METHODS OF MONITORING AND TRACKING ATHLETIC ACTIVITY

• Main Authors: MICHAEL T HOFFMAN, NIMS JASON, CRANKSON KWAMINA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 03.12.2015
• Subjects: AMUSEMENTS; APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING,CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; GAMES; HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING ORPROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA; HUMAN NECESSITIES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS; PHYSICS; SPORTS; TRAINING EQUIPMENT

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an exercise control system capable of providing motivation to continue an exercise that involves continuously repetitive motions.SOLUTION: An individual may track his or her athletic activity by completing goals. These goals may be represented by real-world objects such as food items, landmarks, buildings, statues, other physical structures, toys and the like. Each object may correspond to an athletic activity goal and require a specific amount of athletic activity to complete the goal. For example, a donut-shaped goal object may correspond to an athletic activity goal of burning 350 calories. The user may progress between goal objects one by one. The goal objects may gradually increase in difficulty (for example, the amount of athletic activity required) and may be selectable only upon completing an immediately previous goal object, a given number of goal objects, a given amount of athletic activity, or the like. 【課題】連続的な反復動作を包含するエクササイズを継続する動機づけを与えることが可能な運動管理システムの提供。【解決手段】個人は、目標を完了することにより自分の運動活動を追跡することができる。これらの目標は、現実世界の物体、例えば食品、ランドマーク、建物、像、他の物理的構造物、玩具などによって表されうる。各物体は運動活動目標に対応させることができ、該目標を完了するためには特定量の運動活動が必要となる。例えば、ドーナツ形の目標物体を、350カロリーを燃焼させるという運動活動目標に対応させることができる。ユーザーは目標物体を１つずつ進捗することができる。目標物体は、難易度（例えば、必要な運動活動の量）を徐々に増加させてもよく、かつ、直前の目標物体や、一定数の目標物体や、一定量の運動活動などを完了した時点でのみ選択可能であってよい。【選択図】図３４