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POWER EFFICIENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN RESOURCE CONSTRAINED DEVICES

  • US 20150057967A1
  • Filed: 08/26/2013
  • Published: 02/26/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for efficiently measuring physical activity with a wearable device, the method comprising:

  • waking a wearable device from a low power state, the wearable device comprising a motion sensor;

    obtaining, by the wearable device, one or more data points of a motion signal from the motion sensor at a first point in time with a first frequency and;

    determining by the wearable device if the one or more data points are above a first threshold; and

    obtaining, by the wearable device, for a predetermined amount of time and at a second frequency one or more additional data points of the motion signal responsive to the one or more data points being above the first threshold.

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