WO2017149690A1

WO2017149690A1 - Muscle training system

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Publication number: WO2017149690A1
Application number: PCT/JP2016/056342
Authority: WO
Inventors: 義昭佐藤
Original assignee: ＫａａｔｓｕＪａｐａｎ株式会社
Priority date: 2016-03-02
Filing date: 2016-03-02
Publication date: 2017-09-08
Also published as: US20180290005A1; JPWO2017149690A1

Abstract

A muscle training system according to the present invention is provided with: a belt which comprises a gas bag and is configured to apply pressure based on the amount of the gas in the gas bag onto a specific portion of any of the four limbs of a user in a state of being wound around the specific portion; a control device which is configured to receive a transmitted external control command and control, on the basis of the control command, the amounts of gas to be supplied to and discharged from the gas bag of the belt, thereby to control the pressure that is to be applied onto the specific portion by the belt; and a personal digital assistant device which is configured to transmit, via a wireless communication, a control command to the control device when being operated in a predetermined mode.

Description

Muscle training system

The present invention relates to a muscle training system.

Conventionally, a pressurized muscle strength training method capable of efficiently strengthening muscles by applying a load due to appropriate blood flow restriction to the muscles has been proposed and put into practical use (for example, see Patent Document 1). In such a strength training method, a muscle strengthening device is used in which a predetermined portion of a user's limb (arm or leg) is tightened with a tightening tool to apply pressure to the muscle.

Japanese Patent No. 2670421

By the way, in recent years, portable information terminal devices such as smartphones have become widespread. Such a portable information terminal device can be used to remotely control a muscle augmentation device, the applied pressure actually used in the pressurized muscle strength training method can be monitored with the portable information terminal device, and the time history of the applied pressure can be There has been a long-awaited proposal for a technique that can be recorded in a terminal device and used later.

An object of the present invention is to provide a muscle training system using a portable information terminal device.

In order to achieve the above object, a muscle training system according to the present invention has a gas bag, and specifies the applied pressure based on the amount of gas in the gas bag while being wrapped around a specific part of a user's limb. The belt configured to be applied to the part and the control command transmitted from the outside are received, and the belt is set to the specific part by controlling the gas supply amount and the discharge amount to the gas bag of the belt based on the control command. A control device configured to control the applied pressure, and a portable information terminal device configured to transmit a control command to the control device by wireless communication when operated in a predetermined manner. It is to be prepared.

When such a configuration is adopted, by operating the portable information terminal device in a predetermined manner, a control command is transmitted to the control device by wireless communication, and based on this control command, the control device sends a gas to the gas bag of the belt. By controlling the supply amount and the discharge amount, it is possible to control the pressure applied by the belt to a specific portion of the user's limb. That is, it is possible to remotely control the pressure applied to a specific portion of the user's limbs simply by operating the portable information terminal device.

In the muscle training system according to the present invention, a portable information terminal device having a display unit that displays information corresponding to a control command can be employed.

If such a configuration is adopted, information corresponding to the control command (for example, a time history of pressure applied to a specific portion of the user's limb) can be displayed on the display unit of the portable information terminal device. Therefore, the user can know, for example, how much pressure is actually applied at the present time by referring to the display unit of the portable information terminal device.

In the muscle training system according to the present invention, a portable information terminal device having a recording unit for recording information corresponding to a control command can be employed.

When such a configuration is adopted, information corresponding to the control command (for example, a time history of pressure applied to a specific portion of the user's limb) can be recorded by the recording unit of the portable information terminal device. Therefore, the user can know, for example, how much pressure has been applied in the past by referring to the recording unit of the portable information terminal device.

In the muscle training system according to the present invention, a portable information terminal device configured to transmit information recorded in the recording unit to an external database by wireless communication can be employed.

By adopting such a configuration, information recorded in the recording unit (for example, a time history of pressure applied to a specific part of the user's limb) can be transmitted to an external database by wireless communication. Therefore, it is possible to accumulate information relating to pressurized muscle training in an external database, or to analyze and utilize the accumulated information as necessary.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a muscle training system using a portable information terminal device.

