Exercise assistant system and method for managing exercise strength in conjunction with music

Abstract

An exercise assistant system and method for managing an exercise pattern in conjunction with music is provided. The exercise assistant system builds a reference exercise schedule on the basis of user information; designates at least one music file for the reference exercise schedule; stores the reference exercise schedule and the music file; outputs guidance information and the music file in sound on the basis of the reference exercise schedule; displays a reference exercise pattern and an actual exercise pattern in a form of graph; and resets the reference exercise schedule and the music file on the basis of a biological change of the user during exercise. The exercise assistant system and method enables adjustment of the exercise amount and level according to the user's exercise achievement and physical variation during the exercise, such that it is possible to effectively assist the user's exercise. Also, in the exercise assistant system, the music files are selected automatically on the basis of the predetermined designated conditions making possible user enjoyment of the music in various sequences.

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PRIORITY[0001]This U.S. non-provisional application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 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 thei...

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Benefits of technology

[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.

Problems solved by technology

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.

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.

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