Electronic pedometer
First Claim
1. An electronic pedometer comprising:
- walk detecting means having a walk sensor mountable on a user'"'"'s body for outputting a walk signal corresponding to a walk of the user detected by the walk sensor; and
counting means for counting the number of steps based on the walk signal from the walk detecting means by counting each signal within a first reference cycle range of signals from the walk detecting means as one step, and counting as n steps a signal within a predetermined range, which takes a range n (positive integral number) times as large as a second reference cycle range as a reference, among signals each beyond the first cycle range, the counting means comprising first cycle judging means for judging whether or not a signal from the walk detecting means is a signal wtihin the first reference cycle range, second cycle judging means for judging whether or not a signal judged to be beyond the first reference cycle by the first cycle judging means among signals from the walk detecting means is a signal within a predetermined cycle range, which takes a range n times as large as the second reference cycle range as a reference, and step number counting means for counting each signal judged to be a signal within the first reference cycle range by the first reference cycle judging means of signals from the walk detecting means as one step, and for counting as n steps a signal judged to be a signal within a predetermined cycle range, which takes a range n times as large as the second reference cycle range as a reference, by the second reference cycle judging means.
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Abstract
To carry out step number measurement more precisely even when a walk signal enough to be detected is not obtained. After a fixed noise of a signal detected by an acceleration detecting portion having an acceleration sensor is removed by a filter portion of a counting portion, a walk cycle comparing portion compares a cycle of the resultant signal with a moving average value calculated by a walk cycle calculating portion, and each signal within a predetermined cycle range is counted as the number of steps for one step by a step number counting portion. A signal within a range similar to a cycle n times as large as a predetermined cycle of the signals each beyond the predetermined cycle range is judged as the number of steps for n steps by an extra-regulation step number processing portion and is counted as the number of steps for n steps by the step number counting portion. Data on the number of steps obtained through the counting in the step number counting portion is displayed on a display portion.
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1. An electronic pedometer comprising:
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walk detecting means having a walk sensor mountable on a user'"'"'s body for outputting a walk signal corresponding to a walk of the user detected by the walk sensor; and counting means for counting the number of steps based on the walk signal from the walk detecting means by counting each signal within a first reference cycle range of signals from the walk detecting means as one step, and counting as n steps a signal within a predetermined range, which takes a range n (positive integral number) times as large as a second reference cycle range as a reference, among signals each beyond the first cycle range, the counting means comprising first cycle judging means for judging whether or not a signal from the walk detecting means is a signal wtihin the first reference cycle range, second cycle judging means for judging whether or not a signal judged to be beyond the first reference cycle by the first cycle judging means among signals from the walk detecting means is a signal within a predetermined cycle range, which takes a range n times as large as the second reference cycle range as a reference, and step number counting means for counting each signal judged to be a signal within the first reference cycle range by the first reference cycle judging means of signals from the walk detecting means as one step, and for counting as n steps a signal judged to be a signal within a predetermined cycle range, which takes a range n times as large as the second reference cycle range as a reference, by the second reference cycle judging means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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