WO2019088393A1

WO2019088393A1 - System and method for monitoring activity amount on basis of activity intensity

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Publication number: WO2019088393A1
Application number: PCT/KR2018/007082
Authority: WO
Inventors: 김상현
Original assignee: 주식회사 아이디엘
Priority date: 2017-11-03
Filing date: 2018-06-22
Publication date: 2019-05-09

Abstract

Proposed are a system and a method for monitoring an activity amount that enables a guardian to monitor the activity amount of a subject in time slots for which the guardian cannot directly observe the subject. The proposed system comprises: an activity amount tracker, worn on a subject, for tracking an activity amount of the subject per unit time; a guardian terminal for transmitting activity amount tracking information of the subject from the activity amount tracker to a management server and receiving result information from the management server; and the management server for analyzing the activity amount of the subject on the basis of the activity amount tracking information, generating the result information, and sending the result information to the guardian terminal.

Description

Activity intensity based activity monitoring system and method

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system and method for monitoring an activity amount, and more particularly, to a system and method for monitoring an activity amount of an object at a remote site based on activity intensity.

Interest in recent activity is increasing. Particularly, the amount of activity does not only indicate the degree of exercise such as calorie measurement but also is used as an indicator of mental health by indicating intensity of activity. For example, it can be used as an index of depression, which indicates depression and insensitivity, depending on whether the amount of activity decreases due to a decrease in activity intensity. In addition, It has a very large influence on the environment.

However, there is no tool or means to measure and measure the physical movement of the subject according to the amount of activity based on this intensity of activity. In other words, conventional bio-information measuring techniques can be used to evaluate the efficiency of exercise by measuring only the calories consumed or the absolute amount of exercise, for example, calories, the number of steps and the moving distance, or a value comparable to the absolute value of heart rate The present invention is not limited to providing an overall monitoring of the activity amount of the measurement target.

Particularly, it is always required to measure and evaluate the amount of activity based on activity intensity, such as a child, an elderly person, or even a companion animal, whose physical and mental aspects and observations and measures are always needed , There is a limit that the caregiver can not always observe together.

Disclosure of Invention Technical Problem [8] The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the related art, and provides an activity amount monitoring system and method for monitoring and evaluating an activity amount of an object in a time zone in which a protection object can not be directly observed, There is a purpose.

In order to achieve the above object, an activity amount monitoring system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes: an activity tracker, which is worn by an object and tracks an activity intensity based on the object in units of time; A guardian terminal for delivering activity amount tracking information of an object from the activity tracker to the management server and receiving result information from the management server; And a management server analyzing the activity amount of the subject based on the activity tracking information to generate the result information, and sending the result information to the guardian terminal.

The guardian terminal may send a request for activity amount tracking information to the activity amount measurer, and the activity amount measurer may transmit or block the activity amount tracking information based on a predetermined number of transmissible times.

The guardian terminal may send the pairing information according to the Bluetooth pairing with the activity tracker to the management server, and the management server may match the pairing information and the activity tracking information with each other.

The activity tracker includes: a sensing unit for sensing movement of the object; An activity measuring unit for accumulating information on the motion of the object sensed by the sensing unit and classifying and leveling the accumulated motion information by unit time to generate the activity tracking information on the basis of activity intensity; And a communication unit for transmitting the activity tracking information to the caregiver terminal using a Bluetooth communication method.

The activity tracking information may include a leveling value for each unit time and activity amount information per unit time, and the activity amount information per unit time may include at least one of a movement distance of the object and a movement time of the object for each unit time.

The activity measuring unit may compare the moving distance or the moving time of the object with the reference range of the unit time for each unit time, and may provide the corresponding leveling value.

Wherein the management server comprises: a receiving unit for receiving the activity amount tracking information of the object from the parent terminal; A storage unit for storing activity amount tracking information of the corresponding object; An activity comparison and analysis unit for analyzing the activity amount of the subject based on the activity intensity based on the activity amount tracking information of the stored subject; A result generating unit for generating the result information based on the comparison result of the activity amount comparison and analysis unit and the activity amount tracking information of the object; And a transmitting unit for transmitting the result information generated by the result generating unit to the guardian terminal.

