Using music to influence a person'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.
Claims17
A system that uses data indicating a current physiology and movement speed of a user to select music to assist the user to achieve a desired exercise performance level, comprising:
- a computing device, comprising:
- a data receiver to receive the data indicating the current physiology and movement speed of the user;
- a computing module to compare previously stored data of the user's pace and associated music and the data indicating the current physiology and movement speed of the user against a desired physiology and movement speed provided by the user to select a music piece matching the associated music in at least one of average energy, variance in energy, beat or volume to assist the user achieve the desired physiology and movement speed;
- a media player, in communication with the computing module, to reproduce the music piece to the user;
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- a log database to store the data indicating the current physiology and movement speed of the user and the music piece.
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- receiving data indicating a current physiology and movement speed of a user;
- receiving previously stored data of the user's pace and associated music from a log database;
- receiving a desired physiology and movement speed from the user;
- and
- providing the user a music piece matching the associated music in at least one of average energy, variance in energy, beat or volume based on the data indicating the current physiology and movement speed of the user and the previously stored data of the user's pace and associated music against the desired physiology and movement speed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.