WO2012117644A9 - 活動量計 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an activity meter that measures the amount of physical activity of a person to be measured, and more particularly to an activity meter that converts a physical activity amount into an activity age and outputs it.
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2006-204446
- Patent Document 2 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-258870
- the standard deviation Sw of acceleration at a certain time tw is calculated from the output signal of the acceleration sensor
- the exercise intensity wi is calculated from the standard deviation Sw using a conversion formula prepared in advance.
- the impulse of the kinetic mass is calculated by vector synthesis from the triaxial acceleration
- the energy consumption is calculated from the impulse corresponding to the type of movement.
- the type of exercise is determined based on the ratio between the impulse by the combined vector and the impulse in the front and rear, left and right, and up and down directions.
- Patent Document 3 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2010-175257
- the consumption energy history and the reference data are compared to calculate which age activity pattern the user's activity state corresponds to.
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2006-204446
- Patent Document 2 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-258870
- Patent Document 3 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2010-17525.
- it is calculated which activity pattern the user's activity state corresponds to, but since the calorie consumption varies depending on the age even in the same activity state, the patent It is not appropriate to simply compare calorie consumption with a person of the same age as in Document 3 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2010-17525).
- an object of the present invention is to provide an activity meter that obtains more reliable information on activity age from the physical activity amount of the subject.
- An activity meter includes an activity amount acquisition unit that acquires an amount of activity of the body of a subject, and an activity age that represents a standard age of a person who performs the same amount of activity as the amount of activity acquired in a unit period. And an acquisition unit that acquires the basal metabolic rate and physical information of the measurement subject, and an output unit that outputs information related to activity age.
- the present invention by using the subject's own basal metabolic rate, it is possible to acquire more reliable information regarding the activity age from the physical activity amount of the subject.
- the activity age represents the standard (or average) age of the person who consumes the total amount of calories consumed by the person to be measured when he / she is active during the same period during the same period.
- the predetermined period is in units of one day.
- the real age refers to the age according to the calendar (age counted from the time of birth).
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- METs is used as an index indicating the physical activity intensity.
- METs is a unit that represents the strength of physical activity corresponding to how many times it is at rest. A state of sitting and resting is equivalent to 1 METs, and normal walking is equivalent to 3 METs.
- exercise (Ex) is a unit that expresses the amount of physical activity, and is obtained by multiplying the physical activity intensity (METs) by the physical activity time (hour: Hour).
- a pedometer is illustrated as an activity meter, but is not limited to a pedometer. That is, any device having a function capable of measuring the amount of activity due to physical activity including exercise and daily activities (for example, applying a vacuum cleaner, carrying luggage, cooking, etc.) may be used.
- the pedometer can be shared by a plurality of measured persons, it is assumed here that only one measured person is used to simplify the explanation.
- a pedometer 100 as an activity meter has a small body casing that can be carried.
- the body casing includes a case body 110, a cover body 120, and a clip body 130. It is divided into and.
- the case main body 110 is provided with a display 20 on which various information such as the counted number of steps, activity intensity, and activity age can be displayed, and a display surface provided with an operation unit 30 having various buttons for receiving operations by the measurement subject.
- the operation unit 30 includes a button 31 that is operated by the measurement subject to request an output of activity age.
- the lower end of the case main body 110 and the cover body 120 are rotatably connected around the joint portion, and the pedometer 100 is opened or closed by the rotation of the joint portion.
- a clip body 130 is provided on the surface of the cover body 120 opposite to the surface facing the display surface of the case body 110. The clip body 130 makes it possible to attach the pedometer 100 to the measurement subject's waist, abdomen, or the like, as shown in FIG.
- the pedometer 100 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 10 for controlling the whole, a display 20, an operation unit 30, an acceleration sensor unit 40 including an acceleration sensor and an MPU (Micro-Processing Unit), and a CPU 10 A memory 50 for storing programs, data, etc. executed in the communication, a communication I / F (abbreviation of interface) 60 for wirelessly or wiredly communicating with an external device, a power source 70 such as a battery, and for outputting sound
- An audio output unit 80 and a timer 90 that measures time and outputs time data are included.
- Pedometer 100 communicates with external devices 200 and 300 via communication I / F 60 by wireless or wired.
- the device 200 corresponds to, for example, a portable terminal (PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), mobile phone, etc.) or a stationary computer, and the device 300 has a function of measuring the body weight and body composition of the measurement subject.
- PDA Personal Digital Assistant
- the apparatus 200 includes a CPU 201, a memory 202, an output unit 203, an input unit 204, a communication I / F 205, and a device driver 207 for accessing data in a CD-ROM (compact disk read only memory) 206.