The receiving unit may further receive the pairing information from the guardian terminal, and the storage unit may store the pairing information and the activity amount tracking information of the corresponding object in a matching manner.

The activity tracker may be a wearable device.

In addition, a method for monitoring an activity amount according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of: tracking an amount of activity of a subject in units of time; The activity tracker sending activity amount tracking information of the subject to the guardian terminal according to a request for activity amount tracking information from the guardian terminal; Transmitting, by the guardian terminal, the activity amount tracking information of the corresponding object to the management server; Analyzing the amount of activity of the subject based on the activity tracking information and generating result information; And receiving, by the guardian terminal, the result information.

According to the present invention having such a configuration, the activity intensity-based activity amount tracking information in the activity amount tracker worn by the object is transmitted to the management server by the parent terminal, and the management server analyzes the activity amount of the object and transmits the result to the corresponding parent terminal By doing so, the guardian can easily check the amount of activity of his or her object.

Accordingly, the caregiver can form lifestyle habits that appropriately manage the activity intensity-based activity of the subject and maintain the appropriate amount of activity. In addition, it facilitates tracking and consultation of the state change and personality change of the object according to the monitoring of the activity amount.

Therefore, it is possible to prevent not only the development of the healthy body, mind and intelligence of the target but also the various diseases and diseases coming through such activity tracking and lifestyle formation.

1 is a configuration diagram of an activity amount monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is an internal configuration diagram of the activity tracker shown in FIG.

3 is an internal configuration diagram of the management server shown in FIG.

4 is a sequence diagram for explaining a method of monitoring an activity amount according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is an example of a screen employed in the description of Fig.

Figures 6 and 7 illustrate various types of activity trackers in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.

While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail.

It should be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

The terminology used in this application is used only to describe a specific embodiment and is not intended to limit the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, the terms "comprises" or "having" and the like are used to specify that there is a feature, a number, a step, an operation, an element, a component or a combination thereof described in the specification, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the relevant art and are to be interpreted in an ideal or overly formal sense unless explicitly defined in the present application Do not.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In order to facilitate the understanding of the present invention, the same reference numerals are used for the same constituent elements in the drawings and redundant explanations for the same constituent elements are omitted.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an activity monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an internal configuration diagram of the activity tracker shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an internal configuration diagram of the management server shown in FIG.

The activity monitoring system according to the embodiment of the present invention may include an activity tracker 10, a guardian terminal 20, and a management server 30. [

The activity tracker 10 is a wearable device that can be worn as an accessory to the body of a subject in the form of a necklace. If desired, the activity tracker 10 may be worn on the wrist (or cuff) in a wristwatch or in a pocket.

The activity tracker 10 can track the activity of the subject per unit time.

The activity tracker 10 is paired with the caregiver terminal 20 via Bluetooth. Here, Bluetooth pairing is understood to generate a link between the activity tracker 10 and the caregiver terminal 20 for wireless connection.

The activity tracker 10 may include a sensor unit 12, an activity measurement unit 14, a communication unit 16, and a control unit 18 as shown in FIG.

The sensor unit 12 senses the motion of the object. For example, the sensor unit 12 may be composed of a six-axis sensor (three-axis acceleration sensor + three-axis gyro sensor). Here, the acceleration sensor can measure the acceleration using gravitational acceleration. It is possible to check the degree of tilting of the sensor by measuring how much the gravitational acceleration has affected the three axes. The gyro sensor is a sensor capable of measuring acceleration and it can measure the movement of the sensor and measure the tilt by measuring the physical quantity of 3 axes.

