Portable Monitoring Devices and Methods of Operating Same
First Claim
1. A portable activity monitoring device to calculate at least one sleep metric of a user, the portable activity 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 generate data which is representative of motion of the user;
an altitude sensor, disposed in the housing, 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 and altitude sensors, to calculate activity metrics of the user, wherein the processing circuitry;
calculates a motion metric using the data which is representative of motion of the user,calculates an altitude metric using the data which is representative of the change in altitude of the user, andcalculates at least one sleep metric of the user.
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Abstract
A portable activity monitoring device comprising a housing having a physical size and shape that is adapted to couple to the user'"'"'s body, a motion sensor to detect user motion and, in response thereto, to generate data which is representative of motion of the user, an altitude sensor to detect a change in user altitude and, in response thereto, to generate data which is representative of the change in altitude of the user, processing circuitry to calculate activity metrics of the user, wherein the processing circuitry: (i) calculates a motion metric using the motion data, (ii) calculates an altitude metric using the altitude data, and (iii) calculates at least one sleep metric of the user. In certain embodiments, the processing circuitry may automatically determine a sleep mode of the user using the motion data and calculate at least one user sleep metric.
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30 Claims
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1. A portable activity monitoring device to calculate at least one sleep metric of a user, the portable activity 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 generate data which is representative of motion of the user; an altitude sensor, disposed in the housing, 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 and altitude sensors, to calculate activity metrics of the user, wherein the processing circuitry; calculates a motion metric using the data which is representative of motion of the user, calculates an altitude metric using the data which is representative of the change in altitude of the user, and calculates at least one sleep metric of the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A portable activity monitoring device to calculate at least one sleep metric of a user, the portable activity 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 generate data which is representative of motion of the user; an altitude sensor, disposed in the housing, to generate data which is representative of the change in altitude of the user; a physiological sensor, disposed in the housing, to generate data which is representative of physiological information of the user; processing circuitry, disposed in the housing and coupled to the motion, altitude and physiological sensors, wherein the processing circuitry; calculates a motion metric using the data which is representative of motion of the user, calculates an altitude metric using the data which is representative of the change in altitude of the user, and automatically determines a sleep mode of the user using the data which is representative of motion of the user and data which is representative of the physiological information of the user, in response, calculates at least one sleep metric of the user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A portable activity 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 generate data which is representative of motion of the user; an altitude sensor, disposed in the housing, 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 and altitude sensors, wherein the processing circuitry; calculates a motion metric using the data which is representative of motion of the user, calculates an altitude metric using the data which is representative of the change in altitude of the user, calculates a calorie burn using an activity specific calorie burn algorithm corresponding to an activity mode of the user, and automatically determines a sleep mode of the user using the data which is representative of motion of the user wherein, in response to determining the sleep mode, the processing circuitry calculates at least one sleep metric of the user. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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