1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to an information processing device and an information processing method.
2. Related Art
For example, in general, in a case in which walking such as mountain-climbing or hiking in which physical strength is consumed is continuously performed, it is important to make plans according to the physical strengths of activity performers. Therefore, in a case in which mountain-climbing or hiking is performed, it is general to prepare materials such as maps or guide books of destinations in advance and generate activity planes with reference to the materials. At that time, action schedules including distances or walking times up to the destinations, rest places, rest times, and the like are generated and actions are performed in accordance with the action schedules.
However, weather in mountains is easily changed and it is also necessary to correct an action in accordance with changes in environments. In a case in which it is necessary to determine whether to continue to climb or climb down a mountain in accordance with the changes in the weather in the mountain, it is necessary to consider conditions of climbers. However, the action schedules generated based on the materials such as maps or guide books are taken into consideration from the physical strengths of general people and do not match physical strengths of actual climbers in many cases. In cases of group actions, it can be said to be difficult to climb down alone or desire to continue climbing, and thus respective conditions may not be objectively ascertained.
On the other hand, in an information processing device disclosed in, for example, JP-A-2013-220182, the physical strength, a remaining activable time, a movable distance, or the like of a user is calculated using biometric information, environmental information, or the like of the user (for example, a climber). Then, this information is displayed on a display unit and is reported to the user. Thus, the user can select a future action with reference to the information displayed on the display unit.
It is desirable that information indicating the physical strength (stamina) of a user (hereinafter referred to as stamina information) is specified from biometric information or the like regarding a user (subject) and a user ascertains reported information more easily in a case in which the specified stamina information or the like is reported.
However, JP-A-2013-220182 discloses that the physical strength of a user or a remaining activable time, or the like is displayed on the display unit, but does not disclose how the information is reported to the user so that the user can ascertain the information more easily.
An advantage of some aspects of the invention is to provide an information processing device and an information processing method capable of easily outputting stamina information regarding a user so that the user can easily ascertain the stamina information.
An aspect of the invention relates to an information processing device including: an information acquisition unit that acquires biometric information from a biometric sensor; a processing unit that generates first report information for reporting stamina information indicating stamina of a user and second report information different from the first report information based on the biometric information; and an output unit that outputs the first report information and the second report information. The second report information includes at least one piece of information among second stamina information which indicates the stamina of the user and is different from the stamina information, third stamina information regarding another user, advice information or alert information regarding an activity of the user, and exercise continuable information regarding the user.
According to an aspect of the invention, the first report information regarding the stamina information regarding the user is generated, and at least one piece of report information is generated as the second report information among second stamina information which indicates the stamina of the user and is different from the stamina information, third stamina information regarding another user, advice information or alert information regarding an activity of the user, and exercise continuable information regarding the user, and this information is output. Thus, the user can confirm not only the stamina information regarding the user but also the second report information. Accordingly, it is possible to output the stamina information regarding the user so that the user can easily ascertain the stamina information.
According to the aspect of the invention, in a case in which the information acquisition unit is not able to acquire the biometric information from the biometric sensor, the processing unit may perform an estimation process of estimating the biometric information and estimate the stamina information based on coefficient information used for the estimation process.
Thus, even in a case in which the biometric information may not be acquired from the biometric sensor, it is possible to report the stamina information regarding the user to the user.
In the aspect of the invention, the processing unit may perform an estimation process of estimating the biometric information based on an activity time corresponding to an activity strength of the user and coefficient information corresponding to the activity time and estimate the stamina information based on the coefficient information used for the estimation process.
With this configuration, it is possible to reflect the activity time and the activity strength of the user in the stamina information.
In the aspect of the invention, the information acquisition unit may acquire post-activity biometric information from the biometric sensor after the activity of the user stops. The processing unit may estimate the stamina information based on the post-activity biometric information.
With this configuration, it is possible to add the post-activity biometric information after the activity of the user is stopped and estimate the stamina information.
In the aspect of the invention, the processing unit may estimate the stamina information based on a change in the biometric information by an activity continued by the user.
With this configuration, it is possible to add the change in the biometric information in a case in which the activity continued by the user is performed and estimate the stamina information.