The activity measurement unit 14 performs activity intensity-based activity measurement to generate activity tracking information. In the embodiment of the present invention, the activity amount may indicate the activity intensity by the leveled unit time, which may be determined according to the motion degreeing leveling of the object per unit time. Therefore, the activity amount in the embodiment of the present invention can be configured to be different from the general measurement such as calorie, step count, movement distance, and heart rate, which are checked with a simple exercise amount, and the measurement reference and level.

For activity intensity-based measurement, the activity measurement unit 14 accumulates information about the sensed motion (that is, motion information) in the sensor unit 12, And generates activity amount tracking information including at least a leveling value per unit time.

In other words, the activity measurement unit 14 receives and accumulates real-time motion information sensed by the sensor unit 12. [ Then, the activity measuring unit 14 classifies the accumulated motion information of the object by unit time. Then, the activity measurement unit 14 performs leveling on the classified motion information for each unit time based on the amount of activity (moving distance, moving time, etc.) of the corresponding object. Here, the leveling may have a numerical value. The activity amount measurement unit 14 generates activity amount tracking information. The activity amount tracking information includes a leveling value per unit time (i.e., a leveling value for the amount of activity of the target per unit time) and activity amount information per unit time A distance, a moving time, etc., numerical information).

For example, when the moving distance or the moving time of the object is less than the reference range of the predetermined unit time in units of time, "1" is assigned as a leveling value to the activity amount of the object in the unit time When the moving distance or the moving time of the target is within the reference range of the predetermined unit time in units of time, "2" for the unit time can be given as the leveling value for the amount of activity of the target in the unit time Quot; 3 " can be given as a leveling value for the amount of activity of the object of the unit time when the moving distance or the moving time of the object exceeds the reference range of the predetermined unit time for each unit time. Here, the predetermined reference range described above may be the same or different depending on the unit time.

The activity amount tracking information is transmitted to the guardian terminal 20 through the communication unit 16. It is assumed that the activity amount tracking information is transmitted about once a day when it is periodically connected to the guardian terminal 20. [ The reason for limiting transmission of activity amount tracking information once a day is to reduce the battery consumption of the activity amount tracker 10. In the above example, the activity amount tracking information can be transmitted about once a day, but it is also possible to increase the number of times that transmission can be performed, if necessary.

The communication unit 16 can transmit the activity amount tracking information of the activity amount measurement unit 14 to the guardian terminal 20 through the Bluetooth communication method.

Further, the communication unit 16 receives the activity amount tracking information request from the guardian terminal 20 and sends it to the control unit 18.

The control unit 18 controls the overall operation of the activity tracker 10.

The control unit 18 controls the Bluetooth pairing of the activity amount tracker 10 and the caregiver terminal 20. [

In particular, when the control unit 18 receives the request for the activity amount tracking information from the guardian terminal 20 through the communication unit 16, the control unit 18 determines whether it is within the allowable number of transmissions. For example, if the number of times of transmission is once a day and has already been transmitted during the day, the control unit 18 blocks transmission of the activity amount tracking information. If the number of transmissible times is once a day but the transmission is not performed during the day, the control unit 18 causes transmission of the activity amount tracking information to be performed.

On the other hand, the guardian terminal 20 performs Bluetooth pairing with the activity tracker 10, and transmits the pairing information to the management server 30. That is, the guardian makes the Bluetooth pairing between the terminal 20 and the activity tracker 10 used by the user. Then, the guardian terminal 20 sends the activity amount tracker 10 upon completion of the pairing and its own information to the management server 30 as the pairing information. The unique identification information of the activity amount tracker 10 and the unique identification information of the corresponding caregiver terminal 20 can be an example of the above-described pairing information. Generally, for the connection between the guardian terminal 20 (master (master) having the Bluetooth function and the activity tracker 10 (slave)), the guardian terminal 20 searches the address and subject dyes of the surrounding activity tracker 10 And performs a pairing process, which is a mutual registration process with the activity tracker 10 to be connected using the obtained information. In other words, in the conventional pairing method, the device to be paired (i.e., the guardian terminal 20) searches through the process of inquiring the other party's device (i.e., the activity tracker 10) (Personal Identification Number) code is exchanged with each other by using the found device address after obtaining the address (address). Therefore, the unique identification information (e.g., a PIN code) of the activity amount tracker 10 and the unique identification information (e.g., a PIN code) of the corresponding caregiver terminal 20 can be sufficiently obtained by the conventional pairing method. As a result, the caregiver terminal 20 sufficiently sends the unique identification information (e.g., a PIN code) and the unique identification information (e.g., a PIN code) of the activity amount tracker 10 to the management server 30 as pairing information .

