Device for Tracking Activity and Associated Methods
First Claim
Patent Images
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a motion detection component including circuitry for detecting and recording movement of the apparatus;
a notification component connected to the circuitry of the motion detection component, the notification component defined to signal when an amount of recorded movement of the apparatus has exceeded a predetermined amount of movement;
a band formed to secure to a part of a human body, the band including the motion detection component and the notification component.
6 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A device for tracking activity of a person includes a motion detection component, a notification component, and a band. The motion detection component includes circuitry for detecting and recording movement of the device. The notification component is connected to the circuitry of the motion detection component. The notification component is defined to signal when an amount of recorded movement of the device has exceeded a predetermined amount of movement. The band is formed to secure to a part of a human body. The band includes the motion detection component and the notification component.
7 Citations
30 Claims
-
1. An apparatus, comprising:
-
a motion detection component including circuitry for detecting and recording movement of the apparatus; a notification component connected to the circuitry of the motion detection component, the notification component defined to signal when an amount of recorded movement of the apparatus has exceeded a predetermined amount of movement; a band formed to secure to a part of a human body, the band including the motion detection component and the notification component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
-
-
14. An apparatus, comprising:
-
a motion detector defined to detect a change in a magnetic field indicative of movement; circuitry connected to receive signals from the motion detector and process the received signals through an algorithm to determine an orientation and a quantity of movement; a display defined to provide a visual indication of the quantity of movement recorded by the circuitry; and a band formed to secure to a part of a human body, the band including the motion detector, the circuitry, and the display. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
-
-
18. An apparatus, comprising:
-
a band defined to secure to a wrist of a human body; a motion detector secured within the band, the motion detector defined to detect movement of the human body when the band is secured to the human body; a memory for recording movement data detected by the motion detector; a display screen defined to visually display an alphanumeric message associated with the movement data recorded in the memory. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
-
-
30. A device for use by a user to track physical activity of the user when the device is associated with the user, comprising:
-
(a) a band for affixing the device to a wrist of the user, the band includes a pocket that is a housing for the device; (b) a sensor being part of the device, the sensor defined to sense motion activity of the device for associated motion of the user having the band affixed to the user'"'"'s wrist; (c) an electrical circuit being part of the device, the electrical circuit being interfaced with the sensor and memory, the memory defined to store the sensed motion activity over a period of time, the electronic circuit includes algorithms that detect and interpret signals from the sensor; and (d) a display device being part of the device, the display device includes a series of light emitting diodes, the series of light emitting diodes arranged along a single row, herein one or more light emitting diodes of the series of light emitting diodes in the single row activate to reveal a code upon reaching or exceeding one or more thresholds of physical activity as controlled by the algorithms processed by the electrical circuit of the device.
-
Specification