KR20130021934A - Apparatus and method assisting exercise, system for managing exercise ability of the members - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An apparatus and a method for assisting exercise, and a system for managing exercise ability of members using the device are provided to enable a user to exercise according to a customized exercise program. CONSTITUTION: An apparatus for assisting exercise comprises an exercise program storage unit(110) which stores exercise programs, an exercise program setting unit(130) which sets an exercise program, a movement and physiological data collection unit(150) which collects user movement related information and physiological data, an exercise pattern detecting unit(170) which outputs physiological data, an input and output unit(190) which outputs result information on a specific movement and physiological data. [Reference numerals] (100) User; (110) Exercise program storage unit; (130) Exercise program setting unit; (150) Movement and physiological data collection unit; (170) Exercise pattern detecting unit; (200) Wireless module unit; (230) Information storage unit; (250) Analyzing module unit; (270) Transmitting module unit; (290) Member management unit; (AA) Exercise assisting unit; (BB) Central management unit

Description

Apparatus and method assisting exercise ， system for managing exercise ability of the members}

The present invention relates to an exercise assisting device and a method thereof, and to an integrated management system of members' exercise ability using the exercise assisting device, and more particularly, to an exercise assisting device and a method for assisting a user to exercise with a specialized exercise program. In addition, a plurality of members may perform various exercise programs with the exercise assisting device, and acquire and analyze exercise management information improvement levels of the plurality of members by obtaining exercise result information and biometric information. It is about the integrated management system of members' athletic ability.

In general, exercise is necessary for everyone, and for adults, everyone knows that regular exercise is good for your health. In general, if you want to enjoy a particular sport as a hobby learn from a professional instructor.

However, people have to pay a lot of time and money in order to exercise through professional instructors in academy, and there is a difficulty in exercising where there is no professional instructor.

For example, exercise video is popular with office workers and students who can not afford time and money because it has the advantage of being able to follow the exercise alone and at home, regardless of time. However, contrary to the advantage that the individual can exercise alone through the exercise video, the exercise program that is specialized for the individual, such as in an institute, cannot be effectively exercised.

Accordingly, there is a need for exercise assistance measures that allow individuals to exercise with specialized programs without the help of professional instructors.

On the other hand, using a fitness room installed in the gym or workplace, many members or workers are performing a variety of exercise programs (sit-ups, various aerobic exercise, various strength exercises, etc.) to strengthen their fitness.

However, the members and office workers can not systematically recognize the results of exercise, such as their exercise amount, do not systematically manage their level of improvement of exercise ability, and can systematically judge the right and wrong about their exercise habits. The situation is not available.

Therefore, there is a need for a system that can analyze and manage exercise performance improvement levels, exercise habits, and the like for each member and office worker using exercise result information and biometric information of many members and office workers.

The present invention was devised to solve the above problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide an exercise assisting apparatus and a method for assisting a user to exercise with a specialized exercise program.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an exercise assisting apparatus and method for setting a program for each exercise in consideration of the characteristics of a user, and performing an exercise by a program corresponding to an exercise selected by the user.

In addition, a plurality of members can perform various exercise programs with the exercise assisting device, and can acquire and analyze exercise result information and biometric information to comprehensively analyze and manage the improvement level of the exercise ability of the plurality of members. The purpose is to provide an integrated management system for members' athletic ability.

In addition, the exercise result information and biometric information for a plurality of members are obtained and stored and managed in a remote integrated management server, the members access the integrated management server to check their exercise result information and biometric information or check the health It is an object of the present invention to provide an integrated management system of the athletic ability of the member to connect to the integrated management server to diagnose the health status for each member so that each member can check.

In addition, the exercise result information and biometric information for a plurality of members are obtained, stored and managed in a remote integrated management server, the integrated management server transmits the information to the user terminal, each member has their own exercise result information and The biometric information can be checked, or the integrated management server can transmit the exercise result information and the biometric information for each member to the health diagnosis server so as to diagnose the state of health of each member, and check the diagnosis result. It is an object of the present invention to provide a system for managing members' exercise ability to be transmitted to the user terminal of the members.

The configuration means constituting the exercise assisting device for assisting the user's exercise proposed to solve the above problems, the exercise program storage unit for storing the exercise program received from the user or developer, the stored exercise from the user If at least one exercise program is selected among the programs, the at least one exercise program is received from the exercise program storage unit, and the exercise program setting for setting the at least one exercise program as the exercise program to be used by the user And a motion and biometric information collecting unit for collecting the motion related information and the biometric information of the user through at least one sensor, and detecting a specific motion corresponding to the set exercise program from the collected motion related information of the user. , And the result information, and characterized in that comprises input and output units for outputting the bio-related information on the motion pattern detector, a certain movement of the sensing and outputting the bio-related information along with the result information for a specific motion-based detection.

The apparatus may further include an information analyzer configured to receive and store the result information and the bio-related information on the detected specific movement from the exercise pattern detector, and analyze the degree of improvement of the user's exercise ability using the information. It is done.

The sensor may include at least one of a three-axis acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, a global positioning system (GPS) sensor, a force sensing resistor (FSR) sensor, a pulse wave sensor, a heart sound sensor, a blood pressure sensor, a blood flow sensor, and at least one of a body temperature sensor. Characterized in that it comprises one sensor.

Here, the result information on the specific movement is characterized in that the information related to at least one of the amount of exercise, the number of exercise, the moving distance, the exercise time, the tempo.

Here, the information analysis unit stores and manages daily, weekly, monthly and yearly exercise results of the user, and stores and manages the degree of improvement of daily, weekly, monthly and yearly athletic performance.

