阅读说明：本技术 用于递送个性化运动量的系统和方法 (System and method for delivering personalized amounts of exercise ) 是由 迈克尔·波顿·库尼茨 于 2020-03-16 设计创作，主要内容包括：本公开的实施例提供了一种用于向受试者递送个性化运动量的系统,包括被配置为获取与受试者有关的信息的计算设备。该系统还包括健身计划确定设备,配置为：存储关于受试者的信息；基于受试者的信息确定用于受试者的个性化运动量；并将个性化运动量安排到体育馆的一个或更多个运动区域和时间点。该系统还包括用于基于在时间点处的个性化运动量向受试者提供个性化指令的指令设备。个性化指令包括用于在运动区域中进行活动的指令、在运动区域待进行活动的顺序、待完成运动区域的锻炼序列以及定时。(Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system for delivering a personalized amount of motion to a subject, including a computing device configured to acquire information related to the subject. The system also includes a fitness plan determination device configured to: storing information about the subject; determining a personalized amount of exercise for the subject based on the information of the subject; and arrange the personalized amount of motion to one or more areas of motion and points in time at the gym. The system also includes an instruction device for providing personalized instructions to the subject based on the amount of personalized motion at the point in time. The personalized instructions include instructions for performing an activity in the athletic area, a sequence of activities to be performed in the athletic area, a workout sequence to complete the athletic area, and timing.)

1. A system for delivering personalized amounts of exercise to one or more subjects, comprising:

a computing device configured to obtain information related to the one or more subjects;

an exercise plan determination device configured to:

determining a personalized amount of exercise for a subject of the one or more subjects based on the information of the subject received from the computing device and pre-stored information related to exercise from a database of the system;

storing information about the one or more subjects; and

scheduling the amount of personalized motion to one or more motion zones and a point in time in a gym that includes the one or more motion zones; and

an instruction device configured to provide one or more personalized instructions to the subject based on the personalized amount of motion determined at the point in time scheduled by the fitness plan determination device, wherein the one or more personalized instructions comprise at least one instruction for performing one or more activities in at least one of one or more motion zones, an order in which the one or more activities are performed in the one or more motion zones, and an exercise sequence and timing to complete the one or more motion zones in order to deliver the personalized amount of motion to the subject.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein, for each subject of the one or more subjects, the information comprises one of: age, gender, desired overall fitness goal, desired exercise style for the amount of exercise, desired target area for the amount of exercise, desired time, date, duration of amount of exercise, and/or location of the amount of exercise, details of one or more previous amounts of exercise delivered to the subject, data related to parameters selected from the group consisting of: body weight, heart rate, blood pressure, percent body fat, BMI, blood glucose level, electrocardiogram, respiratory rate, muscle mass, number of steps, energy expenditure, and energy intensity.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the fitness plan determining device is configured to determine a personalized intelligent meal plan for the subject based on the information of the subject and pre-stored information in the database relating to intelligent meal plans.

4. The system of claim 3, the personalized amount of motion for the subject comprising a plurality of motions to be performed by the subject in each of one or more motion zones.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the subject is part of a group comprising the one or more subjects.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the fitness plan determination device is further configured to determine a community-personalized amount of exercise for the group and an individual-personalized amount of exercise for each of the one or more subjects of the group based on the information of the one or more subjects.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the computing device is configured to:

obtaining additional information for each of the one or more subjects during the personalized amount of motion by each subject; and

sending the additional information to the fitness plan determination device, wherein the fitness plan determination device stores the additional information.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the fitness plan determination device is further configured to modify the personalized amount of exercise delivered to each subject in response to the additional information acquired during the personalized amount of exercise.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the computing device comprises at least one of: a mobile device, a desktop computer in communication, a laptop computer, a smart television, a smart phone, a tablet computer, a fitness tracker, historical information of the subject, a body composition analyzer, a personal monitoring device, a power output monitoring device connected to equipment in one or more areas of motion, wherein the power output monitoring device, wherein the computing device is in communication with the fitness plan determination device.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the fitness plan determining device comprises a server, further wherein the fitness plan determining device is in communication with at least one of the instruction device and the computing device.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein:

the instruction device comprises an audio/video display device located proximate to the one or more motion zones, further wherein each of the one or more motion zones comprises a separate instruction device comprising a separate audio/video display device for each of the one or more motion zones; and is

The instruction device is configured to operate in an offline mode when not connected to the fitness plan determination device, wherein the instruction device shows its own selection of motion from a pre-stored plurality of motions that are not subject-specific.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein a motion zone of the one or more motion zones accommodates simultaneous performance of an activity by two or more subjects of the one or more subjects, further wherein the instruction device is configured to provide instructions to the two or more subjects simultaneously in the same motion zone to perform different activities based on the personalized amount of motion of the two or more subjects.

13. The system of claim 12, further comprising a reporting device configured to:

receiving personalized statistical information about the subject from one or more personal information collection devices;

creating an intelligent report for the subject by measuring and/or interpreting an analysis of the subject in relation to an initial analysis of the subject and based on the personalized statistics, information about an exercise, user input, input from the computing device, statistics derived from a physical scan of the subject, changing statistics measured during the exercise according to the personalized amount of motion, and comparing the statistics before and after the exercise and a long term fitness goal of the subject; and

presenting a smart report to the subject, wherein the smart report is displayed on the computing device.