1 is a configuration diagram (including a plan view of a belt (a diagram showing an outer surface)) for explaining a configuration of a muscle training system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a bottom view (figure showing an inner surface) of a belt of a muscle training system concerning an embodiment of the present invention. It is a side view of the belt of the muscle training system concerning the embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure showing the use condition of the belt of the muscle training system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The external appearance of the mounting | wearing type control apparatus of the muscle training system which concerns on embodiment of this invention is shown, (A) is a perspective view at the time of seeing from the front side, (B) is a perspective view at the time of seeing from the back side. . It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of the mounting | wearing type control apparatus of the muscle training system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of the portable information terminal device of the muscle training system which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

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

First, the configuration of the muscle training system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, the muscle training system 1 according to the present embodiment includes a belt 10, a wearable control device 20, and a portable information terminal device 30.

The belt 10 is a belt-shaped member that is wound around at least one of the extremities of the user P (FIG. 4) and applies pressure to the muscle, and is made of, for example, a stretchable material (preferably neoprene rubber). Yes. As a portion around which the belt 10 is wound, for example, a portion suitable for limiting the blood flow without stopping by tightening from the outside of the vicinity of the base of the arm (FIG. 4) or the vicinity of the base of the leg. Can be adopted.

As shown in FIG. 1, a surface fastener 12 is provided on the outer surface (surface exposed to the outside) 11 of the belt 10. The surface fastener 12 maintains the loop shape of the belt 10 in a state where pressure is applied to muscles. The position where the surface fastener 12 is provided can be appropriately set according to the length of the belt 10 or the like. A surface fastener 12 may be provided on the inner surface 13 of the belt 10.

A buckle 15 is attached to one end 10 a of the belt 10 via a connecting member 14. The buckle 15 is for folding the belt 10 through the other end 10b of the belt 10 when the belt 10 is wound. The connecting member 14 is a member for connecting one end portion 10a of the belt 10 and the buckle 15, and is made of a flexible material such as artificial leather.

Inside the belt 10, a gas bag (not shown) is provided. The gas bag is made of an airtight material. For example, a gas bag can be comprised from the rubber | gum provided with the elasticity similar to the rubber bag used for a manchette. Note that the material of the gas bag is not limited to this, and it is sufficient to appropriately select a material that can maintain airtightness. Although it is not always necessary to do so, the length of the gas bag is substantially the same as the length of the outer periphery of the portion around which the belt 10 is wound. What is necessary is just to determine the width dimension of a gas bag suitably according to the part around which the belt 10 is wound.

In the present embodiment, a plurality of belts 10 (more specifically, four) are employed. The reason why the number of the belts 10 is four is that pressure can be applied to both hands and both feet of a person who performs muscle training. Note that the number of belts 10 is not necessarily four, and may be any number as long as it is one or more. The number of arm belts 10 and leg belts 10 is not necessarily the same. When pressure training is performed on a plurality of people at once, there may be more than four belts 10.

The length of the belt 10 in the present embodiment may be determined according to the length of the outer periphery of the portion around which the belt 10 of the person performing the pressure training is wound. The length of the belt 10 should just be longer than the length of the outer periphery of the part wound. The length of the belt 10 for the arm according to the present embodiment is determined in consideration of the fact that the outer circumference of the portion around the arm of the person performing the pressure training is 26 cm, specifically 40 cm. It is said that. The length of the leg belt 10 is determined in consideration of the fact that the length of the outer circumference of the portion around the leg of the person performing the pressure training is 45 cm, specifically 70 cm. ing.

The width dimension of the belt 10 in this embodiment may be appropriately determined according to the portion around which the belt 10 is wound. For example, the width of the arm belt 10 can be set within a range of 2.5 to 3 cm, and the width of the leg belt 10 can be set within a range of 5 to 6 cm. it can.

As shown in FIG. 1, the connecting member 14 of the belt 10 is provided with a mounting portion 14a for mounting the mounting control device 20, and the mounting portion 14a has a connection port 21 (see FIG. 1). 5 (B)) is provided with a belt side connection port 14b. The belt side connection port 14b communicates with the inside of the gas bag. As will be described later, gas (air in the present embodiment) is fed into the gas bag through the belt side connection port 14b, or inside the gas bag. Gas will be extracted to the outside.

For example, when the arm belt 10 is attached to the base of the user's arm, as shown in FIG. 4, first, the belt 10 is wound around the base of the arm (specific portion) to form a loop shape. The belt 10 is folded back through the other end portion 10b of the belt 10 to the buckle 15 attached to the end portion 10a, and the belt 10 is tightened while gripping the other end portion 10b of the belt 10 passed through the buckle 15. And the loop shape of the belt 10 is maintained using the hook-and-loop fastener 12 in a state where a predetermined pressure is applied by tightening the belt 10. As a result, the belt 10 is attached to the base of the user's arm in a state where a predetermined pressure is applied to the desired muscle. When air is sent to the gas bag in a state where the belt 10 is attached to the base (specific part) of the user's arm, the belt 10 tightens the muscles and applies pressure. On the other hand, if the air in the gas bag is removed in this state, the pressure applied to the muscles by the belt 10 is reduced.