On the other hand, the constituent means constituting the exercise assistance method for assisting the user's exercise, if at least one exercise program of the pre-stored exercise program is selected from the user, receives the selected at least one exercise program from the exercise program storage, An exercise program setting step of setting the input at least one exercise program as an exercise program to be used by the user, a motion and biometric information collecting step of collecting the user's motion related information and biometric information through at least one sensor, and Detecting a specific movement corresponding to the set exercise program from the collected user's motion-related information, and the exercise pattern detection process of outputting the biometric-related information along with the result information for the detected specific motion to the input and output unit; To be composed And a gong.

The method may further include an information analysis process of receiving and storing result information about the detected specific motion and the bio-related information, and analyzing the degree of improvement of the exercise ability of the user using the information.

The sensor may include at least one of a three-axis acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, a global positioning system (GPS) sensor, a force sensing resistor (FSR) sensor, a pulse wave sensor, a heart sound sensor, a blood pressure sensor, a blood flow sensor, and at least one of a body temperature sensor. Characterized in that it comprises one sensor.

Here, the result information on the specific movement is characterized in that the information related to at least one of the amount of exercise, the number of exercise, the moving distance, the exercise time, the tempo.

Here, the information analysis process is characterized by storing and managing the daily, weekly, monthly and yearly exercise results of the user, and analyzes and stores the daily, weekly, monthly and yearly improvement of the exercise ability.

On the other hand, the constituent means constituting the integrated exercise capacity management system of the members using the exercise assisting device of the present invention, the exercise assisting device which is assigned to the members and collects the exercise result information and biometric information of the members and transmits through the short-range wireless communication, the It is characterized in that it comprises a central management device for integrated management of the exercise result and the level of improvement of exercise ability for each member by using the information received from the exercise assist device.

The short range wireless communication may be any one of Near Field Communication (NFC), Bluetooth, and Zigbee communication.

Here, the exercise assisting device, the exercise program storage unit for storing the exercise program received from the user or developer, if at least one exercise program is selected from the stored exercise program from the user, the selected at least one exercise program An exercise program setting unit which receives the input from the exercise program storage unit and sets the input at least one exercise program as an exercise program to be used by the user, and collects the movement related information and the biometric information of the user through at least one sensor A movement and a biometric information collecting unit and the movement related information of the collected user, detecting a specific movement corresponding to the set exercise program, and storing and outputting the bio-related information together with the result information about the detected specific movement. Luck And a wireless module unit for transmitting the pattern detection unit, result information on the detected specific movement, and the bio-related information to the central management apparatus.

The wireless module unit may transmit ID, exercise type, exercise result information, and biometric information of the exercise assisting apparatus to the central management apparatus.

Here, the central management device, a member management unit for storing the member information including the ID of the exercise assisting device, an information storage unit for storing the exercise result information and biometric information of each member by matching the ID and each information of the members It characterized in that it comprises an analysis module unit for analyzing the exercise performance improvement level using them.

Here, the central management device is characterized in that it further comprises a transmission module for automatically transmitting the result of the analysis of the exercise performance improvement level to the user computer or mobile terminal of each member.

The sensor may include at least one of a three-axis acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, a global positioning system (GPS) sensor, a force sensing resistor (FSR) sensor, a pulse wave sensor, a heart sound sensor, a blood pressure sensor, a blood flow sensor, and at least one of a body temperature sensor. Characterized in that it comprises one sensor.

Here, the result information on the specific movement is characterized in that the information related to at least one of the amount of exercise, the number of exercise, the moving distance, the exercise time, the tempo.

Here, the analysis module unit stores and manages daily, weekly, monthly and yearly exercise results of the user, and analyzes and manages daily, weekly, monthly and yearly athletic performance improvement levels.

On the other hand, the member constituting the integrated exercise capacity management system of members according to the present invention, in the integrated exercise capacity management system of members, having a function of measuring the exercise result information and biometric information by the use of the members An exercise device, an exercise assisting device which is provided to the members, collects the exercise result information and the biometric information of the members through short-range wireless communication with the exercise device, or collects the exercise result information and the biometric information of the members through sensors provided on its own. A gateway for receiving the exercise result information and the biometric information from the exercise assisting device through short-range wireless communication, and transmitting the result of the exercise and the biometric information wirelessly or wired together with the ID of each member; It includes an integrated management server that stores and manages It characterized by comprising.

Here, the communication between the exercise device and the exercise aid and the communication between the exercise aid and the gateway are characterized in that it uses any one of Near Field Communication (NFC), Bluetooth, and Zigbee communication.

Here, the integrated management server is characterized in that for transmitting the exercise result information and biometric information of each member to the user computer or mobile terminal of each member.

Here, the integrated management server is characterized in that for transmitting the exercise result information and biometric information of each member to the medical examination server.

Here, the health diagnosis server may diagnose the health state of each member by using the exercise result information and the biometric information of each member, and transmit the diagnosis result to a user computer or a mobile terminal of each member.

According to the present invention navigator assisting device and the method having the above-described problems and solving means, the individual can exercise with the desired exercise program without the help of a professional instructor, can be provided with his own movement to effectively perform the desired exercise program There are advantages, and various other effects are disclosed directly or implicitly in the detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention to be described later.

In addition, according to the integrated exercise capacity management system of the members using the exercise assisting device, a plurality of members to carry out the various exercise programs with the exercise assisting device, and obtains the exercise result information and biometric information The ability to collectively analyze and manage the improvement of athletic performance of multiple members can reduce the operating costs of gyms and the like by not using many professional instructors. There is an advantage that can be recognized from time to time.

