Systems and Methods for Time-Based Athletic Activity Measurement and Display

• US 20120251079A1
• Filed: 11/10/2011
• Published: 10/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Inventors: Meschter, James, Molyneux, James, Weast, Aaron B.
• Granted Patent: US 8,831,407 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/278
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0062 Monitoring athletic performances, e.g. for determining the work of a user on an exercise apparatus, the completed jogging or cycling distance
• CPC Class Codes: G01B 5/02 for measuring length, width or thickness G01B5/004, G01B5/08 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 15/09 by piezoelectric pick-up
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/02 with visual presentation of the material to be studied, e.g. using film strip
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/70 for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/9205 the additional signal being at least another television signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

Activity metrics may be recorded with granularity to allow a user to view performance information specific to particular times of an activity session. Accordingly, in one example, activity metrics may be detected and recorded for a minimum time unit that may be automatically defined or defined by a user. The metrics may then be conveyed to a user through a display or through audible content. Users may be able to select portions of the activity session to store based on the granular performance information. Content files such as audio or video or athletic performance data files may be cropped based on the selected portions.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by an athletic activity performance monitoring device, user input corresponding to a selection of a plurality of metrics for recording during an athletic activity session of a user;

recording, by the athletic activity performance monitoring device, the plurality of metrics for the athletic activity session, wherein recording the plurality of metrics includes storing multiple values for each of the plurality of metrics in accordance with a time at which each of the multiple values was detected; and

generating, by the athletic activity performance monitoring device, a display of the plurality of metrics including the multiple values against a timeline corresponding to the duration of the athletic activity performed by the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input includes a selection of a type of activity and wherein the method further comprises automatically selecting the plurality of metrics based on the selected type of activity.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of metrics is recorded using a different metric application.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein generating the display of the plurality of metrics includes:

adding data recorded for a first metric in a primary visualization space of the display; and

adding values recorded for at least a second metric in a metric application toolbar of the display separate from the primary visualization space.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

identifying a best value for one of the plurality of metrics; and

displaying an indicator in a timeline at a point corresponding to when the best value was detected.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the first metric includes video.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the display of the plurality of metrics includes:

adding data recorded for a first metric in a primary visualization space of the display; and

overlaying values recorded for at least a second metric on the data recorded for the first metric.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the display includes:

generating a visual comparison between the values recorded for the plurality of metrics for the athletic activity session of the user and values recorded for the plurality of metrics of an athletic activity session of another user.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a selection of a portion of the recorded plurality of metrics, wherein the plurality of metrics includes video; and

cropping the plurality of metrics including the video based on the received selection.

10. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

memory operatively coupled to the at least one processor and storing computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause the apparatus to;

receive user input corresponding to a selection of a plurality of metrics for recording during an athletic activity session of a user;

record the plurality of metrics for the athletic activity session, wherein recording the plurality of metrics includes storing multiple values for each of the plurality of metrics in accordance with a time at which each of the multiple values was detected; and

generate a display of the plurality of metrics including the multiple values against a timeline corresponding to the duration of the athletic activity performed by the user.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein receiving user input corresponding to the selection of the plurality of metrics includes:

receiving a user selection of a previously recorded workout;

extracting a plurality of metrics recorded in the workout; and

setting the extracted plurality of metrics as the selection of the plurality of metrics for recording during the athletic activity session.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein each of the plurality of metrics is recorded using a different metric application.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein generating the display of the plurality of metrics includes:

adding data recorded for a first metric in a visualization space of the display; and

adding values recorded for at least a second metric in a metric application toolbar of the display separate from the visualization space.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the computer readable, when executed, further cause the apparatus to:

identify a best value for one of the plurality of metrics; and

display an indicator in a timeline at a point corresponding to when the best value was detected.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the computer readable, when executed, further cause the apparatus to:

receive an instruction to crop the recorded plurality of metrics for the athletic workout session; and

automatically retain a portion of the recorded plurality of metrics included the identified best value for the one of the plurality of metrics.

16. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the computer readable, when executed, further cause the apparatus to:

receive a user selection of a time during the athletic activity session; and

display a value of one of the plurality of metrics detected at the selected time.

17. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the computer readable, when executed, further cause the apparatus to:

receive a user selection of a value of one of the plurality of metrics recorded during the athletic activity session; and

displaying a portion of a video of the athletic activity session corresponding to a time at which the user selected value was recorded.

18. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the computer readable, when executed, further cause the apparatus to:

receive a user selection of a portion of the athletic activity session;

determine a best value for at least one of the plurality of metrics during the selected portion; and

display an indicator identifying a time during the athletic activity session at which the best value was detected.

19. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the computer readable, when executed, further cause the apparatus to:

receive a request to compare the activity session of the user with another activity session of another user; and

in response to the request, temporally synchronizing the recorded plurality of metrics with a plurality of metrics recorded for the other activity session of the other user.

20. One or more non-transitory computer readable media storing computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause an apparatus to:

receive user input corresponding to a selection of a plurality of metrics for recording during an athletic activity session of a user;

record the plurality of metrics for the athletic activity session, wherein recording the plurality of metrics includes storing multiple values for each of the plurality of metrics in accordance with a time at which each of the multiple values was detected; and

generate a display of the plurality of metrics including the multiple values against a timeline corresponding to the duration of the athletic activity performed by the user.

21. One or more non-transitory computer readable media storing computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause an apparatus to:

generate a display comprising;

a visualization area displaying a first metric of a plurality of metrics recorded during an athletic activity session of a user;

a toolbar area separate from the visualization area, the toolbar area including interfaces corresponding to a plurality of metric applications, wherein each of the plurality of metric applications is configured to record, along a timeline, multiple values for at least one of the plurality of metrics recorded during the athletic activity session of the user.

22. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 21, wherein the visualization area further displays a video of the athletic activity session along with an overlay of the first metric.

23. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 22, wherein the first metric corresponds to a metric application currently selected in the toolbar area.

24. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 21, wherein a metric application currently displayed in the toolbar area further includes a display of a current value of a corresponding metric.

25. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 21, wherein the visualization area further includes display information describing a current location of the user.

26. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 25, wherein the information describing the current location includes identification of one or more events occurring at the current location.