14. A method of delivering personalized amounts of exercise to one or more subjects, comprising:

obtaining, by a computing device, information related to the one or more subjects;

determining, by a fitness plan determination device, a personalized amount of exercise for a subject of the one or more subjects based on the information of the subject received from the computing device and pre-stored information related to exercise from a database;

storing, by the fitness plan determination device, information about the one or more subjects;

scheduling, by the fitness plan determination device, the personalized amount of exercise to a point in time in one or more areas of motion and a gym that includes the one or more areas of motion; and

providing, by the instruction device, one or more personalized instructions to the subject based on the personalized amount of motion determined at the point in time scheduled by the fitness plan determination device, wherein the one or more personalized instructions comprise at least one of: instructions to perform one or more activities in at least one of one or more motion zones, a sequence of performing the one or more activities in the one or more motion zones, and an exercise sequence and timing to complete the one or more motion zones to deliver the personalized amount of motion to the subject.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein:

for each subject of the one or more subjects, the information comprises at least one of: age, gender, desired overall fitness goal, desired exercise style for the amount of exercise, desired target area for the amount of exercise, desired time, date, duration of amount of exercise and/or location of the amount of exercise, historical information of the subject, details of one or more previous amounts of exercise delivered to the subject, data relating to parameters selected from the group consisting of: body weight, heart rate, blood pressure, body fat percentage, BMI, blood glucose level, electrocardiogram, respiratory rate, muscle mass, number of steps, energy expenditure, and energy intensity; and is

The personalized amount of motion of the subject comprises at least one motion of a plurality of motions performed by the subject in each of the one or more motion regions.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising determining, by the fitness plan determining device, a personalized intelligent meal plan for the subject based on the information of the subject and pre-stored information in the database relating to intelligent meal plans.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the subject is part of a group comprising the one or more subjects.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising determining, by the fitness plan determination device, a group-personalized amount of exercise for the group and an individual-personalized amount of exercise for each subject of the one or more subjects of the group based on the information of the one or more subjects.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

obtaining, by the computing device, additional information for each subject of the one or more subjects during the personalized amount of motion performed by each subject;

storing, by the fitness plan determination device, the additional information; and is

Modifying, by the fitness plan determination device, the personalized amount of exercise delivered to each subject in response to the additional information acquired during the personalized amount of exercise.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein:

the computing device includes at least one of: the computing device includes at least one of: a mobile device, a desktop computer in communication, a laptop computer, a smart television, a smart phone, a tablet computer, a fitness tracker, a body composition analyzer, a personal monitoring device, a power output monitoring device connected to equipment in one or more areas of motion, wherein the power output monitoring device, wherein the computing device is in communication with the fitness plan determination device;

the fitness plan determination device comprises a server, further wherein the fitness plan determination device is in communication with the instruction device and the computing device; and is

The instruction device includes an audio/video display device located proximate to the motion zone, further wherein each of the one or more motion zones includes a separate instruction device including a separate audio/video display device for each of the one or more motion zones.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein a motion zone of the one or more motion zones accommodates simultaneous activities by two or more subjects of the one or more subjects.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising simultaneously providing, by the instruction device, personalized instructions for the two or more subjects in the same area of motion to perform different activities based on the personalized amount of motion of the two or more subjects.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

receiving, by a reporting device, personalized statistics about the subject from one or more personal information collection devices;

creating, by the reporting device, an intelligent report for the subject by measuring and/or interpreting an analysis of the subject in relation to an initial analysis of the subject and based on the personalized statistics, information about the exercise, user input, input from the computing device, statistics derived from a physical scan of the subject, varying the statistics measured during the exercise according to the personalized amount of motion, and comparing with the statistics before and after the exercise and the long term fitness objective of the subject; and is

Presenting, by the reporting device, an intelligent report to the subject, wherein the intelligent report is displayed on the computing device.

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to a system for delivering personalized amounts of exercise to a subject. In particular, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods for delivering personalized amounts of exercise to one or more subjects without the need for a personal trainer or personal mobile device in a gym.

Background

Any reference to prior art methods, apparatus or documents is not to be taken as any evidence or admission that they formed or formed part of the common general knowledge in the past.

It would be desirable to be able to allow fitness enthusiasts to train in a corporate or personal environment without a personal trainer, yet still have the benefit of personal tutoring on their needs and desires, both practically and commercially attractive. It is also useful for fitness enthusiasts to see the guidance during exercise without relying on their own mobile devices.

Currently, those who want to perform a personalized athletic experience in a gym are often limited to two options. The first option is to pay a personal trainer, who can design exercises based on the fitness enthusiast's input and performance and provide assistance to the fitness enthusiast during the exercise. This is both expensive and not suitable for all people. The second option is to carry the mobile device with them during the exercise and run an application that provides personalized exercise, but this option is cumbersome and not a rationalized experience because: (1) people should carry the mobile device with them and continuously check; (2) the exercise equipment is not arranged according to the exercise sequence of a typical exercise application; (3) and these applications do not guarantee the availability of the gym equipment when a person arrives at it.

It is an object of the present invention to overcome or ameliorate the above discussed disadvantages of the prior art, or at least to provide a useful alternative.

Disclosure of Invention

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system for delivering a personalized amount of exercise to one or more subjects, comprising: a computing device configured to obtain information about one or more subjects. The system also includes an exercise plan determination device configured to: storing information about one or more subjects; determining a personalized amount of exercise for one subject of the one or more subjects based on the information of the subject obtained from the database of the system and pre-stored information about the exercise; and schedule the personalized amount of motion to a point in time in one or more motion zones and a gym that includes the one or more motion zones. The system further includes an instruction device configured to provide one or more personalized instructions to the subject based on the amount of personalized motion determined at the point in time scheduled by the fitness plan determination device. The one or more personalization instructions include at least one of: instructions for performing one or more activities in one or more motion zones, a sequence of exercises to complete one or more motion zones to deliver a personalized amount of motion to a subject, and timing.

