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Exercise assistant system and method for managing exercise strength in conjunction with musicExercise assistant system and method for managing exercise strength in conjunction with music description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070249467, Exercise assistant system and method for managing exercise strength in conjunction with music. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
PRIORITY [0001]This U.S. non-provisional application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. .sctn. 119 from Korean Patent Application No. 2006-0036427, which was filed in the Korean Intellectual Property Office on Apr. 21, 2006, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002]1. Field of the Invention [0003]The present invention relates to an exercise assistant system and method and, in particular, to an exercise assistant system and method for managing an exercise pattern in conjunction with music. [0004]2. Background of the Related Art [0005]Recently, various types of exercisers have been developed and introduced into the market to help people exercise effectively. The exercise equipment have been designed in order for the user to accomplish the exercise routine without boredom. [0006]Various kinds of exercise assistant devices equipped with body signal sensors or exercise signal sensors have been developed to assist people in accurately controlling their exercise routine and knowing their biological condition during the exercises. [0007]Recently, the exercise assistant devices have been integrated with portable music players (for example, an MP3 player). Such exercise assistant devices can measure the exercise amount on the basis of the body signals and the exercise signals and playback music that is preset for the measured exercise amount. Also, the exercise assistant device can automatically adjust the playback speed and rhythm of the music according to the exercise pattern. [0008]Most conventional exercise assistant devices provide the user with information on the exercise amount and physical status of the body such as heart rate and temperature so that the user can control the exercise amount by referring to the information. [0009]However, the conventional exercise assistant device is disadvantageous, especially when the user does not know the accurate exercise amount and strength level in consideration with the information provided by the device. That is, the provision of only the physical variation and exercise amount information is of no effect for the user to decide the next exercise amount and strength level. [0010]Also, the exercise assistant device equipped with the music playback function is limited in usage convenience, since a play list of music files to be played should be preset to repeat the same music files. Furthermore, the conventional music playback function embedded exercise assistant device has a drawback in that the music files are played back in a preset order and the user must manipulate the buttons for resetting the music files to be played and the playback order, resulting in boredom and inconvenience. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0011]The present invention has been made in an effort to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an exercise assistant system and method to enable effective adjustment of the exercise amount or exercise pattern according to the user's biological change and achievement during the exercise. [0012]It is another object of the present invention to provide an exercise assistant system and method which is capable of guiding the user to do the appropriate exercise on the basis of the user's biological change and achievement in real time. [0013]It is another object of the present invention to provide an exercise assistant system and method which motivates the user to exercise by providing music that properly matches the current exercise pattern. [0014]It is another object of the present invention to provide an exercise assistant system and method which is capable of enhancing the user's vitality the exercise by providing music in harmony with the exercise pattern. [0015]It is another object of the present invention to provide an exercise assistant system and method which is capable of playing back the music files selected in consideration of the accumulated exercise amount and current exercise pattern. [0016]It is still another object of the present invention to provide an exercise assistant system and method which is capable of allowing the user to exercise while being guided by the music files played back in harmony with the user's biological change and achieved exercise amount. [0017]In one aspect of the present invention, the above and other objects can be accomplished by an exercise assistant device. The exercise assistant device includes an exercise schedule unit which builds a reference exercise schedule on the basis of user information; a music designation unit which designates at least one music file for the reference exercise schedule; a storage unit which stores the reference exercise schedule and the music file designated for the reference exercise schedule; a control unit which retrieves the reference exercise schedule and the music file designated for the reference exercise schedule, generates guidance information and the music file corresponding to the reference exercise schedule, and resets the reference exercise schedule and re-designates the music files on the basis of an actual exercise pattern and a biological change of the user while exercising in accordance with the reference exercise schedule; a speaker which outputs the guidance information and the music file in sound; and a display unit which displays a reference exercise pattern and an actual exercise pattern in a form of graph. [0018]Preferably, the reference exercise schedule includes a predetermined number of exercise periods divided in time, each exercise period being featured by a reference exercise pattern. [0019]The user information preferably includes body dimension information such as height, weight, age, and gender; target exercise information such as target exercise amount, target exercise time, target distance, maximum exercise amount, and maximum movement distance; exercise amount information such as accumulated exercise amount, elapsed exercise time, and accumulated movement distance; exercise strength information such as speed, footstep frequency, pace, weight distribution; biological information such as pulse rate, body temperature, and blood pressure; and preference information such as preferred size of the exercise period, a preferred number of music file per exercise period. [0020]Preferably, the device further includes a network interface for connecting to an exterior storage device storing the music files designated to the exercise periods, the music files stored in the exterior storage device being requested for the respective exercise periods. [0021]Preferably, the music designation unit checks an exercise pattern of each exercise period and configures a designated condition in accordance with the exercise pattern. Continue reading about Exercise assistant system and method for managing exercise strength in conjunction with music... 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