KR20140133978A - System for providing social network service using exercise management and gait correlation system usig smart shoes - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a social networking service system using an intelligent shoe. The social networking service system using an intelligent shoe includes: an intelligent shoe which senses the three-dimensional movement, foot pressure pattern, and walking speed of a user foot, generates a sensing signal, and transmits the signal wirelessly; a server which provides a social networking service; and a mobile terminal which receives and analyzes the sensing signal transmitted wirelessly by the intelligent shoe to provide a health care service and uploads the details of the health care service to a social network by being linked with the server.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a social network service system using an intelligent shoe,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a social network service system using an intelligent shoe for acquiring various information related to a user's walking using an intelligent shoe worn by a user and sharing the same on a social network through a mobile terminal.

Due to economic development, income increase and long life span of modern society, people are enjoying culture and leisure life and gradually getting attention to fitness management through exercise.

First of all, the 5-day workweek increased the amount of outdoor activities on weekends and holidays and increased the proportion of sports activities for sports activities, trips and cultural arts visits. Especially, To promote research on functional intelligent shoes.

In addition, as the supply capacity of various sports-related companies such as sports facilities, sports teaching and sports travel industries has been expanded in the recent life sports field, the need for IT convergence in sports has increased and therefore the convergence of sports intelligent shoe industry and IT is inseparable .

In particular, there is a growing need for users to share their exercise status with anytime, anywhere, and with their acquaintances, and new technologies are needed to meet these requirements.

Accordingly, in the present invention, the intelligent shoe worn by the user acquires various information related to the user's walking and provides the information to the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal provides the health care service based on the obtained information and simultaneously shares the service use status with the social network The present invention relates to a social network service system using an intelligent shoe.

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an intelligent shoe for sensing a three-dimensional movement of a user's foot, foot-pressure generation pattern, and walking speed to generate and wirelessly transmit a sensing signal; A server providing social network services; And a mobile terminal for receiving and analyzing a sensing signal wirelessly transmitted by the intelligent shoe to provide a healthcare service and uploading the health care service details to the social network in cooperation with the server, .

Wherein the intelligent shoe comprises: a sensor unit for sensing a walking pattern of the user through at least one of an inertial sensor and a foot pressure sensor to generate and output a sensing signal; A wireless communication unit for transmitting the sensing signal to the mobile terminal through a local wireless communication network; A battery for providing operating power of the sensor unit and the wireless communication unit; And a self-generator for generating a charging power of the battery.

Wherein the mobile terminal comprises: a wireless communication unit for receiving a sensing signal wirelessly output by the intelligent shoe via a local wireless communication network; A GPS device for providing GPS information of the mobile terminal; The method comprising: recognizing at least one of a motion speed, a movement time, a consumed calorie, a stride count, a user's daily exercise amount, an average exercise amount according to a period, a motion distance, and a tracking path using the GPS information and the sensing signal, Tracking Service Offering; A walking posture correcting service providing unit configured to recognize a walking posture of the user using the sensing signal and to generate and reproduce an announcement for correcting the wrong posture of the user; An emergency treatment service providing unit for analyzing the sensor signal to check whether an emergency situation has occurred and for providing an emergency situation processing server or a guardian terminal with personal information of the user and the GPS information when an emergency occurs, A body balance measurement / training service providing unit that generates and reproduces an announcement message for allowing the user to walk and maintain a body balance corresponding to a preset training target value after recognizing the body balance using the sensor signal; And a service providing result using at least one of the tracking service providing unit, the walking posture correcting service providing unit, the emergency service providing service, and the physical balance measurement / training service providing unit in cooperation with the server is uploaded to the social network And a social network service interworking part.

The emergency service service provider may request the user to input an emergency situation type when the emergency situation occurs, and may provide the emergency incident response manual corresponding to the input emergency state type audibly and visually when the user inputs the emergency state type As shown in FIG.

The emergency service service providing unit may further include a function of audiovisually providing a message for requesting assistance to nearby persons when the user can not input the type of emergency.

As described above, according to the present invention, the user's walking condition is comprehensively judged while the user's movement is unrestrained and unstimulated using the intelligent shoe worn by the user and the mobile terminal, and the tracking service, the body balance measurement / Walking and posture correction service, and emergency treatment service. As a result, the user can be provided with various exercise management and walking improvement services even if only the simple walking operation is performed.

In addition, by sharing the service utilization status of the user with the acquaintances through the social network, the user can be encouraged to use the service.

