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Golf watch having heart rate monitoring for improved golf game

  • US 8,040,758 B1
  • Filed: 04/23/2008
  • Issued: 10/18/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A wristwatch for monitoring a user'"'"'s performance during a round of golf on a golf course, the golf course having a plurality of holes, the wrist-worn apparatus comprising:

  • a housing;

    a strap attached to the housing for securing the housing to the user'"'"'s wrist;

    a user input on the housing;

    a processor located in the housing and connected to receive information from the user input;

    a heart rate monitor connected to the processor, the heart rate monitor including a plurality of sensors exposed on at least two surfaces of the housing;

    a timer located in the housing and connected to the processor;

    a memory located in the housing and accessible to the processor, the memory including a memory location for storing a plurality of inputted golf parameters, the plurality of inputted golf parameters pertaining to the round of golf;

    a display on the housing, the display being connected to the processor,wherein the processor is adapted to present on the display a heart rate of the user, and the processor is adapted to compute and present on the display at least one calculated statistic for the round of golf;

    the heart rate monitor neither transmits nor receives heart rate information wirelessly;

    wherein the processor is adapted to compute a heart rate variability from a heart rate obtained by the heart rate monitor; and

    the processor is adapted to present on the display an indicator of when the user has achieved a balance between the user'"'"'s sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, the processor determining the balance based upon the user'"'"'s heart rate variability.

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