In the aspect of the invention, the processing unit may generate stamina information in an uphill exercise or stamina information in a downhill exercise as the second stamina information.
With this configuration, the user can ascertain the stamina information in the uphill exercise or the downhill exercise.
In the aspect of the invention, the processing unit may generate information regarding an animation in which a character is used, as the first report information.
With this configuration, the user can confirm the animation displayed on the display unit and can ascertain an overview of the own stamina information at first glance.
In the aspect of the invention, the processing unit may receive stamina correction information for correcting the stamina information from the user and correct the stamina information based on the stamina correction information.
With this configuration, it is possible to display the report information of the stamina information closer to the stamina assumed subjectively by the user.
Another aspect of the invention relates to an information processing method including: acquiring biometric information from a biometric sensor; generating report information for reporting stamina information indicating stamina of a user as first report information based on the biometric information; generating at least one piece of report information among second stamina information which indicates the stamina of the user and is different from the stamina information, third stamina information regarding another user, advice information or alert information regarding an activity of the user, and exercise continuable information regarding the user, as the second report information; and outputting the first report information and the second report information.
Still another aspect of the invention relates to a program causing a computer to function as each of the foregoing units.
The invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein like numbers reference like elements.
Hereinafter, an embodiment will be described. The embodiment to be described below does not appropriately limit content of the invention described in the appended claims. All of the configurations to be described in the embodiment are not requisite constituents of the invention.
Next, a process performed by each unit will be described. The information acquisition unit 110 acquires biometric information regarding a subject from the biometric sensor 200. The information acquisition unit 110 can also acquire body motion information regarding the subject from the body motion sensor 300. The biometric information is detected by, for example, the biometric sensor 200 installed in the wearable apparatus 500 worn by the subject. Similarly, the body motion information is detected by, for example, the body motion sensor 300 installed in the wearable apparatus 500.
For example, as will be described below with reference to
The biometric sensor 200 (biometric sensor device) is a sensor that is installed in the wearable apparatus 500 worn by the subject and can acquire biometric information regarding the subject. For example, the biometric information is information indicating a biometric activity of the subject and acquired from the biometric sensor 200. The biometric information is, for example, information indicating a heart rate (pulse rate) or body temperature, a blood pressure, a blood flow, an activity time (sleep time), or an activity state (exercise state). For example, in a case in which the information acquisition unit 110 acquires pulse wave information as biometric information, a pulse wave sensor is employed as the biometric sensor 200. The pulse wave information is information regarding a pulse wave of a subject and is, for example, the above-described heart rate (pulse rate). The pulse wave sensor is a sensor that detects pulse wave information (a pulse wave signal). For example, a photoelectric sensor or the like including a light-emitting unit and a light-receiving unit is considered. It is known that the pulse wave sensor can be realized by any of various sensors such as a photoelectric sensor and another type of sensor (for example, an ultrasonic sensor). Such a sensor can be broadly applied as the pulse wave sensor according to the embodiment. The biometric sensor 200 may be configured to include a blood pressure sensor, a temperature sensor, or the like.
The body motion sensor 300 (body motion sensor device) is a sensor that is installed in the wearable apparatus 500 worn by the subject and can acquire body motion information regarding the subject. For example, the body motion information is information indicating a body motion of the subject and acquired from the body motion sensor 300. The body motion information is, for example, information indicating a movement distance of the subject, the number of steps, a step length, a movement time, a movement speed, acceleration, an absolute amount of a variation in acceleration, a frequency of a variation in acceleration, an exercise amount, exercise content (activity content), an altitude difference per certain unit time, an altitude, information acquired from a gyro sensor, an absolute amount of a variation in an angular velocity, a frequency of a variation in an angular velocity, information acquired from a geomagnetic sensor, an absolute amount of a variation in geomagnetism, a frequency of a variation in geomagnetism, or information acquired from a pressure sensor signal.