The wearable control device 20 is configured to control the pressure applied to the specific part of the user by the belt 10 by controlling the amount of gas supplied to and discharged from the gas bag provided on the belt 10. Is. FIG. 5A is a perspective view of the wearable control device 20 according to this embodiment when viewed from the front side, and FIG. 5B is a view of the wearable control device 20 viewed from the back side (connection port 21 side). FIG. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the wearable control device 20 in the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 3, the wearable control device 20 includes a supply / discharge control unit (compressor) that controls the supply amount and discharge amount of gas to the gas bag of the belt 10 so as to apply a specific pressure to a specific portion with the belt 1. 22 and control unit 23). The compressor 22 and the control part 23 are accommodated in the housing | casing 20a which exhibits a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape as shown in FIG. The casing 20a has a size (for example, 7 to 8 cm in length, about 4 to 5 cm in width, and about 2 to 3 cm in thickness) that can be mounted on the mounting portion 14a of the belt 10. The shape of the housing 20a is not limited to a rectangular parallelepiped, and other shapes that can be attached to the belt 10 can also be adopted.

The compressor 22 of the wearable control device 20 has a function of taking in the surrounding gas (air in this embodiment) and sending it to the outside via the connection port 21. The compressor 22 also includes a valve 22a. By opening the valve 22a, the gas inside the compressor 22 can be discharged to the outside. The compressor 22 has a connection port 21 (FIG. 5B), and is connected to a gas bag provided in the belt 10 through a belt-side connection port 14b (FIG. 1) connected thereto. . If the compressor 22 sends gas, the gas is supplied to the gas bag, and if the compressor 22 opens the valve 22a, the gas can be removed from the gas bag.

Note that the valve 22a is not necessarily provided in the compressor 22, and may be provided in any path from the compressor 22 to the gas bag. The compressor 22 has a built-in pressure gauge (not shown) so that the atmospheric pressure in the compressor 22 can be measured. The pressure of the compressor 22 is naturally equal to the pressure in the gas bag. The atmospheric pressure in the gas bag corresponds to the pressure applied to the muscle by the belt 10.

The control unit 23 of the wearable control device 20 controls the compressor 22. The controller 23 sends the air to the gas bag of the belt 10 by driving the compressor 22 with the valve 22a closed so that the pressure in the compressor 22 measured by the pressure gauge becomes a predetermined set value. Control is performed such that the valve 22a included in the compressor 22 is opened and the air in the gas bag is extracted. That is, the control unit 23 controls the compressor 22 including opening and closing of the valve 22a.

Also, the wearable control device 20 has an information receiving unit 24 for receiving various information by wireless communication. The information receiving unit 24 is configured to receive a control command transmitted from the portable information terminal device 30 by wireless communication. The control unit 23 controls the supply amount and the discharge amount of the gas to the gas bag of the belt 10 based on the control command received via the information receiving unit 24, so that the belt 10 has a specific portion (for example, the arm of the user). The pressure applied to the base is controlled.

The portable information terminal device 30 is a collective term for portable information terminal devices (for example, smartphones, tablets, small PCs, etc.), and wirelessly communicates control commands to the wearable control device 20 when operated in a predetermined manner. It is comprised so that it may transmit. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7, the portable information terminal device 30 includes a control unit 31 that integrally controls each unit, an information transmission / reception unit 32 that transmits and receives various types of information, and a recording unit that records various types of information. An information recording unit 33, an operation unit 34 for inputting various types of information, and a display unit 35 for visually displaying various types of information are provided.

The information transmission / reception unit 32 receives various information transmitted from an external device (for example, an external base station or a PC) through wireless communication under the control of the control unit 31, and sends a control command to the wearable control device 20. On the other hand, it is configured to transmit by wireless communication, or to transmit information recorded in the information recording unit 33 to an external database (for example, a cloud system) by wireless communication.