The guardian terminal 20 can send an activity amount tracking information request to the activity amount measurer 10. Then, the guardian terminal 20 can transmit the activity amount tracking information from the activity amount measuring device 10 to the management server 30.

Then, the guardian terminal 20 can receive the result information from the management server 30 and display it on the screen. Herein, the result information is information indicating the result of analyzing the activity amount of the target of the guardian.

The caregiver terminal 20 can be implemented as a portable terminal or a portable computer. Here, the portable terminal is a wireless communication device that is guaranteed to be portable and mobility, and can be used as a personal communication system (PCS), a global system for mobile communications (GSM), a personal digital cellular (PDC), a personal handyphone system (PHS) Handheld devices such as a handheld device, an assistant, an IMT (International Mobile Telecommunication) -2000, a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) -2000, a W-CDMA ) Based wireless communication devices. The portable computer may include a notebook, a laptop, and the like.

The guardian terminal 20 may be a smart device such as a smart phone, a smart note, a tablet PC, a wearable computer, or the like.

The management server 30 receives and stores the pairing information from one or more guardian terminals 20 and receives and stores the activity amount tracking information of the corresponding object from one or more guardian terminals 20. [ Here, it is preferable that the pairing information and the activity amount tracking information are matched and stored with each other. Therefore, it is possible to easily analyze the activity amount of the subject in the analysis of the activity amount in the future. It may be more reliable to receive the activity amount tracking information of the subject from the guardian terminal 20 than to receive the subject activity amount tracking information from the user other than the guardian. Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, for the sake of information reliability, the management server 30 receives the activity amount tracking information of the corresponding object from the guardian terminal 20.

The management server 30 can generate the result information by analyzing the activity amount of the object based on the activity amount tracking information of the object to be stored.

The management server 30 sends the result information to the guardian terminal 20. If necessary, the management server 30 can send information as a result of analyzing the amount of activity of the subject, not only to the guardian terminal 20 but also to the terminal (not shown) of the homeroom teacher.

On the other hand, the management server 30 may generate and transmit an activity comparison analysis result between a plurality of objects to the guardian terminal 20 and / or the teacher's terminal (not shown).

3, the management server 30 includes a receiving unit 32, a storage unit 34, an activity comparison and analysis unit 36, a result generation unit 38, a transmission unit 40, and a control unit 42 can do.

The receiving unit 32 receives the pairing information from the one or more guardian terminals 20 and receives the activity amount tracking information of the corresponding object from the one or more guardian terminals 20. [

The storage unit 34 stores the pairing information from the one or more guardian terminals 20 received in the receiving unit 32 and stores the activity amount tracking information of the corresponding target from the one or more guardian terminals 20 received in the receiving unit 32 / RTI > Here, it is preferable that the pairing information and the activity amount tracking information are stored in a matching manner with each other. For example, the pairing information of the target A, the pairing information of the guardian of the target A, and the activity amount tracking information of the target A are matched with each other, and the pairing information of the target B, the pairing information of the guardian of the target B, It is preferable that they are stored in a mutually matching form.