In addition, the exercise result information and biometric information for a plurality of members are obtained and stored and managed in a remote integrated management server, the members access the integrated management server to check their exercise result information and biometric information or check the health Since the person in charge can access the integrated management server and diagnose the health status of each member so that each member can check, the members can check their health status along with their exercise ability and exercise habits. There is an advantage.

In addition, the exercise result information and biometric information for a plurality of members are obtained, stored and managed in a remote integrated management server, the integrated management server transmits the information to the user terminal, each member has their own exercise result information and The biometric information can be checked, or the integrated management server can transmit the exercise result information and the biometric information for each member to the health diagnosis server so as to diagnose the state of health of each member, and check the diagnosis result. Since members can be transmitted to the user terminal, there is an advantage that members can check their health status along with their athletic ability and exercise habits.

1 is a block diagram of an exercise assisting apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of an exercise assisting device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart of an exercise assisting method using the exercise assisting device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 4 is a block diagram of a member of the integrated athletic management system of the member according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention exercise assisting device having the above-mentioned problems, solving means and effects, and a member's exercise capacity integrated management system using the exercise assisting device do.

First, an exercise assisting apparatus for assisting a user's exercise and a method thereof will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. The main point of the exercise assisting device and the method according to the present invention is to provide a specialized program to the user, collect the user's movement information and the biometric information using sensors, and then, in the collected user's movement, After detecting the specific motion according to the program, the result information and the biometric information of the detected specific motion are output, and analyzed and provided to the user.

Figure 1 shows the configuration of the exercise assisting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the exercise assisting apparatus includes an exercise program storage unit 110, an exercise program setting unit 130, a movement and biometric information collecting unit 150, an exercise pattern detection unit 170, and an input / output unit 190. do.

The exercise program storage unit 110 stores at least one exercise program input from a user or a developer. The exercise program storage unit 110 transmits the corresponding program to the exercise program setting unit 130 under the control of the exercise program setting unit 130. Of course, the exercise program to be set is selected by a user using an operation button provided in the input / output unit 190, and the exercise program setting unit 130 controls the exercise program storage unit 110 according to the selection. Receive the exercise program.

Here, the user 100 may input at least one exercise program downloaded from the website to the program storage unit 110. In addition, the exercise program storage unit 110 may store the received exercise programs as a program list according to an exercise item.

The exercise program setting unit 130 provides a program stored in the exercise program storage unit 100 to the user 100, and at least one program stored in the exercise program storage unit 100 from the user 100. When receiving the input, the at least one program is set as an exercise program to be used by the user 100.

The exercise program setting unit 130 provides the set exercise program to the user through the input / output unit 190 and transmits the set program to the exercise pattern detection unit 170 so that the exercise pattern of the user 100 can be detected. do.

In detail, when the exercise program setting unit 130 receives a request to start an exercise from the user 100 through the input / output unit 190, the exercise program setting unit 130 requests a program transfer to the exercise program storage unit 110. In this case, when the exercise program setting unit 130 receives a request for a program for a specific exercise from the user 100, the exercise program setting unit 130 may request a program transfer for the specific exercise to the exercise program storage unit 110.

The exercise program setting unit 130 provides a program received from the program storage unit 110 according to the program delivery request to the user 100 through the input / output unit 190, and at least one exercise from the user 100. When a program is input, the at least one exercise program is set as a program to be used by the user 100.

The motion and biometric information collection unit 150 includes sensors mounted on a user's body to collect user's motion-related information and biometric-related information. Such sensors detect biometric information as well as user motion related information.

The sensors collecting the motion-related information and the biometric information may include at least one of a 3-axis acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, a global positioning system (GPS) sensor, and a force sensing resistor (FSR) sensor unit capable of detecting user motion-related information. It comprises a sensor and at least one sensor of the pulse wave sensor, a heart sound sensor, a blood pressure sensor, a blood flow sensor, a body temperature sensor capable of detecting the bio-related information of the user.

In this case, the user's motion related information is information for extracting result information on a specific motion such as a user's exercise amount, exercise count, moving distance, exercise time, and tempo.

For example, when a three-axis acceleration sensor capable of detecting a three-dimensional acceleration is mounted on the user's body, the motion and biometric information collection unit 150 is a three-axis acceleration signal from the three-axis acceleration sensor, that is, X The user's movement is detected by receiving the axis acceleration signal, Y axis acceleration signal and Z axis acceleration signal.

Herein, the operation principle of the acceleration sensor will be described based on the acceleration sensor that detects the acceleration in the one-dimensional direction. When the acceleration sensor is in a stationary state, only gravity acts and gravity does not act on the plane perpendicular to the direction of gravity. This plane becomes an absolute horizontal reference plane and the sensor signal value in an acceleration sensor having an axis disposed in this plane direction becomes a reference or zero. Based on the reference plane, the tilt according to the movement, that is, the tilt value of the measurement line may be measured and the acceleration in the axial direction may be measured using the reference plane.

As another example, when a gyro sensor is mounted on a user's body, the motion collecting unit 150 detects and detects an angular velocity about at least one axis (eg, Z axis) of the user from the gyro sensor. Collected angular velocity signal) to collect the user's movement.

The exercise pattern detection unit 170 detects a specific movement corresponding to the set exercise program among the collected motion related information of the user, which is transmitted from the movement and the biological collection unit 150, and results in the detected specific movement. The biometric information is output along with the information.

The result information about the detected specific movement and the biometric information are output through the input / output unit 190. The result information on the specific motion is result information calculated by the exercise pattern detector 170 using the collected user's motion related information. For example, information related to at least one of the exercise amount, the number of exercise, the moving distance, the exercise time, and the tempo.