The system may determine and provide personalized amounts of exercise to the subject. By "personalized" is meant that the amount of exercise is designed to meet a set of criteria determined by the subject's needs, desired preferences, existing conditions/injuries/fitness levels, goals and/or training programs, and the like.

According to aspects of the disclosure, for each of the one or more subjects, the information may include at least one of: age, gender, desired overall fitness goal, desired exercise style for the amount of exercise, desired target area for the amount of exercise, desired time, date, duration of amount of exercise, and/or location of the amount of exercise, details of one or more previous amounts of exercise delivered to the subject, data related to parameters selected from the group consisting of: weight, heart rate, blood pressure, body fat percentage, BMI, blood glucose level, ECG, respiratory rate, muscle mass, number of steps, energy expenditure, energy intensity, and the like.

According to another aspect of the disclosure, the fitness plan determining device is further configured to determine a personalized intelligent meal plan for the subject based on the information of the subject and a pre-stored intelligent meal plan from the database. An intelligent meal plan may be customized for each subject, taking into account the various details of each subject as well as their long-term fitness goals, preferences, etc.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, the personalized amount of motion of the subject may include at least one motion of a plurality of motions to be performed by the subject in each of the one or more motion zones.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a fitness plan determining device is configured to schedule personalized amounts of exercise to one or more areas of motion and points in time in a gym including the one or more areas of motion in a manner to optimize timing and physical location of personal exercises of a subject in the gym; by ensuring that the number of subjects at the area of motion at any single time does not exceed a maximum number, to avoid gym crowding; and ensures the most efficient use of the capacity of the gym, allowing the maximum number of subjects to train at any time without interfering with each other; and optionally can schedule exercises from multiple subjects simultaneously to create a time-synchronized, gym course-based group training environment.

According to another aspect of the disclosure, the system further comprises a reporting device configured to: receiving personalized statistical information about the subject from one or more personal information gathering devices; creating an intelligent report for the subject by measuring and/or interpreting a subject analysis related to the subject's initial analysis, and based on personalized statistics, information about the exercise, user input, input from a computing device, statistics derived from a physical scan of the subject, varying the measured statistics during the exercise according to the personalized amount of exercise, and comparing with the pre-exercise and post-exercise statistics and the subject's long term fitness objective; and presenting the intelligent report to the subject, wherein the intelligent report is displayed on the computing device.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, the subject may be part of a group comprising one or more subjects.

In an embodiment, as part of the group, the subject is a person performing one or more movements in each of the one or more motion zones according to his/her personalized amount of motion.

According to another aspect of the disclosure, the fitness plan determining device is further configured to determine, based on the information of the one or more subjects, a group-personalized amount of exercise for the group and an individual-personalized amount of exercise for each subject of the one or more subjects of the group.

According to another aspect of the disclosure, the computing device is configured to obtain additional information for each subject of the one or more subjects during the personalized amount of motion performed by each subject. Further, the computing device transmits the additional information to the fitness plan determination device. The fitness plan determining device may store additional information.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, the fitness plan determination device may be further configured to modify the amount of personalized motion delivered to each subject in response to additional information acquired during the course of the personalized motion amount.

Non-limiting examples of computing devices may include at least one of a mobile device, a desktop computer in communication, a laptop computer, a smart television, a smart phone, a tablet computer, a fitness tracker, a body composition analyzer, a personal monitoring device, a power output monitoring device connected to equipment in one or more areas of motion, wherein the power output monitoring device. The computing device may be in communication with the fitness plan determination device.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, the fitness plan determining device may be a server. Further, the fitness plan determining device may be in communication with at least one of the instruction device and the computing device.

According to another aspect of the disclosure, the instruction device may include an audio/video display device located proximate to the area of motion. Further, each of the one or more motion zones may include a separate instruction device including a separate audio/video display device for each of the one or more motion zones.

In some embodiments, the instruction device may store a plurality of motions that may not be subject specific. According to another aspect of the present disclosure, the instruction device may operate in an offline mode when not connected to the fitness plan determination device. In this offline mode, the instructional device may determine and present its own selection of movements from a plurality of pre-stored movements that are not subject-specific.

According to yet another aspect of the present disclosure, one of the one or more motion zones accommodates two or more subjects of the one or more subjects performing an activity simultaneously. Further, the instruction device may be configured to provide personalized instructions to two or more subjects in the same area of motion simultaneously to perform different activities based on the personalized amount of motion of the two or more subjects.

Another embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for delivering a personalized amount of exercise to one or more subjects, comprising: obtaining, by a computing device, information about one or more subjects; determining, by the fitness plan determination device, a personalized amount of exercise for a subject of the one or more subjects based on the information of the subject received from the computing device. The method also includes storing, by the fitness plan determination device, information about the one or more subjects. The method further includes scheduling, by the fitness plan determining device, the personalized amount of exercise to one or more areas of motion and to a point in time in a gym that includes the one or more areas of motion. The method further includes providing, by the instruction device, one or more personalized instructions to the subject based on the amount of personalized motion determined at the point in time scheduled by the fitness plan determination device. The one or more personalized instructions may include instructions for performing one or more activities in at least one of the one or more motion zones, an order in which the one or more activities are performed in the one or more motion zones, a sequence of exercises and timing to complete the one or more motion zones to deliver a personalized amount of motion to the subject, and so forth.

