KR20230001417A - Apparatus for Fitness Service and Driving Method Thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a fitness service apparatus and a driving method of an apparatus thereof, and the fitness service apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a communication interface unit which transmits image data of the exercise curriculum to user terminal devices around the exercise equipment used by a user, and receives sensing data of the exercise state from an exercise device that senses the user's exercise state performed according to the exercise curriculum of the image played on the user terminal device; and a control unit that analyzes the received sensing data and generates the user's exercise results.

Description

Fitness service device and driving method of the device {Apparatus for Fitness Service and Driving Method Thereof}

The present invention relates to a fitness service device and a driving method of the device, and more particularly, provides an exercise curriculum to the user through a home training platform service as a non-face-to-face fitness platform service, and allows the user to follow the curriculum. The present invention relates to a fitness service device that informs a user of an exercise result by following an exercise and a driving method of the device.

With the recent increase in social interest in well-being and health, we are entering a healthy 100-year-old era, and in particular, people who perform health training as part of making a healthy body are rapidly increasing. Among them, weight training (or weight stack) exercise is generally and widely used in strength training equipment performed to enhance muscle strength. Weight training exercise is basically a device that laminates steel weight plates with a certain weight, adjusts the number of stacked steel weight plates to adjust the weight, and pulls them to exercise. It is the most widely used and widely used in general fitness facilities. It is a general strength training device. The weight training machine, which is a strength exercise device, does not increase muscle strength simply by simply repeating with increased weight, but when the weight, motion, speed, and number of times of the weight plate are accurately maintained according to the physical condition of the exerciser. A suitable muscle for oneself is created, and strength is created.

However, in the case of elderly people and women, who usually exercise recklessly without any prior knowledge or receive instructions on the correct exercise prescription through a health trainer, etc., they cannot accurately control the weight, number of times, etc. Frequently, muscle strength increases abnormally or has the opposite effect.

In addition, recently, due to the COVID-19 crisis, the opportunity to visit the fitness center and exercise has been lost, so you can exercise at the fitness center by performing non-face-to-face exercise at home where you live without visiting the fitness center. Consumers' needs to obtain the same effect as when

Korea Patent Registration No. 10-1432129 (2014.08.13) Korean Registered Patent Publication No. 10-1549608 (2015.08.27) Korean Registered Patent Publication No. 10-2251315 (2021.05.06) Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2015-0032949 (2015.04.01) Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2018-0050127 (2018.05.14)

An embodiment of the present invention is, for example, a non-face-to-face fitness platform service that provides a user with an exercise curriculum through a home training platform service, allows the user to follow the exercise according to the curriculum, and informs the user of the result of the exercise. Fitness service device And the purpose is to provide a driving method of the device.

The fitness service device according to an embodiment of the present invention transmits image data of an exercise curriculum to a user terminal device around an exercise machine used by the user, and the user performs the exercise curriculum according to the image played on the user terminal device. It includes a communication interface unit that receives the sensing data of the exercise state from the exercise device that senses the exercise state of the user, and a control unit that analyzes the received sensing data and generates an exercise result of the user.

The control unit analyzes the sensing data to determine the exercise posture and amount of exercise of the user, and based on the exercise posture and amount of exercise, generates information on a trained part of the body and calorie consumption as the exercise result to generate the user terminal device can be provided with

The communication interface unit receives sensing data obtained by sensing a degree of bending of the exercise equipment in the form of a stick by an external force of the user, and the control unit determines the degree of bending in consideration of the degree of bending when determining the exercise posture and the amount of exercise. can

The control unit may provide the image data to a first user terminal device fixed at a designated place, and provide the exercise results to a mobile-based second user terminal device possessed by the user.

The control unit may perform an analysis operation of the sensing data based on exercise information provided from the user terminal device of the user when it is determined that the user performs an exercise without the help of the image data.

When there is no exercise information provided by the user, the control unit determines an exercise performed by the user based on an analysis result of some initial data of the received sensing data and pre-stored reference data, and analyzes and operates the sensing data. can be performed.

In addition, in the driving method of the fitness service device according to an embodiment of the present invention, the communication interface unit transmits image data of an exercise curriculum to a user terminal device around an exercise machine used by a user, Receiving sensing data of the exercise state from the exercise device that senses the user's exercise state performed according to an exercise curriculum, and generating, by a control unit, the user's exercise result by analyzing the received sensing data. includes

According to an embodiment of the present invention, for example, through a fitness platform service, it will be possible to easily and systematically exercise at home in a non-face-to-face manner.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to accurately detect the user's exercise state following the exercise curriculum through an exercise device such as a smart stick, diagnose the user's accurate exercise state, and provide results accordingly. .

