METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING MOTION EXPLOSIVENESS

• US 20130151193A1
• Filed: 06/18/2012
• Published: 06/13/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Garmin Switzerland GmbH (Garmin Limited)
• Original Assignee: Garmin Switzerland GmbH (Garmin Limited)
• Inventors: Kulach, Christopher J., MacDonald, Paul R., Rooney, James K., So, Eugene
• Application Number:
  US13/526,151
• Publication Number:
  US 20130151193A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/141
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 15/02 by making use of inertia forces using solid seismic massesG01P15/14 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/19 Sporting applications
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2218/00 Aspects of pattern recognition specially adapted for signal processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0639 Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/25 Recognition of walking or running movements, e.g. gait recognition

Abstract

A method and apparatus for determining motion explosiveness is described herein. In some configurations, a system is provided that includes a display, an inertial sensor operable to generate signals corresponding to user motion; and a processing system in communication with the inertial sensor and the display. The processing system is operable to calculate a histogram representing the sensed user motion, the histogram providing an indication of motion explosiveness, and communicate with the display to present the indication of motion explosiveness on the display.

Claims

1. A system for indicating motion explosiveness for a user, the system comprising:

a display;

an inertial sensor operable to couple with the user to generate signals corresponding to user motion; and

a processing system in communication with the inertial sensor and the display, the processing system operable to—

calculate a histogram representing the sensed user motion, the histogram providing an indication of motion explosiveness, and

communicate with the display to present the indication of motion explosiveness on the display.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensed user motion is acceleration and the histogram represents a statistical distribution of user motion over a period of time.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensed user motion is heart rate and the histogram represents a statistical distribution of user heart rate over a period of time.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensed user motion is speed and the histogram represents a statistical distribution of speed over a period of time.

5. The system of claim 1, further including a communications element coupled with the processing system, the communications element operable to wirelessly transmit information from the processing system to the display.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the display is remote from the processing system.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing system calculates the histogram in real-time.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing system is operable to select a variable sample duration for the histogram.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the histogram includes bins and indicates explosiveness based on the distribution of sensed user motion within the bins.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the indication of motion explosiveness represents the percentage of activity time the user is engaged in explosive events.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the indication of motion explosiveness represents a number of explosive events during an activity for the user.

12. A system for indicating motion explosiveness for a user, the system comprising:

a display;

an inertial sensor operable to couple with the user to generate signals corresponding to user motion; and

a processing system in communication with the inertial sensor and the display, the processing system operable to—

calculate a histogram in real-time representing the sensed user motion, where the histogram includes bins and indicates user explosiveness based on the distribution of sensed user motion within the bins, and

communicate with the display to present the indication of motion explosiveness on the display, the presented indication of motion explosiveness including the percentage of activity time the user is engaged in explosive events.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the sensed user motion is acceleration and the histogram represents a statistical distribution of user motion over a period of time.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the sensed user motion is heart rate and the histogram represents a statistical distribution of user heart rate over a period of time.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the sensed user motion is speed and the histogram represents a statistical distribution of speed over a period of time.

16. The system of claim 12, further including a communications element coupled with the processing system, the communications element operable to wirelessly transmit information from the processing system to the display.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein the display is remote from the processing system.

18. The system of claim 12, wherein the processing system is operable to select a variable sample duration for the histogram.

19. The system of claim 12, wherein the indication of motion explosiveness includes a number of explosive events during an activity for the user.