KR20160067294A - Method for providing walking-information-and-game service using walking-tracker - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal management method and a game service providing method in cooperation with a gait measuring instrument, and more particularly, to a gait measuring method and apparatus for providing gait-related information to a user based on gait data measured by a gait measuring device, To a method of providing a game service for paying an item according to a game.
According to the present invention, by connecting the use of the gait measuring device which is bored and easy to bother with the point that can be used in the game, it is possible to induce more interest to make it a pleasant exercise, Can be played instantly on the same screen, thereby eliminating the trouble of going through various steps and allowing the user to enjoy the game easily. Also, by allowing the user to participate in events connected with the server according to the walking performance, It can induce various motivations.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a method for providing gait information and a game combining service in a mobile terminal in conjunction with a gait measuring device,

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal management method and a game service providing method in cooperation with a gait measuring instrument, and more particularly, to a gait measuring method and apparatus for providing gait-related information to a user based on gait data measured by a gait measuring device, To a method of providing a game service for paying an item according to a game.

The gait measuring device is a useful tool for health promotion, but it is only a simple step number check and it is difficult to induce motivation for steady exercise. To this end, there has been an attempt to gain interest through games related to the cumulative number of steps, but this has also been a difficult step for sustained motivation since it is only a simple step-by-step competition.

KR 10-1263759 B1

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to connect a use of a gait measuring device which is tedious and easy to bother with a point which can be used in a game,

In addition, there is another purpose of allowing such a game to be executed immediately on the same screen while checking the walking information of the user and the accumulated points therefrom, thereby eliminating the trouble of going through various steps and allowing the user to enjoy the game with ease.

In addition, according to the gait achievement, it is possible to participate in the event connected to the server, thereby enabling to induce more various motions in the exercise such as walking.

In order to achieve the above object, a method for providing walking information and a game combining service according to an operation of an application program (hereinafter referred to as a 'walking application') installed in a mobile terminal in cooperation with a walking meter according to the present invention (a) receiving walking information of a user through a USB (USB) from a gait measuring device; (b) converting the received walking information into a point for use in a game and storing the same; And (c) providing a game icon to the user through a display, and when the user selects a game through the icon, providing the converted point to use.

The walking information and the game combining service providing method may further include analyzing the walking information when there is a request from the user and displaying the analyzed result in a format for the user to select.

The walking information analysis result may display the walking data of the user for a day, week, month, or year in text or graphics according to the user's selection.

(E1) receiving event information related to the walking information from a server linked to the walking application; And (e2) transmitting the walking information of the user to the server. (e3) receiving an event winning message from the server when the user has won the event according to the user's walking information; And (e4) transmitting the event winner to a user through a display.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium storing an application program (hereinafter referred to as a 'gait application') installed in a mobile terminal interlocked with a gait measuring device to thereby provide walking information and a game combining service, A function of receiving the user's walking information from the gauging device via USB (USB); A function of switching the received walk information to a point for use in a game and storing it; And providing the user with a game icon through a display and providing the user with the converted point when the user selects the game through the icon.

The walking application may further include a function of analyzing the walking information when there is a request input from the user and displaying the analyzed result in a format that the user can select.

Wherein the walking application receives event information related to the walking information from a server linked with the walking application, transmits the walking information of the user to the server, and the user wins the event according to the walking information of the user Receiving the event winning message from the server and transmitting the event winning to the user through the display.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a gait measuring instrument coupled to a mobile terminal includes: a three-axis sensor for detecting a user's walking; A USB port connected to a mobile terminal; A walking information calculation unit for calculating a walking information of a user including the number of walking of the user in accordance with the walking detection by the triaxial sensor; And a walking information providing unit for transmitting the calculated walking information to the mobile terminal through the USB port.

According to the present invention, by connecting the use of the gait measuring device which is easy to bore and easy to bother with the point which can be used in the game, it is possible to induce more interest to make it a pleasant exercise, Can be played instantly on the same screen, thereby eliminating the trouble of going through various steps and allowing the user to enjoy the game easily. Also, by allowing the user to participate in events connected with the server according to the walking performance, It is possible to induce various motions.