For example, an acceleration sensor can be used as the body motion sensor 300. In this case, the information acquisition unit 110 acquires acceleration information (or position information) as body motion information from an acceleration sensor. In addition, the body motion sensor 300 may be a gyro sensor, an altitude sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, or a pressure sensor. The body motion sensor 300 may be, for example, a global positioning system (GPS) receiver. In this case, the GPS receiver (the body motion sensor 300) acquires positional information indicating a current position of the wearable apparatus 500 (subject) based on radio waves transmitted from GPS satellites and the information acquisition unit 110 acquires positional information regarding the wearable apparatus 500 (subject) as body motion information.
The processing unit 130 generates report information for reporting stamina information indicating stamina of the user based on biometric information. The output unit 170 outputs the report information generated by the processing unit 130 to, for example, a display unit 900. Functions of the information acquisition unit 110, the processing unit 130, and the output unit 170 can be realized by a program or hardware such as various processors (a CPU and the like) and an ASIC (gate array or the like). For example, the processor 400 realizes the functions of the information acquisition unit 110, the processing unit 130, and the output unit 170 in the example of
The output unit 170 may be, for example, a communication unit. In this case, the output unit 170 is communicatively connected to a report unit such as the display unit 900 in
Further, the output unit 170 may also be the display unit 900 in
Next, a technique according to the embodiment will be described. In the embodiment, the processing unit 130 generates report information regarding stamina information (first stamina information) regarding the user as first report information for the user. Further, the processing unit 130 generates at least one piece of report information among second stamina information different from the above-described stamina information in an environment situation, third stamina information for another user, advice information or alert information regarding an activity of the user, and exercise continuable information regarding the user as second report information for the user. Then, the output unit 170 outputs the first report information and the second report information to, for example, the display unit 900 and the display unit 900 displays the acquired first report information and second report information.
Here, the stamina information is information indicating stamina (endurance) of a user. For example, stamina information may be information indicating a stamina amount consumed in an activity (exercise) of a user (stamina consumption amount) or may be information indicating a stamina amount remaining in a user as a result obtained from an activity (stamina remaining amount). A method of specifying the stamina information will be described below with reference to
In the embodiment, as in the example of
Further, report information of the stamina information may be displayed in a method illustrated in FIG. 4 or 5. In the example of
In the example of
The second report information is at least one piece of report information among second stamina information different from the stamina information indicated by the first report information in an environment situation, third stamina information regarding another user, advice information or alert information regarding an activity of the user, and exercise continuable information regarding the user. The processing unit 130 may generate a plurality of pieces of information among the second stamina information, the third stamina information, the advice information or the alert information, and the exercise continuable information of the second report information, and the output unit 170 may output the plurality of pieces of information. For example, the processing unit 130 may generate the second stamina information and the third stamina information, the output unit 170 may output the second stamina information and the third stamina information to the display unit 900, and the display unit 900 may simultaneously display the second stamina information and the third stamina information.
The second stamina information is information regarding the same user as the first stamina information and refers to stamina information in an environment situation different from that of the first stamina information. The environment situation is an exercise situation of a user or a surrounding environment situation when a user performs an activity. The environment situation is, for example, a place or a time at which a user performs an activity or weather, temperature, atmospheric pressure, or the like when a user performs an activity. The exercise situation indicates, for example, an activity pace of a user such as a walking pace or a running pace, a time (cumulative activity time) in which an activity continues up to the present time, whether a user is moving on a flat or is moving uphill or downhill.
For example,
Thus, for example, the user can ascertain the stamina information in an uphill exercise or a downhill exercise as well as the stamina information when the user is moving in a flat.
The third stamina information is information indicating stamina of another user different from the user of the first stamina information and the second stamina information.
For example,
The advice information is information indicating an advice about an activity of a user and is, for example, recommendation information for recommending an activity to be performed in the future by the user. The recommendation information may include recommendation information regarding not only an activity of a user but also an action of the user such as water supplementation.
For example,
The alert information is information indicating a warning (alert) of an activity performed by a user. For example, the alert information is information for encouraging the user to stop an activity currently performed by a user or encouraging the user to take a break or water supplement.