1 is a view for explaining a social network service system using an intelligent shoe according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a view for explaining a configuration of an intelligent shoe according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a view for explaining a foot pressure sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a view for explaining a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating a method of providing a tracking service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a view for explaining a method of providing a walking posture correction service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a diagram for explaining a method of providing an emergency service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a view for explaining a method of providing a body balance measurement / training service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a diagram for explaining a method of providing a social network service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and like parts are denoted by similar reference numerals throughout the specification.

Also, when a part is referred to as "including " an element, it does not exclude other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

1 to 4 are views for explaining a social network service system using an intelligent shoe according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, the exercise management and walking improvement system according to the present invention includes an intelligent shoe 100 worn by a user, a mobile terminal 200 carried by a user, and a server 300 connected to the mobile terminal 200 ), Various health care services are provided using the user's walking pattern, and the service use status is shared with the acquaintances through the social network.

The configuration of the intelligent shoe 100 will be described with reference to FIG.

The intelligent shoe 100 generates and provides a sensor signal by detecting a three-dimensional movement of a user's foot, a foot pressure generation pattern, and the like, which are changed according to a user's walking, and may include a sensor unit 110, a wireless communication unit 120, have.

The sensor unit 110 includes an inertial sensor for sensing a three-dimensional movement of the user's feet, which changes according to the user's walking, and a foot pressure sensor for sensing a foot pressure generating pattern that changes according to the user's walking. In particular, as shown in FIG. 3, the foot pressure sensor is implemented as a plurality of pressure sensor arrays arranged in an intelligent shoe soles or an outsole of an intelligent shoe, and measures a foot pressure generation pattern that varies from time to time according to a walking operation of a pedestrian. The pressure sensor of the present invention may be composed of a pressure sensor, etc., and each pressure sensor generates and outputs a signal having information on the position information and the pressure value of the pressure point. However, the arrangement and the number of the pressure sensors can be variously changed in consideration of the gait pattern to be measured and the measurement resolution.

The wireless communication unit 120 forms a wireless communication channel with the mobile terminal 200 through a short range wireless communication method such as Bluetooth, infrared communication, NFC (Near Field Communication), and the like through the wireless communication channel, And provides the sensor signal to the mobile terminal 200.

In addition, the intelligent shoe 100 of the present invention may further include a battery 130 for providing operating power of the sensor unit 1110 and the wireless communication unit 120. The battery 130 may be a disposable battery, but may be a rechargeable battery having a charging function.

If the battery 130 is implemented as a reusable battery, the intelligent shoe 100 further includes a self-generator 140 to supply the battery 130 with the charging power.

The self-generator 140 is implemented through a thermoelectric element capable of producing electricity using a temperature difference, considering that a temperature difference occurs between the inside and the outside of the intelligent shoe 100 when the user wears the intelligent shoe 100 Or a solar cell that converts sunlight incident on the surface of the intelligent shoe 100 into electrical energy.

The configuration of the mobile terminal 200 will be described with reference to FIG.

4, the mobile terminal 200 receives and analyzes a sensor signal wirelessly transmitted by the intelligent shoe 100 to provide at least one of a tracking service, a walking posture correction service, and a health diagnosis service, 1 and second wireless communication units 211 and 212, a GPS device 220, a healthcare application 230, and a user interface 240. [ However, it is preferable that the healthcare application 230 is implemented in the form of embedded software that can be downloaded and installed in a web store or the like. This is to allow the mobile terminal 200 to support all of the operations of the present invention through software download and installation operations without the necessity of having separate hardware.

Then, the first wireless communication unit 211 forms a wireless communication channel with the intelligent shoe 100 through a short-range wireless communication method such as Bluetooth, infrared communication, NFC (Near Field Communication), and the like, And receives a sensor signal transmitted by the shoe 100. Of course, the first wireless communication unit 211 uses the same local wireless communication scheme as the wireless communication unit 120 of the intelligent shoe 100.

The second wireless communication unit 212 forms a communication channel with the server 300 that provides the social network service through the mobile communication network 300 such as the 3G, 4G, WIFI network and the like and transmits the communication channel to the mobile terminal 200 And provides various messages or information generated by the external server 300 to the external server 300.

The signal conversion unit 231 receives the sensor signal of the intelligent shoe 100 transmitted through the first wireless communication unit 211 and performs filtering, amplification, and analog-to-digital conversion on the sensed signal, and the healthcare application 230 recognizes And converts it into a signal form that can be used.

