Remote pedometer

• US 6,334,848 B1
• Filed: 01/11/2000
• Issued: 01/01/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Acumen Associates Incorporated (Roper Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Acumen Associates Incorporated (Roper Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Fabrizio, Robert, Sham, Ka Yiu, Wong, Philip Lim-Kong
• Primary Examiner(s): Winakur, Eric F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Natnithithadha, Navin
• Application Number:
  US09/480,678
• Time in Patent Office: 721 Days
• Field of Search: 600/481, 600/300, 600/483, 600/500, 600/502, 600/503, 600/587, 600/595
• US Class Current: 600/481
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 22/006 Pedometers

Abstract

A fitness monitoring device, comprising a wrist-based device including a receiver and a display; a separate, remote, pedometer including pedometer step sensing circuitry and wireless transmission circuitry; and wherein said pedometer step sensing circuitry senses a user'"'"'s steps and said remote pedometer wirelessly transmits a signal corresponding to said sensed steps to said wrist-based device, and further wherein said wrist-based device processes the wirelessly transmitted signal received by said receiver and controls the display.

Claims

1. A fitness monitoring device, comprising:

a wrist-based device including a receiver and a display;

a separate, remote, pedometer including pedometer step sensing circuitry and wireless transmission circuitry;

wherein said pedometer step sensing circuitry senses a user'"'"'s steps and said remote pedometer wirelessly transmits a signal corresponding to said sensed steps to said wrist-based device, and further wherein said wrist-based device processes the wirelessly transmitted signal received by said receiver and controls the display;

a wireless heart-rate transmitter; and

wherein said remote pedometer further comprises a receiver circuit which receives transmissions from said wireless heart-rate transmitter for synchronizing the wireless heart-rate transmissions with the wireless step sensing transmissions.

2. The fitness monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein said wireless heart-rate transmitter and said wireless transmission circuitry of said remote pedometer share a single transmission frequency channel in a time-multiplexed manner.

3. The fitness monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein said wrist-based device and said remote pedometer have separate power supplies.

4. The fitness monitoring device according to claim 2, wherein said wrist-based device and said remote pedometer have separate power supplies.

5. The fitness monitoring device according to claim 1, further comprising watch functions incorporated into said wrist-based device.

6. The fitness monitoring device according to claim 2, further comprising watch functions incorporated into said wrist-based device.