For example,
The exercise continuable information is, for example, information indicating a time in which an exercise currently performed by a user can be continued or a movable distance by which an exercise currently performed by a user is continued. For example, as in an example of
As described above, in the embodiment, the second report information referred to when the user refers to the first report information is displayed on the display unit 900 along with the first report information for reporting the stamina information regarding the user. For example, the user refers to the second report information in conjunction with the first report information. Thus, meaning of the stamina information indicated by the first report information can be delivered to the user more easily. That is, the stamina information regarding the user can be displayed so that the user can easily ascertain the stamina information. Furthermore, assistance can be performed when the user determines an action to be taken subsequently.
The processing unit 130 may generate information regarding an animation in which a character is used, as the first report information. In this case, the processing unit 130 generates, for example, information regarding animations illustrated in
Thus, the user can confirm the animation displayed on the display unit 900 and can ascertain an overview of the own stamina information at first glance.
In the embodiment, configurations may be realized as follows. That is, the information processing device 100 includes a memory (the storage unit 150) that stores information (for example, a program or various kinds of data) and the processor 400 (the processing unit 130 or a processor configured with hardware) that operates based on information stored in the memory. The processor 400 acquires biometric information regarding a subject from the biometric sensor 200 (biometric sensor device) installed in the wearable apparatus 500. Then, the processor 400 generates report information regarding stamina information regarding a user as the first report information for the user, generates at least one piece of report information among the second stamina information different from the stamina information in an environment situation, the third stamina information for another user, the advice information or the alert information regarding an activity of the user, and the exercise continuable information regarding the user as the second report information for the user, and outputs the first report information and the second report information.
In the processor (the processing unit 130), the function of each unit may be realized by, for example, individual hardware or the function of each unit may be realized by integrated hardware. The processor may be, for example, a central processing unit (CPU). However, the processor is not limited to a CPU and any of various processors such as a graphics processing unit (GPU) or a digital signal processor (DSP) can be used. The processor may be a hardware circuit realized by an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC). The memory (the storage unit 150) may be a semiconductor memory such as a static random access memory (SRAM) or a dynamic random access memory (DRAM), may be a register, may be a magnetic storage device such as a hard disk device, or may be an optical storage device such as an optical disc device. For example, the memory stores a command which can be read by a computer. Thus, when the command is executed by the processor, the function of each unit of the processing unit 130 is realized. Here, the command may be a command in a command set that forms a program or may be a command by which a hardware circuit of the processor is instructed to perform an operation.
The embodiment can be applied to an information processing method including: acquiring biometric information from a biometric sensor 200; generating report information for reporting stamina information indicating stamina of a user as first report information for the user based on the biometric information; generating at least one piece of report information among the second stamina information different from the stamina information in an environment situation, the third stamina information regarding another user, advice information or alert information regarding an activity of the user, and the exercise continuable information regarding the user, as the second report information for the user; and outputting the first report information and the second report information.
Next, a process of specifying the above-described stamina information will be described. Here, a heart rate will be focused on in the biometric information. For example, a heart rate may considerably increase even when a person with no stamina does an exercise for a short time. In a case in which a person with stamina does the same exercise, an increasing amount of a heart rate is smaller than that of a person with no stamina. Therefore, it is considered that a person whose heart rate is easily changed has no stamina and a person whose heart rate is rarely changed has stamina.
Accordingly, the processing unit 130 estimates stamina information based on a change in the biometric information by an activity continued by a user. Specifically, as a change in a heart rate of a person is larger, a stamina consumption amount is estimated to be larger. As a change in a heart rate of a person is smaller, a stamina consumption amount is estimated to be smaller.
A flow of a specific process is illustrated in the flowchart of
MaxHR=(220−age) (1)
Subsequently, the processing unit 130 calculates a heart rate BaseHR at a resting time of (normal time) the user based on a past exercise history of the user stored in the storage unit 150 or body information such as age and weight (S102).
Further, the processing unit 130 calculates a maximum stamina amount of the user (S103). Here, the maximum stamina amount is, for example, at least one piece of information between information indicating a maximum time (maximum activable time TMAX) which can be utilized by the user using the resting time (normal time) as a starting point and a maximum distance (maximum movable distance) in which the user can move as much as possible. The maximum stamina amount may be obtained in each of the above-described different environment situations. That is, a maximum stamina amount in a case in which it is assumed that a user is moving a flat, a maximum stamina amount in a case in which it is assumed that a user is moving uphill, and a maximum stamina amount in a case in which it is assumed that a user is moving downhill may be obtained.