1 is a diagram showing a fitness service system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a schematic diagram showing a service process of the system of FIG. 1;
3 is a cross-sectional view showing a detailed structure of a smart stick as an exercise device of FIG. 1;
4 is a diagram for explaining an exercise curriculum image and exercise results;
Figure 5 is a block diagram illustrating the detailed structure of the fitness service device of Figure 1, and
6 is a flowchart illustrating a driving process of the fitness service device of FIG. 1 .

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

1 is a diagram showing a fitness service system according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a service process of the system of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a detailed structure of a smart stick as an exercise device in FIG. , and FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an exercise curriculum image and exercise results.

As shown in FIG. 1, the fitness service system 90 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an exercise device (or health care device) 100, a user terminal device 110, a communication network 120, and a fitness service device ( 130) includes some or all of them.

Here, "including some or all" means that some components such as the communication network 120 are omitted so that the user terminal device 110 and the fitness service device 130 perform direct communication (eg, P2P communication, etc.) or , It means that some or all of the components such as the fitness service device 130 can be integrated into a network device (eg, wireless switching device, etc.) constituting the communication network 120, and the like, which is sufficient for the invention. It is described as including all of them to aid understanding.

Exercise device 100 includes various types of fitness equipment. Although Figure 1 shows a smart stick device in the form of a stick, other types of devices are possible. Above all, the exercise device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention may include various types of sensors for sensing the user's exercise state. In addition, a control device may be further included as a driving device for transmitting sensing data generated by the sensor to an external device.

For example, the exercise machine 100 includes a communication module for communicating with the user terminal device 110 and transmitting sensing data. Through the communication module, it is possible to perform communication with the user terminal device 110, such as Bluetooth, and the exercise machine 100 transmits the sensing data to the user terminal device 110, such as a nearby smartphone, through Bluetooth communication. It can be provided to the fitness service device 130 of 1. Of course, it can be seen that such an operation is already set in advance.

When the user of the exercise machine 100 turns on the power to use the exercise machine 100, the exercise machine 100 can scan the user terminal device 110 recognized in the surroundings, and the user terminal device ( 110), it is possible to perform an operation for recognizing each other's devices. Conventionally, an operation to register device identification information of each other was performed through a pairing operation, but with the development of Bluetooth 4.0 in 2010, which aims at low power consumption, not only bidirectional communication but also one-way communication is possible. In this way, the beacon does not require a pairing connection like a conventional Bluetooth device. Based on this, the exercise device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention preferably performs Bluetooth beacon communication.

Briefly looking at the detailed structure of the stick-type exercise device 100, the control unit (or control device) 200, the elastic part 210 composed of both sides of the control unit 200, and each elastic part 210 on both sides ) Includes a grip portion 220 each configured to one side of. A power button 221 for turning on power is provided on one grip part 220 . When the power button 221 is selected by the user, its signal is transmitted to the control unit 200 through an internal wire and an operation is initiated. Accordingly, the control unit 200 senses the user's exercise state through the sensors configured in the elastic part 210 and the grip part 220 when the user uses the exercise device 100 such as the smart stick device of FIG. 3A. can do. Of course, elements for tracking the user's exercise posture are used as the sensor, and may include various sensors such as, for example, an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, or a bending sensor. Through the bending sensor, the user can measure the physical strength by sensing the bending shape of the smart stick device.

As can be seen in FIG. 3, the control unit 200 may expose a joystick or a selection button for selecting a function to the outside, and a communication module for Bluetooth communication may be provided inside the outer case (or body). there is. Through a selection button or the like, user commands may be received so that various functions are operated according to an interface with a user. The control unit 200 may connect the elastic part 210 to both sides by forming threads or the like on both sides.

In addition, the elastic part 210 includes a force spring 211, a deflection sensor, and a covering material 212 that protects the outside of the force spring 211. Here, the bending sensor has a characteristic that a resistance value varies according to the degree of bending. Therefore, if the resistance value is known, it is possible to know how much warpage has occurred. In addition, the covering material 212 may be formed of a silicon material.

As mentioned above, the grip part 220 may be provided with an inertial measuring device. In addition, the grip unit 220 may further include a battery unit and may include a vibration motor. The user's exercise state can be accurately measured through an acceleration sensor or a gyro sensor. For example, it can be used for motion recognition by measuring the roll and pitch of the smart stick device. Previously, if the internal deflection sensor of the elastic part 210 determines the degree of deflection, the motion may be recognized through the inertial measuring device.

