Fitness Course Parameter Planning Using Real-Time Physiological Feedback

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Solution Overview

Problem

Modern individuals face challenges in efficiently planning fitness courses that cater to their individual physiological conditions and available time, leading to suboptimal fitness results due to inconsistent exercise intensity and duration.

Innovation Solution

A system comprising a multiple motion-sensing module, a physiological state sensing module, and a data processing unit that generates workout characteristic, physiological effect, and workout effect indices to optimize fitness course parameters, including exercise time, rest time, and number of exercises, based on real-time data and user profiling.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If fitness course parameters are standardized for all users, then implementation simplicity is improved, but individual fitness effectiveness deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimplementation simplicityVSAvoidindividual fitness effectiveness
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts fitness course parameters (exercise intensity, duration, rest periods, number of sets) based on real-time sensing data of each user's physiological state. The data processing unit modifies course parameters adaptively according to measured metrics such as heart rate, motion intensity, and fatigue levels, ensuring each user receives a customized program that maximizes effectiveness while maintaining operational simplicity through automated adjustment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Reliability

If fitness course duration is extended, then fitness effectiveness is improved, but time availability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefitness effectivenessVSAvoidtime availability
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically optimizes course duration based on real-time feedback from sensing modules. The data processing unit continuously monitors exercise intensity and physiological responses, automatically adjusting the length of exercise sessions to achieve maximum fitness effectiveness within the shortest possible time. This dynamic adaptation allows the system to extend duration only when necessary for effectiveness while minimizing time loss for users with limited availability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system adjusts multiple course parameters simultaneously including exercise intensity, duration, rest periods, and number of sets to optimize the fitness-to-time ratio. By intensifying exercise parameters and reducing rest periods when appropriate, the system achieves high fitness effectiveness in condensed time frames, directly addressing the contradiction between effectiveness and time availability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Reliability

If exercise intensity is increased, then fitness effectiveness is improved, but safety deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefitness effectivenessVSAvoidsafety
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements continuous real-time feedback monitoring through sensing modules that track physiological parameters such as heart rate, motion intensity, and fatigue levels. The data processing unit uses this feedback to dynamically adjust exercise intensity, automatically reducing it when safety thresholds are approached while maintaining high intensity when safe. This closed-loop feedback mechanism ensures fitness effectiveness is maximized without compromising user safety.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11338174B2Method and system of planning fitness course parameters
Publication Date: 2022.05.24 IMU SOLUTIONS
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AI summary

A method for planning parameters of a fitness course is disclosed. The method includes the following steps: generating a plurality of limb motion signals by sensing a plurality of limb motions of a body builder through a sensing module, and sensing a physiological state of the body builder to generate a physiological state signal via the sensing module; obtaining a workout characteristic index (WCI) by performing a first calculation related to the plurality of limb motion signals, and obtaining a physiological effect index (PEI) by performing a second calculation associated with the physiological state signal; obtaining a workout effect index (WEI) by performing a third calculation associated with the WCI and the PEI; and evaluating a plurality of categorical factors associated with the WEI to plan the parameters of the fitness course.