Wearable sensor system with gesture recognition for measuring physical performance
First Claim
1. A system for quantifying physical performance and for using gesture recognition to control system operation comprising:
- means for measuring three axes of linear motion, said measuring means being secured to a user'"'"'s finger;
means for inputting said measured three axes of linear motion into processing means;
means for starting said measuring of said three axes of linear motion via hand positioning and/or hand movement;
means for minimizing spurious measurements of said three axes of linear motion;
means for providing an acceleration magnitude corresponding to said measured three axes of linear motion;
means for stopping said measuring of said three axes of linear motion via hand positioning and/or hand movement; and
means for calculating and indicating predetermined parameters of physical exercise, whereby said measuring means provide parameters pertaining to acceleration magnitude and high-frequency, low amplitude finger movements and/or gestures that are sufficiently distinctive from typical exercise patterns are used to facilitate control of system operations, said acceleration magnitude and said finger movements providing continuous information from a finger start gesture to a finger stop gesture to said processing means for quantifying and displaying physical performance data for a time period determined by said finger start gesture and said finger stop gesture.
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Abstract
A wearable sensor system with gesture recognition for measuring physical performance 98 includes a sensor ring 100 for providing signals corresponding to finger movement to an information processor 101. The sensor ring 100 internally includes an accelerometer 106 for measuring motion of a predetermined finger, the measured motion corresponding to an exercise routine performed by a user of the system 98, a processor 109 for conditioning the signals from the accelerometer 106, and a transceiver 108 for transmitting the conditioned signals to the information processor 101 for display and feedback to the user for accessing the quality of the exercise. The system 98 further includes means for allowing the user to start and stop the processing of the measured finger motion by moving the finger with sensor ring 100 thereon a predetermined distance and speed.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for quantifying physical performance and for using gesture recognition to control system operation comprising:
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means for measuring three axes of linear motion, said measuring means being secured to a user'"'"'s finger; means for inputting said measured three axes of linear motion into processing means; means for starting said measuring of said three axes of linear motion via hand positioning and/or hand movement; means for minimizing spurious measurements of said three axes of linear motion; means for providing an acceleration magnitude corresponding to said measured three axes of linear motion; means for stopping said measuring of said three axes of linear motion via hand positioning and/or hand movement; and means for calculating and indicating predetermined parameters of physical exercise, whereby said measuring means provide parameters pertaining to acceleration magnitude and high-frequency, low amplitude finger movements and/or gestures that are sufficiently distinctive from typical exercise patterns are used to facilitate control of system operations, said acceleration magnitude and said finger movements providing continuous information from a finger start gesture to a finger stop gesture to said processing means for quantifying and displaying physical performance data for a time period determined by said finger start gesture and said finger stop gesture. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for manually controlling and providing motion information to a physical performance measuring and display system by a user of the system while the user is physically exercising, said method comprising the steps of:
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measuring motion of a portion of a user'"'"'s hand while the user is physically exercising; inputting said measured motion to an information processing means; starting and stopping the motion measuring of the portion of the user'"'"'s hand to correspondingly start and stop the processing of information by said information processing means; and calculating and indicating predetermined parameters of physical performance, whereby said measured motion of the user'"'"'s hand portion provides information to and control of said physical performance measuring and display system.
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14. A device for providing exercise information to a user while the user is exercising comprising:
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an accelerometer disposed about a user'"'"'s finger for measuring motion of the user'"'"'s finger; an information processor that receives information from said accelerometer via a wireless system, said information processor being programmed to calculate motion parameters via said received information; means for starting and stopping the calculation of said motion parameters by said information processor; and means for indicating predetermined quantities of physical performance of the user to the user while the user is exercising, whereby the user is capable of providing exercise motion information to the information processor and to start and stop the operation of the information processor via an accelerator disposed about one finger. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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