The information recording unit 33 can record information corresponding to the control command (for example, a time history of pressure applied to a specific portion of the user's limb), and can erase the recorded information. It is configured. The information recording unit 33 can also record various types of information received by the information transmission / reception unit 32 and various types of information input by the operation unit 34. As the information recording unit 33, a memory card that can be attached to and detached from the main body of the portable information terminal device 20 can be used.

The operation unit 34 is used to input various operation commands and various information such as specific pressure. The display unit 35 displays information corresponding to the control command (for example, a time history of pressure applied to a specific portion of the user's limb) or displays various information input by the operation unit 34. belongs to. As the display unit 35, a touch panel that also functions as the operation unit 34 can be employed. Instead of the display unit 35 for visually displaying various information (or together with the display unit 35), an audio output unit for outputting various information by voice may be provided. An operation unit 34 that can input various operation commands by voice can also be employed.

Next, a method for using the muscle training system 1 according to this embodiment will be described.

First, the user attaches the wearable control device 20 to the belt 10. At this time, the connection port 21 of the wearable control device 20 is connected to the belt side connection port 14b of the belt 10 so that the compressor 22 of the wearable control device 20 and the gas bag of the belt 10 communicate with each other. Next, the user transmits a control command to the wearable control device 20 by wireless communication by operating the operation unit 34 of the portable information terminal device 30 in a predetermined manner. This control command includes information such as a pressing force set as appropriate according to the age, exercise history, and the like of the user. The control unit 23 of the wearable control device 20 controls the compressor 22 and the valve 22a based on the control command received via the information receiving unit 24 to control the gas supply amount and the discharge amount to the gas bag of the belt 10. Thus, the pressure applied by the belt 10 to the user is controlled.

In the muscle training system 1 according to the embodiment described above, by operating the portable information terminal device 30 in a predetermined mode, a control command is transmitted to the wearable control device 20 by wireless communication. Based on this, by controlling the supply amount and the discharge amount of the gas to the gas bag of the belt 10 by the wearable control device 20, the pressure applied to the specific portion of the user's limb by the belt 10 can be controlled. That is, it is possible to remotely control the pressure applied to a specific part of the user's limbs simply by operating the portable information terminal device 30.

Further, in the muscle training system 1 according to the embodiment described above, information corresponding to the control command (for example, a time history of pressure applied to a specific part of the user's limb) is displayed on the display unit 35 of the portable information terminal device 30. Can be displayed. Therefore, the user can know, for example, how much pressure is actually applied at the present time by referring to the display unit 35 of the portable information terminal device 30.

Further, in the muscle training system 1 according to the embodiment described above, information corresponding to the control command (for example, a time history of pressure applied to a specific portion of the user's limb) is recorded in the information recording unit of the portable information terminal device 30. 33 can be recorded. Therefore, the user can know, for example, how much pressure has been applied in the past by referring to the information recording unit 33 of the portable information terminal device 30.

In the muscle training system 1 according to the embodiment described above, the information recorded in the information recording unit 33 (for example, the time history of the pressure applied to a specific part of the user's limb) is wirelessly communicated to an external database. Can be sent. Therefore, it is possible to accumulate information relating to pressurized muscle training in an external database, or to analyze and utilize the accumulated information as necessary.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and those in which those skilled in the art appropriately modify the design are included in the scope of the present invention as long as they have the features of the present invention. . In other words, each element included in the embodiment and its arrangement, material, condition, shape, size, and the like are not limited to those illustrated, and can be appropriately changed. Moreover, each element with which the said embodiment is provided can be combined as much as technically possible, and the combination of these is also included in the scope of the present invention as long as it includes the features of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Belt 20 ... Wearable control apparatus 30 ... Portable information terminal device 33 ... Information recording part 35 ... Display part P ... User

Claims

A belt having a gas bag and configured to apply a pressing force based on the amount of gas in the gas bag to the specific part while being wound around the specific part of a user's limb;
The control command transmitted from the outside is received, and the pressure applied to the specific portion by the belt is controlled by controlling the gas supply amount and the discharge amount of the belt to the gas bag based on the control command. A controller configured as follows:
A portable information terminal device configured to transmit the control command to the control device by wireless communication when operated in a predetermined mode,
Muscle training system.
The muscle training system according to claim 1, wherein the portable information terminal device includes a display unit that displays information corresponding to the control command.
The muscle training system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the portable information terminal device includes a recording unit that records information corresponding to the control command.
The muscle training system according to claim 3, wherein the portable information terminal device is configured to transmit information recorded in the recording unit to an external database by wireless communication.