The GPS device 220 acquires GPS information informing the current position of the mobile terminal 200 in real time.

The healthcare application 230 reproduces and stores the sensor signal provided by the intelligent shoe 100 as information for providing various services related to the user's healthcare, and thereafter provides an application for selectively providing only the information required by the user Specifically, a tracking service providing unit 231, a walking posture correcting service providing unit 232, an emergency processing service providing unit 233, a body balance measurement / training service providing unit 234, (235), and the like.

The tracking service providing unit 231 uses the sensor signal to determine the user's motion speed, exercise time, calories burned, number of strides, etc., and calculates the user's daily exercise amount and the average exercise amount per period. In addition, GPS information may be further taken into account to determine the user's distance and tracking path. By making these pieces of information into a database, a user can search for the pieces of information by items.

The walking / posture correction service providing unit 232 detects the walking posture (for example, the uniformity of the pitch, the left foot and the right foot deviation, the 11-step walking accuracy, the 3-beat walking information) using the sensor signal, The user can recognize the fact and make a walk according to the predetermined walking posture by generating and reproducing the announcement message so that the user can always walk in the correct posture.

The emergency treatment service provider 233 checks whether an emergency situation has occurred by using the sensor signal. When an emergency situation occurs, the emergency treatment service provider 233 sends an emergency situation control server (not shown) or a guardian terminal (not shown) through the second wireless communication unit 212, And provides the user's personal information and the GPS information to notify the occurrence of an emergency.

The emergency treatment service provider 233 may determine that an emergency has occurred when the movement of the user suddenly changes abnormally or when the foot pressure generation pattern of the user is abnormal. However, in order to more accurately determine whether or not an emergency occurs, it is necessary to repeatedly measure the occurrence of an emergency situation at a predetermined time interval even after the occurrence of the emergency is detected for the first time. Nevertheless, if the emergency occurrence state continues to be maintained, it is finally determined that an emergency has occurred and the emergency operation is performed.

In addition, the present invention provides an emergency response manual corresponding to the type of emergency entered by the user, so as to enable the user to directly deal with the emergency situation that occurred to the user, . Of course, when the user can not input the type of emergency, the emergency server 300 transmits an emergency occurrence message to the monitoring server 300, and at the same time, generates images, sounds, lights, So that they can help.

The body balance measurement / training service provider 234 analyzes the body balance (for example, body movement analysis, foot pressure balance) using the sensor signal, and provides a body balance training service based on the body balance. For example, after acquiring and registering the training target value in advance, the training target value and the body balance are compared and analyzed to generate and reproduce the annotation that enables the user to walk with the body balance corresponding to the training target value. In addition, by collecting and storing the training details of the user, it is possible for the user to monitor his / her training results at a later stage.

The social network service interworking unit 235 includes a walking posture correction service providing unit 232, an emergency processing service providing unit 233, a body balance measurement / training service provisioning unit 234) to the social network so that the user can share his / her current situation with the acquaintances.

The user interface 240 may include a touch screen 241, a speaker 242, a microphone 243 and the like to obtain user input values related to the operation control of the health care application 230, And / or a speaker output.

Hereinafter, a method of providing a tracking service of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the mobile terminal 100 tracks the foot pressure generation pattern that changes according to the movement of the user's foot and the user's foot through the sensor unit 110 of the intelligent footwear 100 (S10) (Step S11).

Then, based on the user's foot motion and foot pressure change pattern, the exercise speed, calories burned, and the number of strides are identified, and the time concept is added to calculate the daily exercise amount and the average value of the exercise amount per period. In addition, the user acquires the exercise distance, the tracking path, and the like using the GPS information acquired while the user is walking. Then, a tracking DB (DataBase) for the tracking service is created by sorting or recombining these pieces of information by items (S12).

When the tracking DB is created and the user provides a tracking service using the GUI provided by the healthcare application and requests a search for a specific item (S13), the mobile terminal 100 searches the tracking DB to find the corresponding information And provides it to the user (S14).

Hereinafter, a method of providing a walking posture correction service of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

The mobile terminal 100 determines the walking posture (the uniformity of the posture, the left foot and the right foot deviation, the accuracy of the 11-step walking, and the walking speed of the user) based on the user's foot motion and the foot pressure generation pattern sensed through the sensor unit 110 of the intelligent shoe 100, 3-beat walking information) in various ways (S20).

If the user's walking posture is out of the pre-set walking posture and has an incorrect walking posture (S21), a guideline for correcting the incorrect walking posture of the user is generated and reproduced (S22). Thus, the user can listen to the announcement and thus calibrate his / her walking posture.

