Wristwatch type acceleration detection module

• US 20090063088A1
• Filed: 09/04/2007
• Published: 03/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Yu-Yu Chen
• Original Assignee: Yu-Yu Chen
• Inventors: Chen, Yu-Yu
• Application Number:
  US11/896,500
• Publication Number:
  US 20090063088A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/141
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0219 Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1121 Determining geometric values, e.g. centre of rotation or angular range of movement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6824 Arm or wrist
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6829 Foot or ankle
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0663 worn on the wrist, e.g. wrist bands
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/34 Angular speed
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/40 Acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/80 Special sensors, transducers or devices therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/06 heartbeat rate only
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/50 temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/00 Electric or electronic controls for exercising apparatus of preceding groups; Controlling or monitoring of exercises, sportive games, training or athletic performances
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0028 for running, jogging or speed-walking movable endless bands A63B22/02
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 22/006 Pedometers

Abstract

Disclosed is a wristwatch type acceleration detection module for measurement of exercise quantity, including a microprocessor, an acceleration sensor, a timer, a hand-swing-acceleration-vs-pace-span database, and a display device. The acceleration sensor detects a hand swing count of the user in movement and an acceleration induced by the hand swinging. The timer measures a time period when the user is in movement. The microprocessor receives the hand swing acceleration and the hand-swing-acceleration-vs-pace-span plot stored in the hand-swing-acceleration-vs-pace-span database to obtain the corresponding pace span and further computes a moving distance and a moving speed of the user through predetermined formula based on the pace span, the hand swing count, and the time period of movement of the user.

Claims

1. A wristwatch type acceleration detection module, the module comprising:

a microprocessor;

an acceleration sensor, electrically connected to the microprocessor and detecting a hand swing count of the user in movement and transmitting the detected hand swing count to the microprocessor;

a timer, electrically connected to the microprocessor and measuring a time period when the user is in movement and transmitting the time period of movement to the microprocessor;

an exercise-data-vs-pace-span database, electrically connected to the microprocessor and storing at least one exercise-data-vs-pace span plot; and

a display device, electrically connected to the microprocessor.

2. The wristwatch type acceleration detection module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the exercise-data-vs-pace-span plot is established in the exercise-data-vs-pace-span database in advance.

3. The wristwatch type acceleration detection module as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a keypad electrically connected to the microprocessor to allow the user to set a predetermined moving distance, such that the exercise-data-vs-pace-span plot is established by actual movements of the user with different moving speeds through the predetermined moving distance, and the microprocessor divides the predetermined moving distance by the hand swing counts of the user at different speed movements to obtain corresponding pace spans associated with the different moving speeds, and the exercise-data-vs-pace-span plot is stored to the exercise-data-vs-pace-span database.

4. The wristwatch type acceleration detection module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the exercise-data-vs-pace-span database comprises a hand-swing-acceleration-vs-pace-span database, and the stored exercise-data-vs-pace-span plot comprises a hand-swing-acceleration-vs-pace-span plot.

5. The wristwatch type acceleration detection module as claimed in claim 4, wherein the hand-swing-acceleration-vs-pace-span plot comprises at least one plot of hand swing acceleration in X-axis with respect to the pace span.

6. The wristwatch type acceleration detection module as claimed in claim 4, wherein the hand-swing-acceleration-vs-pace-span plot comprises at least one plot of hand swing acceleration in X-axis with respect to the pace span and one plot of hand swing acceleration in Y-axis with respect to the pace span.

7. The wristwatch type acceleration detection module as claimed in claim 4, wherein the hand-swing-acceleration-vs-pace-span plot comprises at least one plot of hand swing acceleration in X-axis with respect to the pace span, one plot of hand swing acceleration in Y-axis with respect to the pace span, and one plot of hand swing acceleration in Z-axis with respect to the pace span.

8. The wristwatch type acceleration detection module as claimed in claim 4, wherein the acceleration sensor detects the hand swing count of the user in movement and acceleration induced by hand swinging and transmits the detected hand swing count and the hand swing acceleration to the microprocessor.

9. The wristwatch type acceleration detection module as claimed in claim 8, wherein the microprocessor compared the hand swing acceleration with the hand-swing-acceleration-vs-pace-span plot stored in the hand-swing-acceleration-vs-pace-span database to obtain the pace span of the user in movement corresponding to the hand swing acceleration, and further computes a moving distance and a moving speed of the user through predetermined formula based on the pace span, the hand swing count, and the time period of movement of the user and then displays the moving distance and the moving speed on the display device.

10. The wristwatch type acceleration detection module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the exercise-data-vs-pace-span database comprises a pace-count-per-second-vs-pace-span database, in which the stored exercise-data-vs-pace-span plot comprises a pace-count-per-second-vs-pace-span plot.

11. The wristwatch type acceleration detection module as claimed in claim 10, wherein the microprocessor divides the received hand swing count by the time period of movement to obtain pace count per second of the user and compares the pace count per second so obtained with the pace-count-per-second-vs-pace-span plot stored in the pace-count-per-second-vs-pace-span database to obtain the pace span corresponding to the pace count per second and further computes a moving distance and a moving speed of the user through predetermined formula based on the pace span, the hand swing count, and the time period of movement of the user and then displays the moving distance and the moving speed on the display device.

12. The wristwatch type acceleration detection module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the acceleration sensor comprises a single-axis acceleration sensor.

13. The wristwatch type acceleration detection module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the acceleration sensor comprises an X-axis acceleration sensor and a Y-axis acceleration sensor.

14. The wristwatch type acceleration detection module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the acceleration sensor comprises an X-axis acceleration sensor, a Y-axis acceleration sensor, and a Z-axis acceleration sensor.

15. The wristwatch type acceleration detection module as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a body motion detecting module.

16. The wristwatch type acceleration detection module as claimed in claim 15, wherein the body motion detecting module comprises a heartbeat sensing device for detecting a heartbeat signal of the user.

17. The wristwatch type acceleration detection module as claimed in claim 15, wherein the body motion detecting module comprises a body temperature sensor for detecting a body temperature of the user.

18. The wristwatch type acceleration detection module as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a compass.

19. The wristwatch type acceleration detection module as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a communication interface, which is connected between the microprocessor and a computer device for transmitting data therebetween.

20. The wristwatch type acceleration detection module as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a positioning module for detecting the altitude of the user.