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Granted Patent B2
US 12,329,526 · App. 17/617,368 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Information processing device, state determination system, energy calculation system, information processing method, and storage medium

Inventors: Chenhui Huang (Tokyo, JP); Kazuki Ihara (Tokyo, JP); Noriyuki Tonouchi (Tokyo, JP); Kenichiro Fukushi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
A61B5/221A61B5/1118A61B5/1123A61B5/6829
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Patent No.
US 12,329,526
App. No.
17/617,368
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an information processing device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire motion information of a foot of a user measured by a motion measurement device and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the user is in a pedaling state in which the user pedals a bicycle based on an angle between a sole and a ground generated from the motion information.

Claims (32)

1. An information processing device comprising:

a memory configured to store instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the instructions to:

acquire motion information of a foot of a user measured by a motion measurement device; and

determine whether or not the user is in a pedaling state in which the user pedals a bicycle based on an angle between a sole and a ground generated from the motion information.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the motion information includes acceleration of the foot.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein whether or not the user is in the pedaling state is determined further based on the acceleration.

4. The information processing device according to claim 3 , wherein whether or not the user is in the pedaling state is determined based on time series data of the angle and time series data of the acceleration.

5. The information processing device according to claim 4 , wherein whether or not the user is in the pedaling state is determined based on a first similarity degree between the time series data of the angle and the time series data of the acceleration.

6. The information processing device according to claim 5 , wherein the first similarity degree includes a correlation coefficient between the time series data of the angle and the time series data of the acceleration.

7. The information processing device according to claim 4 , wherein whether or not the user is in the pedaling state is determined further based on a frequency spectrum of the angle and a frequency spectrum of the acceleration acquired by transforming the time series data of the angle and the time series data of the acceleration into a frequency domain.

8. The information processing device according to claim 7 , wherein whether or not the user is in the pedaling state is determined based on a second similarity degree between the frequency spectrum of the angle and the frequency spectrum of the acceleration.

9. The information processing device according to claim 8 , wherein the second similarity degree includes a correlation coefficient between the frequency spectrum of the angle and the frequency spectrum of the acceleration.

10. The information processing device according to claim 8 , wherein the user is determined to be in the pedaling state in a case where a first similarity degree between the time series data of the angle and the time series data of the acceleration is greater than a first threshold value and a second similarity degree between the frequency spectrum of the angle and the frequency spectrum of the acceleration is greater than a second threshold value.

11. The information processing device according to claim 4 , wherein the time series data includes at least two pedaling cycles.

12. The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the motion information further includes angular velocity of the foot.

13. The information processing device according to claim 12 , wherein a coordinate system of the acceleration and the angular velocity included in the motion information is transformed into a coordinate system with respect to the foot.

14. The information processing device according to claim 12 , wherein the angle is calculated using the acceleration and the angular velocity.

15. The information processing device according to claim 14 , wherein the angle is calculated using a Madgwick filter.

16. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the motion measurement device is provided at a position corresponding to an arch of the foot.

17. A state determination system comprising:

the information processing device according to claim 1 ; and

the motion measurement device.

18. An energy calculation system comprising:

a memory configured to store instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the instructions to calculate energy consumed by the user by riding the bicycle based on a time of the pedaling state acquired by the information processing device according to claim 1 .

19. An information processing method comprising:

acquiring motion information of a foot of a user measured by a motion measurement device; and

determining whether or not the user is in a pedaling state in which the user pedals a bicycle based on an angle between a sole and a ground generated from the motion information.

20. A non-transitory storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to perform:

acquiring motion information of a foot of a user measured by a motion measurement device; and

determining whether or not the user is in a pedaling state in which the user pedals a bicycle based on an angle between a sole and a ground generated from the motion information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2021
From: HUANG, CHENHUI; IHARA, KAZUKI; TONOUCHI, NORIYUKI; FUKUSHI, KENICHIRO
To: NEC CORPORATION
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Continuity (1)
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