KR20050013904A - method and apparatus for controlling jogging with a GPS etc., in a portable apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A jogging management device using a GPS of a portable apparatus and a method thereof are provided to separately store a pace in accordance with a changed jogging speed in a storage unit, and to apply different paces according to the jogging speed to a jogging management program, thereby more reasonably and effectively managing jogging. CONSTITUTION: An electrocardiogram system(14) consists of an accelerometer(13) for obtaining a walking pulse and/or a sensor(15) for obtaining an electrocardiography signal or a heart rate signal. A multiplexer multiplexes the pulse and the signal. An A/D converter(26) converts the pulse, the electrocardiography signal, the heart rate signal, or the multiplexed signal into digital signals. A storage unit(23) stores a jogging management program which can obtain a jogging distance, a jogging speed and/or a heart rate. The jogging management program is performed by a CPU(22).

Description

Jogging management device and method using the GPS of the mobile device {method and apparatus for controlling jogging with a GPS etc., in a portable apparatus}

The present invention relates to a jogging management device and a method using the GPS of the mobile device, and more particularly, to a jogging management inexpensive, simple and effective using a mobile device of a mobile device such as a mobile phone or PDA The present invention relates to a jogging management device and a method using a microphone, ie, a GPS of a mobile device using an audio A / D converter as it is through a jack of a headset-type biosignal measurement module.

Conventional jogging management device, simply to manage the jogging distance and / or jogging speed, just like a pedometer. In addition, the conventional pedometer is a one-point formula, that is, one impact unconditionally calculated by one time unconditionally, there is no impact, the detection is made according to the absence and measure the frequency only to measure the walking motion to some extent It is possible, however, to have a more complex impact depending on the speed of running out of the range, and the momentum of the impact is different depending on the slope of the jogging path. There is a problem that the effective measurement is difficult because it cannot be distinguished.

Accordingly, the present invention is to solve such a problem, to provide a jogging management apparatus and method using a GPS of the mobile device that can be used to manage the jogging cheaply and simply and effectively using a mobile device There is a main purpose.

1a to 1d is a schematic configuration diagram of a jogging management device using the ear microphone input and output unit of the portable device or the GPS of the mobile device using a digital interface according to embodiments of the present invention,

2A is a block diagram illustrating a configuration in which a jogging management device is built in a mobile device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 2B and 2C illustrate an example of a specific configuration of the jogging management device of FIGS. 1A and 1C. One block,

3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a jogging management method by the jogging management apparatus of FIG. 2.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10,40: biosignal measuring module of the headset type 11: signal conversion unit

12: multiplexer 13: accelerometer

14: electrocardiogram 15: sensor or electrode

16, 18: wireless communication module 17, 19: wireless communication module jack

20: mobile device 21: key input unit

22: central processing unit 23: storage unit

24: display unit 25: speaker

26: A / D conversion section 27: microphone connection section

28: D / A conversion unit 29: earphone connection

30: GPS receiver 40: biological signal measurement module

50: health care server 51: PC

52: Server for Wireless Network

In order to achieve the above object, a jogging management device using a GPS of a mobile device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a central processing unit, a display unit and a storage unit, and an accelerometer for obtaining pulses according to steps. And / or an electrocardiogram comprising a sensor for acquiring an electrocardiogram signal or a heart rate signal, a multiplexer for multiplexing pulses and signals when both an accelerometer and an electrocardiogram are provided, and the pulse, ECG signal, heart rate signal or multiplexed signal. And an A / D conversion unit for converting the signal into a digital signal, wherein the storage unit can obtain a jogging distance and a jogging speed and / or a heart rate by at least the signals from the accelerometer and / or electrocardiogram. A jogging management program is stored, the jogging management program being executed by the central processing unit It characterized.