For example, in the gyro sensor provided on both grip parts 220, when the user holds the grip parts 220 on both sides and applies force in the center direction, one sensor gives a value in the (+) direction, and the other sensor Each value in the (-) direction is generated. Because they move in different directions. Accordingly, the fitness service device 130 determines which exercise posture has occurred based on the direction information. At this time, by measuring the speed or distance through the acceleration sensor, it is possible to accurately determine whether an action of accumulating force or an action of releasing force was performed. A velocity value can be obtained by integrating the acceleration value with respect to unit time (t), and a distance value can be obtained by integrating the velocity value with respect to unit time. Furthermore, it is possible to determine how much force is applied through the degree of bending. After matching the resistance value and the strength of the force with a lookup table in advance, it is possible to use it. In this way, the determination of the exercise curriculum can be made based on the sensing data related to the exercise state of the user provided according to the time change.

The user terminal device 110 may include a smartphone of a user who uses the exercise device 100 such as the smart stick device of FIG. 1 in an arbitrary space such as a house. In addition to smart phones, the user terminal device 110 includes various types of image display devices such as tablet PCs, laptop computers, desktop computers, and smart TVs. In an embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of user terminal devices 110 may be used. For example, the user may receive and reproduce an image related to an exercise curriculum through an image display device such as a smart TV provided around the exercise device 100 . As can be seen in (a) of FIG. 4, a pre-made exercise curriculum is displayed on the screen of a smart TV or the like fixed to a designated place through an avatar. In this way, the monitor that reproduces the exercise curriculum image may be a fitness (or fitness) monitor in an embodiment of the present invention.

In addition, the user terminal device 110 includes a mobile-based smart phone possessed by the user. The smart phone may be located near a fitness monitor in which an exercise curriculum image is reproduced. For example, all control operations for using a non-face-to-face fitness service according to an embodiment of the present invention may be performed through an application (hereinafter referred to as an app) installed in a smartphone. In other words, after accessing the fitness service device 130 of FIG. 1 by running the app, an image of an exercise curriculum corresponding to the exercise equipment 100 currently owned by the user can be provided, and the image of the exercise curriculum recognized by the surroundings to be provided An image can be played by designating a specific fitness monitor, that is, an image display device. Through this, the image of the exercise curriculum may be directly provided to the fitness monitor through the communication network 120 of FIG. 1, or the image may be reproduced in the form of mirroring through a smartphone.

In addition, in the user terminal device 110, for example, at least one of a fitness monitor or a smart phone in which a curriculum image is reproduced may receive an exercise result for a user's exercise. Of course, it is possible for the user to check the exercise results by periodically accessing the service through a smartphone, but it is also possible to automatically transmit the exercise results after the exercise is performed. In this regard, it is shown in (b) of FIG. 4 . The user terminal device 110 provides information on body motion accuracy after an exercise is completed according to an exercise curriculum, or forms information on progress by date and calorie consumption in a designated format to be displayed on the screen.

Above all, the user terminal device 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention may initially receive an image of an exercise curriculum and store it in an internal memory, and may play a previously stored image according to a user's request. In this case, by providing information on an image reproduced from the user terminal device 110 to the fitness service device 130, it is possible to accurately analyze the exercise state using the sensing data. Of course, when there is no reproduction of the video, in the case of a user with a certain degree of skill, it is possible to exercise without watching the video. In this case, when the power button of the exercise device 100 is selected and the motion of the exercise device 100 is performed, the user is requested for exercise information related to the exercise to be performed, and based on the response information, the analysis operation of the sensing data is performed. carry out Also, the user may not process the provision of exercise information. In this regard, the fitness service device 130 will be described in more detail.

The communication network 120 includes both wired and wireless communication networks. For example, as the communication network 120, a wired or wireless Internet network may be used or interlocked. Here, the wired network includes an Internet network such as a cable network or a public switched telephone network (PSTN), and the wireless communication network includes CDMA, WCDMA, GSM, EPC (Evolved Packet Core), LTE (Long Term Evolution), Wibro network, etc. is meant to include Of course, the communication network 120 according to an embodiment of the present invention is not limited thereto, and may be used, for example, in a cloud computing network or a 5G network under a cloud computing environment. For example, when the communication network 120 is a wired communication network, an access point within the communication network 120 can access an exchange center of a telephone company, but in the case of a wireless communication network, it accesses an SGSN or GGSN (Gateway GPRS Support Node) operated by a communication company to transmit data. or data can be processed by accessing various repeaters such as BTS (Base Transmissive Station), NodeB, e-NodeB, etc.

