Health maintenance system

A portable motion recorder to be carried about by a user to measure an amount of motion for daily activities, and to be used in combination with an exercise machine that provides the user with a predetermined exercise program and measures an amount of exercise performed by the user according to the exercise program, said portable motion recorder comprising:

• a motion measuring unit that measures an amount of motion for daily activities;
• a communication unit that exchanges data with the exercise machine;
• a data processing unit that receives measured data measured by the exercise machine from the exercise machine through the communication unit and processes measured data measured by the motion measuring unit, the measured data measured by and received from the exercise machine and basic personal data on the user by predetermined operations;
• and
• an output unit that provides information about health maintenance condition on the user determined by the data processing unit.

An exercise machine capable of providing a user with a predetermined exercise program and of measuring an amount of exercise performed by the user according to the exercise program and to be used in combination with a portable motion recorder to be carried about by the user to measure an amount of motion for daily activities, said exercise machine comprising:

• a motion measuring unit that measures an amount of exercise performed by te user according to the exercise program;
• a communication unit that exchanges data with the portable motion recorder;
• a data processing unit that receives measured data measured by the portable motion recorder from the portable motion recorder through the communication unit and processes measured data measured by the motion measuring unit, the measured data measured by and received from the portable motion recorder and basic personal data on the user by predetermined operations;
• and
• an output unit that provides information about health maintenance condition on the user determined by the data processing unit.