The result information of the specific motion is output to the input / output unit 190 to allow the user to recognize at least one piece of information of his / her exercise amount, exercise number, moving distance, exercise time, and tempo. In addition, the bio-related information is also output through the input / output unit 190, so that the user can check his or her body temperature, heart rate, blood pressure, and the like.

The input / output unit 190 supports an input / output for setting a desired program by the user 100, and receives a program set by the exercise program setting unit 130, and transmits the specified input from the exercise pattern detection unit 170. Results information about the movement and bio-related information are provided to the user 100.

In this case, the input / output unit 190 may output the result information and the biometric information regarding the specific movement through at least one of a speaker, a screen, and a light. For example, the input / output unit 190 may output the amount of exercise, the number of exercise, the moving distance, the exercise time, and the tempo corresponding to the result information of the specific movement during the exercise or after the exercise is completed by voice through a speaker. It can also be displayed on the display. Of course, the bio-related information also allows a user to recognize his / her bio-related state through a display or voice.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 2, the result information and the biometric information about the specific motion detected by the exercise pattern detector 170 may be stored and analyzed through the information analyzer 195. That is, as illustrated in FIG. 2, the information analyzer 195 receives and stores the result information and the bio-related information on the detected specific motion from the exercise pattern detector 170 and uses the information. Analyzing the degree of improvement of the exercise ability of the user and outputs through the input and output unit 190.

Specifically, the information analysis unit 195 continuously stores the result information and the bio-related information on the specific movement, and compares and analyzes previous information and recent information, thereby analyzing and storing the degree of improvement of the exercise ability of the user. You can print

That is, the information analyzer 195 may continuously store and manage the daily, weekly, monthly and yearly exercise results of the user, and store and manage the degree of improvement of daily, weekly, monthly and yearly athletic ability. Therefore, the user can check his / her athletic performance improvement at any time, and thus can determine his / her own athletic ability, and change and modify future exercise patterns and plans.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an exercise assisting method using the exercise assisting apparatus described above.

Referring to FIG. 3, if at least one exercise program among pre-stored programs in the exercise program storage unit 110 is selected from the user 100, the exercise program setting unit 130 may select the at least one exercise program. It receives an input from the exercise program storage unit 110, and sets the input at least one exercise program as an exercise program to be used by the user 100 (S10).

Then, the movement and biometric information collecting unit 150 collects the movement related information and the biometric information of the user through at least one sensor (S20).

The exercise pattern detection unit 170 detects a specific movement corresponding to the set exercise program among the collected user's movement related information (S30), and provides the biometric information with result information on the detected specific movement. Output (S40).

The result information and the biometric information regarding the detected specific motion can be directly output through the input / output unit 190 to allow a user to check the result information and the biometric information for the specific motion. Furthermore, after analyzing the result information and the bio-related information on the specific movement through the information analysis unit 195, and outputs through the input and output unit 190, the user can check the degree of improvement of their exercise ability Can be.

That is, the information analysis unit 195 receives and stores the result information and the bio-related information on the detected specific movement, and further performs a process of analyzing the degree of improvement of the exercise ability of the user by using the information. The user may further perform an information analysis process to directly check the degree of improvement of his athletic ability (S50).

Here, the sensor used is at least one sensor of three-axis acceleration sensor, gyro sensor, global positioning system (GPS), Force Sensing Resistor (FSR) and pulse wave sensor, heart sound sensor, blood pressure sensor, blood flow sensor, body temperature sensor It is configured to include at least one sensor.

The result information on the specific movement is information related to at least one of exercise amount, exercise number, movement distance, exercise time, and tempo, and the information analysis process stores and manages the daily, weekly, monthly and annual exercise results of the user. And, by analyzing and managing the daily, weekly, monthly and yearly improvement in athletic performance, the user can check his or her athletic performance improvement.

Referring to the exercise assisting apparatus and the overall operation in the method described above as an example.

First, when the exercise program setting unit 130 receives the "50 sit ups" program among the programs stored in the exercise program storage unit 110 in advance from the user 100, the user 100 receives the "50 sit ups" program. Set as a program to be used, and transmits the set “50 sit-ups” program to the user 100 and the exercise pattern detection unit 170 through the input / output unit 190.

In addition, the movement and biometric information collecting unit 150 collects the movement-related information and the temperature information of the user 100 who is performing the “50 times of sit-up” program using the 3-axis acceleration sensor and the temperature sensor, and then the exercise pattern detection unit. Provided at 170.

Then, the exercise pattern detection unit 170 detects a specific movement causing the sit up of the user's movement transmitted from the movement and the biometric information collecting unit 170, and as a result outputs the number or time of raising the sit up as the information and body temperature.

The output information may be recognized by the user through the input / output unit 190. For example, a voice corresponding to a count that increases by one every time the upper body is raised may be output through the input / output unit, or a final number or exercise time and body temperature may be output as voice or displayed on a display.

In addition, the number of sit-ups or time and temperature information is analyzed by the information analysis unit, it can be provided as the exercise performance improvement level or health status information of the user. That is, the time required to perform the same sit-ups may be shorter than before to improve athletic performance, or as the body temperature increases rapidly, the athletic ability may be degraded and the state of health may be poor. .

As another example, the exercise program storage unit 110 by the input of the user "15 15 times after three sets of sit-ups, two sets of 15 push-ups after a minute rest, 10 minutes at 10 km / hour after 1 minute rest" When the set "body 1" program is stored, the exercise assisting apparatus and method according to the embodiment of the present invention operates as follows.

When the exercise program setting unit 130 receives the "body 1" program among the exercise programs stored in the exercise program storage unit 110 in advance from the user 100, the user 100 uses the "body 1" program. By setting the program, the set “body 1” program is transmitted to the user 100 and the exercise pattern detection unit 170 through the input / output unit 190.

