Patent ID: 6786848
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: A63B,A63F,Y10S

Abstract:
An exercise assisting apparatus, comprising:exercise equipment having a movable portion for allowing a user to exercise under a specified load condition, exercise detecting means for detecting a movement of the movable portion of the exercising equipment, pulse rate detecting means for detecting the pulse rate of the user, exercise monitoring means for monitoring an exercising state of the user in accordance with the detection results of the exercise detecting means and the pulse rate detecting means, a monitor arranged in connection with the exercising equipment for displaying a background image and a character corresponding to the user on a screen, image displaying means for causing the character to make a simulated motion related to the exercise within the background image on the screen of the monitor in accordance with the detection result of the exercise detecting means, game executing means for causing the character to make a specified motion related to the simulated exercise based on the detection results of the exercise detecting means, and game evaluating means for giving a higher evaluation when the executed specified motion is made in a state in which the pulse rate of the user is closer to a preset target pulse rate.