- the device driver 207 is detachably attached to the CD-ROM 206, reads data (including a program) of the attached CD-ROM 206, or writes data to the attached CD-ROM 206.
- the apparatus 300 includes a body weight / body composition measuring unit 301 that measures a subject's height, weight, body fat, and the like, a communication I / F 302 for transmitting the measured information to the outside, and a timer 303.
- the measured weight and body composition information are transmitted to the pedometer 100 via the communication I / Fs 302 and 60 as weight data and body composition data to which time data indicating the measurement time measured by the timer 303 is added, respectively.
- the timer 303 and the timer 90 are adjusted so as to perform synchronized timing operations.
- FIG. 3 shows a configuration of functions that operate under the control of the CPU 10.
- an activity amount acquisition unit 11 for acquiring the physical activity amount of the measurement subject
- a calorie consumption calculation unit 12 for calculating a total calorie consumption for a predetermined period based on the acquired activity amount
- An activity age acquisition unit 13 for calculating the activity age from the calorie consumption during the period and an output processing unit 18 for outputting various information including the activity age to the outside are included.
- Each of these units corresponds to a program or a combination of a program and a circuit module.
- the activity amount acquisition unit 11 receives an input of activity intensity from the acceleration sensor unit 40 and an input of time data from the timer 90.
- Activity intensity data Mi (described later) in which the activity intensity from the acceleration sensor unit 40 is associated with the time data from the timer 90 is acquired, and the acquired activity intensity data Mi is stored in the memory 50.
- the time data associated with the activity intensity refers to the date and time of the exercise at which the activity intensity was measured.
- the acceleration sensor unit 40 measures the number of steps in the same manner as the number of steps measured by a general pedometer.
- the acceleration sensor detects acceleration applied to the pedometer 100.
- the detected acceleration is derived as a voltage signal.
- the MPU processes an output signal from the acceleration sensor. For example, when an acceleration equal to or greater than a threshold is detected based on a signal sequentially output from the acceleration sensor, processing is performed so that the number of times is counted as one step.
- the MPU of the acceleration sensor unit 40 uses, as a measurement operation, acceleration data measured based on an acceleration signal input from the acceleration sensor with a predetermined time interval (for example, an interval of 20 seconds) as a unit time.
- the activity intensity per unit time (unit: METs) is calculated.
- a specific method of calculating the activity intensity can be calculated using a known method such as the method disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2009-28312 by the applicant.
- the activity intensity is an index representing the intensity of physical activity depending on the walking pitch (the number of steps per unit time) and the height of the measurement subject input in advance. For example, a resting state is equivalent to 1 METs, a normal walk (4 km / hour) is equivalent to 3 METs, a vacuum cleaner is equivalent to 3.5 METs, and jogging is equivalent to 7 METs (for health promotion) Exercise guidelines “Exercise Guide 2006” (Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare).
- the calorie consumption calculation unit 12 calculates the calorie consumption due to the exercise of the measurement subject according to the following formula.
- Calorie consumption (kcal) activity intensity (METs) ⁇ weight (kg) ⁇ activity duration (Hour) ⁇ 1.05 (from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, exercise guide “Exercise Guide 2006” for health promotion).
- the activity intensity and the activity duration time can be acquired from the activity intensity data Mi, and the weight can be acquired from the physique data 57 described later.
- the conversion formula used by the activity age acquisition unit 13 includes parameters (variables) and coefficients.
- the parameter includes the basal metabolic rate of the subject.
- the activity age acquisition unit 13 includes a coefficient variable unit 14 for variably determining a coefficient.
- the coefficient variable unit 14 includes a variable unit 15 based on the ratio, a variable unit 16 based on the wearing time, and a variable unit 17 based on the target.
- the ratio variable unit 15 variably determines the coefficient so that the ratio between the calorie consumption fluctuation amount and the activity age fluctuation amount calculated corresponding to the fluctuation amount is a value within a predetermined range.
- the variable unit 16 according to the wearing time determines the coefficient variably according to the wearing time of the pedometer 100.
- the target variable unit 17 variably determines the coefficient using the target activity amount for a predetermined period.
- FIG. 4 illustrates the storage contents of the memory 50.
- the activity intensity data Mi includes the measured activity intensity and the measurement time indicating the time when the activity was performed.
- the value of each coefficient in the coefficient data group 51 can be variably set by the operation of the measurement subject via the operation unit 30.
- the area E3 stores the calorie consumption 52 calculated for the measured person, the calculated basal metabolism 53, the calculated activity age 54, and is further referred to for converting the calculated calorie consumption into the activity age.
