Group Performance Monitoring System And Method

• US 20120253484A1
• Filed: 03/31/2011
• Published: 10/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adidas AG
• Original Assignee: Adidas AG
• Inventors: BURICH, Meg Susan, Hassonjee, Qaizar, Armitage, Roger, Strecker, Markus, Diesterbeck, Hagen
• Granted Patent: US 9,141,759 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/91
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0065 Evaluating the fitness, e.g. fitness level or fitness index
• 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: A63B 71/06 Indicating or scoring devices for games or players , or for other sports activities
• 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

Abstract

The present invention provides group performance monitoring systems and methods. In one exemplary embodiment, a group monitoring device includes a display configured to display, during an athletic activity, a plurality of individual performance metrics relating to a plurality of individuals engaged in the athletic activity, each individual performance metric relating to one of the plurality of individuals; and an input to manipulate the display.

Claims

1. A group monitoring device, comprising:

a display configured to display, during an athletic activity, a plurality of individual performance metrics relating to a plurality of individuals engaged in the athletic activity, each individual performance metric relating to one of the plurality of individuals; and

an input to manipulate the display.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the display is further configured to display a group performance metric relating to more than one of the plurality of individuals.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the group performance metric is based at least in part on the individual performance metrics of a subset of the plurality of individuals.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein an individual performance metric comprises heart rate.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein an individual performance metric comprises speed.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein an individual performance metric comprises distance traveled.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein an individual performance metric comprises location.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein an individual performance metric comprises orientation.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein an individual performance metric comprises energy expenditure.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein an individual performance metric comprises power output.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein an individual performance metric comprises efficiency.

12. The device of claim 1, wherein the display is configured to display a first plurality of performance metrics relating to a first individual.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the display is further configured to display a second plurality of performance metrics relating to a second individual.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the second plurality of performance metrics is the same as the first plurality of performance metrics.

15. The device of claim 13, wherein one of the second plurality of metrics is displayed with emphasis relative to the balance of the second plurality of performance metrics.

16. The device of claim 1, wherein the display is configured to display identification information of each individual in association with a set of corresponding individual performance metrics.

17. The device of claim 16, wherein the set of corresponding individual metrics is the same for each individual.

18. The device of claim 16, wherein the set of corresponding individual metrics is different for at least two individuals.

19. The device of claim 1, wherein the input is a touch-screen.

20. A method for monitoring a plurality of individuals engaged in an athletic activity, comprising:

displaying during the athletic activity a plurality of individual performance metric information relating to a plurality of individuals engaged in the athletic activity, each performance metric relating to one of the plurality of individuals;

providing first and second analysis markers adapted to be manipulated by a user to define a subset of the displayed performance metric information as a function of an interval parameter; and

displaying performance metric information corresponding to only the subset of the displayed performance metric information defined by the analysis markers for each of the plurality of individuals.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the interval parameter comprises time.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein the interval parameter comprises distance.

23. The method of claim 20, wherein the first and second analysis markers define a portion of the athletic activity.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the portion of the athletic activity is a conditioning drill.

25. The method of claim 23, wherein the portion of the athletic activity is a strength training drill.

26. The method of claim 23, wherein the portion of the athletic activity is a skills drill for a particular sport.

27. The method of claim 20, wherein the displaying is in response to user manipulation during the activity.

28. The method of claim 20, wherein the displaying is in response to user manipulation before the activity.

29. The method of claim 20, further comprising alerting the user that a performance metric has exceeded a threshold.

30. The method of claim 23, further comprising alerting an individual of the start of the portion of the athletic activity.

31. A computer program product comprising computer-useable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, provides to a user performance information related to an athletic activity engaged in by a plurality of individuals, the computer program logic comprising:

first computer readable program code that enables a processor to display during the athletic activity a plurality of individual performance metric information relating to a plurality of individuals engaged in the athletic activity, each performance metric relating to one of the plurality of individuals;

second computer readable program code that enables a processor to provide first and second analysis markers adapted to be manipulated by a user to define a subset of the displayed performance metric information as a function of an interval parameter; and

third computer readable program code that enables a processor to display performance metric information corresponding to only the subset of the displayed performance metric information defined by the analysis markers for each of the plurality of individuals.