The communication network 120 may include an access point (AP). The access point here includes a small base station such as a femto or pico base station that is often installed in a building. A femto or pico base station is classified according to the maximum number of exercise equipment 100 or user terminal device 110 that can be connected to the small base station. Of course, the access point may include a short-range communication module for performing short-range communication such as ZigBee and Wi-Fi with the exercise equipment 100 or the user terminal device 110 . The access point may use TCP/IP or Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) for wireless communication. Here, short-distance communication may be performed in various standards such as Bluetooth, ZigBee, infrared, radio frequency (RF) such as ultra high frequency (UHF) and very high frequency (VHF), and ultra-wideband communication (UWB) in addition to Wi-Fi. Accordingly, the access point can extract the location of the data packet, designate the best communication path for the extracted location, and forward the data packet to the next device, such as the fitness service device 130, along the designated communication path. An access point may share several lines in a general network environment, and includes, for example, a router, a repeater, and a repeater.

The fitness service device 130 provides an exercise curriculum image to the user terminal device 110 of FIG. 1 according to a user's request. In addition, the fitness service device 130 receives sensing data of a user following an exercise according to reproduction of the provided exercise curriculum image. The sensing data is data provided by the exercise equipment 100, such as the smart stick equipment of FIG. 1, and this data is provided to the user terminal device 110 around the fitness service device 130 ) is provided. Of course, it is also possible to provide data by directly connecting to an access point constituting the communication network 120 from the exercise machine 100, but in this case, the manufacturing cost of the exercise machine 100 may increase. Accordingly, data processing may be performed in various forms depending on the purpose. For example, fitness centers are often provided in the basement. In the case of underground, communication may not be smooth, so it is very cumbersome to transmit data to the user terminal device 110 through Bluetooth communication and to transmit the data from the user terminal device 110 through the communication network 120. This can be. For example, before the 5G communication network, it is desirable to actively utilize an access point to reduce data traffic, but in the case of the latest 5G communication network, there is no need to worry about such a traffic problem.

However, when the fitness service device 130 determines that a problem has occurred in data reception in the process of receiving the sensing data of the exercise machine 100 through the user terminal device 110, the exercise machine ( 100), it is possible to receive data by performing direct communication, so the embodiment of the present invention will not be particularly limited to any one form.

The fitness service device 130 analyzes the user's exercise state based on the exercise curriculum image provided to the user terminal device 110 and pre-stores verification data for determining accuracy. Verification (or standard) data may include posture data related to a correct posture during exercise according to an exercise curriculum. Therefore, the fitness service device 130 determines the accuracy of the exercise by comparing the data related to the user's exercise state received from the user terminal device 110 based on the pre-stored posture data. In addition, if an image is provided after taking a picture after the end of an exercise through a smartphone or the like, it may be analyzed and an exercise result may be provided. This is shown in (b) of FIG. 4 . For example, if an exercise posture is analyzed, it is possible to know the part of the body trained according to the exercise, and data on the part of the body trained can be provided as an exercise result.

For example, the fitness service device 130 may determine the exercise state (eg, bending shape) of the user using the smart stick device of FIG. 1 through a gyro sensor or an acceleration sensor, and resistance through the bending sensor. The degree of warpage can be judged through the value. In addition, speed and distance can be measured through a gyro sensor or an acceleration sensor. If you integrate the acceleration value, you get the velocity, and if you integrate the velocity again, you can get the distance value. Based on this, it is possible to determine how many calories have been consumed. For example, after pre-stored information on the amount of calories consumed compared to the amount of exercise in the LUT, it can be used. Since the gyro sensor can know the direction (e.g., pitch, roll, etc.), it can determine how much movement has occurred in which direction, at what speed, and thus, various exercise results can be extracted through tracking the user's posture. . Of course, the speed and movement distance are measured based on the sensing values of the accelerometer.