- the conversion table group 55, the physical age 56 of the measured person, the physique data 57 including the weight and height of the measured person, and the sex data 58 indicating the sex of the measured person are stored.
- the real age 56, the physique data 57, and the sex data 58 represent physical information related to the body of the measurement subject.
- FIG. 5 shows a processing flowchart according to the present embodiment.
- the process according to this process flowchart is realized by the CPU 10 reading a predetermined program from the memory 50 and executing each instruction of the read program.
- the calculation of the activity age of the measurement subject will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. It is assumed that a sufficient number of activity intensity data Mi are stored in the area E1 of the memory 50.
- the CPU 10 accepts the operation. Specifically, the CPU 10 starts the process of FIG. 5 based on an operation signal output from the operation unit 30 by operating the button 31.
- the activity amount acquisition unit 11 acquires an activity amount for a predetermined period based on the activity intensity data Mi read from the area E1 of the memory 50 (step S1).
- the calorie consumption calculating unit 12 calculates the total calorie consumption of the measurement subject for a predetermined period based on the acquired activity amount (step S3), and the CPU 10 calculates the basal metabolic rate of the measurement subject for the predetermined period. Calculate (step S5).
- the activity age acquisition unit 13 calculates the activity age according to a predetermined conversion formula using the calculated total calorie consumption and basal metabolism, and the coefficient of the coefficient data group 51 (step S7).
- the calculated activity age is stored in the memory 50 and given to the output processing unit 18.
- the output processing unit 18 displays information on the given activity age on the display 20 or outputs it via the audio output unit 80 (step S9). Thus, the process ends.
- FIG. 1A A display example is shown in FIG. In FIG. 1A, the calculated activity age is displayed together with the calculated daily calorie consumption.
- the measured person can determine that the amount of activity (exercise) is appropriate when the displayed activity age indicates or is close to the actual age. ) Can judge that the amount is insufficient. Therefore, it is possible to know whether the calorie consumption is higher or lower than that of people of the same age, and how much it is equivalent to the calorie consumption of people about the age, and to get the motivation to continue the appropriate amount of activity (exercise) Can do.
- Information about activity age that is output is not limited to this. For example, it may be a value obtained by subtracting the activity age from the actual age (such as +5 years old) or information indicating the age (such as 20s) to which the activity age belongs.
- step S7 the activity age is calculated according to the following basic procedure. First, the derivation of the basic formula for calculating the activity age will be described.
- Equation 1 the theoretical daily basal metabolism of the measurement subject can be calculated by (Equation 1).
- Equation 1 is proposed by the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2007), 1-6 Ganpule AA, et al. Interindividual variability in sleeping metabolic rate in Japanese subjects.
- Basal metabolism theory value (0.0481 x W + 0.0234 x H-0.0138 x R-0.5473 x F + 0.1238) x 239 mm (Equation 1)
- W body weight
- H height
- R actual age
- F gender Point to.
- the unit of weight of W refers to kg
- the unit of height of H refers to cm.
- F points to 1 for men and 2 for women.
- R is represented by (Formula 2).
- the basal metabolic rate is calculated according to an arithmetic expression
- the arithmetic expression is not limited to (Expression 1), and may be another arithmetic expression.
- the types and values of parameters used in the calculation formula are not limited to those shown in (Formula 1).
- the basal metabolic rate is calculated from the biological information, and the parameter value is experimentally calculated from the calculated basal metabolic rate. The type and value may be determined.
- R (Theoretical metabolic rate / 239 ⁇ 0.1238 ⁇ 0.0481 ⁇ W ⁇ 0.0234 ⁇ H + 0.5473 ⁇ F) / ( ⁇ 0.0138) (Formula 2)
- PAL daily physical activity level
- the physical activity level PAL is known to be 1.60 to 1.90.
- Metabolic comparison value actual total calories burned / 1.75 (Equation 3) can be derived.
- the actual total calorie consumption refers to the total calorie consumption calculated in step S3.
- the inventors have found that according to (Equation 1) to (Equation 3), the basis for calculating activity age (Equation 4) can be derived.
- Activity age [years] ⁇ (Actual total calories burned [kcal / day] /1.75) /239-0.1238-0.0481 ⁇ W-0.0234 ⁇ H+0.5473 ⁇ F ⁇ / ( ⁇ 0.0138) (Formula 4)
- the activity age acquisition unit 13 substitutes the values of the total calories burned for one day calculated in step S3, the physique data 57 and the sex data 58 into (Equation 4), and performs an operation according to (Equation 4). Calculate the activity age of the person being measured.