In addition, one embodiment of the jogging management method using a mobile device of the present invention, by accumulating the change in the position obtained every predetermined time from the GPS receiver to obtain a jogging distance and jogging speed, or by multiplying the stride from the number of pulses input from the accelerometer Obtaining a jogging distance and a jogging speed, obtaining a heart rate from an electrocardiogram signal obtained from an electrode of the electrocardiogram, and comparing the jogging speed and heart rate with a suitable jogging speed range and / or a suitable heart rate range and displaying the display when the range is out of the range. Displaying on the display and / or outputting an alarm sound, and displaying on the display and / or outputting a completion sound when the jogging distance or heart rate reaches the target exercise amount or target heart rate. It is done.

In addition, another embodiment of the jogging management method using the portable device of the present invention, the signal from the accelerometer and / or electrocardiogram is converted into a signal suitable for the audio input range and input to the audio A / D conversion unit through the microphone connection unit And storing the jogging distance, jogging speed and / or heart rate from the digitally converted signal in the audio A / D converter, and managing the jogging from the jogging distance, jogging speed and / or heart rate. The jogging management program is characterized in that it comprises a step of performing in the central processing unit.

In addition, another embodiment of the jogging management method using the mobile device of the present invention is to obtain the starting position from the GPS receiver, and determine the stride length by dividing the distance between the arrival position obtained from the GPS receiver by the number of steps And a calibration step of determining the stride length by dividing the constant distance by the number of pulses obtained from the accelerometer along a constant distance.

In addition, the calibration step may be applied by varying the stride length according to the jogging speed. In addition, when both the accelerometer and the electrocardiogram are provided, a change in heart rate may be detected and the intensity of the exercise amount may be considered.

In the present invention, the central processing unit of the portable device may be a digital signal processor (DSP), and the audio A / D converter may include a voice vocoder.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1a to 1d is a schematic configuration diagram of a jogging management device using a mobile device, such as a GPS connected to the wired or wireless, using the ear microphone input / output unit or a digital interface of the mobile device according to embodiments of the present invention, Figure 2a is a block diagram showing the configuration in which the jogging management apparatus is built in the portable device according to an embodiment of the present invention. First, the present invention includes a central processing unit 22, a display unit 24, a storage unit 23, a microphone connection unit 27 and an audio A / D conversion unit 26 in Figs. 1A and 2B. The portable device 20, the accelerometer 13 and the electrocardiogram 14 are detachably connected to the microphone connection unit 27, and have a headset-type biosignal measurement module configured to be separated from the main body of the portable device 20 ( 10) is shown. Accordingly, the existing ear microphone connection unit can be used, but as shown in FIG. 2A, the accelerometer 13 and the electrocardiogram 14 are not separately separated and are built in the mobile device 20. In this case, the central processing unit 22 (the A / D conversion unit 26 depending on the configuration of the accelerometer 13 and the electrocardiograph 14) can be used as it is.

In FIG. 2B, the pulse output from the accelerometer 13 is multiplexed so that the electrocardiogram signal of the electrocardiogram 14 measured through the electrode 15 and the multiplexer 12 are transmitted to one voice signal channel. The multiplexed signal is converted into a signal corresponding to the frequency band and amplitude range of the audio signal so as to be input to the audio A / D converter 26 for processing and converted by the signal converter 11 to the audio A / D. It is configured to be input to the conversion unit 26. 1A and 2B show that the converted signal is directly input from the headset-type biosignal measurement module 10 through the microphone connection unit 27. In FIG. 1B, the signal converting unit of the biosignal measurement module 10 is shown. The wireless communication module 16 is added to the 11 and the wireless communication module jack 17 connected to the A / D conversion unit 26 of the mobile device 20 is added to the analog device such as infrared rays, a simple RF method, and the like. It may be processed by transmitting the multiplexed signal by wireless communication.

The signal thus input is output as a digital signal from the audio A / D converter 26, and is processed in the central processing unit 22 according to the jogging management program. The jogging management program is stored in the storage unit 23 and configured to obtain a jogging distance, a jogging speed and a heart rate by at least the signals from the accelerometer 13 and the electrocardiogram 14.

Such a jogging management program may be performed by selecting / input of a jogging mode having a separate jogging menu or button, or may be performed by recognizing the repetition form of the signal in the central processing unit 22.

