PERFORMANCE INTENSITY ZONES

• US 20130110265A1
• Filed: 10/31/2012
• Published: 05/02/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Polar Electro Oy
• Original Assignee: Polar Electro Oy
• Inventors: Peltola, Ville, Rahko, Juho, Kalliojarvi, Tanja, Haataja, Jarkko, Maatta, Harri, Kinnunen, Hannu
• Granted Patent: US 9,330,238 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/91
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising

Abstract

Performance intensity zones are disclosed. An apparatus comprises one or more processors, and one or more memories storing instructions, that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to: obtain performance intensity data measured from a user with at least one measurement sensor during a first activity and/or a second activity; and classify the performance intensity data in relation to a plurality of predetermined performance intensity zones, wherein each performance intensity zone is predetermined by a first numerical range for the first activity, and a second numerical range for the second activity, wherein the first activity and the second activity are different types of sports or different types of physical activities.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

one or more processors, and

one or more memories storing instructions, that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to;

obtain performance intensity data measured from a user with at least one measurement sensor during a first activity and/or a second activity; and

classify the performance intensity data in relation to a plurality of predetermined performance intensity zones, wherein each performance intensity zone is predetermined by a first numerical range for the first activity, and a second numerical range for the second activity,

wherein the first activity and the second activity are at least one of different types of sports, different types of physical activities.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first numerical range and the second numerical range are represented with a same specific unit of measure, and the first numerical range is different from the second numerical range, and the one or more memories further storing instructions, that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to output the performance intensity data with the same specific unit of measure for the first activity and the second activity.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first numerical range is represented with a first unit of measure, the second numerical range is represented with a second unit of measure, and the first unit of measure is different from the second unit of measure, and the one or more memories further storing instructions, that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to output the performance intensity data in an arbitrary unit of measure, which is different from the first unit of measure and the second unit of measure.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first numerical range and the second numerical range are presented by heart rate values, and the one or more memories further storing instructions, that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to perform at least one of the following:

obtain a first maximum heart rate in the first activity and a second maximum heart rate in the second activity, and predetermine the performance intensity zone by the first numerical range for the first activity as a first predetermined relation to the first maximum heart rate, and by the second numerical range for the second activity as a second predetermined relation to the second maximum heart rate;

obtain a first maximum heart rate in the first activity, and predetermine the performance intensity zone by the first numerical range for the first activity as a first predetermined relation to the first maximum heart rate, and by the second numerical range for the second activity as a second predetermined relation to the first maximum heart rate;

obtain a first maximum heart rate in the first activity, a second maximum heart rate in the second activity, and a rest heart rate, and predetermine the performance intensity zone by the first numerical range for the first activity as a first predetermined relation to the first maximum heart rate and the rest heart rate, and by the second numerical range for the second activity as a second predetermined relation to the second maximum heart rate and the rest heart rate;

obtain a first maximum heart rate in the first activity, and a rest heart rate, and predetermine the performance intensity zone by the first numerical range for the first activity as a first predetermined relation to the first maximum heart rate and the rest heart rate, and by the second numerical range for the second activity as a second predetermined relation to the first maximum heart rate and the rest heart rate;

obtain first training time of the first activity and a second training time of the second activity from an analysis of the performance intensity data, and adjust the first numerical range and/or the second numerical range on the basis of the first training time and/or the second training time.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising at least one input interface for the at least one measurement sensor, the at least one measurement sensor comprising at least one of the following:

a heart rate sensor, a motion sensor, a location sensor, a bike sensor.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a first input interface for a first measurement sensor for measuring the first activity, a second input interface for a second measurement sensor for measuring the second activity, the first measurement sensor and the second measurement sensor being selected from a heart rate sensor, a motion sensor, a location sensor, and a bike sensor such that the first measurement sensor is not of the same type as the second measurement sensor.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus comprises at least one of the following:

a wrist-worn sports computer, a bicycle computer, a mobile phone, a tablet pc, a portable computer, a computer, a server computer, a server computer accessible over a data network.

8. A method comprising:

obtaining performance intensity data measured from a user with at least one measurement sensor during a first activity and/or a second activity; and

classifying the performance intensity data in relation to a plurality of predetermined performance intensity zones, wherein each performance intensity zone is predetermined by a first numerical range for the first activity, and a second numerical range for the second activity, wherein the first activity and the second activity are at least one of different types of sports, different types of physical activities.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the first numerical range and the second numerical range are represented with a same specific unit of measure, and the first numerical range is different from the second numerical range, and the method further comprises:

outputting the performance intensity data with the same specific unit of measure for the first activity and the second activity.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the first numerical range is represented with a first unit of measure, the second numerical range is represented with a second unit of measure, and the first unit of measure is different from the second unit of measure, and the method further comprises:

outputting the performance intensity data in an arbitrary unit of measure, which is different from the first unit of measure and the second unit of measure.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the first numerical range and the second numerical range are presented by heart rate values, and the method comprises at least one of the following:

obtaining a first maximum heart rate in the first activity and a second maximum heart rate in the second activity, and predetermine the performance intensity zone by the first numerical range for the first activity as a first predetermined relation to the first maximum heart rate, and by the second numerical range for the second activity as a second predetermined relation to the second maximum heart rate;

obtaining a first maximum heart rate in the first activity, and predetermine the performance intensity zone by the first numerical range for the first activity as a first predetermined relation to the first maximum heart rate, and by the second numerical range for the second activity as a second predetermined relation to the first maximum heart rate;

obtaining a first maximum heart rate in the first activity, a second maximum heart rate in the second activity, and a rest heart rate, and predetermine the performance intensity zone by the first numerical range for the first activity as a first predetermined relation to the first maximum heart rate and the rest heart rate, and by the second numerical range for the second activity as a second predetermined relation to the second maximum heart rate and the rest heart rate;

obtaining a first maximum heart rate in the first activity, and a rest heart rate, and predetermine the performance intensity zone by the first numerical range for the first activity as a first predetermined relation to the first maximum heart rate and the rest heart rate, and by the second numerical range for the second activity as a second predetermined relation to the first maximum heart rate and the rest heart rate;

obtaining first training time of the first activity and a second training time of the second activity from an analysis of the performance intensity data, and adjust the first numerical range and/or the second numerical range on the basis of the first training time and/or the second training time.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

measuring the performance intensity data from the user with the at least one measurement sensor during the first activity and/or the second activity, the at least one measurement sensor comprising at least one of the following;

a heart rate sensor, a motion sensor, a location sensor, a bike sensor.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

measuring the first activity with a first measurement sensor and the second activity with the second measurement sensor, the first measurement sensor and the second measurement sensor being selected from a heart rate sensor, a motion sensor, a location sensor, and a bike sensor such that the first measurement sensor is not of the same type as the second measurement sensor

14. A computer program comprising instructions which, when loaded into an apparatus, cause the apparatus to perform the process:

obtaining performance intensity data measured from a user with at least one measurement sensor during a first activity and/or a second activity; and

classifying the performance intensity data in relation to a plurality of predetermined performance intensity zones, wherein each performance intensity zone is predetermined by a first numerical range for the first activity, and a second numerical range for the second activity, wherein the first activity and the second activity are at least one of different types of sports, different types of physical activities.