Gait monitor and a method of monitoring the gait of a person
First Claim
1. A gait monitor, comprisinga pair of movement sensors in respective ear engagement portions of a headphone or earphone,the pair of movement sensors configured to be worn on respective left and right ears of a user'"'"'s body, whereineach of the pair of movement sensors detects movements of a respective side of the user'"'"'s body;
- andthe gait monitor is configured to indicate skew of the midsagittal plane of the users body towards any one side of the user'"'"'s body during movements of the user'"'"'s body by regarding differences in force component readings between the pair of movement sensors.
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Abstract
A gait monitor 100 is disclosed which has a pair of movement sensors 501, 503 configured to be placed on either side of a user'"'"'s head, preferably secured in the ears. Therefore, the movement sensors 501, 503 are each placed on both sides of the user'"'"'s body but in equal distance to the midsagittal plane of the user and can monitor the gait of the user without need of any movement sensor centrally aligned in the midsagittal plane. Furthermore, the gait monitor 100 is able to determine if the steps of the user strikes the ground in a heel strike or forefoot strike in order to help the user improve his running efficiency.
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12 Claims
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1. A gait monitor, comprising
a pair of movement sensors in respective ear engagement portions of a headphone or earphone, the pair of movement sensors configured to be worn on respective left and right ears of a user'"'"'s body, wherein each of the pair of movement sensors detects movements of a respective side of the user'"'"'s body; - and
the gait monitor is configured to indicate skew of the midsagittal plane of the users body towards any one side of the user'"'"'s body during movements of the user'"'"'s body by regarding differences in force component readings between the pair of movement sensors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of monitoring a gait of a person, comprising:
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providing a headphone or earphone installed with a first movement sensor and a second movement sensor in respective ear engagement portions of the headphone or earphone, attaching the first movement sensor to an ear of the person, attaching the second movement sensor on the other ear of the person, and obtaining a difference in readings of movement vectors between the movement sensors to indicate skew of the midsagittal plane of the user'"'"'s body towards any one side of the user'"'"'s body during movements of the users body. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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