Pedometer
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1. An exercise monitoring device comprising:
- a strap for releasably securing the exercise monitoring device to a user;
a step counter joined to the strap; and
a heart rate monitor joined to the strap.
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Abstract
The pedometer having improved accuracy by calculating actual stride lengths of a user based on relative stride rates. The pedometer includes a waist or leg mounted stride counter, a transmitter for transmitting data to a wrist-mounted display unit, and a data processor for calculating necessary base units and actual stride rates and lengths. The pedometer can also interact with a heart monitoring device.
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9 Claims
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1. An exercise monitoring device comprising:
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a strap for releasably securing the exercise monitoring device to a user;
a step counter joined to the strap; and
a heart rate monitor joined to the strap. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A pedometer comprising:
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a step counter;
a transmitter in communication with the step counter to generate a step count signal corresponding to each step and transmit the step count singal;
a receiver mountable on a user body portion to receive the step count signal transmitted from the transmitter; and
a data processor programmed to calculate a distance traveled by multiplying a number of steps counted by a stride length that varies according to a rate at which steps are taken, and further programmed to derive an actual stride length from a range of stride lengths calculated from a range of corresponding stride rates. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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