- the activity age may be obtained by reading from the table instead of the calculation according to (Equation 4). That is, the activity age acquisition unit 13 acquires the activity age by searching the table of the conversion table group 55 in place of the calculation using the above (Equation 4).
- the conversion table group 55 includes conversion tables for each group of the real age R, the height H, the weight W, and the sex F.
- the conversion table corresponding to each group stores the activity age in association with each value of the basal metabolism calculated according to (Equation 3).
- FIG. 6 shows an example of the conversion table.
- the conversion table in the case where the measurement subject's height is 170 cm, the weight is 60 kg, and the sex is male, the horizontal axis indicates the activity age, and the vertical axis indicates the basal metabolic rate according to (Equation 3) 1 It is shown as a graph of the following function.
- the activity age acquisition unit 13 searches the conversion table group 55 based on the physique data 57 and the sex data 58 in the memory 50, and reads the corresponding conversion table (FIG. 6). Further, the activity age acquisition unit 13 calculates the basal metabolic rate from the total calorie consumption calculated by the calorie consumption calculation unit 12 based on (Equation 3).
- the basal metabolism is calculated as 1420 kcal according to (Equation 3).
- the activity age acquisition unit 13 can acquire 37 years old as the activity age of the subject by searching the conversion table of FIG. 6 based on the basal metabolic rate (1420 kcal).
- the actual age of the person being measured is 50 years old, the activity age is 13 years younger than the actual age.
- the inventors calculated the PAL, that is, the coefficient of calculation, by calculating the ratio between the fluctuation amount of the basal metabolic rate and the fluctuation amount of the activity age calculated corresponding to the fluctuation amount.
- the knowledge that it should variably be decided so that it may become the value of a predetermined range was acquired.
- the ratio variable unit 15 determines correction coefficients k1 and k2.
- coefficient k1 and k2 are stored in coefficient data group 51 for each set of weight W, height H, and sex F
- variable unit 15 based on the ratio reads the measurement subject's data read from memory 50.
- searching the coefficient data group 51 based on the weight, height, and sex data 58 of the physique data 57 the corresponding correction coefficients k1 and k2 can be read.
- the calculated activity age does not vary greatly due to variations in total calories burned. This will be described with reference to the graph of FIG.
- the vertical axis represents the total daily calorie consumption
- the horizontal axis represents the activity age.
- the PAL 1.75x straight line (thick solid line in the figure) in the graph represents the case where the height of the person being measured is 170 cm, the weight is 60 kg, and the gender is male (Formula 5), and the straight line of PAL 1.75 (in the figure) , Thin solid line) represents (Equation 4).
- the variable unit 15 based on the ratio is such that the slope of the straight line of PAL1.75x is determined by the coefficients k1 and k2 so that the value of the equation indicated by the straight line is within the range from the straight line of PAL1.6 to the straight line of PAL1.9. Is set to be variable.
- the activity age acquisition unit 13 may acquire the activity age by searching the table of the conversion table group 55 instead of the calculation using the above (Formula 5).
- the conversion table group 55 includes conversion tables for each set of height H, weight W, and sex F.
- the conversion table corresponding to each group stores the activity age in association with each value of the total calorie consumption calculated by the calorie consumption calculation unit 12.
- the conversion table in the case where the actual age of the measured person is 50 years old, the height is 170 cm, the weight is 60 kg, and the gender is male, the horizontal axis indicates the activity age, and the vertical axis indicates the total calories burned. It is shown as the value of (Expression 5) of the linear function pointed to by PAL1.75x.
- the activity age acquisition unit 13 calculates the activity age according to an equation that varies the activity age according to the total calorie consumption, based on the actual age of the measurement subject.
- the conversion formula for calculating the activity age from the total calorie consumption is exemplified below.
- the activity age A is calculated according to (Equation 6). If the value of (activity age A ⁇ actual age) is, for example, ⁇ 10 or more and 9 or less, (Equation 4), if it is 10 or more, (Equation 7), If it is smaller than 10, (Equation 8) is applied.
- Activity age A actual age + k3 ⁇ ⁇ total calories burned ⁇ (1.75 ⁇ basal metabolic rate) ⁇ (Formula 6).
- Activity age actual age + (activity age A ⁇ actual age ⁇ 10) / k4 (formula 7).
- Activity age actual age + (activity age A ⁇ actual age + 10) / k4 (Formula 8).
- coefficient variable unit 14 reads the data read from memory 50. By searching the coefficient data group 51 based on the actual age, weight, height and sex of the measurer, the corresponding correction coefficients k3 and k4 can be read out.