Here, an example in which the maximum stamina amount is calculated will be described with reference to
The transition TR of the heart rate HR at this time is located as an approximate curve AP. An X axis coordinate value when a Y axis coordinate value of the approximate curve AP is 190 (=MaxHR) is assumed to be a maximum activable time TMAX. The maximum movable distance can be obtained by calculating a product of the maximum activable time TMAX and an average movement distance of the user. The average movement distance of the user may be stored in advance in, for example, the storage unit 150 or may be calculated based on body motion information obtained from the body motion sensor 300.
Then, when the user starts an exercise (9104), the processing unit 130 calculates a current heart rate HR of the user (S105). In step 1S05, in a case in which a heart rate can be measured by the biometric sensor 200, the processing unit 130 uses the measured heart rate. Conversely, in a case in which the heart rate may not be measured by the biometric sensor 200, the processing unit 130 estimates a heart rate based on the body motion information acquired from the body motion sensor 300, as will be described below. A heart rate estimation process will be described in detail below.
Then, the processing unit 130 updates the stamina amount (stamina information) of the user based on the maximum stamina amount and the current heart rate or the estimated heart rate (S106). Specifically, a cumulative exercise time Te can be obtained based on the current heart rate or the estimated heart rate, as in
Next, the processing unit 130 determines whether the user continues the exercise (S107). In a case in which it is determined that the user continues the exercise (the exercise is continued in S107), the process returns to step S105. In a case in which it is determined that the user does not continue the exercise (the exercise ends in S107), learned data of the user is stored in the storage unit 150 (S108) and the process ends. The learned data is biometric information such as a heart rate of the user, body motion information, coefficient information of Equation (5) to be described below, or the like.
Thus, stamina information can be estimated by adding a change in the biometric information in a case in which the user continues an activity. As a result, it is possible to estimate the stamina information in which an individual difference between users is reflected.
Next, a modification example of the process of specifying stamina information will be described. In the modification example, the processing unit 130 performs an estimation process of estimating biometric information in a case in which the information acquisition unit 110 may not acquire biometric information from the biometric sensor 200. Then, the processing unit 130 estimates stamina information based on coefficient information used in a biometric information estimation process.
Thus, even when the biometric information may not be acquired from the biometric sensor 200, the stamina information regarding the user (subject) can be reported (suggested) to the user.
Specifically, for example, in a case in which the information acquisition unit 110 may not acquire the biometric information regarding the subject from the biometric sensor 200, the processing unit 130 estimates the biometric information regarding the subject based on the body motion information acquired from the body motion sensor 300. Then, the processing unit 130 obtains an activity strength of the subject and an activity time corresponding to the activity strength based on the body motion information and estimates the biometric information based on the obtained activity time. In this way, by using the activity strength and the activity time corresponding to the activity strength in the biometric information estimation process, it is possible to reflect active content of the subject in a result of the biometric information estimation process more accurately.
Here, the activity strength is, for example, a numerical value or the like indicating the strength of an activity performed by the subject and is specifically a pace (min/km) at a running time (moving time), as illustrated in
Then, in a case in which the information acquisition unit 110 can acquire the biometric information from the biometric sensor 200, the processing unit 130 estimates the stamina information using the biometric information measured by the biometric sensor 200 and generates the report information of the stamina information. The output unit 170 outputs the generated report information to the display unit 900 and the display unit 900 displays the report information related to the stamina information. At this time, the biometric information measured by the biometric sensor 200 or the estimated biometric information may be displayed additionally on the display unit 900. Thus, while the user wearing the electronic apparatus 500 (
Meanwhile, when a heart rate is estimated based on the body motion information, as described above, for example, in a case in which an exercise is continued for a long time, it is necessary to notice that a heart rate is not constant even when the exercise is performed under the same conditions. For example, an example is illustrated in
Specifically, the processing unit 130 according to the embodiment estimates the biometric information based on the activity time corresponding to the activity strength and coefficient information corresponding to the activity time to be described below. In other words, the processing unit 130 learns correlation between the activity time corresponding to the activity strength and the heart rate which is biometric information and performs a heart rate estimation process based on a learning result. At this time, the information obtained as the learning result is equivalent to the coefficient information corresponding to the activity time. Then, the processing unit 130 estimates the stamina information based on the coefficient information used for the estimation process. A process of estimating a heart rate as biometric information will be described below, but the embodiment is not limited thereto. Biometric information other than the heart rate may be estimated.
