Smart garment and training method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019029594-A1
Application number	US-201616068644-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 30, 2016
Priority date	Mar 30, 2016
Publication date	Jan 31, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

A smart garment includes a number of motion sensors configured to monitor motion data of a human body, a number of prompting devices and a controller. The motion sensors and the prompting devices are electrically connected to the controller. The controller is configured to control, according to the motion data sensed by the motion sensors, the prompting device to issue prompts. The smart garment can monitor the movements of an exerciser all the time, and then correct the movements of the exerciser, so as to achieve the objective of training.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A smart garment comprising a plurality of motion sensors configured to monitor motion data of a human body, a plurality of prompting devices and a controller, wherein the motion sensors and the prompting devices are electrically connected to the controller, the controller is configured to control, according to the motion data sensed by the motion sensors, the prompting devices to issue prompts.

2 . The smart garment according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to compare the motion data with a reference data range, and control the prompting device to issue a prompt when the motion data is outside of the reference data range.

3 . The smart garment according to claim 2 , wherein when the motion data is smaller than a minimum of the reference data range, the controller is configured to control the prompting device to issue a first prompt; when the motion data is greater than a maximum of the reference data range, the controller is configured to control the prompting device to issue a second prompt, wherein the first prompt is different from the second prompt.

4 . The smart garment according to claim 3 , wherein when the motion data is within the reference data range, the controller is configured to control the prompting device to issue a third prompt, which is different from the first prompt and the second prompt.

5 . The smart garment according to claim 4 , wherein the controller is configured to control the prompting device to issue a prompt at the location of the corresponding motion sensor.

6 . The smart garment according to claim 5 , wherein the prompting devices comprise a flexible display screen arranged on the outer surface of the smart garment, the controller is configured to control the flexible display to display a prompt at the position of the corresponding motion sensor.

7 . The smart garment according to claim 5 , wherein the prompting device comprises a plurality of vibrators arranged on the smart garment, the controller is configured to control the vibrators to issue a vibration prompt at the position of the corresponding motion sensor.

8 . The smart garment according to claim 4 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the prompting devices to issue a pre-prompt, according to exercise posture which needs to be performed in next action.

9 . The smart garment according to claim 4 , wherein the motion sensors comprise a plurality of muscle strength sensors or a plurality of position sensors.

10 . A training method applied to a smart garment, the training method comprising:
acquiring motion data of a human body using motion sensors of the smart garment; issuing prompts using prompting devices of the smart garment, according to the motion data.

11 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the issuing prompts using prompting devices of the smart garment, according to the motion data, comprises:
comparing the motion data with a reference data range; and issuing a prompt using the prompting device when the motion data is outside of the reference data range.

12 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the issuing a prompt using the prompting device when the motion data is outside of the reference data range, comprises at least one of:
the prompting device issuing a first prompt when the motion data is smaller than a minimum of the reference data range; and the prompting device issuing a second prompt when the motion data is greater than a maximum of the reference data range; wherein the first prompt is different from the second prompt.

13 . The method according to claim 12 , further comprising:
when the motion data is within the reference data range, the prompting device issuing a third prompt, which is different from the first prompt and the second prompt.

14 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein the issuing a prompt using the prompting device, comprises:
issuing a prompt at the location of the corresponding motion sensor using the prompting device.

15 . The method according to claim 14 , wherein the prompting devices comprise a flexible display screen arranged on the outer surface of the smart garment, the issuing a prompt at the location of the corresponding motion sensor using the prompting device comprises:
the flexible display screen displaying a prompt at the location of the corresponding motion sensor.

16 . The method according to claim 15 , wherein the flexible display screen displaying a prompt at the location of the corresponding motion sensor comprises at least one of:
when the motion data is smaller than a minimum of the reference data range, the flexible display screen displaying a first color at the location of the corresponding motion sensor; and when the motion data is greater than a maximum of the reference data range, the flexible display screen displaying a second color at the location of the corresponding motion sensor; wherein the first color is different from the second color.

17 . The method according to claim 14 , wherein the prompting devices comprise a plurality of vibrators arranged on the smart garment, the issuing a prompt at the location of the corresponding motion sensor using the prompting device comprises:
the vibrator issuing a vibration prompt at the location of the corresponding motion sensor.

18 . The method according to claim 17 , wherein the vibrator issuing a vibration prompt at the location of the corresponding motion sensor comprises at least one of:
when the motion data is smaller than a minimum of the reference data range, the vibrator issuing a first vibration at the location of the corresponding motion sensor; and when the motion data is greater than a maximum of the reference data range, the vibrator issuing a second vibration at the location of the corresponding motion sensor; wherein the amplitude of the first vibration is lower than that of the second vibration.

19 . The smart garment according to claim 10 , further comprising:
the prompting devices issuing a pre-prompt at the corresponding position of exercise posture of next action, according to the exercise posture of the next action.

Assignees

• Shenzhen Royole Technologies Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jiang Chao
• Yang Fan
• Yang Songling
• Xu Rui
• Zhan Yan

Classifications

• A63B2220/803

  Motion sensors · CPC title

• A63B71/0619 Primary

  Displays, user interfaces and indicating devices, specially adapted for sport equipment, e.g. display mounted on treadmills · CPC title

• A61B5/486

  Biofeedback (using electroencephalography [EEG] A61B5/375) · CPC title

• A61B5/742

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

• A61B5/0205

  Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition · CPC title