The activity amount comparison and analysis unit 36 can analyze the activity intensity based activity amount of the subject on a time basis based on the activity amount tracking information stored in the storage unit 34. [ For example, when it is assumed that the activity amount analysis is performed based on the daily activity amount tracking information on the object A, the activity amount comparison / analysis unit 36 compares the total sum of the leveling values for each unit time included in the daily value and the predetermined threshold range Compare them. If the total sum of the leveling values for each unit time included in the daily value is less than the predetermined threshold range, the activity comparative analysis unit 36 can determine that the activity amount of the corresponding day of the object A is a slight level. If the total sum of the leveling values for each unit time included in the daily value is within the predetermined threshold range, the activity amount comparison analyzer 36 can determine that the activity amount of the corresponding day of the object A is a normal level. When the total sum of the leveling values for each unit time included in the daily value exceeds the predetermined threshold range, the activity comparative analysis unit 36 can determine that the activity amount of the corresponding day of the target A is active.

The result generating unit 38 can generate the result information based on the comparison result of the activity amount comparison and analysis unit 36 and the activity amount tracking information of the object. Here, the result information may take a graphical form. For example, the daily activity amount tracking information for the object A includes the leveling value for each unit time of day and the daily activity amount information per unit time (i.e., the information indicating the moving distance, the moving time, etc., , The result generating unit 38 can sufficiently generate the result information which is expressed in a graph form.

Therefore, based on the activity tracking information for one week and one month for the object A, analysis of the activity amount for one week or one month and generation of results can be sufficiently performed by the above description.

The transmitting unit 40 transmits the result information generated by the result generating unit 38 to the guardian terminal 20 of the corresponding target. Of course, if necessary, the transmitting unit 40 may transmit the result information to a terminal (not shown) of the homeroom teacher of the corresponding subject.

The control unit 42 controls the overall operation of the management server 30.

Although only one of the activity tracker 10 and the guardian terminal 20 is illustrated in FIG. 1, it should be understood that there are actually a plurality of pairs of the paired activity tracker and the guardian terminal.

FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram for explaining a method of monitoring an activity amount according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is an example of a screen employed in the description of FIG.

First, the activity tracker 10 and the caregiver terminal 20 perform Bluetooth pairing (S10). Here, the guardian terminal 20 can serve as a master.

The guardian terminal 20 sends the activity amount tracker 10 upon completion of the pairing and its own information to the management server 30 as the pairing information (S12). For example, the unique identification information (e.g., a PIN code) of the activity tracker 10 may be the information of the activity tracker 10 as the above-mentioned pairing information. Then, the unique identification information (e.g., PIN code) of the corresponding guardian terminal 20 can be the information of the guardian terminal 20 as the above-mentioned pairing information.

Thereafter, the activity amount tracker 10 worn by the object tracks the activity amount of the object according to the motion of the object (S14). That is, the activity tracker 10 senses the real-time motion of the object.

The activity tracker 10, which is worn by the object, accumulates information about the sensed motion (that is, motion information) (S16).

Then, the activity amount tracker 10 worn by the subject classifies and level information on accumulated motion by unit time, and generates activity amount tracking information including at least a leveling value per unit time (S18).

In other words, the activity tracker 10, which is worn by the object, senses the real-time motion of the object, accumulates the motion information of the sensed real-time object, and classifies the accumulated motion information by unit time. Then, the activity tracker 10 performs leveling on the classified motion information per unit time based on the amount of activity (moving distance, moving time, etc.) of the corresponding object. The activity amount tracker 10 generates activity amount tracking information. The activity amount tracking information includes leveling values for each unit time and activity amount information per unit time (that is, information indicating the movement distance of the object per unit time, Information).

Thereafter, when the target and the guardian are close to each other, the guardian manipulates his / her terminal 20 to request the activity amount tracking information (S20).

Accordingly, the activity tracker 10 receiving the activity amount tracking information request determines the number of possible transmission times (S22). Then, transmission of activity amount tracking information or interception of transmission is performed based on the number of times of transmission.