Brief Description of the Drawings Fig. 1 is a diagram showing a network configuration for providing walking information and a game combining service of a mobile terminal interlocked with a walking meter according to the present invention. Fig.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a walking gauges,
3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a walking application installed in a mobile terminal to provide walking information and a game combining service according to the present invention.
Figure 4 shows a gait measuring instrument connected to a mobile terminal via a USB port;
5 is a view showing an example of a case where a walking application of a mobile terminal analyzes walking information transmitted from a walking meter and displays the results thereof.
6 is a view illustrating an embodiment in which walking information transmitted from a gait measuring device and a game icon provided by a mobile terminal are displayed on a mobile terminal.
7 is a view for explaining an embodiment in which walk information transmitted from a gait measuring device is used as a point in a game provided by a mobile terminal;
FIG. 8 is a view showing an example of a case where a server receives an event related to a walk and then receives a gift.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as limited to ordinary or dictionary terms, and the inventor should appropriately interpret the concepts of the terms appropriately It should be interpreted in accordance with the meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention based on the principle that it can be defined. Therefore, the embodiments described in this specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are merely the most preferred embodiments of the present invention and do not represent all the technical ideas of the present invention. Therefore, It is to be understood that equivalents and modifications are possible.

1 is a diagram illustrating a network configuration for providing walking information and a game combining service of a mobile terminal in cooperation with a walking meter according to the present invention.

The mobile terminal 100 is connected to the gauging device 200 through a USB port and receives the walking information of the user detected by the gait measuring device and provides analysis results of the received gait information or switches to points according to the number of steps, And can be used for various purposes such as purchasing items. The game may be a standalone game in the mobile terminal 100, but may be a network game with another mobile terminal 10 on the network. In addition, a service associated with the server 300 that performs the gait-related event may be provided to the user. Hereinafter, the service provision will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 8. FIG.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing walking information and a game combining service of a mobile terminal in cooperation with a walking meter according to the present invention. FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a walking / FIG. 6 is a view illustrating an embodiment in which walking information received from a gait measuring device and a game icon provided by a mobile terminal are displayed on a mobile terminal, and FIG. FIG. 7 is a view for explaining an embodiment in which walking information received from a gait measuring device is used as a point in a game provided by a mobile terminal, and FIG. 8 is a view for explaining an example of walking FIG. 5 is a view showing an embodiment in which the user is paid.

Hereinafter, the walking information and the game combining service of the mobile terminal in conjunction with the walking meter according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 8, with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

The mobile terminal 100 performs the following process through the operation of a walking application installed therein, that is, an application program for providing walking information and a game combining service.

The mobile terminal 100 receives the walking information according to the user's walking from the gait measuring device 200 via the USB (S201).

The walking information transmitted to the mobile terminal 100 by the walking meter 200 may be a notification that the walking meter 200 senses the walking when the walking meter 200 detects the walking of the pedestrian. In this case, the gait application of the mobile terminal 100 counts such gait and stores it as gait information by time, date, month, year number of steps or cumulative number of steps.

Alternatively, after the gait measuring device 200 carries out the gait detection and the gait information as described above with respect to the detected gait, the information data may be transmitted to the mobile terminal 100 as the gait information.

When the walking application of the mobile terminal 100 receives the walking information from the walking meter 200, it converts the walking information into a point (hereinafter referred to as a 'step point') that can be used in the game (S202) As a stepping point, a specific item can be purchased in a game as an embodiment (see FIG. 7). In addition, it can be used in games for various purposes. The cumulative value converted to the step point can be provided to the user through the display of the mobile terminal 100 (see FIG. 6). On the other hand, the user may purchase a cash point for use in a game or the like (see FIGS. 6 and 7) and obtain game money in the game (see FIG. 6). Such a game may be a standalone game stored in the mobile terminal 100 or may be connected to a network game through execution of the above game icon.

In addition, the gait application of the mobile terminal 100 provides a game icon to the user through display (S203, see Fig. 6). That is, the user is allowed to execute a game icon that can float on the display and use the step point while confirming accumulated step points.

When the user executes the game icon (S204), the game is driven and provided to the user so that the accumulated step points can be used in various ways in the game (S205).

On the other hand, if there is an input for requesting a detailed analysis result of the walking information from the user, the walking information may be analyzed and the analyzed result may be displayed in a format for the user to select (S211). One embodiment of such an analysis result is shown in Fig. 5, the results of the walking information analysis may be displayed on a daily, weekly, monthly, or even graphically displayed graphical display of the user's walking data even though not shown, depending on the user's selection .