In addition, as shown in Figures 1c and 2c, the biosignal measurement module 40 of the jogging management device using the GPS of the mobile device according to another embodiment of the present invention, the accelerometer 13 and the electrocardiogram ( 14 is directly connected to the digital interface 20a of the mobile device 20, and is separated from the main body of the mobile device 20, and further includes an A / D conversion unit 41 to measure the biological signal. It is included in the module 10 side. Accordingly, the existing portable device 20 can be used as it is.

In addition, as shown in Figure 1d, the biosignal measurement module 40 of the jogging management device using the GPS of the mobile device according to another embodiment of the present invention, the accelerometer 13 and / or electrocardiogram ( And a wireless communication module 18 configured to transmit a signal by a digital wireless communication method such as a wireless LAN, a blue pitcher, etc. In the case of the digital wireless communication method, the digital interface of the mobile device 20 to receive and transmit a signal from the wireless communication module 18 of the biosignal measurement module 40 to the central processing unit 22. And a wireless communication module 19 detachably connected to 20a.

In addition, according to the analog wireless communication method as in the above-described embodiment, after receiving the signal from the wireless communication module 18, converts it into a digital signal and transmits the wireless communication module to the central processing unit 22. The 19 is provided with an A / D converter so as to be detachably connected to the digital interface 20a so that the digital signal can be input to the central processing unit 22.

In addition, in the above embodiments, when the GPS receiver 30 is provided, instead of the accelerometer 13, the GPS receiver 30 accumulates the change in the position obtained by receiving the position information every predetermined time, and the jogging distance and the like. It may be configured to obtain a jogging speed. In this case, the shorter the fixed time, the higher the accuracy. However, since the GPS usage fee is currently high, it is preferable that the reception interval be configured to change the reception interval. In addition to the jogging management program in the storage unit 23, it is also desirable to construct a database so that the calibration program and the past history can be stored to indicate the change state.

An example of the jogging management method of the present invention according to the jogging management apparatus using the GPS of the mobile device configured as described above is described with reference to FIG. 3 as follows.

First, in a state in which a calibration step to be described later is performed or a constant stride is input, in the case of FIGS. 1A, 1B, 2A, and 2B, a pulse signal corresponding to a step is generated from the accelerometer 13, and / or The ECG signal or the heartbeat signal obtained through the sensor 15 is input from the ECG 14 to the central processing unit 22 through the A / D converter 26 of the mobile device 20. 1C, 1D and 2C, the pulse of the accelerometer 13 and / or the electrocardiogram or heart rate signal of the electrocardiogram 14 are input to the central processing unit 22 via the digital interface 20a. The central processing unit 22 of the mobile device 20 counts the number of pulses corresponding to the number of steps and the heart rate, calculates the jogging distance by multiplying the stride length, and calculates the jogging speed by dividing the jogging distance by the jogging time. The instant jogging speed is calculated by differentiating the jogging distance in time units. The heart rate is obtained by detecting and counting R waves among P, Q, R, S, and T waves detected by the electrocardiograph 14, and it is also possible to diagnose arrhythmia by detecting the intervals of the R waves.

The jogging speed and the heart rate calculated as described above are compared with the appropriate jogging speed range and the appropriate heart rate range and displayed on the display unit 24 and / or outputs an alarm sound through the speaker 25 when out of the range. In addition, when the jogging distance or the heart rate reaches the target exercise amount or target heart rate, the display unit 24 displays and / or outputs the completed sound through the speaker 25. In addition, an alarm means such as vibration may be used.

In this way, an effective jogging management can be achieved according to the user. In addition, the jogging is more appropriately managed according to an individual's physical strength and health by adding or decreasing a proper exercise range and target exercise amount by reflecting a change in jogging speed and / or heart rate. It becomes possible.