For example, if the number of transmissible times is once a day and the object has already been transmitted during the day, the activity tracker 10 does not transmit the activity amount tracking information of the corresponding object. On the contrary, if the number of times of transmission is once a day and no transmission has been made during the day, the activity amount tracker 10 transmits the activity amount tracking information of the object to the guardian terminal 20 (S24).

The guardian terminal 20 having received the activity amount tracking information from the activity amount tracker 10 transmits the activity amount tracking information to the management server 30 (S26).

Accordingly, the management server 30 stores the activity amount tracking information (S28), analyzes the activity amount of the object based on the activity amount tracking information of the object to be stored, and generates the result information (S30).

For example, when it is assumed that the activity amount analysis is performed based on the daily activity amount tracking information on the object A, the management server 30 compares the sum of the leveling values per unit time with the predetermined threshold range. If the sum of the leveling values per unit time is less than the predetermined threshold range, the management server 30 can determine that the activity amount of the corresponding day of the object A is a slight level. If the total sum of the leveling values per unit time is within the predetermined threshold range, the management server 30 can determine that the activity amount of the corresponding day of the object A is a normal level. When the total sum of the leveling values per unit time exceeds the predetermined threshold range, the management server 30 can determine that the activity amount of the corresponding day of the object A is active.

Then, the management server 30 generates the result information based on the comparison result and the activity amount tracking information of the corresponding object. For example, the daily activity amount tracking information for the object A includes the leveling value per unit time and the daily activity amount information per unit time (i.e., information indicating the moving distance and the moving time per unit time, numerical information) The server 30 can generate the result information (refer to FIG. 5) obtained by drawing in a graph form.

Then, the management server 30 transmits the generated result information to the guardian terminal 20 of the corresponding target (S32). Of course, the management server 30 may transmit the result information to the terminal (not shown) of the teacher of the corresponding subject if necessary.

The guardian terminal 20 displays the result information (see FIG. 5) from the management server 30 on the screen so that the guardian of the subject can check the activity amount of the subject by unit time (S34).

In the embodiment of the present invention described above, the monitoring of the amount of activity for one subject has been described, but it is also possible to send a result of comparing and analyzing the amount of activity of a plurality of objects to the guardian terminal. For example, since the management server 30 is wirelessly connected to a plurality of guardian terminals 20, it is possible to receive activity amount tracking information of each object from a plurality of guardian terminals 20. [ Accordingly, the management server 30 generates information as a result of analyzing the amount of activity for each object in the manner as described above, and also determines the degree of activity of each object relative to the amount of activity of the other objects Can be generated together with the result of the comparative analysis of the activity amount.

Although the above embodiment has been described for monitoring the activity level of an object such as a child, it is also possible to monitor the activity level of an object (for example, adult, patient, elderly person, infant, companion animal, etc.) And the method can be sufficiently modified.

More specifically, for example, the activity tracker 10 and the management server 30 may differently determine the leveling value for each unit time and the activity amount information for each unit time according to the classification of the activity amount measurement object. In addition, the reference value or the reference interval for leveling by unit time may be determined differently according to the classification of the activity amount measurement object.

The reference value for leveling by unit time can be subdivided, and the degree of granularity or granularity can be determined differently according to the classification of the activity amount measurement object. For example, the reference value for leveling can be subdivided into 256 levels.

6 and 7 are views for explaining the activity tracker 10 according to various embodiments of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6, the activity tracker 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention can be implemented as a circular medal structure provided in the wearable device. In this case, the activity tracker 10 can be implemented as a wearable device in combination with a separate wearing means for wearing. For example, the medal-type activity tracker 10 as shown in FIG. 6 may be implemented in a wristband, a necklace-like or wearable wearable device in combination with a wristband or necklace strap, or in combination with a badge or the like.

6, an activity tracker 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a sensor unit 12, an activity amount processing unit 13, and a battery unit 15.

The sensor unit 12 may include at least one of an acceleration sensor and a gyro sensor, as described with reference to FIG. 2, and may sense the inclination of the sensor or the acceleration according to three axial directions and transmit the sensed acceleration to the activity processing unit 13.

