SMART PLACEMENT OF DEVICES FOR IMPLICIT TRIGGERING OF FEEDBACKSRELATING TO USERS' PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES

• US 20170177833A1
• Filed: 12/22/2015
• Published: 06/22/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: LEWALLEN, ERIC, GOEL, MANAN, SHAH, SAURIN, BRAMLETT, BRIAN W.
• Application Number:
  US14/978,951
• Publication Number:
  US 20170177833A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0038 Sports
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A mechanism is described for facilitating smart placement of devices for implicit triggering of feedbacks relating to users'"'"' physical activities according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes detecting scanning, in real-time, of a body of a user during one or more physical activities being by the user, where scanning is performed by one or more sensors placed in one or more items located within proximity of the user. The method may further include receiving data from the one or more sensors, where the data includes biometric data relating to the user. The method may further include forming a feedback based on processing of the biometric data, and communicating, in real-time, the feedback using an object or one or more feedback devices.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

one or more capturing/sensing components to detect scanning, in real-time, of a body of a user during one or more physical activities being by the user, wherein scanning is performed by one or more sensors placed in one or more items located within proximity of the user;

detection/reception logic to receive data from the one or more sensors, wherein the data includes biometric data relating to the user;

feedback formation and presentation logic to form a feedback based on processing of the biometric data; and

communication/compatibility logic to communicate, in real-time, the feedback using an object or one or more feedback devices.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the biometric data comprises one or more of breathing rate, breathing depth, balancing data, body form statistics, alignment information, and posture success rate.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more items comprise at least one of one or more clothing items on the body of the user, a mat, an exercise floor, a playing field, a bathtub, or a swimming pool, wherein the proximity refers to a predetermined area covered by one or more proximity networks.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the object to host or encompass the apparatus, wherein the object includes a yoga block, a baseball base, a swimming tube, and a seat, wherein the feedback includes glowing of one or more lights embedded in the object indicating an activity of or a message to the user, wherein glowing includes changing colors of the object based on the one or more physical activities, wherein at least one of the one or more physical activities includes seven chakras in yoga reflected by one or more colors of the one or more lights, wherein the one or more colors include red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more feedback devices include one or more of computing devices, music players, sound machines, television sets, lights, display devices, and projection screens, wherein the feedback is communicated to the user via the one or more feedback devices, wherein the feedback includes instructions to the user from a coach of the one or more physical activities.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising tracking and aggregation logic to continuously track the real-time scanning of the body of the user during the one or more physical activities, wherein the tracking and aggregation logic is further to aggregate the data received from the one or more sensors.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising processing logic to perform real-time processing of the data to prepare for the feedback, wherein processing includes selecting one or more forms of the feedback, wherein the one or more forms including music, sound, pictures, movies, animation, text, speech, movement of objects, chanting of mantras, and flashing or glowing of lights.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the processing logic is further to transmit the one or more portions of the data to a server computer to perform post-activity processing of the one or more portions of the data, wherein the detection/reception logic is further to receive a post-activity feedback from the server computer over a network including a cloud network or the Internet, wherein the communication/compatibility logic is further to communicate the post-activity feedback to the user via a user interface of the apparatus or another apparatus or to one or more users via one or more user interfaces of the one or more computing devices over one or more networks.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the post-activity feedback comprises a visualized presentation of one or more of activity timelines, health statistics, training aims, medical analysis, weight-loss patterns, food intake data, and goals and schedules, wherein the one or more users comprise at least one of a yogi, a trainer, a coach, a doctor, a nurse, a friend, and a family member.

10. A method comprising:

detecting scanning, in real-time, of a body of a user during one or more physical activities being by the user, wherein scanning is performed by one or more sensors of a computing device placed in one or more items located within proximity of the user;

receiving data from the one or more sensors, wherein the data includes biometric data relating to the user;

