking motion? It is something to dowel. The time for determining this walking motion is set in the timer 25. In addition, the end determination circuit 2G determines that the walking motion has ended when the next output is not input even after a predetermined time elapses, and the time for the above end determination is set in the timer 27. be.

Below, the operation related to the measurement of decimal numbers in this embodiment will be explained at 7 in Fig. 2.
0-Explain according to the chart. Note that at the start of the walking motion for this measurement, the switch SW1 is switched to the motion determination circuit 24 side (e (fill)) at α.The pendulum 10 of the walking sensor 21 moves as shown in FIG. When the walking sensor 21 swings, the detection signal shown in FIG.
A dead zone process is performed at , and the pulse is shaped into one pulse for each step shown in FIG. 3(c). The output of the dead zone processing circuit 22 is inputted to the operation determination circuit 24 via the switches sw, , sw, and simultaneously inputted to the arithmetic operation circuit 29 via the operation determination circuit 24. This results in
1i[$7. The circuit 29 adds one to the calculated value of the number of steps, and also adds one to the displayed value if necessary. Further, the simultaneous-two operation determination circuit 24 starts the timer 25 and the actual operation timer 28. After that, the operation determination circuit 24
5 setting time 1. It is detected whether the next output of the emotionless processing circuit 22 arrives within the next period.

The next dead zone processing circuit 22 is activated within the set time t1 of the timer 25.
When the output from the emotionless processing circuit 22 arrives, it is further detected whether or not the next output from the emotionless processing circuit 22 arrives within the set time period t1.

Note that when the output of the second dead zone processing circuit 22 arrives, the timer 25 restarts counting the set time t1 from the time the output arrives. Then, when the number of loops R reaches a predetermined number (two times in this embodiment), the motion determination circuit 24 determines that the motion is a walking motion. In addition, if the output of the next dead zone processing circuit 22 does not arrive within the set time (1), the value and display of the calculation of the number of steps of the calculation circuit 29 are subtracted by a number corresponding to the number of loops R,
The timer 25 and the actual operation timer 28 are reset, and the operation determination circuit 24 returns to its initial state and enters the standby state for the above-described operation.

When the motion determination circuit 24 determines that the motion is a walking motion, the switch SWl is switched to the end determination circuit 26 side (f side) by the control signal B of the motion determination circuit 24. After that, when the detection signal is output from the walking sensor 21, the output of the emotionless processing circuit 22 is changed to the switch sw, sw.
, to the termination determination circuit 2G, and at the same time, it is input from the termination determination circuit 26 to the strategy circuit 29. The calculation 1 circuit 29''C adds 1 to the count value of the number of steps each time the output of the dead zone processing circuit 22 is input, and adds 1 to the display value as necessary. The circuit 26 starts the timer 27 and determines whether or not the next pulse arrives within the set time t2 of the timer 27. If the next pulse arrives, the input from the walking sensor 21 is taken in and the counting operation is repeated. If it has not arrived, it is determined that the walking motion has ended and the end signal j
is input to the operation determination circuit 24, and the timer 27 and actual operation timer 28 are reset. The operation determination circuit 24 to which the end signal j is input switches the switch SW1 to egIIl. Therefore, from then on, the motion determination circuit 24 performs the motion starting from the determination of the walking motion.

By the way, the actual operation timer 28 is the emotionless processing circuit 22.
The device starts when the output is manually input to the motion determination circuit 24, and measures the time until the end of walking is detected by the end determination circuit 26.If the user has been walking before the above measurement, Integration processing is performed to add the above walking time to the previous walking time. Note that if the motion determination circuit 24 determines that it is not a walking motion, it is reset as described above, and in this case, the value counted at that time is reset and this value is not integrated. By measuring the walking time using the actual operation timer 28, the walking speed and the like can be determined. In other words,
A walking speed is calculated from this walking time, a decimal number during that time, and a width of 9 (a predetermined value is set). This walking speed is then displayed on the display section 7.

Furthermore, the above-mentioned basic operation will be explained using an example. Third
As shown in A and et in the figure, the walking sensor 21 outputs a detection signal due to one or two swings, but after the last detection signal is output, the set time t of the timer 25,
If the detection signal is not output within the operation determination circuit 2
Since step 4 is determined not to be a walking motion, the number of steps at this time is not counted by the arithmetic circuit 29. Next, as shown in FIG. It is determined that it is a walking motion,
Furthermore, when the timer 27 is set after this judgment, 1 is set in flllh.
This is a case in which a detection signal arrives, and then the next detection signal does not arrive within the setting time ntltz. In this case, the calculation circuit 29 adds 4 small to the calculation value of the previous step count Become.

FIG. 4 and rPJ5 are diagrams showing how the display is displayed on the display unit 7, and ■ to qΦ in the same figures correspond to points ■ to [phase] in FIG. 3, and FIG. 4(a) If the count value in the determination of walking motion is also displayed, and the display is cleared at the vf point that is determined not to be a walking motion, then in Fig. 5, the display will not be displayed until the presence of walking motion is determined. This shows the case when In this way, only when a walking motion is determined, the decimal number at that time is added to the previous decimal number, so that the number of steps can be accurately counted.

Hereinafter, the calculation of consumed calories performed by the arithmetic circuit 29, which is the gist of this embodiment, will be explained. The calorie Q is approximated by the following formula.

