Activity Monitoring Systems and Methods of Operating Same
First Claim
1. An activity monitoring system comprising:
- a plurality of fixtures, wherein each fixture includes a physical size and shape that is adapted to couple to an associated location on the body of the user;
a portable monitoring device adapted to separately engage each fixture of the plurality of fixtures when the fixture is coupled to the associated location on the body of the user, the portable monitoring device including;
a housing having a physical size and shape that is adapted to couple to the body of the user and to separately engage each fixture when the fixture is coupled to the associated location on the body of the user;
an activity sensor, disposed in the housing, to detect activity of the user and, in response thereto, to generate data which is representative of the activity of the user; and
processing circuitry, disposed in the housing and coupled to the activity sensor, to calculate one or more activity-related quantities of the user using the data which is representative of the activity of the user, wherein the processing circuitry;
automatically determines a particular fixture of the plurality of fixtures engaged by the portable monitoring device, and,in response thereto, calculates at least one activity-related quantity of the user which is associated with the particular fixture engaged by the portable monitoring device on the body of the user.
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Abstract
The present inventions, in one aspect, is an activity monitoring system comprising a fixture having size/shape adapted to couple to a location on the user'"'"'s body and a particular signature; and a portable monitoring device adapted to detect the fixture'"'"'s particular signature. The monitoring device includes a housing that is adapted to engage the fixture; activity sensors, disposed in the housing, to detect activity of the user and to generate data which is representative of the activity of the user; and processing circuitry, disposed in the housing, to calculate an activity-related quantity of the user using the data which is representative of the activity of the user, wherein the processing circuitry: determines the monitoring device is engaging the fixture by detecting the fixture'"'"'s particular signature, and, in response thereto, calculates the activity-related quantity using data from a set of the activity sensors.
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30 Claims
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1. An activity monitoring system comprising:
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a plurality of fixtures, wherein each fixture includes a physical size and shape that is adapted to couple to an associated location on the body of the user; a portable monitoring device adapted to separately engage each fixture of the plurality of fixtures when the fixture is coupled to the associated location on the body of the user, the portable monitoring device including; a housing having a physical size and shape that is adapted to couple to the body of the user and to separately engage each fixture when the fixture is coupled to the associated location on the body of the user; an activity sensor, disposed in the housing, to detect activity of the user and, in response thereto, to generate data which is representative of the activity of the user; and processing circuitry, disposed in the housing and coupled to the activity sensor, to calculate one or more activity-related quantities of the user using the data which is representative of the activity of the user, wherein the processing circuitry; automatically determines a particular fixture of the plurality of fixtures engaged by the portable monitoring device, and, in response thereto, calculates at least one activity-related quantity of the user which is associated with the particular fixture engaged by the portable monitoring device on the body of the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An activity monitoring system comprising:
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a first fixture having (i) a physical size and shape that is adapted to couple to an associated location on the body of the user and (ii) a particular signature; a portable monitoring device adapted to engage the fixture and to detect the particular signature of the first fixture, the portable monitoring device including; a housing having a physical size and shape that is adapted to couple to the body of the user and to engage the first fixture; a plurality of activity sensors, disposed in the housing, to detect activity of the user and, in response thereto, to generate data which is representative of the activity of the user; and processing circuitry, disposed in the housing and coupled to the activity sensors, to calculate activity-related quantities of the user using the data which is representative of the activity of the user, wherein the processing circuitry; determines whether the portable monitoring device is engaging the first fixture based on detecting the particular signature associated with the first fixture, and, calculates an activity-related quantity of the user associated with the first fixture, using data from a first set of one or more activity sensors of the plurality of activity sensors. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An activity monitoring system comprising:
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a first fixture having (i) a physical size and shape that is adapted to couple to an associated location on the body of the user and (ii) a particular signature; a portable monitoring device adapted to engage the fixture and to detect the particular signature of the first fixture, the portable monitoring device including; a housing having a physical size and shape that is adapted to couple to the body of the user and to engage the first fixture when the first fixture is coupled to the associated location on the body of the user; an activity sensor, disposed in the housing, to detect activity of the user and, in response thereto, to generate data which is representative of the activity of the user; and processing circuitry, disposed in the housing and coupled to the activity sensor, to calculate one or more activity-related quantities of the user using the data which is representative of the activity of the user, wherein the processing circuitry; determines the portable monitoring device is engaging the first fixture based on detecting the particular signature associated with the first fixture, and, in response thereto, calculates an activity-related quantity of the user which is associated with the first fixture using data from the activity sensor. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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