Exercise Support Dialogue Using Motion and Reaction Feedback

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing exercise support systems struggle to provide personalized and engaging dialogue based on the exercise condition of users, particularly in small group settings, leading to reduced user engagement and motivation.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus that integrates motion and reaction information inputs to generate utterance information tailored to the exercise condition of users, using a combination of sensors and machine learning to provide personalized dialogue and video playback control.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If exercise support systems use generic dialogue without considering user state, then system complexity is reduced, but user engagement and motivation decrease

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepersonalization of dialogueVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system continuously monitors user motion information and reaction information, then feeds this data back to adjust the dialogue content and video playback in real-time, creating a closed-loop adaptive system that personalizes the exercise experience without requiring complex manual configuration

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The information processing apparatus integrates multiple functions including motion detection, reaction monitoring, dialogue generation, and video control into a single unified system, allowing one device to handle multiple tasks that would otherwise require separate systems

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Loss of information

If the system processes multiple types of user information (motion and reaction), then dialogue relevance improves, but information processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontextual information retentionVSAvoidinformation processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system combines motion information and reaction information processing into a unified dialogue generation framework, where both data types are integrated to create coherent contextual understanding rather than being handled as separate independent processes

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Productivity

If the system provides real-time personalized dialogue based on exercise condition, then user motivation increases, but processing time and computational load increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser engagement efficiencyVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-processes and categorizes user information during exercise sessions, preparing dialogue options and video selections in advance based on detected user states, so that real-time response generation requires minimal additional processing time

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20260069921A1Information processing apparatus, information processing system, program, and method
Publication Date: 2026.03.12 RICOH CO LTD
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AI summary

An information processing apparatus includes: circuitry configured to input motion information related to a physical exercise of a user; input reaction information related to a reaction of the user; and output utterance information related to exercise support for the user, the utterance information being generated based on the reaction information and the motion information.