Q#Body weight x stride length x AX number of steps... (1) Note that A is a constant determined empirically.

Also, if the time spent only walking is the actual walking time, and the calories you want to burn that day are Q, then the walking pitch P is: P (97 minutes) = (-Q'-) 10 T Body weight x Stride length XA becomes. Note that 'r is the actual walking time. By the way, the above consumption power 17-Q+ may be set by changing the target calorie that you want to eliminate, or it is said that Japanese people eat 300 kcal too much on average. This calorie may be fixed and set in advance. Further, as the actual walking time T, data from the previous day measured by the actual operation timer 28 or an average time per day measured for a certain period may be used.

C) As is clear from the above explanation, if you set the calories Q you want to burn and the walking time T before you start walking,
The walking pitch P for consuming the calories Q1 desired to be consumed during the interlocking movement can be determined. Therefore, in this embodiment, a target calorie setting section 37 for setting the target calorie Q, and a weight/step length setting section 38 are provided, and as shown in FIG. Set target calorie Q.

Note that the weight and stride length are set at the beginning of use, so they are set only when changes occur, for example. In addition,
As the actual walking time T, in this embodiment, the measurement time measured on the previous day by the actual operation timer 28 is used. The arithmetic circuit 29 calculates the walking pitch P based on these set values. Therefore, after a person starts walking and the motion determination circuit 24 determines that the motion is a walking motion, the arithmetic circuit 2
At the output of 9, a pitch sound is emitted from the tono consonant generating ffl542.

In this embodiment, since the measurement value of the actual operation timer 28 of the previous day is used as the actual walking time T, the arithmetic circuit 29 stores the integrated value of the total vf time of the actual operation timer 28 as the actual walking time T of the previous day. There is a need to.

Therefore, a clock 41 including an end time setting section 39 for setting the end time is provided, and when the end time is reached, the actual operation timer 28
The integrated measurement time is input to the two calculation circuits. It should be noted that the clock 41 is configured so that the time can be set by a time setting section 40.

As described above, according to this embodiment, a pitch sound that supports the walking pace is emitted, so if the pitch sound is made small enough to match the pitch sound, it is possible to burn the desired calories more reliably than with a conventional pedometer. In addition, in the explanation of the "double series", the walking sensor 21 having the structure shown in FIG. It may also be a walking sensor.

As shown in FIG. 1, this decimal counter is equipped with an external operator 23 for operating a switch SW3. This external operator 23 is a switch SW.

When the switch SW3 is switched to dfill with this external operator 23, the output of the dead band processing circuit 22 is switched from the normal cgA to the d side without passing through the operation judgment circuit 24, end judgment circuit 26, etc. is given to the arithmetic circuit 29, and the number of steps is counted without determining the walking motion or the end of walking.

In other words, when using it under irregular movements such as aerobics or jazz dance, it is difficult to accurately judge the walking movement and the end of walking, so in this case, the number of steps can be calculated without performing the above judgment. This is to perform counting.

Furthermore, this pedometer has the following configuration. In other words, the switch SW2 detects the opening/closing of the decimal counter main body 1,
It is equipped with a light emitting section 34 that emits light via a display switching control circuit 30 when the decimal counter main body 1 is opened, and the display section 7 is illuminated by the light emitting section 34 when the decimal counter main body 1 is opened, so that the display section 7 can be easily seen. It is as it should be. In addition, since it is equipped with the above-mentioned lighting WIMI 4, if you forget to close the pedometer main body 1 or the pedometer main body 1 becomes unlocked for some reason, the decimal counter main body 1 will be left open and the battery will be wasted. There are problems such as being consumed. Therefore, a notification timer 35 is provided so that if the pedometer main body 1 is left open for more than a predetermined time, the notification section 36 issues an alarm. In addition to issuing an alarm as described above, a driving means may be provided to automatically close the pedometer main body 1 if it is left open for a predetermined time or more, or a driving means may be provided that automatically closes the pedometer main body 1, or a driving means may be provided that automatically closes the pedometer main body 1. A biasing means may be provided to automatically close when the hand is released.

[Effects of the Invention 1] As described above, the present invention is equipped with a pitch instruction means that uses sound to instruct the walking pitch necessary to consume the target calorie consumption, so that the user can walk in accordance with the walking pitch emitted by the pitch instruction means. For example, you can walk based on the target number of calories you want to burn, and it has the effect of allowing you to burn the calories you want more reliably than traditional decimal meters.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the same operation, FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the same operation, and FIG. Fig. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the display method and the pitch sound, Fig. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the display method of the other 9 losses, and Fig. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the state in which the above pedometer is attached to the belt. , FIG. 7 is an explanatory view of the pedometer main body as described above when it is opened, and FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the structure of the walking sensor as described above. A is a pedometer, 28 is an actual operation timer, 29 is an arithmetic circuit, 3
7 is the target calorie setting section, and 38 is the weight. 39 is an end time setting section, and 42 is a pitch sound generation section. Agent Patent Attorney Ishi 1) Ai Figure 7 Figure 4 Figure 5 (G) (b) ■ ] N ■ " Figure 6

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) In a pedometer with a calorie consumption calculation function,
A pedometer characterized by comprising pitch indicating means for instructing by sound the walking pitch required to consume a target number of calories to be consumed.