On the other hand, in managing the jogging as described above, the appropriate jogging speed range and the appropriate heart rate range is determined by being manually input through the key input unit 21, or the wired and wireless network from the health care server 50 in Figure 1a It can be determined by the exercise prescription downloaded through. In addition, the results of the exercise such as jogging distance, speed, and heart rate change during jogging calculated by the mobile device 20 are transmitted from the mobile device 20 to the health care server 50 through a wired or wireless network, thereby providing a health care server ( It is also possible to manage by 50). To this end, as shown in FIG. 1A, the mobile device 20 may be connected to the health care server 50 via a wireless network, a server for a wireless network such as a mobile relay server or a WAP server, and a wired network such as the Internet. It may be configured, and may be configured to communicate using the client PC 51 and the wired network.

As such, in the case of managing jogging using the health care server 50, more detailed health analysis, exercise prescription, and the like may be provided.

In addition, in the calibration step, the jogging management becomes more effective by determining the stride length suitable for the individual. That is, in the calibration step, the stride length may be determined by obtaining a starting position from the GPS receiver 30 and dividing the distance between the arrival positions obtained from the GPS receiver 30 by the number of steps along a predetermined number of steps. The stride length may be determined by dividing the constant distance by the number of pulses obtained from the accelerometer 13 depending on. As such, the stride, by changing the jogging speed in the calibration step, and stores the stride according to the changing jogging speed in the storage unit 23, and further, by applying a different stride length according to the jogging speed in the jogging management program More reasonable and effective jogging management can be achieved.

While the above-described embodiments are mostly described with the case of having both an accelerometer and an electrocardiogram, the present invention includes a jogging management apparatus and method thereof having any one as described in the claims.

According to the configuration and operation of the jogging management device and method using the GPS of the mobile device according to the embodiment of the present invention described above, it is possible to implement a jogging management device cheaply and simply by using a mobile device. In addition, there are effects such as being able to effectively manage jogging for each individual.

Claims (11)