In addition, the movement and biometric information collecting unit 150 collects movement and body temperature information of the user 100 who is performing the "body 1" program using a 3-axis acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, and a temperature sensor. The detection unit 170 is provided.

Then, the exercise pattern detection unit 170 detects a movement corresponding to the “body 1” program among the transferred user's movements, and measures a signal or exercise time that counts the number of exercise corresponding to the information as a result of the exercise time. When this is completed, by outputting the number of exercise or exercise time and body temperature information through the input and output unit 190, the user can check the exercise result and body temperature information.

Of course, as described above, the number of times of exercise or time of exercise and body temperature information are analyzed by comparing with the previously stored information, thereby outputting the result information on the degree of improvement of the exercise ability or health state of the user through the input and output unit. Can be.

Therefore, the user 100 may exercise with a desired exercise program without the help of a professional instructor, and may be provided with his / her movements to effectively perform a desired exercise program, and furthermore, improve his or her athletic ability or You can also check information about your health status.

Next, with reference to the accompanying Figure 4 with respect to the integrated exercise capacity management system of members that can manage the exercise capacity of the members by using the above-described exercise assist device will be described in detail.

The integrated exercise capacity management system of members according to an embodiment of the present invention allows a plurality of members to have the above-described exercise assisting device, and the central management device receives the information obtained from the exercise assisting device and transmits the information to all members. It is a system that can manage the exercise ability for the integrated. Membership here means a wide range of people, including those who are registered in a health club, or those who use the company's fitness room.

As shown in FIG. 4, the integrated athletic management system of members according to the present invention includes the above-described exercise assisting device and a central management device. The exercise assisting apparatus shown in FIG. 4 is composed of components similar to most of the exercise assisting apparatus described above. The only difference is that the central management apparatus further includes a wireless module unit 200 for transmitting and receiving information data. In addition, since the information obtained by the exercise assisting apparatus is preferably stored and analyzed by the central management apparatus, the above-described information analyzing unit 195 may not be provided in the exercise assisting apparatus in the present system.

The exercise assisting device in the integrated exercise capacity management system of the members is given to the members to collect the exercise result information and biometric information of the members and transmits to the central management device through the short-range wireless communication. Of course, the information may be stored in the exercise assisting device, and after the exercise is completed, a USB jack may be provided to upload through USB communication.

The central management apparatus uses the information received from the exercise assisting device to integrally manage the exercise result and the improvement level of exercise ability for each member. That is, by continuously storing and managing the types of exercise (sit-ups, various aerobic exercise, various strength exercises, etc.), exercise amount, exercise time, and biometric information for each member, and analyzing them, the results of the exercise performed for each member And manage the level of improvement in motor performance.

As described above, transmission and reception of information data between the central management apparatus and the exercise assisting apparatus is possible through USB communication, but it is preferable to use short-range wireless communication for convenience of management and reduction of required manpower. The short range wireless communication is preferably any one of Near Field Communication (NFC), Bluetooth, and Zigbee communication, but all possible wireless communication may be applied.

As shown in FIG. 4, the exercise assisting device in the integrated exercise capacity management system of the members includes an exercise program storage unit 110, an exercise program setting unit 130, a movement and biometric information collecting unit 150, and an exercise pattern. It is configured to include a detector 170 and the wireless module unit 200. Of course, the above-described information analyzer 195 may be further included, and it is natural that the input / output unit 190 having a function of operating the exercise assisting device is provided.

Specifically, the exercise assisting device is an exercise program storage unit 110 for storing the exercise program received from the user or developer, if at least one exercise program is selected from the stored exercise program from the user, the at least one selected The exercise program setting unit 130 receives an exercise program from the exercise program storage unit 110 and sets the input at least one exercise program as an exercise program to be used by the user, and at least one sensor of the user. The motion and biometric information collecting unit 150 for collecting the motion related information and the biometric information, and detects a specific motion corresponding to the set exercise program among the collected user's motion related information, and detects the detected specific motion. Save the bio-related information along with the resulting information And the motion pattern detector 170 outputs, to the result information, and the bio-related information for a specific motion of the detection is configured to include a wireless module 200 for transmitting to the central management device.

Among the components of the exercise assisting device in the integrated exercise capacity management system of the members, exercise program storage unit 110, exercise program setting unit 130, movement and biometric information collecting unit 150, exercise pattern detection unit 170 ) Are the same as the above-described operation and function, detailed description thereof will be omitted, and only the wireless module unit 200 will be additionally described.

The wireless module unit 200 may include exercise result information (information about exercise amount, exercise number, moving distance, exercise time, tempo, etc.) input from the exercise pattern detection unit 170 and biometric information (temperature, heart sound, pulse information, etc.). ) Are transmitted to the central management apparatus. At this time, the wireless module unit 200 transmits the unique ID information of the exercise assisting device and the exercise type information performed by the user.

Specifically, the exercise assisting device has a unique ID, the ID information is owned by the wireless module unit 200, when the exercise program is selected by the user, the result is transmitted to the wireless module unit 200 The wireless module unit 200 also has a type of exercise input and corresponding to the exercise program. Accordingly, the wireless module unit 200 configures an ID, an exercise type, exercise result information, and biometric information of the exercise assisting apparatus and transmits the ID to the central management apparatus.

The central management apparatus receiving ID, exercise type, exercise result information and biometric information of the exercise assisting device from the wireless module unit 200 of the exercise assisting device manages and stores the information for each member. Since the exercise assisting device is fixedly assigned to each member, the ID of the exercise assisting device can be viewed as a member ID. Therefore, the central management apparatus receiving the information may store and manage the result of storing and managing the information for each member.

