Algorithm for providing music to influence a user's exercise performance
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsNuria Maria Oliver, Fernando Flores-Mangas
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Abstract
Aspects of the invention use music to influence a person's performance in a physical workout. A computing device receives and analyzes data indicating current physiology and movement of the user in order to provide a music piece that will influence the user to speed up, slow down, or maintain current pace so to achieve a desired exercise performance level. Information specific to the user may be considered in providing the music piece.
Claims21
A computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions for:
- identifying difference between current heart rate of a user and desired heart rate for the user;
- and
- providing a music piece that influences the user to exercise to diminish the difference based on characterizing each music piece available to the user using one or more music features, the one or more music features comprising at least one of average energy of the music piece or variance in energy of the music piece.
A computer system comprising a processor for executing computer-executable instructions for:
- identifying difference between current heart rate of a user and desired heart rate for the user;
- identifying a music piece that is predicted to influence the user to exercise to diminish the difference, wherein the music piece is identified by a music selection algorithm based on historical data comprising heart rates and movement speeds of the user associated with the music piece during the user's past exercise sessions;
- and
- providing the music piece to the user.
A computer-implemented method for using music to influence performance of a user during an exercise routine, the method comprising:
- identifying difference between a current heart rate of the user and a desired heart rate for the user;
- and
- retrieving a music piece from memory and providing the music piece to the user, wherein the music piece influences the user to exercise to diminish the difference based at least upon a function of an amount of time the user has been exercising, the current heart rate of the user, and a movement speed of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.