Heart rate monitor, method and computer software product
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1. A user-specific heart rate monitor comprising:
- a characterizing unit to determine from a user'"'"'s electrocardiogram a reference value of a heart rate variable characterizing the heart rate;
a determining unit to determine at least one environmental parameter value proportional to air density using measurement of a physical variable proportional to air density;
an associating unit, connected to the characterizing unit and to the determining unit, to associate the reference value of the heart rate variable with the at least one environmental parameter value, the at least one environmental parameter value associated with the reference value of the heart rate variable; and
a register, connected to the associating unit, to record in the register the at least one environmental parameter value and the reference value of the heart rate variable associated with the at least one environmental parameter value, the register determining and outputting the reference value of the heart rate variable to be associated with an instantaneous value of the at least one environmental parameter value by using the instantaneous value of the at least one environmental parameter value, the at least one environmental parameter value in the register, and the reference value of the heart rate variable associated with the at least one environmental parameter value in the register.
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Abstract
The invention provides a heart rate monitor, a method and a computer software product. The method determines from the user'"'"'s electrocardiogram a reference value of a heart rate variable characterizing the heart rate; determines at least one environmental parameter value obtainable from air pressure using air pressure measurement; associates the reference value of the heart rate variable with at least one environmental parameter value; and records in a register at least one environmental parameter value and the reference value of the heart rate variable associated with the at least one environmental parameter value.
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1. A user-specific heart rate monitor comprising:
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a characterizing unit to determine from a user'"'"'s electrocardiogram a reference value of a heart rate variable characterizing the heart rate; a determining unit to determine at least one environmental parameter value proportional to air density using measurement of a physical variable proportional to air density; an associating unit, connected to the characterizing unit and to the determining unit, to associate the reference value of the heart rate variable with the at least one environmental parameter value, the at least one environmental parameter value associated with the reference value of the heart rate variable; and a register, connected to the associating unit, to record in the register the at least one environmental parameter value and the reference value of the heart rate variable associated with the at least one environmental parameter value, the register determining and outputting the reference value of the heart rate variable to be associated with an instantaneous value of the at least one environmental parameter value by using the instantaneous value of the at least one environmental parameter value, the at least one environmental parameter value in the register, and the reference value of the heart rate variable associated with the at least one environmental parameter value in the register. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of providing heart rate information, comprising:
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determining from a user'"'"'s electrocardiogram a reference value of a heart rate variable characterizing the heart rate; determining at least one environmental parameter value proportional to air density using measurement of a physical variable proportional to air density; associating the reference value of the heart rate variable with the at least one environmental parameter value, the at least one environmental parameter value associated with the reference value of the heart rate variable; recording in a register the at least one environmental parameter value and the reference value of the heart rate variable associated with the at least one environmental parameter value; and determining and outputting by the register the reference value of the heart rate variable to be associated with an instantaneous value of the at least one environmental parameter value by using the instantaneous value of the at least one environmental parameter value, the at least one environmental parameter value in the register, and the reference value of the heart rate variable associated with the at least one environmental parameter value in the register. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A tangible computer readable software carrier that includes computer instructions thereon, which when executed by a computer of a heart rate monitor provide heart rate information by:
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determining from a user'"'"'s electrocardiogram a reference value of a heart rate variable characterizing the heart rate; determining at least one environmental parameter value proportional to air density using a measurement of a physical variable proportional to air density; associating the reference value of the heart rate variable with the at least one environmental parameter value, the at least one environmental parameter value associated with the reference value of the heart rate variable; recording in a register at least one environmental parameter value and the reference value of the heart rate variable associated with the at least one environmental parameter value; and determining and outputting by the register the reference value of the heart rate variable to be associated with an instantaneous value of the at least one environmental parameter value by using the instantaneous value of the at least one environmental parameter value, the at least one environmental parameter value in the register, and the reference value of the heart rate variable associated with the at least one environmental parameter value in the register. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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