It can also provide event services related to walking in conjunction with servers on the network. That is, event information related to the walking information can be received from the server 300 on the network in cooperation with the walking application of the mobile terminal 100 (S221). For example, the specific university server 300 may notify the mobile terminal equipped with the gait application that a specific gift is to be paid to a student who has accumulated steps of 10,000 steps or more during the festival period. In step S222, each of the mobile terminals 100 receives the walking information including the cumulative number of steps received from the walking meter 200, to the server 300. When the user wins the event according to the user's walking information, the server 300 transmits the event winning message to the winning mobile terminal 100 (S223), and the walking application of the mobile terminal 100 And informs the user that a gift such as a coupon has been paid through a display (S224, see FIG. 8).

3 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of a walking application installed in the mobile terminal 100 to provide walking information and a game combining service according to the present invention. Since the service performed by the walking application is already described in detail with reference to FIG. 2 and FIGS. 5 to 8, the following description will briefly describe the functions of the respective modules of the walking application performing the operation .

The control unit 101 controls each module of the gait application in the following to perform a series of processes related to providing walking information and game combining service.

The walking information receiving module 102 receives the user's walking information from the walking meter 200 via USB.

The game use point switching module 103 converts the walking information received from the USB into a point for use in the game and stores the same.

The point use game providing module 104 provides a game icon to the user through a display, and when the user selects a game through the icon, the game execution is executed and the converted point is provided for use in the game. If the game is a game running on a network, rather than a game performed in a mobile terminal, it may be connected to such a game.

When there is a request input from the user, the walking information analysis module 105 analyzes the walking information, and the walking analysis information providing module 106 displays the analyzed result in a format for the user to select.

The server interworking module 107 receives event information related to the walking information from the server linked with the walking application, transmits the walking information of the user to the server, And receives an event winning message from the server and delivers the event winning to the user through the display.

4 is a view showing that the gait measuring device 200 is connected to the mobile terminal 100 through a USB port.

The gait measuring apparatus includes a three-axis sensor for detecting the user's walking, a USB port connected to the mobile terminal, and a walking sensor for detecting the walking information of the user including the walking number of the user, And a walking information providing unit for transmitting the calculated walking information to the mobile terminal through the USB port.

The walking information calculated as described above with reference to FIG. 2 is information that the walking gauge 200 senses the walking when the walker senses the walking of the pedestrian, or the information that the walking gauge 200 senses the walking, The walking information may be performed on the sensed gait as described above, and then the data may be computed and calculated as such.

100: a mobile terminal connected to a gait measuring device
200: Walking meter
300: server
10: mobile terminal on network

Claims (8)

A method for providing walking information and a game combining service in accordance with the operation of an application program installed in the mobile terminal in cooperation with the walking meter,
(a) receiving walking information of a user from a gauging device via USB (USB);
(b) converting the received walking information into a point for use in a game and storing the same; And
(c) providing a game icon to a user through a display, and if the user has selected a game through the icon, providing the converted point to use
And providing the gaming information. The method according to claim 1,
(d) if there is a request input from the user, analyzing the walking information and displaying the analyzed result in a format for the user to select
The method of claim 1, further comprising: The method of claim 2,
Wherein the walking information analysis result includes:
Display the walking data of the user in a text or graphic form for a day, week, month, or year according to a user's selection
And providing the walking information and the game combining service. The method according to claim 1,
(e1) receiving event information related to the walking information from a server linked to the walking application; And
(e2) transmitting the walking information of the user to the server;
(e3) receiving an event winning message from the server when the user has won the event according to the user's walking information; And
(e4) transmitting the event winner to the user through a display
The method of claim 1, further comprising: (Hereinafter, referred to as a 'walking application') installed in a mobile terminal linked to a walking meter to provide walking information and a game combining service, the walking application comprising:
A function of receiving the user's walking information from the walk meter via USB (USB);
A function of switching the received walk information to a point for use in a game and storing it; And
A function of providing a game icon to a user through a display and providing the user with the converted point when the user selects a game through the icon
Wherein the walking application is recorded on the recording medium. The method of claim 5,
When there is a request input from the user, analyzing the walking information and displaying the analyzed result in a format for the user to select
Wherein the walking application is recorded on the recording medium. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the server receives event information related to the walking information from a server linked with the walking application, transmits the walking information of the user to the server, and when the user wins the event according to the walking information of the user, Receiving a message from the server and delivering the event win to the user through display
Wherein the walking application is recorded on the recording medium. A gait measuring instrument coupled to a mobile terminal,
A three-axis sensor for detecting the user's walking;
A USB port connected to a mobile terminal;
A walking information calculation unit for calculating a walking information of a user including the number of walking of the user in accordance with the walking detection by the triaxial sensor; And
And transmits the calculated walking information to the mobile terminal via the USB port.
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