- Equation 4 (Equation 4)
- Equation 7 (Equation 8)
- Equation 8 (Equation 8)
- the vertical axis represents daily calorie consumption
- the horizontal axis represents activity age
- the PAL 1.75 straight line in the graph (solid line in the figure) shows the case where the actual age of the subject is 50 years old, the height is 170 cm, the weight is 60 kg, the basal metabolic rate is 1374 kcal, and the gender is male (Formula 4) Represents.
- Equation 4 In the range where the activity age is relatively close to the actual age of 50 years, for example, in the range of ⁇ 10 years old, (Equation 4) is applied, and in other ranges, the inclination is larger than that of (Equation 4) (Equation 7) Or (Equation 8) is applied.
- the activity age fluctuates linearly following the change in total calories consumed in the age range centered on the actual age, so the calculated activity age tends to be a result that is relatively close to the actual age. It is possible to obtain indicators that are easy to target.
- the activity age acquisition unit 13 may acquire the activity age by searching the table of the conversion table group 55 in place of the calculation using the above (formula 4), (formula 7), and (formula 8). .
- the conversion table group 55 includes conversion tables for each set of the actual age R, height H, weight W, basal metabolic rate, and sex F.
- the conversion table corresponding to each group stores the activity age in association with each value of the total calorie consumption calculated by the calorie consumption calculation unit 12.
- the total calorie consumption for one day is used to calculate the amount of activity, but it is necessary to wear the pedometer 100 for 24 hours in order to accurately calculate the calorie consumption for one day.
- variable unit 16 changes the value of PAL applied to the conversion formula for calculating the activity age according to the wearing time in a variable manner according to the wearing time of the pedometer 100.
- the variable unit 16 according to the wearing time calculates the time when an acceleration signal of a predetermined level or more is detected as the wearing time of the pedometer 100.
- the unit of wearing time is time (h: Hour). Then, the value of the PAL to be applied is calculated according to (Equation 9).
- PAL 1.75 ⁇ k5 ⁇ (24 [h] ⁇ Installation time [h]) (Formula 9).
- the coefficient k5 is read from the coefficient data group 51.
- the variable unit 16 since the coefficient k5 is stored in the coefficient data group 51 for each set of the weight W, the height H, and the sex F, the variable unit 16 according to the wearing time reads the weight of the person to be measured read from the memory 50. By searching the coefficient data group 51 based on height and sex, the corresponding correction coefficient k5 can be read out.
- the physical activity level PAL calculated when the subject was worn for 24 hours in a normal life was 1.75.
- the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare can calculate the activity age based on the activity contents for a certain period of 2 days or more so that the exercise standard for each week such as “exercise of 23Ex or more per week” is set. This is desirable.
- an average value in daily units is calculated from the total calories consumed for a certain period (for example, one week or this week), and an activity age is calculated from the calculated average value.
- the average value will be significantly reduced and the age of activity will be increased, which will adversely affect motivation.
- the daily wearing time measured from the acceleration signal is less than a certain time (for example, less than 6 hours)
- the average value is calculated by excluding the total calories burned on that day.
- the activity age A can be calculated by the following (formula 10).
- Activity age A actual age + k6 ⁇ ⁇ NC ⁇ (1.75 ⁇ basal metabolism ⁇ N) ⁇ (formula 10).
- the variable NC corresponds to the total calories burned for N days.
- the coefficient k6 is read from the coefficient data group 51.
- the coefficient variable unit 14 reads the weight and height of the measured person read from the memory 50. By searching the coefficient data group 51 based on the sex, the corresponding correction coefficient k6 can be read out.
- the activity age acquisition unit 13 calculates the activity age A using (Equation 10), and calculates the activity age using the activity age A according to the above-described processing procedure (standardized by actual age). That is, the activity age is calculated by (Equation 4), and the activity age is calculated by using the activity age A calculated by (Equation 10) and the above (Equation 7) and (Equation 8).
- the activity age of that period can be recovered to near real age.
- a useful index can be obtained even by the person being measured.
- variable unit 17 according to the target calculates the activity age using a calculation formula such that the activity age ⁇ the actual age at the level of “23Ex exercise per week”.
- the target value is not limited to 23Ex, and may be changed via the operation unit 30.
- coefficient k7 is stored in coefficient data group 51 for each set of actual age R, weight W, height H, basal metabolism, and sex F, variable unit 17 according to the target reads out from memory 50.
- the corresponding correction coefficient k7 can be read by searching the coefficient data group 51 based on the actual age, weight, height, basal metabolism, and sex of the subject.
- the activity age is calculated according to the processing procedure (standardized by actual age). That is, the activity age is calculated by using (Equation 4), and the activity age is calculated by using the activity age A calculated by (Equation 13) and the above (Equation 7) and (Equation 8).