For example, in a specific example to be described below, a heart rate is estimated using each activity strength illustrated in
pulse=pulseini+f(M)+p(S) (2)
Here, the standard heart rate is a heart rate in a state in which the heartbeat drift phenomenon does not occur at all. In Equation (2) above, a value expressed with pulseini+f(M) corresponds to the standard heart rate. Then, an estimated heart rate pulse is obtained by adding an influence of the heartbeat drift phenomenon as the form of a correction amount p(S) to the standard heart rate. In Equation (2), pulseini is, for example, a heart rate at a resting time (normal time), M=(M1, M2, . . . )εRm is information indicating an activity strength, and S=(S1, S2, . . . )εRm is information indicating an activity time. Specifically, in the example of
Thus, it is possible to reflect the activity time and the activity strength of the user in the stamina information. Further, for example, it is possible to add an increase in the heart rate by the heartbeat drift phenomenon and estimate the heart rate. In the estimation of the coefficient information and the biometric information, another technique such as a Kalman filter can also be used as well as the above-described linear Bayesian estimation.
The estimation of the biometric information can be summarized as follows using Equations (3) to (5). That is, as illustrated in
Thus, for example, in a case in which the biometric information regarding the subject may not be acquired, an increase in the heart rate by the heartbeat drift phenomenon can be added and the heart rate can be estimated even when an activity of a different activity strength is performed.
The coefficient information wk+m of the activity time can be said to be information corresponding to the stamina consumption amount of the subject. Therefore, based on the coefficient information wk+m of the activity time in Equation (5) described above, the processing unit 130 obtains the stamina information indicating stamina consumed by the subject. For example, in this example, the processing unit 130 may obtain a percentage value converted from the coefficient information wk+m as, for example, a stamina consumption amount. A stamina remaining amount of the subject can also be estimated based on a stamina amount estimated to be originally owned by the subject and the estimated stamina consumption amount.
Thus, for example, it is possible to present the stamina information to which the influence of the heartbeat drift phenomenon is added, to the user.
Next, the flow of a process according to the embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of
Conversely, when the processing unit 130 determines that the information processing device 100 or the electronic apparatus 500 is worn by the subject (YES in S201), the information acquisition unit 110 acquires the body motion information from the body motion sensor 300 (S202). Then, based on the acquired body motion information, as illustrated in
Next, the processing unit 130 determines whether the heart rate is normally measured by the biometric sensor 200 (S204). For example, in a case in which the information processing device 100 or the electronic apparatus 500 includes a temperature sensor (not illustrated) along with the biometric sensor 200 and the body motion sensor 300, the heart rate is determined to be normally measured by the biometric sensor 200 only in a case in which a temperature output from the temperature sensor is equal to or greater than a given temperature.
Then, in a case in which the processing unit 130 determines that the heart rate is normally measured (YES in S204), the processing unit 130 performs learning using the detected heart rate, the activity strength, and the activity time corresponding to the activity strength (S205). That is, here, the pieces of coefficient information wk and wk+m in Equation (5) described above are updated. Next, the processing unit 130 obtains the stamina information based on the updated coefficient information wk+m (S206). For example, the processing unit 130 performs a process of converting the coefficient information wk+m into a stamina consumption amount or the stamina remaining amount. Further, the processing unit 130 notifies the user of the report information of the estimated stamina information (the stamina consumption amount, the stamina remaining amount, or the like) and the heart rate measured by the biometric sensor 200 (S207), and then the process ends.
