System and method for monitoring hiking

• US 10,297,164 B2
• Filed: 07/15/2016
• Issued: 05/21/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Under Armour Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Under Armour Incorporated
• Inventors: Oleson, Mark, Kovach, F. Grant, Dau, Nathan, Nelligan, Angela
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, John H
• Application Number:
  US15/211,289
• Publication Number:
  US 20180015326A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,040 Days
• Field of Search: 702141, 702142, 702160, 702149, 700 91
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/34 with electrical or electronic arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/46 Global positioning system [GPS] sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/48 with transmitting devices, e.g. GSM or Wi-Fi®
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 5/002 Mountain boots or shoes
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0038 Sports
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/02 with visual presentation of the material to be studied, e.g. using film strip

Abstract

A system includes a shoe and a pod. The pod is disposed at the shoe and includes a positioning component and an altimeter. The positioning component determines a first geodetic location of the shoe at a first time, whereas the altimeter determines a first elevation of the shoe at the first time. The first positioning component additionally determines a second geodetic location of the shoe at a second time and generate shoe distance data based on the first geodetic location and the second geodetic location. The altimeter additionally determines a second elevation of the shoe at the second time. The positioning component additionally determines a total distance traveled based on the shoe distance data, the first elevation and the second elevation.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a shoe;

a pod disposed in the shoe, the pod comprising a positioning component, an altimeter component, and a position parameter detector in communication with a processor, the processor configured to;

generate shoe distance data based on a first geodetic location of the positioning component at a first time and a second geodetic location of the positioning component at a second time;

determine a first elevation of the altimeter at the first time and a second elevation of the altimeter at the second time;

based on the shoe distance data and the first and second elevation, determine a total distance traveled by a wearer of the shoe based on signals from the position parameter detector;

determine a number of steps taken by the wearer of the shoe; and

generate activity zone data based on a determined amount of time the wearer of the shoe spent running, a determined amount of time the wearer of the shoe spent walking, and a determined amount of time the wearer of the shoe spent resting;

wherein the number of steps taken by the wearer of the shoe, the amount of time the wearer of the shoe spent running, the amount of time the wearer of the shoe spent walking, and the amount of time the wearer of the shoe spent resting are determined based at least in part on the number of steps taking by the wearer of the shoe.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the pod further comprises a communication component in communication with the processor and operable to wirelessly transmit to a remote device for display thereat at least one of:

the first geodetic location, the second geodetic location, the shoe distance data, the first elevation, the second elevation, the number of steps taken, the activity zone data, the amount of time the wearer of the shoe spent running, the amount of time the wearer of the shoe spent walking, and the amount of time the wearer of the shoe spent resting.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the position parameter detector is configured to detect a position parameter of the wearer of the shoe, the position parameter comprising one of:

a velocity parameter, an acceleration parameter, and/or a change in acceleration parameter; and

wherein the processor is further configured to;

determine the second geodetic location based at least in part on the first geodetic location and the detected position parameter.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the activity zone data comprises an amount of time the wearer of the shoe has spent in one or more predetermined activity level ranges.

5. A non-transitory, tangible, computer-readable media having computer-readable instructions stored thereon and for use with a pod disposed at a shoe, the instructions configured to cause the pod to:

determine a total distance traveled by a wearer of the shoe based on (i) a distance derived from a determined first geodetic location of a positioning component associated to the pod of the shoe at a first time and a determined second geodetic location of the positioning component associated to the pod of the shoe at a second time; and

(ii) a first elevation of an altimeter component associated to the pod of the shoe at the first time and a second elevation of the altimeter component associated to the pod of the shoe at the second time;

generate activity zone data based on a determined amount of time the wearer of the shoe spent running, a determined amount of time the wearer of the shoe spent walking, and a determined amount of time the wearer of the shoe spent resting; and

transmit the total distance and activity zone data wirelessly to a remote device for display thereat.

6. The computer-readable media of claim 5, wherein the amount of time the wearer of the shoe spent running, the amount of time the wearer of the shoe spent walking, and the amount of time the wearer of the shoe spent resting are determined based at least in part on a determination of a number of steps taken by the wearer of the shoe.

7. The computer-readable media of claim 6, wherein the first and second elevation of the shoe is determined via an altimeter associated to the pod;

and wherein the number of steps taken by the wearer of the shoe is determined via an accelerometer associated to the pod.

8. The computer-readable media of claim 5, wherein at least one of the first and second geodetic locations is determined via the position detecting component in communication with the pod.

9. The computer-readable media of claim 8, wherein the first geodetic location is determined via the position detecting component and the second geodetic location is determined based on the first geodetic location and one or more of:

speed and/or direction of the wearer of the shoe from the first time to the second time.

10. The computer-readable media of claim 5, wherein the activity zone data comprises an amount of time the wearer of the shoe has spent in one or more predetermined activity level ranges.

11. A method for monitoring activity of a wearer of a shoe having a pod disposed therein, the method comprising:

determining a first geodetic location of a positioning component associated to the pod of the shoe at a first time;

determining a second geodetic location of the positioning component associated to the pod of the shoe at a second time;

calculating shoe distance data based on the first and second geodetic locations;

determining a first elevation of an altimeter apparatus associated to the pod of the shoe at the first time;

determining a second elevation of the altimeter apparatus associated to the pod of the shoe at the second time;

calculating a total distance traveled by a wearer of the shoe based on the shoe distance data and the first and second elevation;

determining an amount of time the wearer of the shoe spent running;

determining an amount of time the wearer of the shoe spent walking;

determining an amount of time the wearer of the shoe spent resting; and

calculating activity zone data based on the amount of time the wearer of the shoe spent running, the amount of time the wearer of the shoe spent walking, and the amount of time the wearer of the shoe spent resting.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the first geodetic location is determined via at least one of:

global positioning enabled communication device, a Wi-Fi enabled communication device, a Bluetooth enabled communication device, a cellular network enabled communication device, and/or a near field communication device.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the second geodetic location is determined:

via at least one of;

global positioning enabled communication device, a Wi-Fi enabled communication device, a Bluetooth enabled communication device, a cellular network enabled communication device, and/or a near field communication device;

or

by a dead reckoning technique using the first geodetic location and one or more of;

speed and/or direction of the wearer of the shoe.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising determining a number of steps taken by the wearer of the shoe between the first and second times via an accelerometer associated to the pod disposed in the shoe.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the amount of time the wearer of the shoe spent running, the amount of time the wearer of the shoe spent walking, and the amount of time the wearer of the shoe spent resting are determined based at least in part on the number of steps taken by the wearer of the shoe between the first and second times.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the activity zone data comprises an amount of time the wearer of the shoe has spent in one or more predetermined activity level ranges.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprising providing total distance traveled and/or the activity zone data for display at a remote device.