Systems and methods for time-based athletic activity measurement and display

• US 10,293,209 B2
• Filed: 05/31/2018
• Issued: 05/21/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Inventors: Meschter, James, Molyneux, James, Weast, Aaron B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Huy T
• Application Number:
  US15/994,517
• Publication Number:
  US 20180272188A1
• Time in Patent Office: 355 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0062 Monitoring athletic performances, e.g. for determining the work of a user on an exercise apparatus, the completed jogging or cycling distance
• CPC Class Codes: G01B 5/02 for measuring length, width or thickness G01B5/004, G01B5/08 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 15/09 by piezoelectric pick-up
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/02 with visual presentation of the material to be studied, e.g. using film strip
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/70 for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/9205 the additional signal being at least another television signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

An athletic parameter measurement device worn by an athlete during an athletic activity session includes a housing which attaches to the athlete, a display, a processor associated with the display, and an athletic parameter measurement sensor. During the athletic activity, the device detects, using the sensor, a vertical jump height of the athlete, and displays, during the performance of the athletic activity session, a representation of the vertical jump height on the display.

Claims

1. An athletic parameter measurement device comprising:

a display;

a processor; and

at least one athletic parameter measurement sensor,

wherein the athletic parameter measurement device is configured to;

detect athletic data of the athlete during an athletic activity session;

receive, by the processor, video data of the athlete during the athletic activity session;

calculate, by the processor, at least one metric of the athlete using the detected athletic data and the received video data, wherein the at least one metric includes a speed metric of the athlete; and

display, by the processor on the display, during performance of the athletic activity session, a representation of the at least one metric, wherein the at least one metric is recorded with the video data as an overlaid graphic that is displayed during playback of the video data.

2. The athletic parameter measurement device of claim 1, wherein the representation of the at least one metric is displayed in real time.

3. The athletic parameter measurement device of claim 1, wherein the at least one athletic parameter measurement sensor includes an accelerometer.

4. The athletic parameter measurement device of claim 3, wherein the accelerometer is a piezoelectric accelerometer.

5. The athletic parameter measurement device of claim 1, wherein the athletic parameter device is further configured to:

associate an identification of the athlete with the athletic parameter measurement device; and

transmit the at least one metric and the identification to a computing device remote from the athletic parameter measurement device.

6. The athletic parameter measurement device of claim 5, wherein the athletic parameter measurement device is further configured to transmit the at least one metric and the identification to the computing device via 2400 and 2483.5 MHz frequency signals.

7. The athletic parameter measurement device of claim 5, wherein the athletic parameter measurement device is further configured to transmit the at least one metric and the identification to the computing device in real-time.

8. The athletic parameter measurement device of claim 1, wherein the overlaid graphic is animated during playback of the video data.

9. A method comprising:

detecting, by at least one athletic parameter sensor, athletic data of the athlete during an athletic activity session while the sensor is worn by the athlete;

receiving, by a processor of an athletic parameter measurement device, video data of the athlete during the athletic activity session, wherein recording of the video data is triggered based on an output of the sensor;

calculating, by the processor, at least one metric of the athlete using the detected athletic data and the received video data, wherein the at least one metric includes a balance metric of the athlete; and

display, by the processor on the display, during performance of the athletic activity session, a representation of the at least one metric, wherein the at least one metric is recorded with the video data as an overlaid graphic that is displayed during playback of the video data.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the athletic parameter sensor includes a force sensor.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the athletic parameter sensor includes an accelerometer.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the representation of the at least one metric is displayed in real time.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

associating an identification of the athlete with the athletic parameter measurement device; and

transmitting the at least one metric and the identification to a computing device remote from the athletic parameter measurement device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the athletic parameter measurement device is further configured to transmit the at least one metric and the identification to the computing device in real-time.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the overlaid graphic is animated during playback of the video data.

16. A method comprising:

detecting, by at least one athletic parameter sensor, athletic data of the athlete during an athletic activity session;

receiving, by a processor of an athletic parameter measurement device, video data of the athlete during the athletic activity session;

calculating, by the processor, at least one metric of the athlete using the detected athletic data and the received video data, wherein the at least one metric includes a speed metric of the athlete; and

display, by the processor on the display, during performance of the athletic activity session, a representation of the at least one metric, wherein the at least one metric is recorded with the video data as an overlaid graphic that is displayed during playback of the video data.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the athletic parameter sensor includes a force sensor.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the athletic parameter sensor includes an accelerometer.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the representation of the at least one metric is displayed in real time.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the overlaid graphic is animated during playback of the video data.