JPH11211502A - pedometer - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To provide a pedometer capable of simultaneously measuring the intensity of exercise as well as the number of exercises and performing an accurate exercise amount evaluation. SOLUTION: This is a pedometer for calculating the number of steps by counting the number of swings of the pendulum, wherein the number of pendulums is two or more, and the minimum swing sensitivity of the pendulum is:
A pedometer that is different from each other.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pedometer capable of simultaneously measuring the number of times of exercise and the intensity of exercise.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the aging of the population, prevention and treatment of so-called adult diseases have attracted attention. Many adult diseases are
Since the etiology was found to be due to lack of exercise, continuation of exercise in daily life has been called out as an essential requirement for health maintenance.

As a method of resolving such a lack of exercise, for example, a method of playing sports through a sports club or the like can be cited, but as a method that adults, particularly middle-aged and elderly people, can continuously execute. It is recommended that walking be continued. It is necessary to continuously perform a certain amount of walking exercise for eliminating such exercise shortage every day, and a pedometer was devised there.

The pedometer is usually worn on a waist belt or the like, and the pendulum swings every time the body touches the pedometer, thereby automatically counting the number of steps and displaying the total number of steps. Therefore, by wearing a pedometer, it is possible to know the number of steps in a predetermined time, the total number of steps in a day, and the like, and it is possible to know how much exercise oneself has and to use it as a measure of health maintenance.

However, in a conventional pedometer,
If there is only one pendulum and the exercise intensity is above a certain level,
Because steps are counted regardless of the difference in exercise intensity,
There were the following problems. In other words, people do various ways of walking and running, and when exercising, the intensity of exercise differs depending on the type, but with a conventional pedometer,
It was not possible to know exactly how much exercise and how much exercise.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above, it is an object of the present invention to provide a pedometer capable of simultaneously measuring the intensity of exercise as well as the number of exercises.

[0007]

According to the present invention, there is provided a pedometer which includes a pendulum and calculates the number of steps by measuring the number of swings of the pendulum, wherein the number of the pendulum is two or more. The pedometer is characterized in that the pendulums have different minimum swing sensitivities. Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail.

The pedometer according to the present invention is a pedometer which includes a pendulum and calculates the number of steps by measuring the number of swings of the pendulum. The mechanical and electrical configuration of the pedometer of the present invention is not particularly limited as long as it measures and calculates the number of steps according to the above principle, and various known pedometers can be used.

In the pedometer according to the present invention, the number of the pendulum is
It is characterized in that the minimum pendulum sensitivity is two or more, and the pendulums have different minimum vibration sensitivities. The number of the pendulum is not particularly limited as long as it is two or more. However, if the number is too large, the evaluation becomes complicated and the evaluation result becomes difficult to understand.

[0010] In the present specification, "minimum shake sensitivity" means the minimum shake degree for the pendulum to sense shake. Normally, the degree of swing of the pendulum depends on its exercise intensity.If you exercise at an intensity higher than the intensity corresponding to the minimum swing sensitivity, the pendulum swings and the number of steps is counted. Is performed, the pendulum does not swing and the number of steps is not counted.

In the pedometer of the present invention, since two or more pendulums having different minimum swing sensitivities are provided, for example, a pendulum A swinging at exercise intensity a or more and a pendulum B swinging at exercise intensity b or more are provided. Assuming that there is a motion of intensity detected by pendulum A and not detected by pendulum B,
It can be seen that the exercise intensity is in the range of a to b, and if there is exercise detected by both pendulums, it can be seen that the exercise intensity is b or more.

The number of steps counted by the pendulum A is m
Assuming that the number of steps counted by the pendulum B is n, the number of steps based on the exercise intensity of a to b is mn steps, and b
It can be seen that the number of steps based on the above exercise intensity is n steps.
If the number of pendulums is three, the number of steps corresponding to three exercise intensities can be calculated in the same manner.

Therefore, if, for example, a microcomputer or the like set to perform calculations in accordance with the above contents is incorporated in the pedometer, the number of steps can be displayed on the display unit for each exercise intensity. In addition, in the exercise with the intensity in the predetermined range, if the amount of calories consumed per step is determined by performing an experiment or the like, the total calorie amount consumed by performing the above exercise is also displayed. Can be.

As described above, if the pedometer of the present invention is used, it is possible to know how much exercise and how much exercise, so that accurate exercise amount evaluation can be performed.

[0015]

The present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the following examples, but the present invention is not limited to these examples.

EXAMPLE 1 A pedometer (HJ-7) manufactured by OMRON Corporation and a digital pedometer (TW-10) manufactured by Citizen Co., Ltd. were 3 cm wide and 5 cm long.
And a pedometer by bonding with an adhesive. The OMRON pedometer is 0.1
One step is counted with a force of 2 G or more, and the Citizen digital pedometer counts one step with a force of 0.08 G or more.

Next, the prepared pedometer was attached to the waist of Mr. A and he walked for 1 hour. The number of steps was counted. As a result, 221 was counted by the pedometer manufactured by Omron. With the Citizen digital pedometer, 6
27 had been counted.

From the above results, the number of steps walked with a force of 0.12 G or more is 221 steps, and the number of steps walked with a force of 0.08 to 0.12 G is 627-221 = 406 steps. I was able to grasp the number of steps. As described above, according to the present embodiment, the number of steps can be known for each range of exercise intensity, so that when walking, it is possible to know how many steps and how many steps were taken when walking. Exercise evaluation can be performed.

[0019]

Since the pedometer according to the present invention has the above-described configuration, it is possible to simultaneously measure the intensity of exercise as well as the number of times of exercise such as walking, and to perform accurate exercise amount evaluation.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A pedometer which includes a pendulum and calculates the number of steps by measuring the number of swings of the pendulum,
A pedometer, wherein the number of the pendulums is two or more, and the minimum swing sensitivities of the pendulums are different from each other.