As shown in FIG. 4, the central management apparatus includes a wireless module unit 210, an information storage unit 230, an analysis module unit 250, a transmission module unit 270, and a member manager 290. do.

In detail, the central management apparatus includes a member manager 290 for storing member information including an ID of the exercise assisting device, and an information storage unit 230 for storing exercise result information and biometric information of each member by matching the ID. And an analysis module unit 250 for analyzing the improvement level of exercise ability by using the information of the members. And, it is provided with a wireless module unit 210 for receiving the information from the exercise aids.

In addition, the central management device is beyond the level of storing and managing the analysis result, the transmission module unit for transmitting the analysis result to the user's computer, etc. so that each member can also check and store the analysis result from time to time It is preferable to further comprise 250.

Specifically, the central management device is preferably configured to further include a transmission module unit 270 for automatically transmitting the result of the analysis of the exercise performance improvement level to the user computer or mobile terminal of each member. Therefore, the user may check the result of his exercise ability improvement level in the health club, and furthermore, may check at any time even outside his / her home or the gym.

The transmission module unit 250 may analyze the improved exercise ability level in the user computer or the mobile terminal through e-mail transmission or uploading to a specific server at predetermined intervals or according to an operation of the central management apparatus manager. Send the result.

Meanwhile, the wireless module unit 210 of the central management apparatus receives the ID, the exercise type, the exercise result information, and the biometric information of the exercise assisting apparatus transmitted from the wireless module unit 200 of the exercise assisting apparatus. Transmit to 230.

The information storage unit 230 matches the ID of the exercise assisting apparatus to store the type of exercise performed by each member, exercise result information, and biometric information. Of course, the information storage unit 230 stores and manages the information separately by day and time.

Then, the analysis module 250 analyzes the improvement level of exercise ability by using the member-specific information stored in the information storage unit 230. That is, the result of comparing and analyzing the previous exercise result information and the biometric information with the latest exercise result and the biometric information and the level of improvement of the exercise ability through the analysis are stored in the information storage unit. The analyzed exercise ability improvement level is matched with the ID (member ID) of the exercise assisting device, stored, and continuously updated.

Meanwhile, the exercise type, exercise result information, biometric information, and analysis result information (exercise improvement level) which are matched and stored with the ID of the exercise assisting device are moved to the user computer through the transmission module unit 270 as described above. Can be sent to the terminal.

The exercise assisting device in the above-described member's integrated exercise capacity management system obtains the motion information and the biometric information of the user through sensors. At least one sensor of the Force Sensing Resistor (FSR), pulse wave sensor, heart sound sensor, blood pressure sensor, blood flow sensor, and at least one of the temperature sensor is configured to include.

The result information on the specific movement is information related to at least one of exercise amount, exercise number, moving distance, exercise time, and tempo, and the analysis module 250 of the central management apparatus is configured for daily, weekly, and monthly of the user. And save and manage the results of the annual exercise, and analyzes the daily, weekly, monthly and yearly improvement level of exercise ability to save and manage.

Briefly look at the operation process of the integrated athletic management system of the members described above.

First, the central management device is provided in a health club, etc. in order to utilize the integrated athletic management system of members, and a plurality of exercise assisting devices to be given to each member should be prepared.

Each member registers with the central management apparatus, receives a member ID corresponding to the ID of the exercise assisting apparatus, and is assigned an exercise assisting apparatus for each member to possess during the exercise.

When each member enters the gym, he is given his exercise assist device, and when the exercise aid is turned on, initialization for information data communication with the central management unit is performed.

Then, the member sets the exercise program (exercise type) using the exercise assisting device, and performs the exercise. Then, the exercise assisting device transmits the ID, exercise type, exercise result information, and biometric information of the exercise assisting device to the central management device immediately after the corresponding exercise program is completed. Here, the determination of the completion of the exercise program may be made by the member operating the exercise assisting device, or may be made through the result information on whether the user's movement is not detected by the sensors for a predetermined time, and various other methods. Can be determined by.

When the information is transmitted to the central management apparatus, the central management apparatus matches the information with the ID of the exercise assisting apparatus and stores it, and uses them to analyze and store the improvement level of each member's athletic ability.

In addition, the information and the result of the improvement level of exercise ability are transmitted to the user's (member's) computer or mobile terminal to provide the user to check at any time.

As described above, according to the member's integrated athletic performance management system, it is possible to collectively manage the athletic performance improvement level for a large number of members, by transmitting the exercise result information and athletic performance improvement level results to each member, Allow each member to check their exercise results and level of athletic performance at any time.

Next, with reference to the accompanying Figure 5 with respect to another embodiment of the present invention members of the integrated athletic performance management system will be described in detail.

As shown in FIG. 5, the integrated exercise management system of members according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of exercise apparatuses 300, a plurality of exercise assistant apparatuses 400, a gateway 500, and an integrated management server ( 600).

The exercise device 300 refers to an exercise device (running machine, etc.) provided in a fitness club or a fitness room in a company. The exercise device 300 has a function of measuring exercise result information and biometric information by use of members.

For example, when the exercise device 300 is a treadmill, the exercise device 300 measures biometric information such as exercise result information and calorie consumption corresponding to the running time and distance.

The exercise result information and the biometric information measured by the exercise device 300 are transmitted to the exercise assisting device 400. Therefore, the exercise device 300 is equipped with a communication module that can communicate with the exercise assisting device 400 by wireless or wired.

Since the exercise assisting device 400 is held by members using the exercise device 300, the exercise device 300 and the exercise assisting device 400 are located at a close distance from each other. Therefore, communication between the exercise device 300 and the exercise assisting device 400 may be performed using any one of Near Field Communication (NFC), Bluetooth, and Zigbee communication.

