Exercise feedback provision apparatus and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10524729-B2
Application number	US-201715659249-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 25, 2017
Priority date	Oct 16, 2014
Publication date	Jan 7, 2020
Grant date	Jan 7, 2020

Abstract

An exercise feedback provision apparatus includes an acquirer configured to acquire exercise intensity information including either one or both of user biometric information and user movement information, and a controller configured to verify whether the exercise intensity information is in a predetermined range, and generate a control signal based on a result of the verifying. The apparatus further includes a feedback provider configured to output a tactile feedback based on a pattern corresponding to the control signal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An exercise feedback provision apparatus, comprising:
a feedback provider;
an acquirer configured to acquire current exercise intensity information of a user; and
a controller configured to
determine a predetermined range for the exercise intensity information,
verify which of the current exercise intensity information being above the predetermined range or below the predetermined range is true based on an analysis of the current exercise intensity information, and
control the feedback provider to output a first predetermined distinct tactile feedback pattern in response to the current exercise intensity information being verified to be greater than the predetermined range and output a second predetermined distinct tactile feedback pattern in response to the current exercise intensity information being verified to be less than the predetermined range.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined range is set based on information obtained from an external device having a user interface.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:
the current exercise intensity information comprises either one or both of user biometric information and user movement information, the user biometric information comprising a heart rate of a user and the user movement information comprising a pace of the user.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a communication interface configured to receive the first predetermined distinct tactile feedback pattern and/or the second predetermined distinct tactile feedback pattern, from an external device, for the controller to predetermine the first predetermined distinct tactile feedback pattern and/or the second predetermined distinct tactile feedback pattern and store the first predetermined distinct tactile feedback pattern and/or the second predetermined distinct tactile feedback pattern in a memory.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to sense a user manipulation corresponding to a user selected suspension of outputting of tactile feedback.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined range corresponds to a range of a calculated optimal exercise intensity.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined range of exercise intensity corresponds to a heart rate range for the user set by an external device with a user interface.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined range of exercise intensity corresponds to a pace for the user set by an external device with a user interface.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
generate a control signal to control the feedback provider based on a change in the current exercise intensity information when compared to previous exercise intensity information, from a state within the predetermined range to another state outside the predetermined range or from a state outside the predetermined range to another state within the predetermined range.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein an output intensity of the first predetermined distinct tactile feedback pattern differs from an output intensity of the second predetermined distinct tactile feedback pattern.

11. An exercise feedback provision apparatus, comprising:
an acquirer configured to acquire current exercise intensity information of a user;
a controller configured to
determine a predetermined range for the current exercise intensity information, and
determine a state of the exercise intensity information based on a determining of whether the current exercise intensity information is in a first state or in a second state, wherein the first state is determined when the current exercise intensity information is within the predetermined range and the second state is determined when the current exercise intensity information is outside the predetermined range; and

a feedback provider configured to output a tactile feedback dependent on whether the current exercise intensity information is determined to be in the first state or the second state.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 ,
wherein the exercise feedback provision apparatus further comprises:
a memory storing a pattern of a first distinct tactile feedback and a pattern of a second distinct tactile feedback, and

wherein the controller is further configured to control the feedback provider to
output the tactile feedback using the stored pattern of the first distinct tactile feedback in response to the current exercise intensity information being determined to be in the second state and above the predetermined range, and
output the tactile feedback using the stored pattern of the second distinct tactile feedback in response to the current exercise intensity information being determined to be in the second state and below the predetermined range.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the current exercise intensity information comprises either one of user biometric information and user movement information, the user biometric information comprising a determined heart rate of a user and the user movement information comprising a determined pace of the user.

14. The apparatus of claim 12 ,
wherein the controller is further configured to control a communication interface to request the pattern of the first distinct tactile feedback and the pattern of the second distinct tactile feedback from an external device, and
wherein the current exercise intensity information is a determined heart rate of the user.

15. The apparatus of claim 12 , further comprising:
wherein the controller is further configured to control a communication interface to request the pattern of the first distinct tactile feedback and the pattern of the second distinct tactile feedback from an external device, and
wherein the current exercise intensity information is a determined pace of the user.

16. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the feedback provider to output a changed tactile feedback based on a change in the current exercise intensity information when compared to previous exercise intensity information, from the first state to the second state or from the second state to the first state.

17. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein an output intensity of the first predetermined distinct tactile feedback pattern differs from an output intensity of the second predetermined distinct tactile feedback pattern.

18. An exercise feedback provision method of an exercise feedback provision apparatus, comprising:
acquiring current exercise intensity information of a user;
determining a predetermined range for the exercise intensity information;
verifying which of the current exercise intensity information being above the predetermined range or below the predetermined range is true based on an analysis of the current exercise intensity information; and
controlling an outputting of a first predetermined distinct tactile feedback pattern in response to the current exercise intensity information being verified to be greater than the predetermined range, and controlling an outputting a second predetermined distinct tactile feedback pattern in response to the current exercise intensity information being verified to be less than the predetermined range.

19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:
receiving the first and second predetermined distinct tactile feedback patterns from an external device paired with the exercise feedback provision apparatus and storing the first predetermined distinct

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Choi Changmok
• Kwon Ui Kun
• Lee Jaechun
• Lee Jongwook
• Lee Ha-Neul

Classifications

• A61B2503/10

  Athletes · CPC title

• A63B24/0075

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

• A61B5/742

  using visual displays (displays for heart-related electrical signals, e.g. ECG, A61B5/339) · CPC title

• A61B5/7455

  characterised by tactile indication, e.g. vibration or electrical stimulation · CPC title

• A61B5/7475

  User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick · CPC title