More efficient display and control for wearable sports instrumentation
First Claim
1. A wearable display and control for sports instrumentation for an athlete, comprising:
- a casing to hold the display and the control for at least one sports instrumentation, said casing further comprising;
asymmetric long and short axes respectively forming its sides and ends;
a top surface;
a sequential orientation of display and a primary control;
rounded and curved edges and corners;
a bottom surface that is contoured to fit diagonally across a forearm of the athlete;
at least a pair of contoured attachment loops, said pair being offset to opposite sides and closest towards opposite ends of the casing;
at least one display;
at least one primary control for the sports instrumentation, said primary control providing modal state change for the display;
a power source contained within the casing and capable of meeting the demands of the display and control; and
,a short-range wireless communications link, capable of connecting the wearable display and control to any of a set of;
at least one sports instrumentation device;
an intermediate-range wireless communications link;
a long-range communications link;
additional, supporting, or secondary instrumentation devices;
a remote computation and record-keeping system; and
a third-party'"'"'s wearable display and control.
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Abstract
Technology for supporting personal sports performance moves from laboratory to field use only as and if instrumentation is designed both to meet its specific function(s) and to least hinder the athlete'"'"'s performance. Even a standard wristwatch degrades an athlete'"'"'s optimal motions when an athlete reads it while training or competing. This invention details a casing and strap (more specifically said casing'"'"'s and strap'"'"'s interacting shapes'"'"' and attachments'"'"' form, lie, and linkage), and controls, for a display for monitoring/sensory and/or feedback/reporting sports instrumentation, which meet both the sports instrumentation'"'"'s and athlete'"'"'s functional needs, as the casing and strap place the display and control diagonally across yet flush with the athlete'"'"'s forearm.
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20 Claims
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1. A wearable display and control for sports instrumentation for an athlete, comprising:
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a casing to hold the display and the control for at least one sports instrumentation, said casing further comprising; asymmetric long and short axes respectively forming its sides and ends; a top surface; a sequential orientation of display and a primary control; rounded and curved edges and corners; a bottom surface that is contoured to fit diagonally across a forearm of the athlete; at least a pair of contoured attachment loops, said pair being offset to opposite sides and closest towards opposite ends of the casing; at least one display; at least one primary control for the sports instrumentation, said primary control providing modal state change for the display; a power source contained within the casing and capable of meeting the demands of the display and control; and
,a short-range wireless communications link, capable of connecting the wearable display and control to any of a set of;
at least one sports instrumentation device;an intermediate-range wireless communications link;
a long-range communications link;
additional, supporting, or secondary instrumentation devices;
a remote computation and record-keeping system; and
a third-party'"'"'s wearable display and control. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A wearable display and control for sports instrumentation for an athlete, comprising:
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a casing to hold the display and the control for at least one sports instrumentation, said casing further comprising; asymmetric long and short axes respectively forming its sides and ends; a top surface; a sequential orientation of display and a primary control; rounded and curved edges and corners; a bottom surface that; is contoured to fit diagonally across a forearm of the athlete, having both a three-dimensional and generally concave curvature which matches that of the portion of the forearm across which the casing will diagonally lie and an axis of that three-dimensional curvature that is diagonal to the long axis of the casing; angles the top surface to align the long axis across the user'"'"'s central, forward, view line; and
,has at each corner a convex gripping nub that protrudes from the generally concave curvature; at least a pair of contoured attachment loops, said pair being offset to opposite sides and closest towards opposite ends of the casing, with each contoured attachment loop further having; rounded exterior edges and corners; a lower surface that forms a matching extension of the curvature of the bottom surface of the casing, so the bottom surface of the casing melds smoothly and continuously into the bottom surface of the contoured attachment loop; a thickness that is uniform for most of its outer portion, which widens to effect a curved blending with the surface of the casing which forms the inner side of the contoured attachment loop; and
,a profile lower than the height of the casing; at least one user display, said user display further comprising; at least one visual display element; touch-screen control hardware for specific functional-change control for the sports instrumentation; and
,responsive display means for any instrument-function specific, programmable, touch-activated, control software for the athlete'"'"'s use of the sports instrumentation; at least one primary control for the sports instrumentation, said primary control providing modal state change for the display; a power source contained within the casing and capable of meeting the demands of the display and control; and
,a short-range wireless communications link, capable of connecting the wearable display and control to any of a set of;
at least one sports instrumentation device;an intermediate-range wireless communications link;
a long-range communications link;
additional, supporting, or secondary instrumentation devices;
a remote computation and record-keeping system; and
a third-party'"'"'s wearable display and control.
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18. A wearable display and control for sports instrumentation for an athlete, comprising:
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a casing holding at the top surface of the casing and in sequence along the horizontal plane of the casing, the display and control, and further comprising; where the exterior perimeter of the casing in the viewing plane of the display is any of the following set of shapes;
non-circular, formed with non-equal, asymmetric linear axes, rectangular, rhomboidal, trapezoidal, and elliptical;an external shape that is separately symmetric across but not between each axis, horizontal or vertical, of that viewing plane; rounded and curved edges and corners; a bottom surface that; is contoured to fit diagonally across a forearm of the athlete, having both a three-dimensional and generally concave curvature which matches that of the portion of the forearm across which the casing will diagonally lie and an axis of that three-dimensional curvature that is diagonal to the long axis of the casing; angles the top surface to align the long axis across the user'"'"'s central, forward, view line; and
,has at each corner a convex gripping nub that protrudes from the generally concave curvature; at least a pair of contoured attachment loops, said pair being offset to opposite sides and closest towards opposite ends of the casing, with each contoured attachment loop further having; rounded exterior edges and corners; a lower surface that forms a matching extension of the curvature of the bottom surface of the casing, so the bottom surface of the casing melds smoothly and continuously into the bottom surface of the contoured attachment loop; a thickness that is uniform for most of its outer portion, which widens to effect a curved blending with the surface of the casing which forms the inner side of the contoured attachment loop; and
,a profile lower than the height of the casing; at least one user display, said user display further comprising; at least one visual display element; touch-screen control hardware for specific functional-change control for the sports instrumentation; and
,responsive display means for any instrument-function specific, programmable, touch-activated, control software for the athlete'"'"'s use of the sports instrumentation; at least one primary control for the sports instrumentation, said primary control providing modal state change for the display; a power source contained within the casing and capable of meeting the demands of the display and control; and
,a short-range wireless communications link, capable of connecting the wearable display and control to any of a set of;
at least one sports instrumentation device;an intermediate-range wireless communications link;
a long-range communications link;
additional, supporting, or secondary instrumentation devices;
a remote computation and record-keeping system; and
a third-party'"'"'s wearable display and control. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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