- the activity age is equal to the actual age, and the calculated activity age is a useful index as a guide for achieving 23Ex per week. It becomes.
- the physique index of the measured person refers to the balance of the physique of the person being measured.
- BMI (weight (kg) / (height (m) ⁇ height (m))).
- a formula (14) for calculating the activity age using this value 22 and the BMI of the measurement subject is shown below.
- the BMI of the measurement subject can be calculated using the physique data 57.
- Activity age R + k8 ⁇ [(standard level of total calories burned / 22) ⁇ (calculated total calories burned / BMI)] (Formula 14)
- the coefficient k8 is 0.087, for example.
- the coefficient variable unit 14 stores the coefficient data group 51 from the memory 50 based on the BMI and gender of the measurement subject.
- the corresponding correction coefficient k8 can be read out by searching for.
- the activity age acquisition unit 13 calculates the activity age according to (Equation 14).
- the activity age calculation process described above may be performed by the apparatus 200. That is, the device 200 stores the data of the areas E2 and E3 in the memory 202, and receives the activity intensity data Mi from the pedometer 100. Accordingly, the CPU 201 calculates the activity age using the above-described calculation procedure using these data, and outputs the activity age to the output unit 203 or transmits it to the pedometer 100 and displays it on the display 20.
- the activity age calculated every day may be stored in the memory 50 (or the memory 202) and presented in a time-series trend display as required.
- the measured person can confirm the change in the activity amount by the change in the activity age from the trend display, and can surely motivate the measured person for the activity.
- Modification which of the above-described activity age calculation methods is to be adopted may be appropriately selected by the operation of the measurement subject via the operation unit 30.
- the activity age may be calculated by combining two or more calculation methods.
- the activity intensity may be calculated using a heart rate detected from the measured person and a predetermined arithmetic expression instead of the method of calculating based on the body motion detected according to the acceleration signal described above.
- the method for calculating and outputting the activity age described using the flowcharts described above can also be provided as a program.
- a program for realizing the method is stored in advance in the memory 50 of the pedometer 100, and the CPU 10 reads the program from the memory 50 and executes the instruction code, thereby realizing the processing.
- This program may be supplied by being downloaded to the memory 50 from an external information processing apparatus including the apparatus 200 via the communication I / F 60 via a communication line.
- the apparatus 200 stores such a program and the data of FIG. 4 in the memory 202, and the CPU 201 reads out the program from the memory 202 and executes the instruction code so that the activity age is calculated in the apparatus 200. And may be displayed via the output unit 203.
- the data in FIG. 4 is transmitted from the pedometer 100 to the device 200 via the communication I / F 60.
- the activity age calculated by the device 200 may be transmitted to the pedometer 100 and displayed on the display 20.
- the program includes a flexible disk (not shown) attached to the device 200, a CD-ROM 206, a ROM (Read Only Memory) of the memory 202, a RAM (Random Access Memory), a memory card, etc.
- the device 200 is provided as a program product recorded on a computer-readable recording medium.
- the program can be provided by previously recording the program in a recording medium such as a hard disk (not shown) built in the apparatus 200.
- the program can also be provided by downloading from another information processing apparatus to the apparatus 200 via the network.