According to another aspect of the disclosure, the method may further comprise: determining, by the fitness plan determination device, a personalized intelligent meal plan for the subject based on the information of the subject.

According to another aspect of the disclosure, the method may further include determining, by the fitness plan determination device, a group-personalized amount of exercise for the group and an individual-personalized amount of exercise for each of the one or more subjects of the group based on the information of the one or more subjects.

The method may further comprise: obtaining, by the computing device, additional information for each subject of the one or more subjects during the personalized amount of motion performed by each subject; storing, by the fitness plan determination device, the additional information; and modifying, by the fitness plan determination device, the amount of personalized motion delivered to each subject in response to the additional information acquired during the course of the amount of personalized motion.

In some embodiments, a motion zone of the one or more motion zones may accommodate two or more subjects of the one or more subjects performing an activity simultaneously.

The method may also include simultaneously providing, by the instruction device, instructions for two or more subjects in the same area of motion to perform different activities based on the personalized amount of motion of the two or more subjects.

The method may further include receiving, by the reporting device, personalized statistics about the subject from the one or more personal information collection devices; creating, by a reporting device, an intelligent report for the subject by measuring and/or interpreting an analysis of the subject in relation to an initial analysis of the subject and based on personalized statistics, information about the exercise, user input, input from a computing device, statistics derived from a body scan of the subject, varying the statistics measured during the exercise according to the personalized amount of exercise, and comparing the statistics before and after the exercise and the subject's long term fitness objective; the intelligent report is presented to the subject by a reporting device, wherein the intelligent report is displayed on a computing device.

Detailed Description

Preferred features, embodiments and variations of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description, which provides those skilled in the art with sufficient information to practice the invention. This detailed description is not to be taken in any way as limiting the scope of the foregoing summary of the invention.

Specific embodiments of the present invention are described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which fig. 1 illustrates an exemplary system 100 for delivering an amount of personalized motion to one or more subjects in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown, the system 100 generally includes a computing device 102, a fitness plan determination device 104, and an instruction device 106 located in each of one or more areas of motion 108. Further, each of the one or more motion zones 108 includes a predefined set of equipment. The set of equipment in each of the one or more motion zones may be predefined based on a set order automatically determined by the fitness plan determination device 104 (i.e., the server). In some embodiments, the fitness plan determination device 104 may determine the setting order based on input from a user (e.g., an administrator of the system 100). Further, the instruction device 106 may be installed in each of the one or more motion zones 108. The subject 110 may access the system 100 on the computing device 102. Subject 110 may be any person who wishes to exercise on command, i.e., possesses or has access to means for providing the required information to system 100. The system 100 may determine and provide personalized amounts of exercise to the subject 110. By "personalized" is meant that the amount of exercise is designed to meet a set of standard subjects determined by the needs of the subject 110, desired preferences, existing conditions/impairment/fitness levels, goals and/or training programs, and the like.

Computing device 102 is configured to obtain information about one or more subjects, such as subject 110. Examples of computing device 102 may include, but are not limited to, a mobile device, a desktop computer in communication, a laptop computer, a smart television, a smartphone, a tablet computer, a fitness tracker, a personal monitoring device, a power output monitoring device connected to one of the one or more areas of motion, wherein the power output monitoring device. The computing device 102 may be in communication with the fitness plan determination device 104. For each of the one or more subjects, the information may include, for example and without limitation, at least one of: age, gender, desired exercise style, desired overall fitness goal for the amount of exercise, historical information of the subject 110 (past personal amount of exercise of the subject, medical information, etc.), desired target area for the amount of exercise, desired time, date, duration of the amount of exercise and/or location of the amount of exercise, details of one or more previous amounts of exercise delivered to the subject 110, data related to a parameter selected from the group consisting of weight, heart rate, blood pressure, body fat percentage, BMI, blood glucose level, electrocardiogram, respiratory rate, muscle mass, number of steps, energy expenditure, and energy intensity.

In some embodiments, the computing device 102 may obtain information such as, but not limited to, the age and gender of the subject. In some embodiments, the acquired information of the subject 110 (hereinafter, the information of the subject 110, which may also be referred to as subject information without changing its meaning) may further include a desired exercise style, a desired target area, and a general fitness goal of the subject. Non-limiting examples of general fitness goals may include slimming, exercising muscles, healthing, and strengthening. Non-limiting examples of desired exercise styles may include aerobic exercise (aerobic and/or anaerobic), resistance (e.g., weight training), flexibility, weight loss, active recovery, balance, boxing, cycling, high intensity intermittent training, cross training, stretching, rehabilitation, tapering, endurance, and combinations thereof. The target region may be any region of the body that the subject wishes to focus on during a particular amount of exercise. For example, typical target areas may be legs (upper, lower, calf, thigh, inner thigh, etc.), arms, back (lower, upper), abdominal muscles (core), grip, shoulders, chest, gluteus muscles and combinations thereof. The subject 110 may specify more than one exercise style and/or more than one target area depending on the desired result. Alternatively, the subject 110 may simply specify their general system goals without specifying a particular exercise style or goal area.