An exercise curriculum image according to an embodiment of the present invention may be produced based on mixed reality (MR). Of course, it will not be particularly limited to that. Mixed reality represents a state in which the real world and the virtual world are mixed. Mixed reality includes augmented reality (AR) that adds virtual information based on reality and augmented virtuality (AV) that adds real information to a virtual environment. That is, mixed reality provides a user with a smart environment in which reality and virtuality are naturally connected rather than a completely virtual world (virtual reality), providing a rich experience. Broadcasting station virtual studio for weather forecast or news delivery, map information based on images taken on a smartphone or smart glasses (or smart glasses), aircraft virtual training, and a mirror that allows you to try on clothes virtually in various fields. used

As such, in the embodiment of the present invention, in the case of a background, an exercise curriculum through a virtual person such as an avatar may be created on an image of the real world where the user is located and provided to the user terminal device 110 . In order to perform these operations, the fitness service device 130 may include a space recognition module, skeleton construction and MR data construction for creating a virtual reality avatar, separation of space and person, and interlocking content, that is, modeling production operations. In addition, in this pre-construction step, posture data of the exercise curriculum, that is, reference data may be pre-stored.

In addition, the fitness service device 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention may perform character setup operations such as linking structures between muscle bones and virtual reality avatars, and operations such as creating 3D avatars based on extracted information. In addition, a healthcare platform to which MR-based avatars are applied can be calculated. This final product is shown in Figure 4 (a). Of course, the gym can build a virtual 3D gym without using real images, or make the image of a specific gym appear on the screen as it is in a metaverse, making users feel as if they are visiting a specific gym and exercising. can

In addition, the fitness service device 130 may allow personalized evaluation as well as customized exercise. For example, a user may be photographed through the user terminal device 100 and 1:1 training may be performed to train a specific body part based on an analysis result of the photographed image. For example, if a user uses a 1:1 training service when using a service, an exercise may be performed according to an exercise curriculum guided by a specific instructor (or avatar). Of course, it is possible to create contents using an avatar, but the service may be provided in the form of providing the corresponding video by photographing the actual trainer's exercise.

In this process, when the fitness service device 130 performs artificial intelligence (AI) analysis to which an LSTM-based algorithm is applied, the exercise effect can be maximized. In other words, membership of the fitness service device 130 is made by individuals, families, and groups. For example, a service contract or membership subscription may be made at a fitness center. Therefore, various meaningful results can be obtained by providing services to subscribers located in various places and by analyzing the generated big data through artificial intelligence by collecting the corresponding data and generating big data. For example, user A's use of the exercise device 100 and his exercise condition may affect user B. Therefore, in the case of the same physical condition, it is possible to recommend the use of the exercise device 100 or the exercise state of user A to user B. In this way, the fitness service device 130 may provide a service so that personalized exercise is performed through data analysis by artificial intelligence.

Of course, in addition to providing the aforementioned exercise curriculum images and analyzing them to provide exercise results, the fitness service device 130 in addition to this, of course, allows sales of a specific exercise equipment 100 to be made, or if there is exercise content of a popular celebrity In addition, services such as advertisements may be provided. Therefore, even in the case of advertisements, the user's data can be analyzed to determine the user's preference state, and advertisements determined to be preferred can be customized. For example, when a specific user clicks on a product for sale on a service screen, the user's preference may be determined by recognizing the frequency, and related advertisements may be provided accordingly.

On the other hand, in the embodiment of the present invention, the case where the fitness service device 130 provides an exercise curriculum image and follows it has been described as an example. However, assuming a situation such as downloading a corresponding video in advance and playing a pre-stored content video rather than streaming, and a case where the user turns on the exercise equipment 100 and uses it but exercises without referring to the video You can try it. For example, in the case of reproducing a pre-stored image, when sensing data is transmitted, information of the corresponding image is also provided so that the motion state can be easily analyzed. In other words, if the image information is provided, based on this, the reference data of the image in the DB 130a of FIG. 1 can be compared with the analysis result of the sensing data to determine the exercise result. In addition, when the user exercises with the power of the exercise machine 100 turned on without viewing the image, when the initial sensing data is received from the exercise machine 100 in the fitness service device 130, the user terminal device 110, for example It may ask whether there is an image being viewed on the user's smartphone, or it may analyze the initial data of the received sensing data and compare it with previously stored data based on posture, etc. to determine what type of exercise is being performed. However, in the latter case, the data processing speed may be slightly delayed.

Therefore, in this case, if the fitness service device 130 has information that determines the user's exercise pattern, that is, what kind of exercise the user has performed in the last week, it is possible to speed up the data processing by first determining based on this information. Accuracy can be further improved by using the deep learning program of artificial intelligence in the predictive operation. In this way, when it is determined that it causes inconvenience to the user, it is possible to automatically determine through a program such as artificial intelligence, so in the embodiment of the present invention, it will not be particularly limited to any one operation.

5 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed structure of the fitness service device of FIG. 1 .