When the NFC (Near Field Communication) is used, a member performing an exercise using the exercise device 300, the exercise assisting device 400 is carried on the NFC (Near) mounted on the exercise device 300 Field communication) may be mounted or mounted on the exercise device 300 to be adjacent to the communication module. When the Bluetooth or Zigbee communication is used, the member may perform the exercise while holding the exercise assisting device 400.

The exercise assisting device 400 is given to each member. In addition, the exercise device 300 receives and collects the exercise result information and the biometric information of members through short-range wireless communication (NFC (Near Field Communication), Bluetooth and Zigbee communication).

On the other hand, the exercise assisting device 400 may collect the exercise result information and biometric information from the exercise device 300, as described above, the exercise result information and the member of the member through the various sensors provided in itself Biometric information may also be collected.

Detailed configuration of the exercise assisting device 400 adopts the configuration described with reference to the accompanying FIG. In addition, since the near field communication with the exercise device 300 is performed, the exercise device 300 may be further configured to include a communication module capable of performing near field communication.

The plurality of members may be used by the plurality of exercise devices 300, respectively. Therefore, the plurality of exercise assisting apparatus 400 collects the exercise result information and the biometric information of each member, respectively.

As such, the exercise result information and the biometric information of each member collected by the exercise assisting apparatus 400 are transmitted to the integrated management server 600 via the gateway 500. The gateway 500 receives the exercise result information and the biometric information for each of the members from the exercise assisting device 400 through short-range wireless communication, wirelessly or wired together with the ID of each member, the integrated management server. Send to 600.

The information transmitted from the exercise assisting device 400 to the gateway 500 includes an ID (member's ID) of the exercise assisting device 400 in addition to the exercise result information and biometric information.

The integrated management server 600 stores and manages the exercise result information and the biometric information of each member received from the gateway 500. That is, the members store the exercise result information and the biometric information by matching the ID of each member.

The integrated management server 600 is accessible by the person in charge of performing a medical examination for the user terminal and the members of the members. The members can access the integrated management server 600 using a user computer or a mobile terminal, and check their exercise result information and biometric information at any time.

In addition, the person in charge of performing the medical examination for the member is connected to the integrated management server 600, perform a medical examination using the exercise result information and biometric information of each member, and record or display the result Can be.

Accordingly, each member may check his / her health state by accessing the integrated management server 600 and confirming the medical examination recorded or displayed by the person in charge of performing the medical examination.

On the other hand, the integrated management server 600 is connected to the user terminal 700, such as a user computer or a mobile terminal of the respective members, regardless of whether the members try to access using their user terminal 700, It may have a function for transmitting the exercise result information and the biometric information of the member.

If there is information on the result of performing the medical examination for the members by the person in charge of performing the medical examination, the integrated management server 600 not only the exercise result information and the biometric information of each member, but also the medical examination Information is also sent.

On the other hand, the integrated management server 600 may be connected to the medical examination server 800 provided in the remote. Therefore, the integrated management server 600 may include a function for transmitting the exercise result information and biometric information of each member to the health diagnosis server (800).

Then, the person in charge of performing the medical examination may diagnose the state of health of each member by using the exercise result information and the biometric information of each member transmitted and stored in the medical examination server 800.

That is, the health diagnosis server 800 diagnoses the health state of each member by using the exercise result information and the biometric information of each member, and records or displays the result and stores the result. In addition, the health diagnosis server 800 may have a function of transmitting a diagnosis result for each member to a user terminal 700 such as a user computer or a mobile terminal of each member. Then, each member can check not only their exercise result information and biometric information, but also diagnostic information related to their health condition.

As described above, according to the integrated athletic management system of members according to another embodiment of the present invention, each member is provided with an integrated management server any time when each member wants the medical examination information along with their exercise result information and biometric information There is an advantage to see.

Meanwhile, in the detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited by the illustrated embodiments, but should be determined by the scope of the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

110: exercise program storage unit 130: exercise program setting unit
150: movement and biometric information collection unit 170: movement pattern detection unit
190: input and output unit 195: information analysis unit
200: wireless module unit of the exercise aids 210: wireless module unit of the central management unit
230: information storage unit 250: analysis module unit
270: transmission module unit 290: member management unit
300: exercise device 400: exercise assist device
500: gateway 600: integrated management server
700: user terminal 800: health diagnostic server

Claims (24)

