Electronic apparatus and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10046201-B2
Application number	US-201314902869-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 30, 2013
Priority date	Jul 30, 2013
Publication date	Aug 14, 2018
Grant date	Aug 14, 2018

Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes: a control unit that, in an interval training in which a high intensity exercise and a low intensity exercise are repeated, calculates one or both of a high intensity exercise time for performing the high intensity exercise and a low intensity exercise time for performing the low intensity exercise based on input time information.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a main body;
a display unit mounted on the main body;
input elements mounted on the main body for inputting information; and
a control body disposed in the main body, the control body comprising:
a control unit which is operable in an interval training mode in which a high intensity exercise and a low intensity exercise are repeated by a user and which calculates a high intensity exercise time for performing the high intensity exercise and a low intensity exercise time for performing the low intensity exercise based on input time information which is the best time when the user performs an exercise in moving a predetermined distance or a time requested by the user;
a storage unit which includes:
a first storage unit that stores first information in which a high intensity exercise time is associated with a running level; and
a second storage unit that stores second information in which time information is associated with a low intensity exercise time; and

a notification unit,
wherein the control unit includes an operation unit and a timer unit;
wherein the operation unit is configured to:

calculate a running level, which is an index of running, based on the input time information and the first information;
calculate the high intensity exercise time, based on the calculated running level;
calculate the low intensity exercise time, based on the input time information and the second information; and
output the running level, the high intensity exercise time, and the low intensity exercise time to the timer unit, and
wherein the timer unit is configured to use the running level, the high intensity exercise time, and the low intensity exercise time to control the notification unit to output a notification sound when counting of the high intensity exercise time, counting of the low intensity exercise time, and counting of the high intensity exercise time or the low intensity exercise time are finished.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the operation unit calculates the running level based on the time information and an input gender of the user.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the operation unit calculates the high intensity exercise time based on the running level and an input number of repetitions of the high intensity exercise and the low intensity exercise.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
a relationship between the high intensity exercise time and the number of repetitions in each running level is approximated by two or more formulas of straight lines.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the operation unit detects that a setting of the input number of repetitions is switched and recalculates the high intensity exercise time in response to a detected result.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the operation unit detects that a setting of the input time information is switched and recalculates the low intensity exercise time, the running level, and the high intensity exercise time in response to a detected result.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the operation unit detects that a setting of the input gender of the user is switched and recalculates the running level and the high intensity exercise time in response to the detected result.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 connected via a network to a terminal used by a user, the electronic apparatus comprising:
an acquisition unit that acquires, via the network, the time information input through the terminal; and
a transmission unit that transmits, to the terminal, one or both of the high intensity exercise time and the low intensity exercise time calculated by the operation unit, wherein
the operation unit calculates the high intensity exercise time and the low intensity exercise time based on the time information acquired by the acquisition unit.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , comprising:
an input unit including the input elements for inputting the time information,
wherein the display unit displays a result calculated by the operation unit, and
wherein the operation unit calculates the high intensity exercise time and the low intensity exercise time based on the time information input through the input unit.

10. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a main body;
a display unit mounted on the main body;
input elements mounted on the main body for inputting information; and
a control body disposed in the main body, the control body including a computer and a program for causing the computer to execute:
a step of calculating, in an interval training mode in which a high intensity exercise and a low intensity exercise are repeated, one or both of a high intensity exercise time for performing the high intensity exercise and a low intensity exercise time for performing the low intensity exercise based on input time information, which is the best time when a user performs an exercise in moving a predetermined distance or a time requested by the user,
wherein the step of calculating includes:
calculating a running level, which is an index of running, based on the input time information and first information stored in which a high intensity exercise time is associated with a running level;
calculating the high intensity exercise time, based on the calculated running level; and
calculating the low intensity exercise time, based on the input time information and second information stored in which time information is associated with a low intensity exercise time;

a step of outputting the running level, the high intensity exercise time, and the low intensity exercise time to a timer unit; and
a step of controlling the timer unit to use the running level, the high intensity exercise time, and the low intensity exercise time to control a notification unit to output a notification sound when counting of the high intensity exercise time, counting of the low intensity exercise time, and counting of the high intensity exercise time or the low intensity exercise time are finished.

Assignees

• Asics Corp
• Seiko Instr Inc

Inventors

• SHINAYAMA Ryota
• Tagawa Takehiro
• Sugai Yoshinori

Classifications

• G06F19/3481

  Physics · mapped topic

• G07C1/22

  in connection with sports or games · CPC title

• A63B24/0062

  Monitoring athletic performances, e.g. for determining the work of a user on an exercise apparatus, the completed jogging or cycling distance · CPC title

• A63B24/0075 Primary

  Means for generating exercise programmes or schemes, e.g. computerized virtual trainer, e.g. using expert databases · CPC title

• G06Q10/0639

  Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations · CPC title