As shown in FIG. 5 , the fitness service device 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes some or all of the communication interface unit 500, the control unit 510, the fitness management unit 520, and the storage unit 530. include

Here, “including part or all” means that some components such as the storage unit 530 are omitted, or some components such as the fitness management unit 520 are integrated into other components such as the control unit 510. It means that it can be configured and the like, and will be described as including all in order to help a sufficient understanding of the invention.

The communication interface unit 500 communicates with at least one of the exercise equipment 100 and the user terminal device 110 via the communication network 120 of FIG. 1 . In the embodiment of the present invention, the sensing data is transmitted from the exercise machine 100 to the user terminal device 110 in the vicinity by short-range wireless communication such as Bluetooth, and the user terminal device 110 senses the data through the communication network 120. Although it is desirable to provide data, it is also possible to directly communicate with the exercise machine 100 through the communication network 120 according to the request of the fitness service device 130, so in the embodiment of the present invention, any form will not be particularly limited to.

Representatively, the communication interface unit 500 is directly connected to the exercise equipment 100 based on this when there is a malfunction of the user terminal device 110 or an increase in computational processing load of the hardware while performing an exercise and transmits data. can receive For example, when the speed of the transmitted sensing data is slow, the fitness service device 130 of FIG. 1 determines the speed, more precisely, the jitter of the transmitted data, and switches the subject of communication based on this. that could be possible Of course, the communication interface unit 500 may perform these operations under the control of the control unit 510 .

The communication interface unit 500 may further perform various operations such as scaling operations such as modulation/demodulation, encoding/decoding, muxing/demuxing, and resolution conversion in the process of communicating with the user terminal device 110 of FIG. Since it is obvious to those skilled in the art, further description will be omitted.

The control unit 510 is in charge of overall control operations of the communication interface unit 500 of FIG. 5 constituting the fitness service device 130 of FIG. 1 , the fitness management unit 520 and the storage unit 530 . Representatively, when there is a service request from the user terminal device 110 of FIG. 1 through the communication interface unit 500, the control unit 510 provides a service screen such as the main screen of a fitness platform or a pre-made screen for an exercise curriculum. video can be transmitted. To this end, the controller 510 may control the fitness management unit 520 to execute a program loaded therein.

In addition, the control unit 510 receives the sensing data of the user who watches the exercise curriculum image transmitted to the user terminal device 110 and follows the exercise through the communication interface unit 500 and temporarily stores it in the storage unit 530. It can be called out and provided to the fitness management unit 520. Accordingly, when the analysis result of the sensing data is provided, the communication interface unit 500 is controlled to provide it to the user terminal device 110 again.

The fitness management unit 520 performs an operation for building a non-face-to-face fitness platform according to an embodiment of the present invention. For example, when an exercise curriculum video is produced, an operation for setting or previously storing reference data for a posture according to the exercise curriculum is performed in the corresponding video. Accordingly, the first reference data of the exercise posture for the first content and the second reference data for the exercise posture for the second content may be stored in the DB 130a of FIG. 1 and then managed.

For example, when user A performs an exercise through the first content and the corresponding exercise state sensing data is received, the accuracy of the exercise may be determined by comparing it with pre-stored reference data of the first content. In addition, even in the case of user B, if the first content is used during exercise, the accuracy of the exercise may be determined by comparing the sensing data for the first content with the reference data. And the fitness management unit 520 provides exercise results to each user. In this process, the fitness management unit 520 collects and analyzes data of multiple users using the same content, and recommends exercise methods to other users based on the user's exercise status with high accuracy by applying a program such as artificial intelligence. You can also perform actions such as

In addition, the fitness management unit 520 may provide customized evaluation results through analysis of the user's exercise amount. When a user follows an exercise while watching an exercise curriculum image using the exercise device 100, sensing data acquired at that time is analyzed to determine the user's movement or speed. This has been sufficiently explained above. Therefore, the amount of calories consumed can be calculated based on the amount of exercise. Of course, these data can be matched and used on the lookup table (LUT). On the left side of the table (LUT), exercise amount information is recorded and matched thereto, and calorie consumption may be recorded on the right side of the table (LUT). Therefore, when the amount of exercise information is calculated through analysis of sensing data, etc., the amount of calories consumed recorded on the lookup table is calculated, and based on this, customized information is provided to the user.