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本実施の形態では、身体の活動強度を指す指標としてMETs(METs:Medical Evangelism Training & Strategies)を用いる。METsとは、身体活動の強さを、安静時の何倍に相当するかで表す単位であり座って安静にしている状態が1METs、普通歩行が3METsに相当する。
活動量取得部11は、加速度センサ部40からの活動強度の入力とタイマ90からの時間データの入力とを受付ける。加速度センサ部40からの活動強度と、タイマ90からの時間データとを関連付けた活動強度データMi(後述する)を取得し、取得した活動強度データMiを、メモリ50に格納する。活動強度に関連付けされた時間データは、活動強度が測定された運動の実施日時を指す。
活動年齢の算出(ステップS7)では、次の基本的な手順に従い活動年齢が算出される。まず、基本となる活動年齢の算出式の導出について説明する。
ここで、1日の身体活動レベルPAL(PAL:Physical Activity Level)は、1日の総消費カロリー(単位:kcal)/1日の基礎代謝量(単位:kcal)から算出されることが知られており、活動量が“ふつう”であれば身体活動レベルPALは1.60~1.90であることが知られている。ここでは、その代表値として中間値である1.75を採用する。したがって、標準レベルの総消費カロリー[kcal/日]=基礎代謝理論値[kcal/日]×1.75の関係式が成立するから、被測定者の活動年齢を求めるために、この関係式から、基礎代謝比較値=実際の総消費カロリー/1.75(式3)を導出できる。実際の総消費カロリーは、ステップS3で算出される総消費カロリーを指す。発明者らは、(式1)~(式3)に従うと、活動年齢算出の基本(式4)を導出できるとの知見を得た。
={(実際の総消費カロリー[kcal/日]/1.75)/239-0.1238-0.0481×W-0.0234×H+0.5473×F}/(-0.0138) (式4)
活動年齢取得部13は、ステップS3で算出された1日分の総消費カロリー、体格データ57および性別データ58の値を(式4)に代入して、(式4)に従う演算をすることにより被測定者の活動年齢を算出する。
上述の活動年齢算出の基本となる(式4)を、年齢による基礎代謝量の相違に基づき変形することにより、より正確な活動年齢の算出が可能となる。
比による可変部15は、補正係数k1とk2を決定する。ここでは、係数データ群51には、体重W、身長Hおよび性別Fの組毎に、係数k1およびk2が格納されているので、比による可変部15は、メモリ50から読出した被測定者の体格データ57の体重、身長および性別データ58に基づき係数データ群51を検索することで、対応する補正係数k1とk2を読出すことができる。
上述の(式4)と(式5)の補正係数を除く項には、被測定者の実年齢が考慮されていない。そのため、実年齢に関わらず基礎代謝量が同じなら(すなわち、同じカロリー消費をすれば)同じ活動年齢になり、実年齢から離れた活動年齢となりやすい。
活動年齢=実年齢+(活動年齢A-実年齢-10)/k4 (式7)。
なお、式中の係数k3とk4は、係数データ群51から読み出される値であって、たとえばk3=-0.087およびk4=2を指す。ここでは、係数データ群51には、実年齢R、体重W、身長Hおよび性別Fの組毎に、係数k3およびk4が格納されているので、係数可変部14は、メモリ50から読出した被測定者の実年齢、体重、身長および性別に基づき係数データ群51を検索することで、対応する補正係数k3とk4を読出すことができる。
本実施の形態では、活動量を算出するために1日分の総消費カロリーを用いるが、1日分の消費カロリーを正確に算出するには歩数計100を24時間装着する必要がある。しかし、実際は外出時や運動時は装着するが他の期間は装着しない被測定者が多く、そのような被測定者の場合には、身体活動レベルPALが“ふつう”(PAL=1.6~1.9)未満となり、上述した換算式を適用しても正確な活動年齢を算出することができない。たとえば、ある程度運動した日でも活動年齢が高めになりやすく、被測定者の満足度の低下につながる。
上述の活動年齢の算出方法では、1日分の総消費カロリーに基づく算出であるために、特に運動しなかった日は活動年齢が非常に大きくなり、逆に運動をした日は活動年齢が非常に小さくなり、モチベーションアップにつながりづらい。
活動年齢を推奨される活動強度に連動させて算出することが望ましい。厚生労働省が発行しているエクササイズガイド2006によれば、生活習慣病の予防や健康の維持に1週間で23Exとのガイドラインを提示して運動を推奨しているが、上述した活動年齢の算出手順では当該ガイドラインを考慮していない。そのため、たとえば1週間に23Ex以上となるようなペースで毎日運動をしていても、活動年齢が実年齢より大幅に高くなる場合がある。したがって、運動の達成感を被測定者が感じるためには、当該ガイドラインにと整合するように活動年齢が算出されることが望ましい。
上述した活動年齢の算出においては、被測定者の体格指数が考慮されていない。体格指数は、被測定者の体格のバランスを指すものである。ここでは、体格指数として身体情報に含まれる体重と身長の関係から算出される人の肥満度を表すBMIを導入する。BMI=(体重(kg)/(身長(m)×身長(m)))により算出される。BMIは体脂肪量とよく相関することが知られており、BMI=22となるような身長・体重が理想的、すなわち疾病を極小とするような値であるとされる。この値22と被測定者のBMIを用いた活動年齢の算出式(14)を以下に示す。被測定者のBMIは、体格データ57を用いて算出することができる。