The fitness plan determination device 104 may be configured to receive information about one or more subjects from the computing device 102. In some embodiments, the fitness plan determination device 104 may store information about one or more subjects. The fitness plan determining device 104 is further configured to determine a personalized amount of exercise for a subject (e.g., the subject 110) of the one or more subjects based on the information of the subject 110 and pre-stored exercise-related information in the database. In some embodiments, the database may be an integral part of the fitness plan determination device 104. Alternatively, the database may be a remote database in communication with the fitness plan determination device 104. Further, the fitness plan determining device 104 is further configured to schedule the personalized amount of exercise to a point in time in one or more areas of motion and a gym that includes the one or more areas of motion. The fitness plan determination device 104 is further configured to schedule personalized amounts of exercise to one or more regions of motion and points in time in the gym in a manner that optimizes the timing and physical location of the individual exercises of the subject in the gym to rationalize the exercises; by ensuring that the number of subjects in an area at any single time does not exceed a maximum number, gym area crowding is avoided; and ensures that the capacity of the gym is most efficiently utilized to allow the maximum number of subjects to train at any time without interfering with each other, and that exercises from multiple subjects can optionally be scheduled simultaneously to create a time-synchronized, gym class-based group training environment.

Furthermore, the fitness plan determining device 104 is further configured to determine a personalized intelligent meal plan based on the information of the subject 110 and pre-stored information in the database relating to the intelligent meal plan.

In one embodiment, the fitness plan determination device 104 may be a server. Further, the fitness plan determination device 104 may include a database for storing information (or additional information) about one or more subjects, including subject 110. Further, fitness plan determination device 104 may be in communication with at least one of instruction device 106 and computing device 102. The personalized amount of motion for subject 110 (or for each of the one or more subjects) may include a plurality of motions to be performed by subject 110 in each of the one or more motion regions.

In some embodiments, subject 110 is part of a group comprising one or more subjects. In this embodiment, the fitness plan determining device 104 is further configured to determine a group-personalized amount of exercise for the group and/or an individual-personalized amount of exercise for each of the one or more subjects of the group based on the information of the one or more subjects.

The instruction device 106 is configured to provide one or more personalized instructions to the subject 110 based on the determined amount of personalized motion (i.e., as determined by the fitness plan determining device 104). The instruction device 106 may be an instruction presentation device, such as a display screen, configured to receive the personalized amount of motion of the subject 110 from the device 104 and present to the subject 110. The one or more personalized instructions may include instructions, such as, but not limited to, instructions for performing one or more activities in at least one of the one or more motion zones (e.g., motion zone 108) and order-dependent instructions, wherein the one or more activities and the one or more motion zones are to be completed to deliver the personalized amount of motion to subject 110. The instruction devices 106 may include audio/video display devices located near one or more motion zones. Further, each of the one or more motion zones may include a separate instruction device 106, the instruction device 106 including a separate audio/video display device for each of the one or more motion zones.

In some embodiments, the instruction device 106 may store a plurality of motions that may not be subject specific. In some embodiments, the instruction device 106 may also be configured to operate when not connected to the fitness plan determination device 104. According to another aspect of the present disclosure, when instruction device 106 is not connected to the fitness plan determination device, instruction device 106 may operate in an offline mode. In this offline mode, the instructional device 106 may determine and present a selection of its own motion from a plurality of pre-stored motions that are not subject-specific.

In some embodiments, the instruction device 106 may be in communication with the computing device 102. In this embodiment, instruction device 106 may receive subject information from computing device 102. Further, one or more functions of the fitness plan determination device 104 may be performed by the instruction device 104. In some embodiments, device 104 may be embedded within instruction device 106. In some embodiments, computing device 102 may be configured to perform one or more functions of device 104.

In some embodiments, the computing device 102 is further configured to obtain additional information for each of the one or more subjects (e.g., subject 110) during the personalized amount of motion performed by each subject. In some embodiments, the fitness plan determination device 104 is further configured to modify the amount of personalized motion delivered to each subject in response to additional information acquired during the course of the personalized amount of motion. In some embodiments, the fitness plan determination device 104 may store additional information for each subject.

In some embodiments, a motion region, such as region 108 of the one or more motion regions, accommodates two or more of the one or more subjects performing an activity simultaneously, further wherein the instruction device is configured to provide instructions to the two or more subjects simultaneously in the same motion region to perform different activities based on the personalized amount of motion of the two or more subjects.

In an exemplary scenario, once a member (or subject 110) has selected a long-term fitness goal, the member may simply book a period of time by using the system 100, and then the fitness plan determining device 104 (which may also be referred to as a Smart PT) calculates the member's exercises, which form part of the overall exercise plan for each member (e.g., subject 110). Thus, for example, if a member makes 5 bookings and booking #2 is cancelled, the workout settings for booking #2 are automatically transferred to booking #3 by the device 104. In some embodiments, the system 100 enables a member to self-manage his/her exercise program. For example, a member may simply accept workout settings each time he/she subscribes to a workout, or they may manually override the settings for each workout, effectively self-managing their workout plan.

At step 1, a subject accesses the system 100 by accessing a system on the computing device 102 to deliver personalized amounts of exercise to one or more subjects. In some embodiments, a subject 110 (hereinafter also referred to as a user) accesses the system 100 through a mobile application installed on a computing device 102, which computing device 102 may be a mobile phone. Alternatively, subject 110 may access system 100 by entering a network address, link, or Uniform Resource Locator (URL) on a browsing application on computing device 102. The subject 110 may input information such as, but not limited to, general fitness goals, age, gender, preferences, weight, height, etc. on the computing device 102. In some embodiments, the subject 110 may select personal exercise (where the exercise is "amount of exercise") preferences (including, but not limited to, level, muscle group, gender). This may be a single exercise, or it may be a general preference of the day, etc.