In the exercise assisting device to assist the user's exercise,
An exercise program storage unit for storing an exercise program received from the user or developer;
If at least one exercise program is selected among the stored exercise programs by the user, the at least one exercise program is received from the exercise program storage unit, and the exercise program to be used by the user An exercise program setting unit to set to;
A movement and biometric information collecting unit configured to collect the movement related information and the biometric information of the user through at least one sensor;
An exercise pattern detection unit configured to detect a specific movement corresponding to the set exercise program among the collected movement related information of the user, and to output the living body related information together with the result information of the detected specific movement;
And an input / output unit configured to output result information on the detected specific movement and the bio-related information.
The method according to claim 1,
And receiving and storing result information and bio-related information on the detected specific movement from the exercise pattern detector, and analyzing the degree of improvement of the exercise ability of the user by using the information. Exercise aids.
The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein
The sensor may include at least one of a three-axis acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, a global positioning system (GPS) sensor, a force sensing resistor sensor (FSR), at least one of a pulse wave sensor, a heart sound sensor, a blood pressure sensor, a blood flow sensor, and a body temperature sensor. Exercise assisting device comprising a sensor.
The method according to claim 3,
The result information on the specific movement is an exercise assisting device, characterized in that the information related to at least one of the exercise amount, the number of exercise, the moving distance, the exercise time, the tempo.
The method according to claim 2,
The information analyzing unit stores and manages daily, weekly, monthly and yearly exercise results of the user, and stores and manages daily, weekly, monthly and yearly improvement in athletic performance.
In the exercise assistance method to assist the user's exercise,
If at least one exercise program among the pre-stored exercise programs is selected, the selected at least one exercise program is input from an exercise program storage unit, and the at least one exercise program is set as an exercise program to be used by the user. Exercise program setting process;
A motion and biometric information collection process for collecting the user's motion related information and the biometric information through at least one sensor;
A movement pattern detection process of detecting a specific movement corresponding to the set exercise program among the collected movement related information of the user, and outputting the bio-related information to the input / output unit together with the result information of the detected specific movement; Exercise auxiliary method, characterized in that configured to.
The method of claim 6,
And an information analysis process of receiving and storing the result information of the detected specific movement and the bio-related information, and analyzing the degree of improvement of the exercise ability of the user by using the information. .
The method according to claim 6 or 7.
The sensor may include at least one of a three-axis acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, a global positioning system (GPS) sensor, a force sensing resistor sensor (FSR), at least one of a pulse wave sensor, a heart sound sensor, a blood pressure sensor, a blood flow sensor, and a body temperature sensor. Exercise assistance method comprising a sensor.
The method according to claim 8,
The result information on the specific movement is an exercise assistance method, characterized in that the information related to at least one of the exercise amount, the number of exercise, the moving distance, the exercise time, the tempo.
The method of claim 7,
The information analysis process is characterized by storing and managing the daily, weekly, monthly and yearly exercise results of the user, and analyzing and managing the degree of improvement of daily, weekly, monthly and yearly exercise performance.
In the member's integrated athletic management system,
An exercise assisting device which is assigned to the members and collects the exercise result information and the biometric information of the members and transmits them through short-range wireless communication;
And a central management device that collectively manages the exercise result and the exercise ability improvement level for each member by using the information received from the exercise assisting device.
The method of claim 11,
The short-range wireless communication is one of the NFC (Near Field Communication), Bluetooth and ZigBee communication, characterized in that the athletic capability integrated management system of members.
The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the exercise assisting device is
An exercise program storage unit for storing an exercise program received from a user or a developer; when at least one exercise program is selected among the stored exercise programs from the user, the at least one exercise program is received from the exercise program storage unit; An exercise program setting unit configured to set the at least one input exercise program as an exercise program to be used by the user, a movement and biometric information collecting unit collecting the user's movement related information and biometric information through at least one sensor; An exercise pattern detection unit configured to detect a specific movement corresponding to the set exercise program among the collected user's movement related information, and to store and output the bio-related information together with the result information of the detected specific movement, the detected Scoop Results for the motion information and the motion capability of the integrated management system for registering the biometric information being configured to include a wireless module for transmitting to the central management device.
The method according to claim 13,
The wireless module unit transmits the ID, exercise type, exercise result information, and biometric information of the exercise assisting device to the central management device.
The method according to claim 13, The central management device,
Member management unit for storing the member information including the ID of the exercise assist device, an information storage unit for storing the exercise result information and biometric information of each member in accordance with the ID and the level of exercise ability improvement by using the respective information of the members Integrated management system of the member's athletic ability, characterized in that it comprises an analysis module unit for analyzing.
The method according to claim 15,
The central management apparatus further comprises a transmission module unit for automatically transmitting the result of the analysis of the exercise performance improvement level to the user computer or mobile terminal of each member, characterized in that the member's exercise ability integrated management system.
The method of claim 13,
The sensor may include at least one of a three-axis acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, a global positioning system (GPS) sensor, a force sensing resistor sensor (FSR), at least one of a pulse wave sensor, a heart sound sensor, a blood pressure sensor, a blood flow sensor, and a body temperature sensor. Integrated sports management system of members, characterized in that the sensor comprises a sensor.
18. The method of claim 17,
The result information for the specific movement is the integrated exercise management system of the member, characterized in that the information related to at least one of the amount of exercise, the number of exercise, the moving distance, the exercise time, the tempo.
The method according to claim 15,
The analyzing module unit stores and manages daily, weekly, monthly and yearly exercise results of the user, and analyzes and stores and manages daily, weekly, monthly and yearly athletic performance improvement levels.
In the member's integrated athletic management system,
An exercise device having a function of measuring exercise result information and biometric information by use of members;
An exercise assisting device which is provided to members and collects the exercise result information and the biometric information of the members through short-range wireless communication with the exercise device, or collects the exercise result information and the biometric information of the members through sensors provided on its own;
A gateway for receiving the exercise result information and the biometric information from the exercise assisting apparatus through short range wireless communication, and transmitting the result of the exercise and the biometric information together with the IDs of the members;
And an integrated management server configured to store and manage exercise result information and biometric information of each member received from the gateway.
The method of claim 20,
Communication between the exercise device and the exercise assist device and the communication between the exercise assist device and the gateway, any one of the NFC (Near Field Communication), Bluetooth and ZigBee communication, characterized in that the exercise capacity integrated management system of members.
The method of claim 20,
The integrated management server is a member's exercise ability integrated management system, characterized in that for transmitting the exercise result information and biometric information of each member to a user computer or a mobile terminal of each member.
The method of claim 20,
The integrated management server, the member's athletic ability integrated management system, characterized in that for transmitting the exercise result information and biometric information of each member to the medical examination server.
24. The method of claim 23,
The health diagnosis server diagnoses the health state of each member by using the exercise result information and the biometric information of each member, and integrates the exercise ability of the members, which transmits the diagnosis result to a user computer or a mobile terminal of each member. Management system.

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