PORTABLE MONITORING DEVICES AND METHODS OF OPERATING SAME
First Claim
1. A portable monitoring device adapted to couple to a body of a user, the portable monitoring device comprising:
- a housing having a physical size and shape that is adapted to couple to the body of the user;
a motion sensor, disposed in the housing, to detect motion of a user and, in response thereto, to generate data which is representative of motion of the user;
an altitude sensor, disposed in the housing, to detect a change in altitude of the user and, in response thereto, to generate data which is representative of the change in altitude of the user;
processing circuitry, disposed in the housing and coupled to the motion sensor and the altitude sensor, to calculate;
a change in elevation of the user using the data which is representative of motion of the user and the data which is representative of a change in altitude of the user, anda state of an avatar using the data which is representative of motion of the user and/or the data which is representative of a change in altitude of the user; and
a display, coupled to the processing circuitry, to output data which is representative of the state of the avatar, wherein the avatar is a graphical representation of the user.
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Abstract
The present inventions, in one aspect, are directed to a portable monitoring device comprises (i) a housing having a physical size and shape that is adapted to couple to the user, (ii) a motion sensor, disposed in the housing, to detect motion of a user and, in response thereto, to generate motion data, (iii) an altitude sensor, disposed in the housing, to detect a change in altitude of the user and, in response thereto, to generate change in altitude data, and (iv) processing circuitry, disposed in the housing, to: (a) calculate a change in elevation of the user using the motion data and the change in altitude data, and (b) a state of an avatar (which is a graphical representation of the user) using the motion data and/or the change in altitude data, and (vi) a display to output state of avatar data.
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29 Claims
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1. A portable monitoring device adapted to couple to a body of a user, the portable monitoring device comprising:
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a housing having a physical size and shape that is adapted to couple to the body of the user; a motion sensor, disposed in the housing, to detect motion of a user and, in response thereto, to generate data which is representative of motion of the user; an altitude sensor, disposed in the housing, to detect a change in altitude of the user and, in response thereto, to generate data which is representative of the change in altitude of the user; processing circuitry, disposed in the housing and coupled to the motion sensor and the altitude sensor, to calculate; a change in elevation of the user using the data which is representative of motion of the user and the data which is representative of a change in altitude of the user, and a state of an avatar using the data which is representative of motion of the user and/or the data which is representative of a change in altitude of the user; and a display, coupled to the processing circuitry, to output data which is representative of the state of the avatar, wherein the avatar is a graphical representation of the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A portable monitoring device adapted to couple to a body of a user, the portable monitoring device comprising:
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a housing having a physical size and shape that is adapted to couple to the body of the user; a motion sensor, disposed in the housing, to detect motion of a user and, in response thereto, to generate data which is representative of motion of the user; an altitude sensor, disposed in the housing, to sample an altitude of the user in response to an altitude sample signal, wherein, in response to sampling the altitude of the user, the altitude sensor generates data which is representative of a change in altitude of the user; and processing circuitry, disposed in the housing and coupled to the motion sensor and the altitude sensor, to; generate the altitude sample signal using the data which is representative of motion of the user, calculate a change in elevation of the user using the data which is representative of a change in altitude of the user, and calculate a state of an avatar using the data which is representative of a change in altitude of the user; and a display, coupled to the processing circuitry, to output data which is representative of the state of the avatar, wherein the avatar is a graphical representation of the user. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A portable monitoring device adapted to couple to a body of a user, the portable monitoring device comprising:
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a housing having a physical size and shape that is adapted to couple to the body of the user; a motion sensor, disposed in the housing, to detect motion of a user and, in response thereto, to generate data which is representative of motion of the user; an altitude sensor, disposed in the housing, to detect a change in altitude of the user and, in response thereto, to generate data which is representative of the change in altitude of the user; processing circuitry, disposed in the housing and coupled to the motion sensor and the altitude sensor, to calculate; a change in elevation of the user using the data which is representative of motion of the user and the data which is representative of a change in altitude of the user, a number of steps taken by the user using the data which is representative of motion of the user, and a state of an avatar using the data which is representative of the change in elevation of the user and data which is representative of the number of steps taken by the user; and a display, coupled to the processing circuitry, to output data which is representative of the state of the avatar, wherein the avatar is a graphical representation of the user. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A portable monitoring device adapted to couple to a body of a user, the portable monitoring device comprising:
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a housing having a physical size and shape that is adapted to couple to the body of the user; a motion sensor, disposed in the housing, to detect motion of a user and, in response thereto, to generate data which is representative of motion of the user; an altitude sensor, disposed in the housing, to detect a change in altitude of the user and, in response thereto, to generate data which is representative of the change in altitude of the user; processing circuitry, disposed in the housing and coupled to the motion sensor and the altitude sensor, to calculate; a change in elevation of the user using the data which is representative of motion of the user and the data which is representative of a change in altitude of the user, a calorie burn of the user using (i) the data which is representative of motion of the user and (ii) the data which is representative of a change in altitude of the user, and a state of an avatar using the data which is representative of the calorie burn of the user; and a display, coupled to the processing circuitry, to output data which is representative of the state of the avatar, wherein the avatar is a graphical representation of the user. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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