At step 2, the computing device 102 communicates with the workout plan determination device 104 (i.e., server) and checks for availability of exercise at the gym location based on information obtained from the subject 110. The computing device 102 may retrieve the availability schedule from the workout plan determination device 104 and the subject 110 may then book the workout by selecting an available gym location, date, time, and duration of the workout. The exercise may be based on a personalized amount of motion of the subject 110, and the exercise may include an exercise scheduled to a particular region of the one or more motion regions at a particular point in time.

Further, the fitness plan determination device 104 may receive and store information of the subject 110 (or information of one or more subjects) from the computing device 102. Further, the fitness plan determination device 104 may store a detailed schedule of the exercise area for each gym, and which of the one or more subjects are to be located in each equipment area at each point in time. When the subject requests exercise or the availability of a reservation, the workout plan determination device 104 may calculate whether there are available exercise zones in a series of consecutive exercise zones to create a complete exercise, and whether the subject's exercise may pass through the exercise zones in sequence without conflicting with the exercise of other subjects. The device 104, in availability/schedule calculations, may recognize that each motion region may have more than one time period and may potentially cater for multiple subjects. When the subject subscribes, the subject's workout (a series of consecutive motion zones in a time series) is submitted to the schedule database of the device 104 to finalize the workout subscription.

The workout determination device 104 may use all of the acquired subject information in conjunction with available information about the gym stored on the workout determination device 104 to calculate and implement a micro-schedule to prevent any conflicting or overlapping workouts. This schedule is altered in real time as changes occur, for example, as subjects modify their amount of exercise during the course of the amount of exercise, which may turn on or off the availability of exercise areas and/or activities for use by additional subjects at particular times.

The fitness plan determination device 104 may provide personalized doses to the subject 110 based on the information of the subject 110 received from the computing device 102.

In step 3, the instruction device 106, which includes the audio/video devices in each motion zone, is a monitor with a computer connected to the device 104, and the exercise schedule, personalized activity instructions, subject information, etc. can be retrieved from the device 104 and presented to the subject 110 at the correct time and location. For example, if subjects like Bob and Alice are in the motion region 108, then the device 106 is instructed to display one or more motions for Bob and Alice, respectively. Thus, although Bob and Alice are moving together, the instructional devices still display different motions for them to move according to their respective personalized amounts of motion as determined by the device 104.

On the device 104 (i.e., the server), when the instruction device 106 requests the schedule, the server returns the subject information and personalized activity instructions applicable to the area and time of the sport. The server does this by maintaining a database of activities and running an algorithm that selects the most appropriate exercise activity based on subject preferences, athletic area equipment, time, and other factors to determine the most appropriate activity. The algorithm is also applicable to manual override.

The subject may enter the gym at a predetermined time and begin exercising without accessing the application. They will then find the personal information and exercise instructions already displayed on the visual display near their first scheduled area of motion without applying any settings or carrying any equipment. They will be guided through the continuous motion area by the visual display.

As can be seen in fig. 1, during step 3, multiple subjects are using the selected motion zones in concert, and are performing personalized exercises by following the visually displayed instructions.

During this step 3, the subject may also optionally register, through the system 100 on the computing device 102, the personal monitoring device with the identification details of his/her personal monitoring device and/or the gym staff may register a power output monitoring device that communicates with the fitness plan determination device 104 for equipment used in a particular area of motion.

In some embodiments, the subject information acquired by the computing device 102 is stored in a network device, such as a storage server. The storage server may be the same as or different from the fitness plan determination device 104 used to determine the personalized amount of exercise of the subject 110. The server or fitness plan determination device 104 may store the following details: a large number of possible locations, available time periods, available exercise areas, equipment and accompanying activities, and information about the appropriateness of each activity, exercise area and/or equipment indexed or scored according to a large number of parameters associated with any subject information acquired.

For example, the fitness plan determining device 104 or server may include a variety of activities suitable for a 56 year old male subject who wishes to perform a balancing exercise against the abdominal muscles, where the subject has previously completed 6 previous exercise amounts and wishes to have a change in each dosage and wishes to maintain a particular heart rate during the exercise amount.

The computing device 102 may collect subject metrics/measurements in real-time, which are stored in a storage server or device 104 and may be presented on the instruction devices 106 in one or more areas of motion.

The system 100 may allow one or more subjects to move in a gym environment according to a personalized amount of motion, or in any location with suitable means to provide instructions and at least one motion area with predefined equipment, while allowing the subjects a flexible choice of whether to move individually or in a community. Further, each subject in the community may have a personalized amount of exercise generated by the fitness plan determination device based on information for each subject.

In an embodiment, the system 100 (or a computing device of the system 100) may also acquire and store information about the subject's desired time, date, duration of the amount of exercise, and/or location of the amount of exercise, and the means for determining the personalized amount of exercise for each subject may utilize this information to determine the selection of options for when and where the subject may complete the amount of exercise. For example, system 100 may be connected to a plurality of different commercial gyms or studios that have different availabilities over different durations of time/day/exercise amounts and/or different exercise styles and/or numbers of subjects similar to subject 110.

Examples of subject information that may be acquired and stored for a particular subject are: male; 38; aerobic exercise; a leg portion; tuesday; 7 o' clock at night; 45 minute dose; and Bondi. In another example, the subject information that may be obtained and stored is: a female; 21; weight loss and rehabilitation; a lower back; sunday; sydney.