In the portable device 20 including the central processing unit 22, the display unit 24 and the storage unit 23, An electrocardiogram 14 having an accelerometer 13 for acquiring a pulse according to a step and / or a sensor 15 for acquiring an electrocardiogram signal or a heartbeat signal, and the quantum of the accelerometer 13 and the electrocardiogram 14 And a multiplexer 12 for multiplexing the pulses and signals, and an A / D converter for converting the pulses, electrocardiograms, heartbeat signals, or multiplexed signals into digital signals. At 23, a jogging management program capable of obtaining a jogging distance and a jogging speed and / or a heart rate by at least the signals from the accelerometer 13 and / or the electrocardiogram 14 is stored. Jogging management device using the PS of the mobile device, characterized in that performed by the central processing unit (22). The audio A / D converter 26 according to claim 1, wherein when the portable device 20 includes the audio A / D converter 26, the audio A / D converter 26 is used instead of a separate A / D converter. A signal converter for converting the pulse, electrocardiogram, heartbeat signal, or multiplexed signal into a signal suitable for the frequency band and amplitude range of the voice signal and inputting the signal to the audio A / D converter 26 for processing; 11) jogging management device using the GPS of the mobile device, characterized in that further comprises. The portable device (20) according to claim 2, wherein at least the accelerometer (13) and / or the electrocardiogram (14) are directly connected to the microphone connection unit (27) via a microphone jack. Jogging management device using the GPS of the mobile device, characterized in that is configured to be separated from the main body. 3. The biosignal measurement module 10 according to claim 2, comprising at least the accelerometer 13 and / or the electrocardiogram 14, wherein the biosignal measurement module 10 is provided from the portable device 20. Separately, it comprises a wireless communication module 16 to transmit at least a signal by an analog wireless communication method, such as infrared, simple RF method, at least from the wireless communication module 16 of the bio-signal measurement module 10 GPS, etc. of a mobile device, comprising a wireless communication module jack 17 detachably connected to the microphone connection unit 27 so as to receive a signal of and input the signal to the A / D conversion unit 26. Jogging management device using. The biosignal measurement module (40) of claim 1, wherein at least the accelerometer (13) and / or the electrocardiogram (14) are directly connected to the digital interface (20a), and are separated from the main body of the mobile device (20). Jogging management device using the GPS of the mobile device, characterized in that configured, including the A / D conversion unit 41. 2. The biosignal measurement module 40 according to claim 1, comprising at least the accelerometer 13 and / or the electrocardiogram 14, wherein the biosignal measurement module 40 is provided from the portable device 20. Separately, a wireless communication module 18 for transmitting a signal by a digital wireless communication method such as a wireless LAN or a Bluetooth transmission method, or by transmitting an analog wireless communication method such as an infrared ray or a simple RF method. In the case of the digital wireless communication method, the digital interface 20a receives at least the signal from the wireless communication module 18 of the biosignal measurement module 40 and transmits the signal to the central processing unit 22. Or a wireless communication module 19 detachably connected thereto, or in the case of the analog wireless communication method, after receiving a signal from the wireless communication module 18, converting the signal into a digital signal and performing central processing. With device 22 Jogging management apparatus using such jipieseu the mobile device comprising a A / D conversion so as to transmit and characterized in that comprising: a digital interface (20a) a wireless communication module 19 is detachably connected to. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, in place of the accelerometer 13, characterized in that it comprises a GPS receiver 30 to accumulate the change in the position obtained every predetermined time to obtain a jogging distance and jogging speed. Jogging management device using the PS of the mobile device. In the method using the portable device 20 including the central processing unit 22, the display unit 24 and the storage unit 23, Jogging distance and jogging speed can be obtained by accumulating the change of the position obtained every predetermined time from the GPS receiver 30, or the jogging distance is calculated by multiplying the stride length from the number of pulses input from the accelerometer 13, the jogging distance as time Calculating differential jogging speed by differentiating or calculating average jogging speed at a predetermined time interval, and obtaining a heart rate from an electrocardiogram signal obtained from the electrode 15 of the electrocardiogram 14 when the electrocardiogram 14 is provided. And the jogging speed is compared with the appropriate jogging speed range and displayed on the display unit 24 and / or outputs an alarm sound when it is out of the range, and the heart rate is set even when the electrocardiogram 14 is provided. Displaying on the display unit 24 and / or outputting an alarm sound when it is out of the range compared to the range, and the jogging distance or heart rate is the target exercise amount. Using such methods is jogging management jipieseu mobile device characterized in that comprises a step of outputting a display, and / or completed on the display section 24 when the sound has reached the target heart rate. In the method using the portable device 20 including the central processing unit 22, the display unit 24, the storage unit 23, the microphone connection unit 27 and the audio A / D conversion unit 26, Converting a signal from the accelerometer 13 and / or the electrocardiogram 14 into a signal suitable for the audio input range and inputting the signal to the audio A / D converter 26 through the microphone connection unit 27; The storage 23 for obtaining the jogging distance, jogging speed and / or heart rate from the digitally converted signal at the A / D conversion section 26 and managing the jogging from the jogging distance, jogging speed and / or heart rate. Jogging management method using the GPS of the mobile device, characterized in that comprising the step of performing a jogging management program of the central processing unit (22). A central processing unit 22, a display unit 24, a storage unit 23, a microphone connection unit 27, and an audio A / D conversion unit 26; and an accelerometer 13 and / or electrocardiogram 14 In the jogging management method using the mobile device 20 for processing the signal from the jogging distance, jogging speed and / or heart rate from the appropriate jogging speed range and the appropriate heart rate range, The appropriate jogging speed range and / or the appropriate heart rate range is determined by being manually input through the key input unit 21 or determined by an exercise prescription downloaded from the health care server 50 through a wired or wireless network, and the portable device. The result of the exercise such as the jogging distance, the speed and / or the heart rate change during jogging calculated at 20 is transmitted to the health care server 50 from the mobile device 20 to the health care server 50 through a wired or wireless network. Jogging management method using the GPS of the mobile device, characterized in that managed by. In the method using the portable device 20 including the central processing unit 22, the display unit 24 and the storage unit 23, The starting position is obtained from the GPS receiver 30, and the distance between the arrival positions obtained from the GPS receiver 30 is determined by the number of steps by determining the stride length or by the number of pulses obtained from the accelerometer 13 by the predetermined distance. Jogging management method using the GPS of the mobile device, characterized in that comprising a calibration step of determining the stride length by dividing the predetermined distance.