Above all, since the fitness management unit 520 can know what kind of exercise curriculum content or video is being used for each user and what kind of exercise equipment 100 is being used, the user's exercise pattern can be known based on this information. For example, in order to use a fitness service, a user may provide additional information about his or her body information at the time of initial membership registration, and in this case, based on this, data such as the need to change the user's exercise pattern is provided. can do.

Since many users can participate in real time in different physical spaces and the history management is performed, the fitness management unit 520 collects various data of users and analyzes the collected data through artificial intelligence to extract meaningful data. You can do it. For example, in the case of a user who is determined to exercise regularly, measures such as reduction or exemption of health insurance premiums may be taken at the government level.

In addition, the fitness management unit 520, when users wish to receive 1: 1 training with a specific trainer, of course, this process can be serviced with a paid product subscription, but the same through real-time video relay with the trainer during exercise Make the same movement as if you were in space. For example, in the case of a microphone, it is possible to recognize a user's or trainer's voice, so voice transmission can be easily performed. In addition, when a user wants to watch an exercise video of an entertainer, it is possible to motivate an exercise by providing the user with an exercise video of an entertainer that has been verified by an expert. For example, even in this case, an image may be acquired through professional photography and reference data may be obtained through posture tracking through analysis of the image. In addition, when sensing data of a user who follows the same is obtained, an analysis result of the acquired sensing data may be compared with reference data to measure accuracy.

In addition, it has been described that the fitness management unit 520 provides an image as above so that the user can perform an exercise without watching the image in addition to following the exercise while watching the corresponding image. Therefore, in this case, the fitness management unit 520 may request information about the image from the user terminal device 110 or analyze initial data among the received sensing data to determine the type of exercise the user is performing, and for the last few days. Various motions may be performed based on information about the user's exercise. Since this has been sufficiently explained above, we will replace it with the contents.

The storage unit 530 may store various types of data processed under the control of the control unit 510 . For example, reference data for an exercise curriculum image requested by a user may be received from the DB 130a of FIG. 1 and stored together with user identification information. Thereafter, the previously stored reference data may be output according to a request of the control unit 510 . More precisely, the reference data related to the exercise posture may be provided to the fitness management unit 520 and used to measure the accuracy of the exercise.

In addition, the storage unit 530 matches and stores data on calorie consumption according to the user's exercise amount in the form of a LUT, and then outputs calorie consumption data matched to the exercise amount information provided from the control unit 510. can

In addition to the above, the communication interface unit 500, the control unit 510, the fitness management unit 520, and the storage unit 530 of FIG. 5 can perform various operations, and other details have been sufficiently described above. want to replace it with

The communication interface unit 500, the control unit 510, the fitness management unit 520, and the storage unit 530 according to an embodiment of the present invention are composed of physically separated hardware modules, but each module has the above operations inside. You will be able to save the software to do it and run it. However, since the corresponding software is a set of software modules, and each module can be formed of hardware, it will not be particularly limited to the configuration of software and hardware. For example, the storage unit 530 may be hardware storage (storage) or memory (memory) such as ROM, RAM, HDD. However, since it is possible to store information in a software manner (repository), the above content will not be particularly limited.

Meanwhile, as another embodiment of the present invention, the controller 510 may include a CPU and a memory, and may be formed as a single chip. The CPU includes a control circuit, an arithmetic unit (ALU), a command interpreter, and a registry, and the memory may include RAM. The control circuit performs control operations, the operation unit performs operation of binary bit information, and the instruction interpretation unit performs an operation of converting high-level language into machine language and machine language into high-level language, including an interpreter or compiler. , the registry may be involved in software data storage. According to the above configuration, for example, at the beginning of the operation of the fitness service device 130, the program stored in the fitness management unit 520 is copied, loaded into memory, that is, RAM, and then executed, thereby rapidly increasing the data operation processing speed. can make it

6 is a flowchart illustrating a driving process of the fitness service device of FIG. 1 .

Referring to FIG. 6 together with FIG. 1 for convenience of description, the fitness service device 130 according to the embodiment of the present invention is used as a user terminal device 110 around the exercise equipment 100 used by the user, and image data of the exercise curriculum is provided. is transmitted, and sensing data of an exercise state is received from the exercise device 100 that senses the user's exercise state performed according to the exercise curriculum of the image reproduced in the user terminal device 110 (S600).

