Fitness training guidance system and method thereof

Abstract

A real-time personal fitness training guidance system is described. A camera unit including one or more cameras is provided to take images of a user ready to use or using an exercise equipment. One or more current vital signs and physical activity information are derived from the captured images. Further, a personal fitness training guidance is generated for the user in accordance with the current vital signs, the physical activity information and a workout program the user is doing. To allow the user to see how he or she is doing in his / her workout, an output unit is provided to show the personal fitness training guidance to the user in real-time. An external device is also provided to generate a coaching guidance for the user.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims the benefits of U.S. provisional application No. 62 / 284,735, entitled “Real-time Personal Fitness Training Guidance System”, filed on Oct. 8, 2015, which is hereby incorporated by reference for all purposes.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention is generally related to the area of fitness equipment. Particularly, the present invention is related to a real-time personal fitness training guidance system and a method thereof.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]Existing solutions to assist users to better use fitness equipment such as treadmills have a number of limitations and fail to truly help the users become more effective in using the fitness equipment to attain their exercise goals. In the case of treadmills, a user has to use his / her two hands to press on sensor bars installed on the fitness equipment periodically to measure his / her heart rate. As a result,...

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Benefits of technology

The patent describes a fitness equipment that can measure the user's vital signs without the need for the user to wear any devices or press buttons. The equipment is able to identify the user and provide specific guidance based on the measured vital signs, the physical activity information, and the workout program being used. This results in a better user experience as they are provided with personalized training guidance.

Problems solved by technology

Existing solutions to assist users to better use fitness equipment such as treadmills have a number of limitations and fail to truly help the users become more effective in using the fitness equipment to attain their exercise goals.

1. Users face difficulties in getting their vital signs measured continuously during an exercise.

Sensor bars are seen on some treadmills, but they must be constantly held on in hands to get the vital signs measured continuously, hence a user is considerably restricted when moving his hands.

If the device is not worn, there would be a data gap in the workout history.

Further, the devices are prone to loss or tear and wear, and may disrupt the workout experience.

More importantly, there is no correlation between the vital sign data and the activities performed by a user, hence there would be no feedback that could be provided to the user on how to improve the effectiveness of the workout.

In other words, the user has to do some work each time he / she uses an exercise machine to get recognized and the machine cannot identify the user nor do profiling automatically.

Further, these existing systems cannot measure the physical body changes of the user.

Existing systems cannot detect what activities the user is doing on a fitness equipment or get any feedback on how the user is feeling or doing during a workout.

Most often the results data are not persistently stored by the fitness equipment after the workout is done.

If wearable devices are used, the results data can only be stored in the online repository of a user account but disconnected from the fitness equipment.

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