Fitness Recommendation System Using Activity Profile Classification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current fitness recommendations often fail to provide personalized and effective exercises tailored to individual user activity profiles, leading to ineffective health benefits due to the lack of personalized data integration.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that utilize a computing device to retrieve user activity profiles from a biological database, incorporating physiological data, and apply classification algorithms to generate personalized fitness recommendations by selecting appropriate exercises based on user-specific data.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If generic fitness recommendations are provided, then the system is simple to operate, but the fitness recommendations are not personalized and effective

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepersonalization of fitness recommendationsVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the fitness recommendation process into distinct modules: data collection module, classification algorithm module, and recommendation generation module. Each module processes specific inputs and produces specific outputs, allowing the complex personalization function to be broken down into manageable components that can be independently optimized and maintained.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The classification algorithm acts as an intermediary between the raw user activity data and the final fitness recommendations. It processes the unstructured activity data, transforms it into structured fitness profiles, and enables the recommendation system to generate personalized exercises without requiring direct complex processing of raw data.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If personalized fitness recommendations are generated using user activity data, then fitness effectiveness is improved, but data processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefitness recommendation effectivenessVSAvoiddata processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary processing of user activity data by collecting and structuring it into standardized activity profiles before the recommendation generation process. This preliminary action includes categorizing activities, extracting key parameters, and preparing the data in a format suitable for the classification algorithm, thereby reducing the complexity of subsequent processing steps.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The classification algorithm transforms raw activity data into standardized fitness profiles by changing the parameters and representation of the data. It maps diverse activity measurements into a unified fitness profile format with standardized parameters, simplifying the data structure and making it ready for recommendation generation without requiring complex real-time processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Measurement precision

If multiple data sources are integrated for user profiles, then recommendation accuracy improves, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser profile accuracyVSAvoiddata integration complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system employs a universal data collection framework that can accommodate multiple data sources (wearables, mobile devices, manual inputs) through a single standardized interface. The activity profile structure serves as a universal container that can hold diverse data types from different sources, allowing the system to integrate multiple sources without requiring separate processing pipelines for each source.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates standardized copies of user activity data in a unified activity profile format, regardless of the original data source. This copying process transforms diverse raw data into a standardized representation that can be consistently processed by the classification algorithm, enabling accurate multi-source integration while maintaining a simple and consistent data handling approach.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS10857426B1Methods and systems for generating fitness recommendations according to user activity profiles
Publication Date: 2020.12.08 KPN INNOVATIONS LLC
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AI summary

A system for generating fitness recommendations according to user activity profiles. The system includes a computing device configured to retrieve an element of user activity data and an element of user physiological data. A computing device generates utilizing fitness training data in combination with classification algorithms and a fitness classifier an output that includes a fitness profile. A computing device utilizes feature learning algorithms combined with a fitness profile to identify recommended exercises.