Monitoring Fitness Using a Mobile Device

• US 20170266494A1
• Filed: 05/31/2017
• Published: 09/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Inventors: Crankson, Kwamina, White, Kristen Laina, Orenstein, Michael Levi, Hoffman, Michael T., Nims, Jason
• Granted Patent: US 10,653,918 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A43C 19/00 Attachments for footwear, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0025 Tracking the path or location of one or more users, e.g. players of a game
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0056 for statistical or strategic analysis
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0021 Tracking a path or terminating locations
• 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: G06V 40/23 Recognition of whole body movements, e.g. for sport training
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/003 Repetitive work cycles; Sequence of movements
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/02 with visual presentation of the material to be studied, e.g. using film strip
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

Athletic performance monitoring and tracking may provide multiple ways in which to track athletic movement and activity. Workouts may also be tagged with various parameters including mood, weather, terrain, athletic equipment, friends used and the like. Workout information may be shared to social messaging and networking outlets. Workout information shared may include map information including images of maps, interactive maps, links to maps, route information and the like and/or combinations thereof. Additionally or alternatively, an application may be configured to execute within a context of a social networking system to facilitate athletic activity data transfer and generation of workout entries in the social networking site.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a processor;

a sensor; and

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

generate a scheduler that suggests a schedule for an athletic activity for a user

collect, using the sensor, data corresponding to the athletic activity performed by the user;

determine one or more metrics from the collected data;

determine an accumulated total of the one or more metrics;

determine whether the accumulated total of the one or more metrics has met a predetermined threshold associated with a performance level; and

in response to determining the accumulated total of the one or more metrics has met the predetermined threshold associated with the performance level, generate a celebratory message, wherein the celebratory message is received after it is determined that the user has finished the athletic activity.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the performance level is selected from a plurality of predefined sequential performance levels.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein each of the plurality of predefined sequential performance levels is associated with a unique color, and the apparatus further comprises a user display that indicates that the user is within the predetermined threshold of the performance level includes a display of the unique color associated to the performance level.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the predetermined threshold is associated with an activity challenge.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a user display that includes an icon indicative of a current performance metric of the user.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a user display includes a message indicating one or metrics associated with the performance level.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory stores further computer readable instructions that, when executed cause the processor to:

responsive to receiving a user selection, adjusting one or more settings of the performance level.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory stores further computer readable instructions that, when executed cause the processor to:

generate a user display indicating a proximity to the performance level prior to the user performing the athletic activity.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the predetermined threshold of the performance level is determined based on the one or more metrics of past performances by the user.

10. A method for determining an athletic activity performance of a user comprising:

generating and displaying a scheduler that suggests a schedule for an athletic activity for the user;

collecting, using a sensor, data corresponding to the athletic activity performed by the user;

displaying a representation of an athletic activity performance of the user including displaying an icon indicative of a first performance level of the user;

determining an accumulated total of a performance metric;

determining whether the accumulated total of the performance metric is within a predetermined threshold of a second performance level; and

in response to determining that the accumulated total of the performance metric is within the predetermined threshold of the second performance level, generate a celebratory message, wherein the celebratory message is received after it is determined that the user has finished the athletic activity.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the celebratory message is received as haptic feedback.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein displaying the icon indicative of the first performance level includes displaying a first color associated with the first performance level, and wherein the user display indicating that the user is within the predetermined threshold of the second performance level includes displaying a second color associated with the second performance level, the second color being different than the first color.

13. The method of claim 10 wherein displaying the icon indicative of the first performance level includes displaying a portion indicating a proximity to the second performance level.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein determining whether the accumulated total of the performance metric is within the predetermined threshold of a second performance level includes determining at least one of a maximum performance metric of the user, and an average performance metric of the user, and the predetermined threshold is based on the at least one of the maximum performance metric of the user, or the average performance metric of the user.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising selecting the second performance level from a plurality of predefined sequential performance levels, wherein the second performance level proceeds the first performance level based on the thresholds associated with each of the performance levels.

16. An apparatus comprising:

a processor;

a sensor;

a display panel; and

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

generate, on the display panel, an indication of a current performance level of a user based on an accumulated performance metric;

generate a scheduler that suggests a schedule for an athletic activity for the user;

collect, using the sensor, data corresponding to the athletic activity performed by the user;

update the accumulated performance metric based on the collected sensor data;

determine whether the accumulated performance metric exceeds a predetermined threshold associated with a second performance level, the second performance level being associated with a higher accumulated performance metric; and

in response to determining that the accumulated performance metrics exceeds the predetermined threshold associated with the second performance level, generate, on the display panel, a celebratory message, wherein the celebratory message is received after it is determined that the user has finished the athletic activity.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the current performance level and the second performance level are predefined discrete performance levels, each associated with a unique color.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein generating the indication that the user has reached the second performance level includes a display of the unique color associated to the second performance level.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the memory stores further computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:

receive a user performance level query; and

responsive to receiving the user performance level query, providing an interface on at least a portion of the display panel indicating of proximity of the user to the second performance level.

20. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the indication of a current performance level includes an icon indicative of proximity of the user to the second performance level.