DISPLAYING ACTIVITY DATA

• US 20170157466A1
• Filed: 11/27/2013
• Published: 06/08/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Polar Electro Oy
• Original Assignee: Polar Electro Oy
• Inventors: KORPELA, Matti, KOMULAINEN, Olli, JAATINEN, Jukka, KOISTINEN, Taina
• Application Number:
  US15/039,302
• Publication Number:
  US 20170157466A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7445 Display arrangements, e.g. multiple display units
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0065 Evaluating the fitness, e.g. fitness level or fitness index
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0663 worn on the wrist, e.g. wrist bands
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/12 Absolute positions, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/20 Distances or displacements
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/22 Stride length
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/30 Speed
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/50 Force related parameters
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/62 Time or time measurement used for time reference, time stamp, master time or clock signal
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/72 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/73 Altitude
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/74 Atmospheric pressure
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/803 Motion sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/836 Sensors arranged on the body of the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/04 heartbeat characteristics, e.g. ECG, blood pressure modulations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/75 calorie expenditure
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0062 : Monitoring athletic performances, e.g. for determining the work of a user on an exercise apparatus, the completed jogging or cycling distance
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0686 : Timers, rhythm indicators or pacing apparatus using electric or electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/163 : Operation of electrochromic cells, e.g. electrodeposition cells; Circuit arrangements therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 : relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising

Abstract

A portable physical activity monitor device includes a power source for providing power to the physical activity monitor device, at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the physical activity monitor device to perform operations including acquiring an indication of a physical activity metric of a person carrying the physical activity monitor device. The physical activity monitor device includes at least one electrochromic part including bi-stable electrochromic material, and the physical activity monitor device is caused to control an optical characteristic.

Claims

1. A portable physical activity monitor device, comprising:

a power source for providing power to the physical activity monitor device;

at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the physical activity monitor device to perform operations comprising;

acquiring an indication of a physical activity metric of a person carrying the physical activity monitor device,

wherein the physical activity monitor device further comprises at least one electrochromic part comprising bi-stable electrochromic material, and the physical activity monitor device is further caused to perform operations comprising;

controlling an optical characteristic of the electrochromic part on the basis of the acquired activity metric.

2. The physical activity monitor device of claim 1, wherein the physical activity monitor device comprises a plurality of electrochromic parts, each comprising bi-stable electrochromic material, and the physical activity monitor device is further caused to perform operations comprising:

defining a plurality of activity zones, wherein each activity zone comprises a different range of activity metric values;

associating each activity zone with a different electrochromic part;

detecting to which of the plurality of predetermined activity zones the acquired activity metric belongs to;

identifying the electrochromic part which is associated with the activity zone comprising the acquired activity metric; and

controlling the optical characteristic of each of the plurality of electrochromic parts on the basis of which of the plurality of electrochromic parts is the identified electrochromic part.

3. The physical activity monitor device of claim 2, wherein the physical activity monitor device is further caused to perform operations comprising:

identifying the type of the activity metric;

redefining the plurality of activity zones on the basis of the identified type of activity metric; and

redefining the associations between the electrochromic parts and the activity zones.

4. The physical activity monitor device of claim 2, wherein the activity metric represents an accumulated activity level and each of the plurality of activity zones comprises a different range of accumulated activity levels, and the physical activity monitor device is further caused to perform operations comprising:

controlling the optical characteristic of each of the plurality of electrochromic parts on the basis of what the accumulated activity level is.

5. The physical activity monitor device of claim 4, wherein the physical activity monitor device is further caused to perform operations comprising:

controlling the optical characteristics of the electrochromic parts such that the electrochromic part, which corresponds to the activity zone within which the current accumulated activity level is, adopts a different optical state than the rest of the electrochromic parts.

6. The physical activity monitor device of claim 4, wherein the physical activity monitor device is further caused to perform operations comprising:

controlling the optical characteristics of the electrochromic parts such that the at least one electrochromic part, which corresponds to the lower or higher accumulated activity levels than the current accumulated activity level, adopts a different optical state than the rest of the electrochromic parts.

7. The physical activity monitor device of claim 4, wherein the physical activity monitor device is further caused to perform operations comprising:

resetting the accumulated activity level periodically after a predetermined accumulation period.

8. The physical activity monitor device of claim 1, wherein the physical activity monitor device is further caused to perform operations comprising:

acquiring an indication of a target activity level of the person;

determining whether or not a target activity level is reached; and

upon detecting that the target activity level is not reached, controlling the optical characteristic of each of the electrochromic parts to indicate that the target is not reached.

9. The physical activity monitor device of claim 1, wherein the activity metric represents at least one of the following:

heart activity, accumulated time duration of activities above a certain activity threshold, calories consumed, speed, pace, accumulated distance, stride, cadence, power, altitude, accumulated ascent, accumulated descent, incline, decline, temperature, barometric value, recovery level, benefit level, fitness level, training load, accumulated number of jumps, accumulated number of spurts, height of jumps, inactivity level.

10. The physical activity monitor device of claim 1, wherein the physical activity monitor device comprises a plurality of electrochromic parts arranged in a plurality of layers, one on top of another, wherein the electrochromic material of each electrochromic part has a different colour which the electrochromic material can adopt.

11. The physical activity monitor device of claim 1, wherein the physical activity monitor device comprises a plurality of electrochromic parts arranged in one layer, one next to another.

12. The physical activity monitor device of claim 1, wherein the electrochromic part covers a display of the physical activity monitor device, and the control of the optical characteristic comprises a reversible change between a first and a second optical state, wherein, in the first state, the electrochromic material is transparent and, in the second state, the electrochromic material is non-transparent and the physical activity monitor device is further caused to perform operations comprising:

controlling the electrochromic part to adopt the first optical state upon activation of the display and to adopt the second optical state upon deactivation of the display.

13. The physical activity monitor device of claim 1, wherein at least one electrochromic part is comprised in a mechanical structure of the physical activity monitor device.

14. The physical activity monitor device of claim 1, wherein at least one electrochromic part is comprised in a wrist strap of the physical activity monitor device.

15. The physical activity monitor device of claim 1, wherein at least one electrochromic part is comprised in at least part of the frame of a display of the physical activity monitor device.

16. The physical activity monitor device of claim 1, wherein at least one electrochromic part is arranged in a shape of an alphabetic character or a numerical character.

17. A computer program product embodied on a non-transient distribution medium readable by a computer and comprising program instructions which, when executed by a portable physical activity monitor device, cause the physical activity monitor device to perform operations comprising:

acquiring an indication of a physical activity metric of a person carrying the physical activity monitor device, wherein the physical activity monitor device comprises at least one electrochromic part comprising bi-stable electrochromic material; and

controlling an optical characteristic of the electrochromic part on the basis of the acquired activity metric.