Stamina monitoring method and device

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an exercise assistive device. The present disclosure also provides a method for estimating stamina level and a method for adjusting the method according to a user's anaerobic energy level and aerobic energy level. The present disclosure further provides the several types and applications of the exercise assistive device.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A stamina monitoring device, comprising:
 a sensor module to sense a physiological signal;   an user interface to receive a biological information;   a storage to store the biological information and at least one mathematical model;   a processing module to execute the at least one mathematical model to do the following:   estimating an anaerobic energy and an aerobic energy based on the physiological signal and the biological information;   combining the anaerobic energy and the aerobic energy into a stamina level.   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the anaerobic energy is correlated to accumulation of lactate acid concentration. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the aerobic energy is correlated to calorie consumption. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the biological information comprises at least one of body dimension information such as height, weight, age, gender. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the sensor module senses at least one of the following: EKG signal, heart rate variability, pulse, heart rate, breathing pattern, body temperature, blood glucose, blood pressure, glycogen concentration, oxygen concentration, body composition, power, cadence, speed, elevation, and inclination. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the sensor module comprises an EKG sensor that senses heart rate. 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the user interface comprises at least one output such as a display, a vibrating component, or a speaker. 
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 1  further comprising:
 a strap, wherein the stamina monitoring device is fixed directly or indirectly on a user's skin by the strap. 
 
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 8 , wherein the stamina monitoring device is fixed at the user's forehead, wrist, leg or arm by the strap. 
     
     
         10 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the stamina level is outputted to be in conjunction with at least one parameter such as heart rate, velocity, time, map, temperature, humidity, altitude, calorie consumption, exercising efficiency, body composition, power, cadence, speed, elevation, inclination, BMI or estimated maximum exercise displacement. 
     
     
         11 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the user interface outputs a notification when the anaerobic energy and/or the aerobic energy reaches a threshold. 
     
     
         12 . The device of  claim 11 , wherein the notification is vibrating notification, voice notification, or visual notification. 
     
     
         13 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the stamina level is further mapped to a RPE scale and outputted by the user interface. 
     
     
         14 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the processing module is further configured to estimate a maximum calorie consumption based on the stamina level and the aerobic energy. 
     
     
         15 . The device of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 an exercise sensor to directly or indirectly provide real-time displacement information.   
     
     
         16 . The device of  claim 15 , wherein the processing module is further configured to estimate a maximum exercising displacement based on the stamina level and the displacement information. 
     
     
         17 . The device of  claim 16 , wherein the user interface outputs available attacks which is calculated by the processing module based on the stamina level or maximum exercising displacement. 
     
     
         18 . A stamina monitoring method, comprising:
 sensing a physiological signal by a sensor module;   receiving a biological information from a user interface;   estimating an anaerobic energy and an aerobic energy based on the physiological signal and the biological information by a processing module using at least one mathematical model stored in a storage module;   estimating a stamina level based on the anaerobic energy and the aerobic energy;   outputting the stamina level by at least one output unit.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the anaerobic energy is correlated to accumulation of lactate acid concentration. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the aerobic energy is correlated to calorie consumption. 
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the biological information comprises at least one of body dimension information such as height, weight, age, gender. 
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the sensor module senses at least one of the following: EKG signal, heart rate variability, pulse, heart rate, breathing pattern, body temperature, blood glucose, blood pressure, glycogen concentration, oxygen concentration, body composition, power, cadence, speed, elevation, and inclination. 
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the sensor module comprises an EKG sensor that senses heart rate. 
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the at least one output is a display, a vibrating component, or a speaker. 
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the stamina level is outputted to be in conjunction with at least one parameter such as heart rate, velocity, time, map, temperature, humidity, altitude, calorie consumption, exercising efficiency, body composition, power, cadence, speed, elevation, inclination, BMI or estimated maximum exercise displacement. 
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the at least one output unit outputs a notification when the anaerobic energy and/or the aerobic energy reaches a threshold. 
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 26 , wherein the notification is vibrating notification, voice notification, or visual notification. 
     
     
         28 . The method of  claim 18 , further comprising:
 mapping the stamina level to a RPE scale by the processing module;   outputting the RPE scale by the at least one output unit.   
     
     
         29 . The method of  claim 18 , further comprising:
 estimating a maximum calorie consumption by the processing module based on the stamina level and the aerobic energy.   
     
     
         30 . The method of  claim 18 , further comprising:
 obtaining a real-time displacement information directly or indirectly from an exercise sensor.   
     
     
         31 . The method of  claim 30 , further comprising:
 estimating a maximum exercising displacement by the processing module based on the stamina level and the displacement information.   
     
     
         32 . The method of  claim 31 , further comprising:
 Outputting available attacks by the user interface, wherein the available attacks is calculated by the processing module based on the stamina level or maximum exercising displacement.   
     
     
         33 . A stamina monitoring device, comprising:
 a sensor module to sense a physiological signal;   an user interface to receive a biological information;   a storage to store the biological information and at least one mathematical model;   a processing module to execute the at least one mathematical model to do the following:
 estimating a stamina level based on the physiological signal and the biological information; 
 estimating a exercise assistive information based on the stamina level; 
 sending the stamina level to the user interface which comprises an output unit. outputting the stamina level by the user interface. 
   
     
     
         34 . The device of  claim 33 , wherein the processing module is further configured to estimate a maximum calorie consumption based on the stamina level and an aerobic energy, and the aerobic energy is estimated based on the physiological signal and the biological information. 
     
     
         35 . The device of  claim 33 , further comprising an exercise sensor which directly or indirectly provides a real-time displacement information, and the processing module is further configured to estimate a maximum exercise displacement based on the stamina level and the displacement information. 
     
     
         36 . The device of  claim 35 , wherein the user interface outputs available attacks which is calculated by the processing module based on the stamina level or maximum exercising displacement. 
     
     
         37 . The device of  claim 35 , wherein the storage further storing a displacement target, and a notification is output to the user when the maximum exercise displacement is lower than the displacement target. 
     
     
         38 . The device of  claim 33 , wherein the user interface comprises at least one output such as a display, a vibrating component, or a speaker. 
     
     
         39 . The device of  claim 33 , wherein the biological information comprises at least one of body dimension information such as height, weight, age, gender. 
     
     
         40 . The device of  claim 33 , wherein the sensor module comprises an EKG sensor that senses heart rate. 
     
     
         41 . The device of  claim 33 , wherein the stamina level is outputted to be in conjunction with at least one parameter such as heart rate, velocity, time, map, temperature, humidity, altitude, calorie consumption, exercising efficiency, body composition, power, cadence, speed, elevation, inclination, BMI or estimated maximum exercise displacement. 
     
     
         42 . The device of  claim 33 , wherein the sensor module senses at least one of the following: EKG signal, heart rate variability, pulse, heart rate, breathing pattern, body temperature, blood glucose, blood pressure, glycogen concentration, oxygen concentration, body composition, power, cadence, speed, elevation, and inclination.