In addition, the fitness service device 130 analyzes the received sensing data to generate the user's exercise result (S610). For example, since the fitness service device 130 pre-stores reference data related to the image provided to the user, it is possible to compare the sensing data based on the reference data to determine how accurate the exercise posture is. can In addition, with respect to the calculated amount of exercise, for example, it can be determined based on the amount of calorie consumption matched on the lookup table. At this time, for example, by recording the amount of change according to the degree of bending of the exercise equipment 100 in the amount of exercise, the determination may be made considering the degree of bending. The generated exercise result may be provided to the user terminal device 110 immediately after the end of the exercise, but if there is a user's separate request, the exercise result may be provided to the user's smartphone.

As mentioned above, in the embodiment of the present invention, the user terminal device 110 that reproduces an image of an exercise curriculum and the user terminal device 110 that receives exercise results can be distinguished from each other. The former may be referred to as a first user terminal device 111, and the latter may be referred to as a second user terminal device 113. If the first user terminal device 111 is a fixed image display device placed in an open state, the second user terminal device 113 may be configured as a mobile-based smart phone or the like that is free to move.

Therefore, the fitness service device 130 allows the video of the exercise curriculum to be played on the first user terminal device 111 with a large screen, and registers the exercise results to be received through one's smartphone, etc., thereby providing services based on this. can be provided. In addition, you will be able to check your exercise history, that is, the progress, by running the app installed on your smartphone and freely accessing the service at a desired time.

In addition to the above, the fitness service device 130 of FIG. 1 can perform various operations, and since other details have been sufficiently described above, they will be replaced with those contents.

On the other hand, even if all the components constituting the embodiment of the present invention are described as being combined or operated as one, the present invention is not necessarily limited to these embodiments. That is, within the scope of the object of the present invention, all of the components may be selectively combined with one or more to operate. In addition, although all of the components may be implemented as a single independent piece of hardware, some or all of the components are selectively combined to perform some or all of the combined functions in one or a plurality of pieces of hardware. It may be implemented as a computer program having. Codes and code segments constituting the computer program may be easily inferred by a person skilled in the art. Such a computer program may implement an embodiment of the present invention by being stored in a computer-readable non-transitory computer readable media, read and executed by a computer.

Here, the non-transitory readable recording medium means a medium that stores data semi-permanently and can be read by a device, not a medium that stores data for a short moment, such as a register, cache, or memory. . Specifically, the above-described programs may be provided by being stored in a non-transitory readable recording medium such as a CD, DVD, hard disk, Blu-ray disk, USB, memory card, or ROM.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, and is common in the art to which the present invention pertains without departing from the gist of the present invention claimed in the claims. Of course, various modifications and implementations are possible by those with knowledge of, and these modifications should not be individually understood from the technical spirit or perspective of the present invention.

100: exercise equipment 110: user terminal device
111: first user terminal device 113: second user terminal device
120: communication network 130: fitness service device
200, 510: control unit 210: elastic unit
220: grip part 500: communication interface part
520: fitness management unit 530: storage unit

Claims (7)

The exercise from the exercise equipment that transmits image data of the exercise curriculum to user terminal devices around the exercise equipment used by the user, and senses the user's exercise state performed according to the exercise curriculum of the image reproduced on the user terminal device. a communication interface unit for receiving state sensing data; and
A control unit that analyzes the received sensing data and generates a result of the user's exercise;
Including fitness service device. According to claim 1,
The control unit analyzes the sensing data to determine the exercise posture and amount of exercise of the user, and based on the exercise posture and amount of exercise, generates information on a trained part of the body and calorie consumption as the exercise result to generate the user terminal device Fitness service device provided by According to claim 2,
The communication interface unit receives sensing data obtained by sensing a degree of bending of the stick-shaped exercise device by an external force of the user,
Wherein the control unit determines the degree of bending in consideration of the exercise posture and the amount of exercise when determining the fitness service device. According to claim 1,
wherein the control unit provides the image data to a first user terminal device fixed at a designated place, and provides the exercise results to a mobile-based second user terminal device possessed by the user, respectively. According to claim 1,
Wherein the control unit performs an analysis operation of the sensing data based on exercise information provided from a user terminal device of the user when it is determined that the user performs an exercise without the help of the image data. According to claim 5,
When there is no exercise information provided by the user, the control unit determines an exercise performed by the user based on an analysis result of some initial data of the received sensing data and pre-stored reference data, and analyzes and operates the sensing data. Fitness service device that performs. The communication interface unit transmits image data of an exercise curriculum to user terminal devices around the exercise equipment used by the user, and senses the user's exercise state performed according to the exercise curriculum of the image reproduced on the user terminal device. Receiving sensing data of the exercise state from a device; and
Step, by the controller, analyzing the received sensing data to generate the exercise result of the user;
A driving method of a fitness service device comprising:

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