Heart rate monitor
First Claim
1. A carry-on heart rate monitor measuring a person'"'"'s heart rate non-invasively, the heart rate monitor comprising a display for displaying heart rate information about a heart rate signal measured on the person, the display comprising a display element for displaying a settable minimum limit for a desired heart rate level, a display element for displaying a settable maximum limit for a desired heart rate level, a display element unit controlled by the measured heart rate level and provided with a plurality of display element segments, at least one of the display element segments being activated in response to the measured heart rate level and graphically representing the measured heart rate level by a position of the at least one activated display element segment relative to the display element for displaying the settable minimum limit for the desired heart rate level and the display element for displaying the settable maximum limit for the desired heart rate level,wherein the display element for displaying a settable minimum limit for the heart rate level is located at a first end of the display element unit controlled according to the heart rate level, on the same side of the display as the first end of the display element unit, and that the display element for displaying a settable maximum limit for the heart rate level is located at a second end of the display element unit controlled according to the heart rate level, on the same side of the display as the second end of the display element unit, the heart rate monitor adapted for being a carry-on heart rate monitor.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a heart rate monitor. The essential point of the invention is that a display element (201) of a display (20) of the heart rate monitor for displaying a settable minimum limit for a heart rate level is located at a first end (211) of a display element unit (210) controlled according to the heart rate level, on the same side of the display as the first end of the display element unit. Similarly, a display element (202) for displaying a settable maximum limit for a heart rate level is located at a second end (220) of the display element unit (210), on the same side of the display as the second end of the display element unit.
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1. A carry-on heart rate monitor measuring a person'"'"'s heart rate non-invasively, the heart rate monitor comprising a display for displaying heart rate information about a heart rate signal measured on the person, the display comprising a display element for displaying a settable minimum limit for a desired heart rate level, a display element for displaying a settable maximum limit for a desired heart rate level, a display element unit controlled by the measured heart rate level and provided with a plurality of display element segments, at least one of the display element segments being activated in response to the measured heart rate level and graphically representing the measured heart rate level by a position of the at least one activated display element segment relative to the display element for displaying the settable minimum limit for the desired heart rate level and the display element for displaying the settable maximum limit for the desired heart rate level,
wherein the display element for displaying a settable minimum limit for the heart rate level is located at a first end of the display element unit controlled according to the heart rate level, on the same side of the display as the first end of the display element unit, and that the display element for displaying a settable maximum limit for the heart rate level is located at a second end of the display element unit controlled according to the heart rate level, on the same side of the display as the second end of the display element unit, the heart rate monitor adapted for being a carry-on heart rate monitor.
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