Wearable architecture and methods for performance monitoring, analysis, and feedback
First Claim
1. An apparatus for monitoring physical activity of a user, comprising:
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a garment configured to be worn on a portion of a body of the user, the garment including;
a set of electrode bases such that a fabric of the garment is configured to cause each of the set of electrode bases to forcibly abut a skin of the user when the user wears the garment,a set of electromyography sensors, each electromyography sensor coupled to one of the set of electrode bases, each of the set of electromyography sensors configured to acquire bio-potential signals indicative of muscle activation, anda set of conductive leads, each conductive lead coupled with an electrode base and configured to couple to the controller; and
a processing system including a first module configured to receive information characterizing physical properties of the user, a second module configured to receive signals from the set of electromyography sensors, and a third module comprising a calibration architecture configured to calibrate the set of electromyography sensors, and a fourth module comprising architecture implementing logic for monitoring user performance and generating user feedback based upon;
the physical properties of the user, signals received from the calibrated set of electromyography sensors when the user performs an exercise, and a system schema representing reference muscle exertion and comprising relative muscle exertion levels of a plurality of muscles.
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Abstract
The present application relates generally to computer software, mobile electronics, wireless communication links, and wearable monitoring systems. More specifically, techniques, fabrics, materials, systems, sensors, EMG sensors, circuitry, algorithms and methods for wearable monitoring devices and associated exercise apparatus are described. A garment borne sensor system may generate data on a user'"'"'s performance during exercise, for example, and the data may be analyzed in real time and feedback may be provided to the user based on the analysis. A piece of exercise equipment may be instrumented and in communication with the sensor system or other system and may be controlled in real time to adjust its settings to affect the user during the exercise routine. Communication between the sensor system and other systems may be wireless. Conductive structures formed directly in a fabric of the garment may integrally include sensors, circuitry, controllers, conductive traces, and sensor electronics.
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1. An apparatus for monitoring physical activity of a user, comprising:
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a controller; a garment configured to be worn on a portion of a body of the user, the garment including; a set of electrode bases such that a fabric of the garment is configured to cause each of the set of electrode bases to forcibly abut a skin of the user when the user wears the garment, a set of electromyography sensors, each electromyography sensor coupled to one of the set of electrode bases, each of the set of electromyography sensors configured to acquire bio-potential signals indicative of muscle activation, and a set of conductive leads, each conductive lead coupled with an electrode base and configured to couple to the controller; and a processing system including a first module configured to receive information characterizing physical properties of the user, a second module configured to receive signals from the set of electromyography sensors, and a third module comprising a calibration architecture configured to calibrate the set of electromyography sensors, and a fourth module comprising architecture implementing logic for monitoring user performance and generating user feedback based upon;
the physical properties of the user, signals received from the calibrated set of electromyography sensors when the user performs an exercise, and a system schema representing reference muscle exertion and comprising relative muscle exertion levels of a plurality of muscles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for monitoring physical activity of a user, comprising:
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accessing, by a processing system associated with a garment worn by the user, information characterizing physical properties of the user; calibrating, by the processing system associated with the garment, a set of electromyography sensors of the garment based on the accessed information characterizing the physical properties of the user, wherein calibrating comprises applying calibration architecture to an output derived from the set of electromyography sensors and information based upon the physical properties of the user; receiving, by the calibrated set of electromyography sensors, bio-potential signals indicative of muscle activation of the user, the bio-potential signals received via a set of electrode bases, the garment configured to cause each of the set of electrode bases to forcibly abut a skin of the user; monitoring user performance and generating user feedback based upon;
the physical properties of the user, signals received from the calibrated set of electromyography sensors when the user performs an exercise, and a system schema representing reference muscle exertion and comprising relative muscle exertion levels of a plurality of muscles; andcausing display, by the processing system associated with the garment, information corresponding to the received bio-potential signals indicative of muscle activation of the user. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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