Enhancing Exercise Through Augmented Reality

• US 20160346612A1
• Filed: 05/26/2016
• Published: 12/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Inventors: Rowley, Craig
• Application Number:
  US15/165,881
• Publication Number:
  US 20160346612A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/34 with electrical or electronic arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1123 Discriminating type of movement, e.g. walking or running A61B5/1116, A61B5/112 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/744 Displaying an avatar, e.g. an animated cartoon character
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0282 Rating or review of business operators or products
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/20 Education
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising

Abstract

The disclosure relates to enhancing exercise through augmented reality. In particular, the disclosure describes monitoring a user'"'"'s performance and generating a virtual representation of that user'"'"'s performance to be displayed during a future exercise routine to motivate the user to improve performance during their next workout.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving athletic performance data corresponding to a user'"'"'s workout;

generating a first avatar performance, the generated first avatar performance based at least in part on the received athletic performance data;

storing the generated first avatar performance;

generating a second avatar performance based on the user'"'"'s current workout performance; and

simultaneously displaying the stored first avatar performance adjacent the second avatar performance.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

comparing the generated first avatar performance with the second avatar performance;

generating results of the compared first avatar performance and the second avatar performance; and

displaying the generated results of the first avatar performance and the second avatar performance.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying an indication of a level of progress towards a goal of the user.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein a relative position of the first avatar performance to a second avatar performance represents the indication of the level of progress towards the goal.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the athletic performance data is received from a user device comprising an athletic performance monitoring device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first avatar performance comprises a first virtual shadow, the first virtual shadow representing a past workout performance for the user.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein modifying the appearance of the second avatar includes modifying a size of the second avatar.

7. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

modifying the appearance of the second avatar performance based on the received athletic performance data.

9. A method comprising:

receiving athletic performance data from a plurality of users performing a similar athletic event;

generating a plurality of avatar performances based on the received athletic data from the plurality of users;

simultaneously displaying the generated plurality of avatar performances;

comparing the generated plurality of avatar performances;

generating results of the compared plurality of avatar performances; and

displaying the generated results of the compared plurality of avatar performances.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

displaying topographical map data as a background to indicate the relative location of the generated avatar performances to each other.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the displayed positions of the plurality of avatar performances relative to each other represent progress towards an athletic goal.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the athletic performance data is received from a plurality of athletic performance monitoring devices.

13. An apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

memory storing computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause the apparatus to;

receive athletic performance data corresponding to a user'"'"'s workout;

generate a first avatar performance, the generated first avatar performance based at least in part on the received athletic performance data;

store the generated first avatar performance;

generate a second avatar performance based on the user'"'"'s current workout performance; and

simultaneously display the stored first avatar performance adjacent the second avatar performance.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed, further cause the apparatus to:

compare the generated first avatar performance with the second avatar performance;

generate results of the compared first avatar performance and the second avatar performance; and

display the generated results of the first avatar performance and the second avatar performance.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed, further cause the apparatus to:

modify the appearance of the first avatar and second avatar based on the generated results.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the modification of the appearance of the first avatar and second avatar comprises changing the displayed position of the first avatar and the second avatar.

17. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the athletic performance data is received from a user device comprising an athletic performance monitoring device.

18. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the first avatar performance comprises a first virtual shadow, the first virtual shadow representing a past workout performance for the user.

19. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed, further cause the apparatus to:

display an indication of a level of progress towards a goal of the user.