forming a feedback based on processing of the biometric data; and

communicating, in real-time, the feedback using an object or one or more feedback devices.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the biometric data comprises one or more of breathing rate, breathing depth, balancing data, body form statistics, alignment information, and posture success rate.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the one or more items comprise at least one of one or more clothing items on the body of the user, a mat, an exercise floor, a playing field, a bathtub, or a swimming pool, wherein the proximity refers to a predetermined area covered by one or more proximity networks.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the object to host or encompass the computing device, wherein the object includes a yoga block, a baseball base, a swimming tube, and a seat, wherein the feedback includes glowing of one or more lights embedded in the object indicating an activity of or a message to the user, wherein glowing includes changing colors of the object based on the one or more physical activities, wherein at least one of the one or more physical activities includes seven chakras in yoga reflected by one or more colors of the one or more lights, wherein the one or more colors include red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the one or more feedback devices include one or more of computing devices, music players, sound machines, television sets, lights, display devices, and projection screens, wherein the feedback is communicated to the user via the one or more feedback devices, wherein the feedback includes instructions to the user from a coach of the one or more physical activities.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising continuously tracking the real-time scanning of the body of the user during the one or more physical activities, wherein tracking includes aggregating the data received from the one or more sensors.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising performing real-time processing of the data to prepare for the feedback, wherein processing includes selecting one or more forms of the feedback, wherein the one or more forms including music, sound, pictures, movies, animation, text, speech, movement of objects, chanting of mantras, and flashing or glowing of lights.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising transmitting the one or more portions of the data to a server computer to perform post-activity processing of the one or more portions of the data, wherein detecting includes receiving a post-activity feedback from the server computer over a network including a cloud network or the Internet, wherein communicating includes communicating the post-activity feedback to the user via a user interface of the computing device or another computing device or to one or more users via one or more user interfaces of the one or more computing devices over one or more networks.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the post-activity feedback comprises a visualized presentation of one or more of activity timelines, health statistics, training aims, medical analysis, weight-loss patterns, food intake data, and goals and schedules, wherein the one or more users comprise at least one of a yogi, a trainer, a coach, a doctor, a nurse, a friend, and a family member.

19. At least one machine-readable storage medium comprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon, the instructions when executed on a computing device, cause the computing device to:

detect scanning, in real-time, of a body of a user during one or more physical activities being by the user, wherein scanning is performed by one or more sensors of the computing device placed in one or more items located within proximity of the user;

receive data from the one or more sensors, wherein the data includes biometric data relating to the user;

form a feedback based on processing of the biometric data; and

communicate, in real-time, the feedback using an object or one or more feedback devices.

20. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the biometric data comprises one or more of breathing rate, breathing depth, balancing data, body form statistics, alignment information, and posture success rate.

21. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the one or more items comprise at least one of one or more clothing items on the body of the user, a mat, an exercise floor, a playing field, a bathtub, or a swimming pool, wherein the proximity refers to a predetermined area covered by one or more proximity networks.

22. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the object to host or encompass the computing device, wherein the object includes a yoga block, a baseball base, a swimming tube, and a seat, wherein the feedback includes glowing of one or more lights embedded in the object indicating an activity of or a message to the user, wherein glowing includes changing colors of the object based on the one or more physical activities, wherein at least one of the one or more physical activities includes seven chakras in yoga reflected by one or more colors of the one or more lights, wherein the one or more colors include red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.

23. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the one or more feedback devices include one or more of computing devices, music players, sound machines, television sets, lights, display devices, and projection screens, wherein the feedback is communicated to the user via the one or more feedback devices, wherein the feedback includes instructions to the user from a coach of the one or more physical activities.

24. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the computing device is further to continuously track the real-time scanning of the body of the user during the one or more physical activities, wherein tracking includes aggregating the data received from the one or more sensors.

25. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the computing device is further to:

perform real-time processing of the data to prepare for the feedback, wherein processing includes selecting one or more forms of the feedback, wherein the one or more forms including music, sound, pictures, movies, animation, text, speech, movement of objects, chanting of mantras, and flashing or glowing of lights; and

transmit the one or more portions of the data to a server computer to perform post-activity processing of the one or more portions of the data, wherein detecting includes receiving a post-activity feedback from the server computer over a network including a cloud network or the Internet, wherein communicating includes communicating the post-activity feedback to the user via a user interface of the computing device or another computing device or to one or more users via one or more user interfaces of the one or more computing devices over one or more networks,

wherein the post-activity feedback comprises a visualized presentation of one or more of activity timelines, health statistics, training aims, medical analysis, weight-loss patterns, food intake data, and goals and schedules, wherein the one or more users comprise at least one of a yogi, a trainer, a coach, a doctor, a nurse, a friend, and a family member.