Based on the sensed acceleration sensor information, the activity-amount processing unit 13 performs activity-intensity-based activity measurement and generates activity-amount tracking information, and transmits the tracked activity-amount tracking information to the parent terminal 20 . To this end, the activity amount processing unit 13 may include an MCU module having a microprocessor and a communication module for communication with the guardian terminal 20. [

The MCU module can perform all or a part of processes of the activity measuring unit 14 described in FIG. 2. The activity measuring unit 14 measures the activity intensity according to the leveling of the motion level per unit time of the object, accumulates the measured activity intensity, Classification, and leveling of the activity-tracking information.

Then, the communication module can transmit activity amount tracking information to the guardian terminal 20, and a short-range communication module can be exemplified. For communication, the pairing between the communication module and the guardian terminal 20 can be performed first. The activity amount tracking information may be transmitted at a time point when a close range communication is established with the caregiver terminal 20 for each specific periodic period such as a day.

On the other hand, the battery unit 15 supplies operating power for operation of each component of the activity tracker 10. The battery unit 15 may include a disposable or rechargeable battery, and a rechargeable battery may include a battery supporting at least one of a wired or wireless charging scheme.

6 (A) and 6 (B) show front and rear views, respectively, with reference to the circuit board of the activity tracker 10, in which the activity tracker 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention, The sensor unit 12 and the activity amount processor 13 may be disposed on the front surface as shown in FIG. 6A and the circular battery unit 15 may be disposed on the rear surface as shown in FIG. 6B. Accordingly, the structure of the medal-type activity tracker 10 can be lightened and optimized, and detachment convenience in the case of using a circular battery can be improved.

7, the activity tracker 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention further includes a card-shaped housing 17, which is a card-shaped device having a usability different from that of a normal wearable device Can be implemented. Such a card-type activity tracker 10 can be used in a form conveniently used by a wearer such as an existing credit card, an entrance and exit card, an employee ID card, a name tag, a necklace, etc. For this purpose, The tracker 10 may be implemented with a card arrangement structure of the type shown in FIG.

7, the activity tracker 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a circuit board horizontally disposed in a housing 17 of a card structure, a battery unit 15 connected to the circuit board And a sensor unit 12. The circuit board includes an activity processing unit 13 and an antenna unit 11 at one end of the circuit board.

The configuration and operation of the sensor unit 12 and the activity amount processing unit 13 are the same as those described with reference to Fig. 6, and in particular, the antenna unit 11 for transmitting / receiving a radio wave signal to / from the outside by the communication module 13, It is possible to increase the transmission efficiency.

7, the battery unit 15 and the sensor unit 12 are disposed at one side of the housing 17 of the card structure, and the battery unit 15 and the sensor unit 12 are connected to the battery unit 15 and the sensor unit 12, By arranging the substrate on the other side, it is possible to optimize the internal structure of the card-shaped active amount processing unit 13, improve the durability, and facilitate the circuit arrangement.

In addition, the above-described activity monitoring method of the present invention can be implemented as a computer-readable code on a computer-readable recording medium. A computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording apparatuses in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, and the like. In addition, the computer-readable recording medium may be distributed over network-connected computer systems so that computer readable codes can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. And, functional programs, codes and code segments for implementing the above method can be easily inferred by programmers of the technical field to which the present invention belongs.

As described above, an optimal embodiment has been disclosed in the drawings and specification. While specific terms have been employed herein, they are used for the purpose of describing the invention only and are not used to limit the scope of the invention as defined in the claims or the claims. Therefore, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications and equivalent embodiments are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims.

