Athletic-wear having integral measuring sensors
DC CAFCFirst Claim
1. A performance measuring system comprising:
- a computing unit means for coordinating, processing and the transmission of sensor data, wherein said computing unit means is connected to an antenna means;
a sensor means for measuring performance characteristics connected to the bus means;
a bus means for facilitating transmission and reception of sensor data between the computing unit means and the sensor means;
a detection conditioning means for conditioning into a distance measurement an electrical signal corresponding to the time delay, wherein said distance measurement is formatted in real time to be useable by a display device;
an antenna means connected to the computing unit means for communicating with other electronic devices and transmission of said distance measurement; and
wherein said performance measuring system is integrated with an article of clothing.
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Abstract
A performance measuring system integrated with an article of clothing, the system has a computing unit for coordinating, processing and transmission of sensor data connected to a bus and an antenna. A sensor for measuring performance characteristics is connected to the bus; the bus facilitates transmission and reception of control and data values between the computing unit and the sensor. Also, an antenna is connected to the computing unit for communicating with other computing devices and transmission of sensor data. The other computing devices display the sensor data to a user or forward the sensor data onto another communication media such as the internet or interactive television. A social networking system sharing athletic statistics using a webservice, a personal processing unit connectible to the webservice, and a computing unit having an activity program for at least one sensor. This system has an activity update service integrally associated with the webservice.
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20 Claims
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1. A performance measuring system comprising:
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a computing unit means for coordinating, processing and the transmission of sensor data, wherein said computing unit means is connected to an antenna means; a sensor means for measuring performance characteristics connected to the bus means; a bus means for facilitating transmission and reception of sensor data between the computing unit means and the sensor means; a detection conditioning means for conditioning into a distance measurement an electrical signal corresponding to the time delay, wherein said distance measurement is formatted in real time to be useable by a display device; an antenna means connected to the computing unit means for communicating with other electronic devices and transmission of said distance measurement; and wherein said performance measuring system is integrated with an article of clothing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for sensing and measuring athletic performance data comprising the steps of:
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providing an article of clothing with an integrated performance measuring device, wherein said performance measuring device comprises;
a computing unit, one or more sensor devices, a communication device, and a power supply, wherein the computing unit is configured to communicate electronic data with the one or more sensor devices and the communication device;initializing by said computing unit at least one sensor device and the computing unit, wherein said step of initializing comprises providing for the provision of electrical power; causing the transmission of sensor data in registers of the one or more sensors to said computing unit; processing by said computing unit said sensor data, wherein the step of processing comprises conditioning into a distance measurement an electrical signal corresponding to the time delay embedded in said sensor data in real time, tracking said distance measurement for one or more discrete time intervals as period data, causing the sensor data in the registers of the sensors to be cleared, and formatting said distance measurement in real time to be useable by a display device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A performance measuring device adapted to sense, measure and display athletic performance data in real time, comprising:
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a power supply means for providing on-board battery backed power and regulated voltages for operation; a pulse timing means for measuring time delay from between pulse transmission and reception; a transmitter means for setting an operational frequency and emitting an ultrasonic beam; a pulse filtering means for conditioning a timing pulse from said pulse timing means as an acceptable input to said transmitter means; a detection conditioning means for conditioning into a distance measurement a voltage signal corresponding to the time delay; and a distance readout means for providing an input for a display device. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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