Conversely, in a case in which the processing unit 130 determines that the heart rate is not normally measured (NO in S204), the processing unit 130 estimates the heart rate according to Equation (5) described above using the activity strength and the activity time corresponding to the activity strength (S208). Then, the processing unit 130 displays the report information of the stamina information estimated in step S206 and the estimated heart rate on the display unit 900 and notifies the user of the report information and the estimated heart rate (S209). Then, the process ends. In this way, even in a case in which the heart rate may not be measured by the biometric sensor 200 by notifying the user of the estimated stamina information and the heart rate, it is possible to prevent the user from not confirming the stamina information and the heart rate at all.
In step S209 of
Additionally, the stamina information can be estimated using the following method. For example, even in a case in which a subject doing an exercise stops the exercise, a heart rate does not return to a normal value instantly. In many cases, it is determined that there is stamina as a time taken to return the heart rate to the normal value is longer. Depending on an exercise load, the heart rate does not return to a normal value and is maintained as a certain high numerical value in some cases even when an exercise is stopped and a certain time is elapsed.
For example, the graph of
In the graph of
Accordingly, in a modification example, when a heart rate is determined to be stabilized after an exercise is to be determined to be stopped, the degree of consumption of stamina of a subject is obtained using a heart rate at that time (for example, 98 is assumed in the example of
That is, in the modification example, the information acquisition unit 110 acquires post-activity biometric information from the biometric sensor 200 after the activity of a subject is stopped and a predetermined period is elapsed. Then, the processing unit 130 specifies stamina information indicating stamina consumed by the subject when the subject performs the activity based on the post-activity biometric information.
Specifically, in the modification example, the coefficient information wk+m of the activity time in Equation (5) described above is used as information corresponding to stamina information. In the modification example, stamina information in which the heartbeat drift phenomenon is considered is obtained based on a heart rate when pulses are determined to be stabilized at the time of stopping the activity. Therefore, the coefficient information wk+m is updated to wk+m, new by Equation (6) below. In Equation (6), pulsebreak is a heart rate when pulses are determined to be stabilized at the time of stopping an activity. For example, pulsebreak is 98 in the example of
Then, the obtained wk+m, new is converted into a stamina remaining amount or a stamina consumption amount. Thus, after the activity of the user is stopped, the post-activity biometric information can be added, for example, to estimate stamina information. Further, even in a case in which there is a period in which the biometric information may not be acquired from the biometric sensor 200, for example, estimation precision of the stamina information can be further improved.
In a case in which the estimated stamina information is considerably diverged from an actual stamina of the user, the user may feel a sense of discomfort in the stamina information displayed on the display unit 900. In this case, as stamina is closer to stamina assumed subjectively by the user, it is desirable to correct the stamina information.
Accordingly, the processing unit 130 may receive stamina correction information for correcting stamina information from the user and may correct the stamina information based on the stamina correction information.
For example, a specific example is illustrated in
Here, the stamina correction information is stamina information input by the user. More specifically, the stamina correction information is a slide amount of the bar image TS, a display location information of the bar image TS, or manipulation information of the manipulation unit in the example of
Thus, it is possible to display the report information of the stamina information closer to the stamina assumed subjectively by the user.
The band unit 10 is used to mount the wearable apparatus 500 around a wrist of a user. The band unit 10 includes band holes 12 and a buckle unit 14. The buckle unit 14 has a band insertion portion 15 and a protrusion portion 16. The user wears the wearable apparatus 500 around his or her wrist by inserting one end side of the band unit 10 into the band insertion portion 15 of the buckle unit 14 and inserting the protrusion portion 16 of the buckle unit 14 into the band hole 12 of the band unit 10. The band unit 10 may be configured to include a clasp unit instead of the buckle unit 14.
The case unit 30 is equivalent to a body unit of the wearable apparatus 500. Various constituent elements of the wearable apparatus 500 such as the sensor unit 40 or a circuit substrate (not illustrated) are installed inside the case unit 30. That is, the case unit 30 is a casing that accommodates these constituent elements.
A light-emitting window unit 32 is installed in the case unit 30. The light-emitting window unit 32 is formed of a light-transmission member. A light-emitting unit serving as an interface mounted on a flexible substrate is installed in the case unit 30. Thus, light from the light-emitting unit is exited to the outside of the case unit 30 via the light-emitting window unit 32. Instead of the light-emitting unit, a display unit such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) may be installed or a display unit and a light-emitting unit may be installed together in the case unit 30.
