GPS Features and Functionality in an Athletic Watch System
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring an athletic performance, comprising:
- an input system for receiving;
(a) a first type of input data indicative of an athlete'"'"'s movement distance during an athletic performance over at least a first portion of a route and (b) a second type of input data indicative of the athlete'"'"'s movement distance during the same athletic performance over at least the first portion of the route, wherein the first type of input data is generated by a first sensor system that is independent from a second sensor system that generates the second type of input data; and
a processing system programmed and adapted for;
(a) determining whether the first type of input data or the second type of input data is likely more accurate for the first portion of the route and (b) determining at least one of overall movement distance during the athletic performance, movement distance over the first portion of the route, overall pace during the athletic performance, or pace over the first portion of the route using the type of input data determined to be more accurate over the first portion of the route.
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Abstract
Athletic performance monitoring systems include GPS data to enhance various features of the workout as well as the post-workout data analysis. Such features include using output from multiple sensors to determine the most accurate data available for providing distance measurements for individual segments of a route. The most accurate data for each route segment, from whatever source, then is used to provide the overall route distance and as the basis for making other calculations, such as pace, calorie burn, etc. Another feature relates to the ability to both input and output geographically tagged messages while moving along a route during an athletic performance.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring an athletic performance, comprising:
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an input system for receiving;
(a) a first type of input data indicative of an athlete'"'"'s movement distance during an athletic performance over at least a first portion of a route and (b) a second type of input data indicative of the athlete'"'"'s movement distance during the same athletic performance over at least the first portion of the route, wherein the first type of input data is generated by a first sensor system that is independent from a second sensor system that generates the second type of input data; anda processing system programmed and adapted for;
(a) determining whether the first type of input data or the second type of input data is likely more accurate for the first portion of the route and (b) determining at least one of overall movement distance during the athletic performance, movement distance over the first portion of the route, overall pace during the athletic performance, or pace over the first portion of the route using the type of input data determined to be more accurate over the first portion of the route. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for monitoring an athletic performance, comprising:
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an input system for receiving;
(a) a first type of input data indicative of an athlete'"'"'s movement distance during an athletic performance over a plurality of distance segments of a route and (b) a second type of input data indicative of the athlete'"'"'s movement distance during the same athletic performance over a plurality of distance segments of the route, wherein the first type of input data is generated by a first sensor system that is independent from a second sensor system that generates the second type of input data, and wherein the first sensor system and the second sensor system provide input data for at least partially overlapping segments of the route; anda processing system programmed and adapted for;
(a) determining whether the first type of input data or the second type of input data is likely more accurate for the segments of the route and (b) determining at least one of overall movement distance during the athletic performance and overall pace during the athletic performance using the type of input data determined to likely be more accurate for each segment of the route such that the first type of input data is used for determining a distance associated with a first portion of the segments and the second type of input data is used for determining a distance associated with a second portion of the segments. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for monitoring an athletic performance, comprising:
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receiving input data from a first sensor system indicative of an athlete'"'"'s movement distance during an athletic performance over at least a first portion of a route; receiving input data from a second sensor system indicative of the athlete'"'"'s movement distance during the same athletic performance over at least the first portion of the route, wherein the second sensor system is independent from the first sensor system; determining whether the input data from the first sensor system or the input data from the second sensor system is likely more accurate for the first portion of the route; and determining at least one of overall movement distance during the athletic performance, movement distance over the first portion of the route, overall pace during the athletic performance, or pace over the first portion of the route using the input data determined to be more accurate for the first portion of the route. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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