The emergency service providing method of the present invention will now be described with reference to FIG.

If the user falls down due to a traffic accident, a fall accident, or the user's center of gravity is shifted to one side, the user's foot motion and the foot pressure generation pattern, which are sensed through the sensor unit 110 of the intelligent shoe 100, . ≪ / RTI >

Accordingly, in the present invention, it is checked in real time (S30) whether the user's foot motion and the foot pressure pattern that are detected through the sensor unit 110 of the intelligent shoe 100 are observed in real time (S31) .

If the occurrence of an emergency is detected, it is determined whether or not the occurrence of an emergency occurs repeatedly at a predetermined time interval to check whether the state of occurrence of the emergency occurs continuously (S32). After the user directly measures the emergency The user is requested to input the type of the emergency occurring at present (S33).

When the user inputs the type of emergency (S34), the user is prompted to provide the corresponding emergency situation manual (S35).

On the other hand, if the user can not input the type of emergency (S34), it is determined that the user can not cope with the current situation with his / her own hand, and the emergency management center or the guardian terminal is notified of the occurrence of the emergency (S36) Provide emergency treatment services.

The method of providing the body balance measurement / training service of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the mobile terminal 100 acquires and registers information on a body balance to be trained by a user, that is, a training target value (S40).

The body balance such as the body center movement analysis and the footbalance balance is determined based on the user's foot movement and the foot pressure generation pattern sensed through the sensor unit 110 of the intelligent shoe 100 in step S41, , And determines whether the user maintains a body balance corresponding to the training target value (S42).

If the user's body balance does not meet the training target, the user can generate and reproduce a warning message to warn the user (step S43) while maintaining the body balance corresponding to the training target value.

Finally, a method of providing a social network service according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

First, when the user selects information to be shared via the social network during the use of the walking posture correction service, the emergency treatment service, or the body balance measurement / training service (S50), the social network service interworking unit 235 transmits To the social network connected to the account of the user (S51).

 It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. It will be possible.

Claims (5)

An intelligent shoe for sensing a three-dimensional movement of a user's foot, a foot-pressure generation pattern, and a walking speed to generate and transmit a sensing signal;
A server providing social network services; And
And a mobile terminal for receiving and analyzing a sensing signal wirelessly transmitted by the intelligent shoe to provide a health care service and uploading the health care service details to the social network in cooperation with the server. The method of claim 1, wherein the intelligent shoe
A sensor unit for sensing a walking pattern of the user through at least one of an inertial sensor and a foot pressure sensor to generate and output a sensing signal;
A wireless communication unit for transmitting the sensing signal to the mobile terminal through a local wireless communication network;
A battery for providing operating power of the sensor unit and the wireless communication unit; And
And a self-generator for generating a charging power of the battery. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal
A wireless communication unit receiving the sensing signal wirelessly output by the intelligent shoe through a local wireless communication network;
A GPS device for providing GPS information of the mobile terminal;
The method comprising: recognizing at least one of a motion speed, a movement time, a consumed calorie, a stride count, a user's daily exercise amount, an average exercise amount according to a period, a motion distance, and a tracking path using the GPS information and the sensing signal, Tracking Service Offering;
A walking posture correcting service providing unit configured to recognize a walking posture of the user using the sensing signal and to generate and reproduce an announcement for correcting the wrong posture of the user;
An emergency treatment service providing unit for analyzing the sensor signal to check whether an emergency situation has occurred and for providing an emergency situation processing server or a guardian terminal with personal information of the user and the GPS information when an emergency occurs,
A body balance measurement / training service providing unit that generates and reproduces an announcement message for allowing the user to walk and maintain a body balance corresponding to a preset training target value after recognizing the body balance using the sensor signal; And
A service providing result using at least one of the tracking service providing unit, the walking posture correcting service providing unit, the emergency service providing service, and the physical balance measurement / training service providing unit is uploaded to the social network in cooperation with the server And a social network service interworking unit. 4. The system of claim 3, wherein the emergency service service providing unit
And a function of requesting the user to input an emergency situation type when an emergency situation occurs and providing the emergency situation response manual corresponding to the type of the emergency situation inputted when the user inputs the emergency situation type A social network service system using intelligent shoes. The system of claim 4, wherein the emergency service service providing unit
Further comprising a function of audiovisually providing a message requesting assistance to a nearby person when the user can not input the type of emergency.

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