The system 100 or computing device 102 may also acquire and store additional information of previous and subsequent amounts of exercise delivered to a particular subject at least one of the fitness plan determination device 104 or the storage server. This additional information may include details about the performance of the subject 110 during any amount of exercise. It should be appreciated that the additional information stored and retrieved in relation to the previous amount of motion may provide information in determining the subsequent personalized amount of motion and may help track his/her progress in the context of the desired goal of the subject 110. Information of previous amounts of exercise may also be used to ensure that there is a change and/or consistency in subsequent amounts of exercise (depending on the desire of the subject for the change or consistency).

The system 100 may also acquire and store subject information related to a parameter selected from the group consisting of: weight, heart rate, blood pressure, body fat percentage, BMI, blood glucose level, ECG, respiratory rate, muscle mass, number of steps, energy expenditure, and energy intensity, and the system can obtain this information from the subject at any time. For example, the subject 110 may provide this information when providing their age and gender, or the information may be obtained from the subject 110 during the exercise amount, or the information may be obtained from the subject 110 occasionally if and when the information becomes available to the subject 110, such as through body composition analysis.

In some embodiments, the device 104 may use this information acquired from the subject 110 to further refine the amount of exercise based on the overall health of the subject 110 in the context of its expected outcome, and/or the performance of the subject 110 in the course of the amount of exercise. The acquired additional information of the subject 110 may also be used to further refine the personalized amount of motion of the subject 110 in the course of the subject 110 performing the personalized amount of motion in real time. For example, in some embodiments, the system 100 acquires information about the subject's heart rate during dosing and, in the context of a desired/acceptable heart rate, modifies instructions for dosing in real-time to maintain, reduce, or increase the heart rate of the subject 110.

The computing device 102 may allow the subject 110 to refine or update the subject information during the personalized quantity of motion to modify the personalized quantity of motion based on, for example, preferences, environmental changes, or issues that may arise during the personalized quantity of motion. For example, the subject 110 may injure himself, need to complete an individual amount of exercise earlier, or find that they lack the personal gear/equipment needed to complete the indicated activity in one or more areas of exercise. This information acquired from the subject 110 during the amount of exercise may be used in a manner to determine a personalized amount of exercise to further refine the amount of exercise and modify the provided instructions, e.g., modify the activity to perform the exercise to avoid injured areas, reduce the duration of the amount of exercise, or replace the activity with an activity that does not require the personal appliance/equipment of the subject 110 to be missing.

The system 100 may obtain information about the subject 110 in a variety of ways. In some embodiments, subject 110 may enter (via voice or text or gestures) information on computing device 102 of a mobile device or desktop computer in communication with a server storing the information. The subject 110 may also input information (e.g., BMI, body fat percentage, muscle mass, etc.) that may be obtained from fitness and/or fitness assessments or body composition analysis, and this may be updated in the device 104 (or storage server) as the subject 110 changes.

In some embodiments, the system 100 may determine a personalized amount of exercise based on the acquired information, pre-stored exercise information, and historical information of the subject 110.

In other embodiments, information about subject 110 (or multiple subjects) may also be obtained by a personal monitoring device that is also in communication with device 104 or a storage server where the information is stored. Non-limiting examples of personal monitoring devices that may be used to obtain information in the system of the present invention include blood glucose monitors, pedometers, and motion/GPS trackers that measure distance traveled (which may also be converted to energy expenditure), cardiac monitors, mobile EKG monitors, wireless blood pressure monitors, and/or EEG sensors. In some embodiments, the device 104 and the storage server communicate with each other.

In some embodiments, the information of the subject 110 may also be obtained from one or more power output monitoring devices connected to the athletic equipment in the athletic area that are in communication with the device 104 and/or a storage server where the information is stored. Examples of such power output monitoring devices include devices connected to a rowing machine, stationary bicycle, stair grinder, treadmill, elliptical machine, snowboard, and/or aerodynamic device. It should be understood that the power output monitoring device associated with this equipment may be used to obtain information about energy expenditure and energy intensity, as well as the overall performance of the subject 110 during the personalized amount of exercise of the subject 110.

The information obtained from the personal monitoring device and the power output monitoring device during the personalized amount of exercise may be used by the fitness plan determination device 104 to determine a subsequent amount of exercise by the subject 110. For example, in some embodiments, an amount of exercise may include an area of exercise with a stationary bike that includes a means to measure distance traveled, the means to measure distance traveled communicates with a server, and information obtained from the bike may be used to increase the distance to be traveled in subsequent amounts of exercise to facilitate improvement.

The information obtained from the personal monitoring device and the power output monitoring device may also be used by the device 104 during the amount of motion to modify the amount of motion. For example, in some embodiments, the amount of motion may include an area of motion having a treadmill that includes a device that measures distance traveled and incline, the device communicating with a server, and information obtained from the treadmill may be used to increase or decrease the intensity of the exercise. In other embodiments of the invention, the system 100 (or the device 104) acquires information about the subject's heart rate as each activity is performed during the course of the dosing exercise, and in the context of the desired heart rate and the calculated energy expenditure, modifies the instructions of the dose in real-time to maintain, reduce, or increase the energy expenditure of the subject 110.

The information obtained from the personal monitoring device and the power output monitoring device in communication with the device 104, as well as any additional information obtained from the subject 110 by any other means, will be stored on the device 104 and available for review and perusal of the subject 110 at any time, at least their age and gender (i.e., their mobile device) being provided in generally the same manner used by the subject 110.

