ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE MONITORING DEVICE
First Claim
1. An athletic performance monitoring device comprising,an accelerometer adapted to be worn by an athlete close to the center of gravity of the athlete;
- anda user-worn device with a processing system;
wherein the accelerometer is further configured such that it can wirelessly communicate acceleration data, relating to the acceleration of the athlete, to the processing system, and wherein the processing system is configured such that it can request acceleration data from the accelerometer only when some events are occurring, and such that it can process the acceleration data it receives from the accelerometer to provide athletic performance information.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
The present invention provides an athletic performance monitoring device having an accelerometer configured such that it can be worn by a user close to the center of gravity of the athlete; and a processing system including a global positioning system. The accelerometer is further configured such that it can wirelessly communicate acceleration data, relating to the acceleration of the user, to the processing system. In addition, the processing system is configured such that it can request acceleration data from the accelerometer only when some events depending on the output of the global positioning system and/or on a clock are occurring. It can also process the acceleration data it receives from the accelerometer to provide athletic performance information. There is further provided a corresponding method for providing athletic performance information. There is also provided an accelerometer for use in an athletic performance monitoring device.
-
Citations
15 Claims
-
1. An athletic performance monitoring device comprising,
an accelerometer adapted to be worn by an athlete close to the center of gravity of the athlete; - and
a user-worn device with a processing system; wherein the accelerometer is further configured such that it can wirelessly communicate acceleration data, relating to the acceleration of the athlete, to the processing system, and wherein the processing system is configured such that it can request acceleration data from the accelerometer only when some events are occurring, and such that it can process the acceleration data it receives from the accelerometer to provide athletic performance information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- and
-
14. An accelerometer, configured such that it can be worn by an athlete, the accelerometer further configurable to store acceleration data in an internal memory, and to wirelessly communicate stored acceleration data relating to the acceleration of the athlete, to a remote device when said remote device requests it.
-
15. A method for providing athletic performance information, the method comprising the steps of:
-
measuring the acceleration of an athlete using an accelerometer which is worn by the athlete, to provide acceleration data; wirelessly communicating the acceleration data to a processing system in an athlete-worn device when some predefined events are detected by said processing system; processing the acceleration data using the processing system to provide athletic performance information.
-
Specification