Electronic device and wearable device for providing information on exercise capacity of user, and operation methods thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025041665-A1
Application number	US-202418920123-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 18, 2024
Priority date	May 9, 2022
Publication date	Feb 6, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electronic device and a wearable device for providing information on the exercise capacity of a user, and an operation method of the electronic device performing same. The electronic device may include: a communication module for receiving, from the wearable device, sensor data including movement information of a user wearing the wearable device; a processor(s) for estimating the exercise capacity of the user on the basis of the sensor data and generating exercise capacity information about the estimated exercise capacity; and a display module for outputting the exercise capacity information. The sensor data includes exercise information about movements performed by the user in accordance with one or more exercise programs presented to the user when the wearable device is in an exercise capacity evaluation mode. The processor(s) may determine the exercise capacity information on the basis of the exercise information and evaluation criteria information corresponding to the one or more exercise programs.

First claim

1 . An electronic device comprising:
a communication module, comprising communication circuitry, configured to receive sensor data comprising motion information from a wearable device; at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry, individually and/or collectively configured to estimate an exercise ability of a user of the wearable device based on the sensor data and generate exercise ability information based on the estimated exercise ability; and a display module, comprising a display, configured to output the exercise ability information, wherein the sensor data comprises exercise information regarding a motion of the user based on at least one exercise program to be provided to the user when the wearable device is in an exercise ability assessment mode, and wherein the at least one processor is further individually and/or collectively configured to: determine the exercise ability information based on the exercise information and an assessment reference information corresponding to the at least one program.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the exercise ability information comprises: information about at least one of flexibility, flexibility symmetry, physical strength, strength symmetry, core stability, and cardiorespiratory endurance.

3 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one processor is individually and/or collectively configured to: based on the sensor data, assess an exercise posture of the user for a reference exercise posture defined in the at least one exercise program and the exercise ability information based on a result of the assessment.

4 . The electronic device of claim 3 ,
wherein the reference exercise posture comprises a plurality of posture items, and wherein the at least one processor is individually and/or collectively configured to: based on the sensor data, determine an assessment result of each of the plurality of posture items based on an assessment criterion defined for each of the plurality of posture items.

5 . The electronic device of claim 4 ,
wherein the plurality of posture items comprises: at least one of a number of motions, motion velocity, a hip joint angle, and body stability during an exercise.

6 . The electronic device of claim 5 ,
wherein the sensor data comprises: a body motion value of the user obtained by an inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensor comprised in the wearable device, and wherein the at least one processor is individually and/or collectively configured to: assess the body stability of the user based on the body motion value.

7 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the wearable device is configured to:
control a driving module of the wearable device to change a magnitude of a resistance force applied to the user when a defined condition is satisfied while the user moves according to the exercise ability assessment mode, wherein the driving module comprises a motor and/or circuitry.

8 . The electronic device of claim 7 ,
wherein the wearable device is configured to: increase the magnitude of the resistance force when a preset time has arrived or an exercise session has changed.

9 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the sensor data comprises:
walking motion information regarding a motion of the user when the user wears the wearable device and walks, and wherein the at least one processor is individually and/or collectively configured to: estimate a walking index of the user based on the walking motion information.

10 . A wearable device to be worn on a body of a user, the wearable device comprising:
a support frame configured to support the body of the user; a sensor module, comprising a sensor, configured to obtain sensor data comprising motion information of the user; a driving module, comprising a motor and/or circuitry, configured to generate torque to be applied to a body part of the user via at least the support frame; a communication module, comprising communication circuitry, configured to transmit the sensor data to an electronic device and receive a control signal from the electronic device; and at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry, individually and/or collectively configured to control the communication module and the sensor module, wherein the sensor data comprises: exercise information regarding a motion performed by the user related to at least one exercise program to be provided to the user when the wearable device is in an exercise ability assessment mode, and wherein the at least one processor is individually and/or collectively configured to: control the communication module to transmit the sensor data to the electronic device so that the electronic device can estimate an exercise ability of the user based on the sensor data, and determine exercise ability information of the user based on the exercise information and assessment reference information corresponding to the at least one exercise program.

11 . The wearable device of claim 10 ,
wherein the sensor data comprises: walking motion information on a motion of the user when the user wears the wearable device and walks, and wherein the at least one processor is individually and/or collectively configured to: control the communication module to transmit the sensor data to the electronic device to cause the electronic device to estimate a walking index of the user based on the walking motion information.

12 . The wearable of claim 10 ,
wherein the at least one processor is individually and/or collectively configured to: control the driving module to change a magnitude of a resistance force applied to the user when a defined condition is satisfied while the user moves according to the exercise ability assessment mode.

13 . The wearable device of claim 10 ,
wherein the sensor module comprises: an angle sensor and an inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensor, and the sensor data comprises information on a hip joint angle value of the user obtained by the angle sensor and information on acceleration and angular velocity according to a motion of the user obtained by the IMU, and wherein the at least one processor is individually and/or collectively configured to: control the communication module to transmit the sensor data to the electronic device so that the electronic device can estimate an exercise posture of the user for a reference exercise posture defined by the at least one exercise program based on the sensor data and determine the exercise ability information based on a result of the assessment.

14 . A method of operating an electronic device, the method comprising:
receiving a user input to measure exercise ability information of a user; in response to the user input, transmitting a control signal to measure the exercise ability information to the wearable device; in response to the transmission of the control signal, when the wearable device operates in an exercise ability assessment mode, receiving, from the wearable device, sensor data comprising exercise information on a motion performed by the user according to at least one exercise program provided to the user; and determining the exercise ability information of the user based on the sensor data, wherein the determining of the exercise ability information comprises determining the exercise ability information based on the exercise information and assessment reference information corresponding to the at least one exercise program.

15 . At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the a

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Dongwoo
• Hyeon Jaehun
• Lee Kiwan
• Lee Hwangjae
• Lee Kwanghyung
• Jeon Myeonghee
• Jeong Yuchang
• Ha Jiwon

Classifications

• A61B2562/0219

  Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches · CPC title

• B25J9/1653

  parameters identification, estimation, stiffness, accuracy, error analysis · CPC title

• B25J13/088

  with position, velocity or acceleration sensors · CPC title

• B25J9/0006 Primary

  Exoskeletons, i.e. resembling a human figure · CPC title

• A61B5/1118

  Determining activity level · CPC title