(式14)の“標準レベルの総消費カロリー”は、上述したように(標準レベルの総消費カロリー[kcal/日]=基礎代謝理論値[kcal/日]×1.75)の関係式により算出することができる。係数k8は、たとえば0.087である。ここでは、係数データ群51には、BMIおよび性別Fの組毎に、係数k8が格納されているので、係数可変部14は、メモリ50から被測定者のBMIおよび性別に基づき係数データ群51を検索することで、対応する補正係数k8を読出すことができる。活動年齢取得部13は、(式14)により活動年齢を算出する。
上述の活動年齢の各算出方式のうち、いずれを採用するかは操作部30を介した被測定者の操作により適宜選択できるとしてもよい。また、2つ以上の算出方式を組合わせて活動年齢を算出するようにしてもよい。
上述したフローチャートを用いて説明した活動年齢を算出し出力するための方法は、プログラムとして提供することもできる。方法を実現するためプログラムは、予め歩数計100のメモリ50に格納されており、CPU10がメモリ50から当該プログラムを読出し、命令コードを実行することにより処理が実現される。このプログラムは、通信I/F60を介して、通信回線を経由し、装置200を含む外部の情報処理装置からメモリ50にダウンロードされることにより供給されてもよい。
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- 被測定者の身体の活動量を取得する活動量取得手段(11)と、
単位期間において取得される活動量と同じ量の活動をする人の標準年齢を表す活動年齢を、被測定者の基礎代謝量と身体情報とを用いて取得する手段と、
前記活動年齢に関する情報を出力する手段(18)と、を備える、活動量計(100)。 - 前記活動量取得手段が取得する活動量に基づき、単位期間における被測定者の消費カロリーを算出する手段と、
算出される前記消費カロリーから被測定者の基礎代謝量を算出する手段を、さらに備える、請求項1に記載の活動量計。 - 前記活動年齢を取得する手段は、
被測定者の基礎代謝量と身体情報とを用いた演算式に従って活動年齢を算出する、請求項1に記載の活動量計。 - 前記演算式は係数を含み、
前記活動年齢を取得する手段は、前記係数を可変に決定する、請求項3に記載の活動量計。 - 前記活動年齢を取得する手段は、前記係数を、前記基礎代謝量の変動量と、当該変動量に対応して算出される前記活動年齢の変動量との比が、所定範囲の値となるように可変に決定する、請求項4に記載の活動量計。
- 前記身体情報は、被測定者の実年齢を含み、
前記活動年齢を取得する手段は、
前記実年齢を含む所定幅の活動年齢に対しては、前記係数を、前記比が所定値となるように決定し、
前記所定幅を外れた活動年齢においては、前記係数を、前記比が前記所定値よりも大きくなるように決定する、請求項5に記載の活動量計。 - 前記身体情報は、被測定者の体格指数を含む、請求項1に記載の活動量計。
- 前記活動量取得手段は、
被測定者の身体に装着されて、体動を含む活動を検知するセンサを含み、
前記活動年齢を取得する手段は、前記係数を、単位期間における前記センサの装着時間に従って可変に決定する、請求項4に記載の活動量計。 - 前記活動年齢を取得する手段は、前記単位期間の目標活動量を用いて前記係数を可変に決定する、請求項4に記載の活動量計。
- [規則91に基づく訂正 12.04.2013]
前記単位期間は1日を指し、
前記消費カロリーを算出する手段は、
2日以上において取得される活動量から、前記単位期間における消費カロリーを算出する、請求項2に記載の活動量計。 - プロセッサを用いて被測定者の活動年齢を管理する活動年齢管理方法であって、
被測定者の身体の活動量を取得するステップと、
単位期間において取得される活動量と同じ量の活動をする人の標準年齢を表す活動年齢
を、被測定者の基礎代謝量と身体情報とを用いて取得するステップと、
取得される前記活動年齢に関する情報をディスプレイに表示するステップと、を含む、活動年齢管理方法。 - プロセッサに活動年齢管理方法を実行させるためのプログラムであって、
前記活動年齢管理方法は、
被測定者の身体の活動量を取得するステップと、
単位期間において取得される活動量と同じ量の活動をする人の標準年齢を表す活動年齢を、被測定者の基礎代謝量と身体情報とを用いて取得するステップと、
取得される前記活動年齢に関する情報をディスプレイに表示するステップと、を含む、プロセッサに体重管理方法を実行させるためのプログラム。 - 被測定者の活動量を測定する測定装置と、情報処理装置とを備える活動年齢管理システムであって、
前記測定装置は、
被測定者の活動強度を測定する手段と、
活動強度と、測定日時とが関連付けされた測定データを出力する手段と、を含み、
前記情報処理装置は、
前記測定装置から出力される前記測定データを受理する手段と、
前記測定データに基づき単位期間における活動量を取得する手段(11)と、
単位期間において取得される活動量と同じ量の活動をする人の標準年齢を表す活動年齢を、被測定者の基礎代謝量と身体情報とを用いて取得する手段と、
前記活動年齢に関する情報を出力する手段(18)と、を備える、活動年齢管理システム。
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