Patent ID: 6852069

Claim:
A method of automatically evaluating physical health of a user while the user is exercising using exercise equipment ( 10 ) having a sensor section ( 50 ) for sensing physical strength and a plurality of kinds of health information of the user, a main controller section ( 20 ) for executing a game with a game space for the user to perform and including a virtual subject ( 2 ) simulating the user and a reference person ( 1 ) in the game space, the controller section also capable of generating physical strength and health evaluation information based on the physical strength and plurality of kinds of health information sensed by the sensor section, the equipment also including a display device ( 30 ) for displaying information to the user and a memory means ( 40 ) for storing sensed information, evaluation information and the game, the method comprising: executing the game through the main controller section, display device and memory means for generating events of the game to test the users physical strength and health; measuring and storing the physical strength and plurality of kinds of health information of the user resulting from the events using the sensor section; causing the virtual subject to reflect an exercise state of the user based on the sensed physical strength and kinds of health information, and on a plurality of protocols for the game based on an exercise state of the reference person; and generating and storing evaluation information based on the sensed physical strength and kinds of health information using the controller section and memory means.