Claims

An activity tracker, which is worn by the subject and tracks activity intensity based activity of the subject per unit time;

A guardian terminal for delivering activity amount tracking information of an object from the activity tracker to the management server and receiving result information from the management server; And

And a management server for analyzing the activity intensity-based activity amount of the subject based on the activity tracking information, generating the result information, and sending the result information to the guardian terminal.
The method according to claim 1,

The guardian terminal sends a request for activity amount tracking information to the activity amount measurer,

Wherein the activity amount measuring device performs transmission or interruption of the activity amount tracking information based on a preset number of times of transmission.
The method according to claim 1,

The guardian terminal sends the pairing information according to the Bluetooth pairing with the activity tracker to the management server,

Wherein the management server matches and stores the pairing information and the activity tracking information with each other.
The method according to claim 1,

The activity tracker comprises:

A sensing unit sensing a motion of the object;

An activity measurement unit for accumulating information on the motion of the object sensed by the sensing unit and generating the activity tracking information by classifying and leveling the accumulated motion information by unit time for the activity intensity based measurement; And

And a communication unit for transmitting the activity tracking information to the caregiver terminal using a Bluetooth communication method.
5. The method of claim 4,

Wherein the activity tracking information includes a leveling value for each unit time and activity amount information for each unit time,

Wherein the activity amount information per unit time includes at least one of a movement distance of the object in each unit time and a movement time of the object in each unit time.
6. The method of claim 5,

The activity-

Wherein the activity-intensity-based measurement is performed by comparing a movement distance or a movement time of the object with a reference range of the unit time for each unit time, and providing a corresponding leveling value.
The method according to claim 1,

The management server includes:

A receiving unit for receiving activity amount tracking information of a target object based on activity intensity from the guardian terminal;

A storage unit for storing activity amount tracking information of the corresponding object;

An activity comparison and analysis unit for analyzing the activity intensity-based activity amount of the subject on a time-based basis based on the activity amount tracking information of the stored subject;

A result generating unit for generating the result information based on the comparison result of the activity amount comparison and analysis unit and the activity amount tracking information of the object; And

And a transmitting unit for transmitting the result information generated by the result generating unit to the guardian terminal,

Wherein the activity amount tracking information of the corresponding object includes leveling values for each unit time and activity amount information per unit time, and the activity amount information per unit time includes at least one of a moving distance of the object and a moving time of the object per unit time, Activity monitoring system.
8. The method of claim 7,

Wherein the receiving unit further receives pairing information from the guardian terminal,

Wherein the storage unit stores matching information between the pairing information and the activity amount tracking information of the corresponding object.
The method according to claim 1,

Wherein the activity tracker is a wearable device or a card type device.
Tracking the amount of activity of the subject on the basis of activity intensity by the unit time;

The activity tracker sending activity amount tracking information of the subject to the guardian terminal according to a request for activity amount tracking information from the guardian terminal;

Transmitting, by the guardian terminal, the activity amount tracking information of the corresponding object to the management server;

Analyzing the activity intensity-based activity amount of the subject based on the activity tracking information and generating the result information; And

And receiving, by the guardian terminal, the result information.
11. The method of claim 10,

Wherein the step of tracking the amount of activity of the object in the unit time comprises:

Sensing movement of the object;

Accumulating information on the motion of the sensed object; And

And generating the activity tracking information by classifying and leveling the accumulated motion information by unit time.
12. The method of claim 11,

Wherein the activity tracking information includes a leveling value for each unit time and activity amount information for each unit time,

Wherein the activity amount information per unit time includes at least one of a movement distance of the object in each unit time and a movement time of the object in each unit time.
13. The method of claim 12,

Wherein the step of tracking the amount of activity of the object in the unit time comprises:

Wherein the moving distance or the moving time of the object is compared with the reference range of the unit time for each unit time, and a leveling value corresponding thereto is given.
11. The method of claim 10,

Wherein the step of sending the activity amount tracking information to the guardian terminal comprises:

And the activity amount tracking information is sent based on a preset number of transmissions.
11. The method of claim 10,

Prior to the step of tracking the amount of activity of the subject for each unit time,

And sending the pairing information according to the Bluetooth pairing to the activity tracker to the management server.