MULTIMODE SENSOR DEVICES
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Abstract
The disclosure provides BMDs that have multiple device modes depending on operational conditions of the devices, e.g., motion intensity, device placement, and/or activity type, the device modes are associated with various data processing algorithms. In some embodiments, the BMD is implemented as a wrist-worn or arm-worn device. In some embodiments, methods for tracking physiological metrics using the BMDs are provided. In some embodiments, the process and the BMD applies a time domain analysis on data provided by a sensor of the BMD when the data has a high signal (e.g., high signal-to-noise ratio), and applies a frequency domain analysis on the data when the data has a low signal, which contributes to improved accuracy and speed of biometric data.
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68 Claims
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39. A method of tracking a user'"'"'s physiological activity using a worn biometric monitoring device having one or more sensors providing output data indicative of the user'"'"'s physiological activity, the method comprising:
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(a) analyzing a sensor output data provided by the worn biometric monitoring device to determine that the user is engaged in a first activity that produces a relatively high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in the sensor output data; (b) quantifying a physiological metric by analyzing a first set of sensor output data in a time domain; (c) analyzing a subsequent sensor output data provided by the worn biometric monitoring device to determine that the user is engaged in a second activity that produces a relatively low SNR in the subsequent sensor output data; and (d) quantifying the physiological metric from a periodic component of a second set of sensor output data by processing the second set of sensor output data using a frequency domain analysis, wherein the quantifying in (d) differs from the quantifying in (b) - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. A method of tracking a user'"'"'s physiological activity using a worn biometric monitoring device having one or more sensors providing output data indicative of the user'"'"'s physiological activity, the method comprising:
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(a) analyzing a sensor output data to characterize the sensor output data as indicative of a first activity associated with a relatively high signal level or indicative of a second activity associated with a relatively low signal level; (b) processing the sensor output data indicative of the first activity to produce a first value of a physiological metric; and (c) processing the sensor output data indicative of the second activity to produce a second value of the physiological metric, wherein the processing of (b) differs from the processing of (c). - View Dependent Claims (61, 62)
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63. A biometric monitoring device comprising:
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one or more sensors providing output data comprising information about a user'"'"'s activity level when the biometric monitoring device is worn by the user; a control logic configured for; (a) analyzing a sensor output data provided by the biometric monitoring device to determine that the user is engaged in a first activity that produces a relatively high SNR in the sensor output data; (b) quantifying a physiological metric by analyzing a first set of sensor output data in a time domain; (c) analyzing a subsequent sensor output data provided by the biometric monitoring device to determine that the user is engaged in a second activity that produces a relatively low SNR in the subsequent sensor output data; and (d) quantifying the physiological metric from a periodic component of a second set of sensor output data by processing the second set of sensor output data using a frequency domain analysis. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66, 67)
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68. A biometric monitoring device comprising:
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one or more sensors providing output data comprising information about a user'"'"'s activity level when the biometric monitoring device is worn by the user; a control logic configured to; (a) analyze a sensor output data to characterize the sensor output data as indicative of a first activity associated with a relatively high signal level or indicative of a second activity associated with a relatively low signal level; (b) process the sensor output data indicative of the first activity to produce a first value of a physiological metric; and (c) process the sensor output data indicative of the second activity to produce a second value of the physiological metric. wherein the process of (b) differs from the process of (c).
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