In one embodiment, the system 100 further comprises a reporting device configured to: receiving personalized statistical information about the subject from one or more personal information gathering devices; creating an intelligent report for the subject by measuring and/or interpreting a subject analysis in relation to the subject's initial analysis, and based on personalized statistics, information about the exercise, user input, input from a computing device, statistics derived from a physical scan of the subject, varying the statistics measured during the exercise according to the personalized amount of exercise, and comparing with the statistics before and after the exercise and the subject's long term fitness objective; the subject is presented with a smart report, wherein the smart report is displayed on a computing device. In some embodiments, one or more functions of the reporting device may be performed by the computing device 102. In other embodiments, one or more functions, such as intelligent report creation functions of the reporting device, may be performed by the fitness plan determination device 104.

In some embodiments, the statistical data may be derived from a physical scan of the subject outside of the exercise, and may include metrics measured during the exercise and calculations done after the exercise, information about the exercise, and also include input by the subject 110. Further, the reporting device may work with other devices of the system 100, external computing devices, and information storage devices to calculate personalized statistics for the subject 110.

In some embodiments, the system 100 or the reporting device of the system 100 may use artificial intelligence to interpret the member's monthly body scans, heart rate monitoring reports, and other intelligent reports.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the reporting device may be the same as the computing device 104 and may be configured to show information about previous exercises, intelligent meal plans, and performance statistics.

The system 100 of the present disclosure is designed to be used by more than one subject 110 at a time, as each motion region may be used by one or more subjects 110 during the subject's amount of motion. Alternatively, the system 110 may be used by one subject at a time.

The system 110 of the present disclosure is utilized to deliver personalized amounts of exercise by allowing multiple activities to be performed in a single area of exercise, or a single activity to be performed in multiple areas of exercise, as well as combinations thereof. It should be understood that a particular amount of exercise need not utilize all regions of exercise, nor does the subject 110 need to perform all activities in any given region of exercise.

Further, one or more subjects may accomplish the personalized amount of motion in part by traversing the selection of motion regions in a particular order and at a particular time according to provided instructions. In other embodiments, the subject may accomplish the personalized amount of exercise in part by performing a selection of activities in a particular order in the area of exercise according to the provided instructions. In further embodiments, the subject may accomplish the personalized amount of exercise in part by traversing the selection of motion regions in a particular order, wherein each subject of the one or more subjects performs the selection of activities in the particular order in the one or more motion regions and performs a single activity in the one or more motion regions in accordance with instructions provided by the instruction device 106.

In some embodiments, a zone of motion may accommodate two or more subjects simultaneously, and when two or more subjects are in a particular zone of motion, they may be instructed to perform the same activity or different activities, to perform different durations or the same duration, and at different intensities or the same intensity, etc., depending on the acquired information for each subject. It will be appreciated that for each area of motion with specific equipment, there will be a plurality of activities available in the server database to form part of the amount of motion for each subject. For example, in motion area 2, Cari and Dave are subjects performing two different activities (exercises) as displayed on the pointing device 106.

In the present invention, the instruction device 106 may provide instructions to each subject regarding at least the area of motion they are about to perform an activity, the area of motion they are completing, and/or the ordering of the activity. The means for providing instructions is distinct from the means for obtaining subject information, and the means for providing instructions is generally independent of any object or equipment that is required or possessed by subject 110, and generally subject 110 does not need to physically interact with the means for providing instructions. This means that the computing device 102 and the instruction device 106 are different devices. For example, if the subject information is acquired by a mobile device, the mobile device need not provide instructions. Generally, the means for providing instructions is provided by and permanently resides at the location where the amount of exercise is to be accomplished.

The provision of the instructions may be initiated automatically based on desired time, date, and/or location information obtained from subject 110, or the provision of the instructions may require registration or triggering initiation in order to ensure that subject 110 is present. The instructions may also define the duration of the activity, the intensity of the activity, how to use the equipment in the athletic area, when to move to the next athletic area and/or activity, when to rest, etc. The instructions may also display information obtained from the subject 110 from a personal monitoring device and/or a power output monitoring device in communication with the server during the amount of exercise, as well as provide information regarding any changes made to the amount of exercise when the changes are made.

In some embodiments, the instruction device 106 for each subject to perform the activity is an audio/visual display device (i.e., instruction device 106) in the vicinity of the area of motion, and the apparatus is in communication with a server. Proximity means that the subject 110 can see the audio/visual display device from the area of motion, typically while engaged in a prohibited activity. There may be no audio/visual display device in communication with device 104 or the storage server near each area of motion, but in some embodiments of the disclosure there is a separate audio/visual display device for each area of motion. The instructions provided by the audio/visual display device may be in the form of, for example, graphics or diagrams, avatar or written instructions, video, audio clips, or a combination thereof.

The system 100 is configured to continuously learn from member behavior, and can use machine learning to continuously improve exercise not only for individual subjects, but also for groups of subjects.

In compliance with the statute, the invention has been described in language more or less specific as to structural or methodical features. The term "comprising" and variants thereof, such as "comprises" and "consisting of … …" are used throughout in the inclusive sense without excluding any additional feature. It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific features shown or described, since the means herein described comprise preferred forms of putting the invention into effect. The invention is, therefore, claimed in any of its forms or modifications within the proper scope of the appended claims appropriately interpreted by those skilled in the art.

Any embodiments of the present invention are illustrative only and are not intended to be limiting of the invention. It is therefore to be understood that various other adaptations and modifications may be made to any of the described embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.