FITNESS MONITORING DEVICE WITH ALTIMETER
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1. A wearable biometric tracking device, the wearable biometric tracking device comprising:
- one or more biometric sensors;
a pressure sensor, the pressure sensor configured to detect ambient atmospheric air pressure around the wearable biometric tracking device and to output data representative of altitude, wherein the data representative of altitude is based, at least in part, on air pressure measured by the pressure sensor;
a location-determining device configured to determine location based on data received from one or more devices remote from the wearable biometric tracking device and to output corresponding location data; and
control logic, wherein the one or more biometric sensors, the pressure sensor, the location-determining device, and the control logic are communicatively connected and the control logic is configured to;
a) receive the location data from the location-determining device,b) analyze the location data to determine a first location of the wearable biometric tracking device,c) determine a first topographic altitude from historical topographic data, wherein the first topographic altitude is an altitude correlated with the first location,d) receive the data representative of altitude from the pressure sensor,e) analyze the data representative of altitude to determine if the pressure sensor should be recalibrated based on a first difference between the first topographic altitude and an altitude (i) calculated from the data representative of altitude and (ii) associated with the first location, andf) recalibrate the pressure sensor based on the first difference when the control logic determines in (e) that the pressure sensor should be recalibrated.
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Abstract
Biometric monitoring devices, including various technologies that may be implemented in such devices, are discussed herein. Additionally, techniques for utilizing altimeters in biometric monitoring devices are provided. Such techniques may, in some implementations, involve recalibrating a biometric monitoring device altimeter based on location data; using altimeter data as an aid to gesture recognition; and/or using altimeter data to manage an airplane mode of a biometric monitoring device.
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48 Claims
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1. A wearable biometric tracking device, the wearable biometric tracking device comprising:
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one or more biometric sensors; a pressure sensor, the pressure sensor configured to detect ambient atmospheric air pressure around the wearable biometric tracking device and to output data representative of altitude, wherein the data representative of altitude is based, at least in part, on air pressure measured by the pressure sensor; a location-determining device configured to determine location based on data received from one or more devices remote from the wearable biometric tracking device and to output corresponding location data; and control logic, wherein the one or more biometric sensors, the pressure sensor, the location-determining device, and the control logic are communicatively connected and the control logic is configured to; a) receive the location data from the location-determining device, b) analyze the location data to determine a first location of the wearable biometric tracking device, c) determine a first topographic altitude from historical topographic data, wherein the first topographic altitude is an altitude correlated with the first location, d) receive the data representative of altitude from the pressure sensor, e) analyze the data representative of altitude to determine if the pressure sensor should be recalibrated based on a first difference between the first topographic altitude and an altitude (i) calculated from the data representative of altitude and (ii) associated with the first location, and f) recalibrate the pressure sensor based on the first difference when the control logic determines in (e) that the pressure sensor should be recalibrated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A wearable biometric tracking device, the wearable biometric tracking device comprising:
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a pressure sensor configured to detect ambient atmospheric air pressure around the wearable biometric tracking device and to output data representative of altitude, wherein the data representative of altitude is based, at least in part, on air pressure measured by the pressure sensor data representative of altitude; a motion sensor, the motion sensor configured to detect motion of the wearable biometric tracking device and to output corresponding motion data; and control logic, wherein the pressure sensor, the motion sensor, and the control logic are communicatively connected and the control logic is configured to; a) receive the data representative of altitude, b) receive the motion data, c) determine when the data representative of altitude and the motion data, in combination, correlate with a first arm movement profile of a plurality of arm movement profiles, and d) store data associated with the first arm movement profile responsive to the determination in (c).
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44. A wearable biometric tracking device comprising:
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a pressure sensor configured to detect altitude of the wearable biometric tracking device and to output corresponding data representative of altitude; and a motion sensor, the motion sensor configured to detect motion of the wearable biometric tracking device and to output corresponding motion data; and control logic, wherein the biometric monitoring device, the pressure sensor, and the control logic are communicatively connected and the control logic is configured to; a) determine when the data representative of altitude indicates that the wearable biometric tracking device has not experienced an altitude rate-of-change exceeding a first altitude rate-of-change threshold during a first time period, and b) place the wearable biometric tracking device into a lower power-consumption state during a second time period following the first time period responsive to, at least, determining in (a) that the data representative of altitude indicates that the wearable biometric tracking device has not experienced an altitude rate-of-change exceeding the first altitude rate-of-change threshold during the first time period. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47)
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