As illustrated in
Next, an example of a specific apparatus realizing the information processing system 100 according to the embodiment will be described. A function of the information processing system 100 according to the embodiment may be realized by, for example, the server system 600. An example of this case is illustrated in
Since the information processing system 100 may be able to acquire various kinds of information collected by the wearable apparatus 500, the information processing system 100 is not limited to be connected directly to the wearable apparatus 500. For example, as illustrated in
The information processing system 100 according to the embodiment may be realized by the processing apparatus 700 (an electronic apparatus and a portable terminal apparatus in a narrow sense) such as a smartphone rather than the server system 600. A configuration example of this case is illustrated in
In addition, when an improvement in a terminal performance, a use form, or the like is considered, an embodiment in which the wearable apparatus 500 (electronic apparatus) includes the information processing system 100 according to the embodiment, as described above, is not denied either. In this case, the information acquisition unit 110 acquires information from the biometric sensor 200 and the body motion sensor 300 in the same apparatus. In a case in which the information processing system 100 is mounted on the wearable apparatus 500, a request for analyzing or storing data setting a large number of users as a target is low in the information processing system 100 and one user or a few users using the wearable apparatuses 500 may be set as a target. That is, in the processing performance or the like of the wearable apparatus 500, a possibility of a request from a user being satisfied is considered to be sufficient.
That is, the technique according to the embodiment can be applied to a terminal apparatus (a biometric information processing apparatus, a biometric information analysis apparatus, a biometric information measurement apparatus, or a biometric information detection apparatus) including an information acquisition unit that acquires body motion information regarding a subject and a processing unit that estimates biometric information based on the acquired body motion information.
As described above, the information processing system 100 is realized by any one of the server system 600, the processing apparatus 700, and the wearable apparatus 500, but the invention is not limited thereto. For example, a body motion information acquisition process, a biometric information estimation process, and a stamina information estimation process may be realized by a distribution process of a plurality of apparatuses. Specifically, the information processing system 100 may be realized by at least two apparatuses of the server system 600, the processing apparatus 700, and the wearable apparatus 500. Alternatively, another apparatus may perform some of the processes of the information processing system 100 or the information processing system 100 according to the embodiment can be realized by various apparatuses (or a combination of apparatuses).
Some or most of the processes of the information processing system, the electronic apparatus, and the like according to the embodiment may be realized by a program. In this case, when a processor such as a CPU executes the program, the information processing system, the electronic apparatus, and the like according to the embodiment are realized. Specifically, a program stored in a non-transitory information storage device is read and the read program is executed by a processor such as a CPU. Here, the information storage device (a device which can be read by a computer) stores a program, data, and the like and its function can be realized by an optical disc (a DVD, a CD, or the like), a hard disk drive (HDD), or a memory (a card type memory, a ROM, or the like). Then, a processor such as a CPU performs various processes according to the embodiment based on a program (data) stored in an information storage device. That is, the information storage device stores a program (a program causing a computer to execute a process of each unit) causing a computer (an apparatus including a manipulation unit, a processing unit, a storage unit, and an output unit) to function as each unit according to the embodiment.
Thus, the processes according to the embodiment can be realized by a program. The program may be, for example, a program which is read to a processing unit (for example, a DSP) of a device such as a smartphone to be executed.
The embodiment has been described in detail above, but those skilled in the art can easily understand that the embodiment can be modified in many forms without actually departing from the new factors and advantages of the invention. Accordingly, the modification examples are all included in the scope of the invention. For example, throughout the specification or the drawings, terms described along with other broader or equivalent terms at least once can be replaced with other terms in any points of the specification and the drawings. The configurations and operations of the biometric information processing apparatus and the program are not limited to those described in the embodiment, but various modifications can be made.
The entire disclosure of Japanese Patent Application No. 2016-058029, filed Mar. 23, 2016 is expressly incorporated by reference herein.
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2016-058029 | Mar 2016 | JP | national |