Konami Sports Life Corporation

Yasuhiro Shitan

Toshimitsu Oishi

Shin Terao

Yurina Oguchi

Takeaki Hayashino

A detection apparatus that detects an exercise history of a user in a swimming pool includes: a plurality of receiving units operable to receive user identifying information for identifying the user from a portable device retained by the user; a recording unit operable to recording receiving unit identifying information for identifying one of the receiving units in association with the user identifying information when the one receiving unit receives the user identifying information; and a activity amount computing unit operable to compute a physical activity amount of the user based on a history of the receiving unit identifying information stored in association with the user identifying information.

Detection apparatus, detection system, portable device, and machine readable medium

An electronic locking device is disclosed which, when applied to rental lockers, will allow electronic data to be delivered without causing inconvenience to a user. One who desires to use a locker will approach an input device while in possession of a recording device. The input device will detect the approach of the recording device without coming into contact therewith, and will output data indicating the detection thereof to a management device. The management device will extract the locker IDs of the lockers that are not currently being used, and will display the unused lockers on the input device. When a user inputs the selection of a locker and a password into the input device, the locker ID of the selected locker and the password will be output to the management device. The management device will set the electronic data, i.e., the electronic key, for opening the selected locker, wirelessly output the electronic key to the recording device via the input device, and the selected locker will be unlocked. The recording device will store the received electronic key.

Electronic locking system, locking management device, method of managing a locking device, and program

The present invention is for arousing a sense of rivalry to the user so that the user can exhibit an active will to exercise. The present invention relates to an exercise assistance apparatus which has a cycling machineprovided with pedalsand a rotation sensorfor detecting the movement of the pedals, comprising a monitorfor displaying images, means for storing image data to express a traveling path and opponent characters, exercise equipment control means for performing variable control for the load status of the electromagnetic clutchof the machine, means for sequentially updating and controlling the traveling position of the opponent characters on the traveling path, means for calculating a virtual self position of the user on the traveling path from the detection content of the rotation sensorand the load status controlled by the exercise equipment control means, and image display means for displaying the traveling path and opponent characters on the monitor, and displaying the degree of difficulty to pass an opponent character.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Yasuhiro Shitan