Method for Counting Steps Taken by a User
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1. A Method for counting steps taken by a user, said method being implemented by a first portable electronic device formed by a personal activity monitor intended to be rather rigidly associated with the body of the user, and by a second portable electronic device formed by a smartphone, the first and second devices being configured to exchange data over a wireless connection, the method comprising the steps of:
- /a1/ detecting and counting the steps of the user, by the first device, with at least one associated timestamp information,/a2/ detecting and counting the steps of the user, by the second device, with at least one associated timestamp information,/b/ transferring step data from one of the two devices to the other of the two devices,/c/ identifying at least a first time period (Tw) for which it is determined that a difference in the number of steps counted by the first device and by the second device is greater than a predetermined threshold (S),/d/ supplementing the step data recorded for said first time period in one of the two devices, with the step data from the other of the two devices.
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Abstract
Method for counting steps taken by a user, by a first device (personal activity monitor 1) and by a second device (smartphone 2) which communicate with each other, the method comprising the steps of:
- /a1/ detecting and counting the steps of the user, by the first device,
- /a2/ detecting and counting the steps of the user, by the second device,
- /b/ transferring step data from one of the two devices to the other of the two devices,
- /c/ identifying at least a first time period (Tw) for which a difference in the number of steps counted by the first device and by the second device is greater than a predetermined threshold (S),
- /d/ supplementing the step data recorded for said first time period in one of the two devices with the step data from the other of the two devices.
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1. A Method for counting steps taken by a user, said method being implemented by a first portable electronic device formed by a personal activity monitor intended to be rather rigidly associated with the body of the user, and by a second portable electronic device formed by a smartphone, the first and second devices being configured to exchange data over a wireless connection, the method comprising the steps of:
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/a1/ detecting and counting the steps of the user, by the first device, with at least one associated timestamp information, /a2/ detecting and counting the steps of the user, by the second device, with at least one associated timestamp information, /b/ transferring step data from one of the two devices to the other of the two devices, /c/ identifying at least a first time period (Tw) for which it is determined that a difference in the number of steps counted by the first device and by the second device is greater than a predetermined threshold (S), /d/ supplementing the step data recorded for said first time period in one of the two devices, with the step data from the other of the two devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An information system intended for a user, comprising a first portable electronic device formed by a personal activity monitor intended to be integrally associated with the body of the user, and a second portable electronic device device formed by a smartphone, the first and second devices being configured to exchange data over a wireless connection, each of the first and second devices being configured to detect and count the steps of the user, with at least one item of timestamp information,
the system being configured for (/b/) transferring step data from one of the two devices to the other of the two devices, (|c/) identifying at least a first time period (Tseq) for which it is determined that a difference in the number of steps counted by the first device and by the second device is greater than a predetermined threshold (S), and (/d/) supplementing the step data recorded for said first time period in one of the two devices with the step data from the other of the two devices.
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