Pacemaker apparatus, operation method thereof, and program

Abstract

There is provided a pacemaker apparatus including a course setting unit configured to set a movement course along which a user moves, a lap time data acquisition unit configured to acquire data of one or more lap times of one or more persons during movement along the course set by the course setting unit, and a target lap time generation unit configured to designate a lap time of a person selected by the user among the data of the one or more lap times of the one or more persons acquired by the lap time data acquisition unit as a reference lap time and generate a target lap time based on data of the reference lap time.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A pacemaker apparatus comprising:
 a course setting unit configured to set a movement course along which a user moves;   a lap time data acquisition unit configured to acquire data of one or more lap times of one or more persons during movement along the course set by the course setting unit; and   a target lap time generation unit configured to designate a lap time of a person selected by the user among the data of the one or more lap times of the one or more persons acquired by the lap time data acquisition unit as a reference lap time and generate a target lap time based on data of the reference lap time.   
     
     
         2 . The pacemaker apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the target lap time generation unit generates the target lap time by multiplying the reference lap time by a predetermined coefficient. 
     
     
         3 . The pacemaker apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 an internal state information acquisition unit configured to acquire internal state information indicating an internal state of the user,   wherein the target lap time generation unit generates the target lap time by multiplying the reference lap time by a predetermined coefficient based on the internal state information.   
     
     
         4 . The pacemaker apparatus according to  claim 3 ,
 wherein the internal state information includes information regarding a body temperature, a pulse, a blood pressure, a blood glucose level, and/or a sweat rate of the user, and   wherein the internal state information acquisition unit acquires at least one piece of the information among the information included as the internal state information.   
     
     
         5 . The pacemaker apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 an external environment information acquisition unit configured to acquire external environment information indicating an external environment of the user,   wherein the target lap time generation unit generates the target lap time by multiplying the reference lap time by a predetermined coefficient based on the external environment information.   
     
     
         6 . The pacemaker apparatus according to  claim 5 ,
 wherein the external environment information includes information regarding a date, a time, and a season when the user moves along the movement course, and a temperature, an atmospheric pressure, weather, a congestion situation, an exhaust gas amount, and/or an altitude around and on the movement course, and   wherein the external environment information acquisition unit acquires at least one piece of the information among the information included as the external environment information.   
     
     
         7 . The pacemaker apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a position identifying unit configured to identify a position of the user when the user moves along the movement course set by the setting unit;   a time counting unit configured to count a time of passage when the user passes through the position identified by the position identifying unit on the movement course;   a lap time measurement unit configured to measure a lap time of the user as a measured lap time based on information regarding the position identified by the position identifying unit and a time counted by the time counting unit upon passage through a position corresponding to the information regarding the position identified by the position identifying unit; and   a presenting unit configured to present a comparison result between the target lap time and the measured lap time to the user.   
     
     
         8 . The pacemaker apparatus according to  claim 7 , wherein the presenting unit presents the comparison result between the target lap time and the measured lap time as information including a sound, a change in volume, a change in a temperature, an electrical stimulus, a vibration, a light emission color, and/or a change in an amount of light sensible by the user to the user. 
     
     
         9 . The pacemaker apparatus according to  claim 8 , wherein the presenting unit presents the comparison result to the user by changing at least one of music, a tempo of the music, and a playback volume of the music when presenting the comparison result between the target lap time and the measured lap time by using the sound to the user. 
     
     
         10 . The pacemaker apparatus according to  claim 9 ,
 wherein the presenting unit presents the comparison result to the user by making a change to reproduce slow-tempo music, reproduce the music at a slow tempo, or decrease the playback volume of the music as the comparison result when the comparison result indicates that the measured lap time is faster than the target lap time, and   wherein the presenting unit presents the comparison result to the user by making a change to reproduce up-tempo music, reproduce the music at a fast tempo, or increase the playback volume of the music as the comparison result when the comparison result indicates that the measured lap time is slower than the target lap time.   
     
     
         11 . The pacemaker apparatus according to  claim 7 , further comprising:
 a target lap time change unit configured to change the target lap time according to the comparison result between the target lap time and the measured lap time.   
     
     
         12 . The pacemaker apparatus according to  claim 11 ,
 wherein, when the comparison result indicates that the measured lap time is faster than the target lap time, the target lap time change unit changes the target lap time by multiplying the target lap time by a predetermined coefficient in a manner that the target lap time is faster, and   wherein, when the comparison result indicates that the measured lap time is slower than the target lap time, the target lap time change unit changes the target lap time by multiplying the target lap time by a predetermined coefficient in a manner that the target lap time is slower.   
     
     
         13 . The pacemaker apparatus according to  claim 11 , further comprising:
 an internal state information acquisition unit configured to acquire internal state information indicating an internal state of the user,   wherein the target lap time change unit changes the target lap time by multiplying the target lap time by a predetermined coefficient based on at least one of the comparison result and the internal state information.   
     
     
         14 . The pacemaker apparatus according to  claim 13 ,
 wherein the internal state information includes information regarding a body temperature, a pulse, a blood pressure, a blood glucose level, a sweat rate, a movement speed, and/or a staggering degree of the user, and   wherein the internal state information acquisition unit acquires at least one piece of the information among the information included as the internal state information.   
     
     
         15 . The pacemaker apparatus according to  claim 11 , further comprising:
 an external environment information acquisition unit configured to acquire external environment information indicating an external environment of the user,   wherein the target lap time change unit changes the target lap time by multiplying the target lap time by a predetermined coefficient based on the external environment information.   
     
     
         16 . The pacemaker apparatus according to  claim 15 ,
 wherein the external environment information includes information regarding a date, a time, and a season when the user moves along the movement course, and a temperature, an atmospheric pressure, weather, a congestion situation, an exhaust gas amount, an altitude, a number of passing persons, and/or a gradient around and on the movement course, and   wherein the external environment information acquisition unit acquires at least one piece of the information among the information included as the external environment information.   
     
     
         17 . A method for operating a pacemaker apparatus, the method comprising:
 a course setting process of setting a movement course along which a user moves;   a lap time data acquisition process of acquiring data of one or more lap times of one or more persons during movement along the course set in the course setting process; and   a target lap time generation process of designating a lap time of a person selected by the user among the data of the one or more lap times of the one or more persons acquired in the lap time data acquisition process as a reference lap time and generating a target lap time based on data of the reference lap time.   
     
     
         18 . A program for causing a computer controlling a pacemaker apparatus to execute the processes including the steps of:
 setting a movement course along which a user moves;   acquiring data of one or more lap times of one or more persons during movement along the course set in the process of the course setting step; and   designating a lap time of a person selected by the user among the data of the one or more lap times of the one or more persons acquired in the process of the lap time data acquisition step as a reference lap time and generating a target lap time based on data of the reference lap time.