Method of defining the physical condition level

• US 8,762,168 B2
• Filed: 03/23/2010
• Issued: 06/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tomas Tichy
• Original Assignee: Tomas Tichy
• Inventors: Tich, Tom
• Primary Examiner(s): SOREY, ROBERT A
• Application Number:
  US13/262,432
• Publication Number:
  US 20120035950A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,554 Days
• Field of Search: 705 2- 3, 600/546
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0242 adapted to measure environmental factors, e.g. temperature, pollution
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/222 combined with detection or measurement of physiological parameters, e.g. heart rate
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0065 Evaluating the fitness, e.g. fitness level or fitness index
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0068 Comparison to target or threshold, previous performance or not real time comparison to other individuals
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/72 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/74 Atmospheric pressure
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/75 Humidity
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/06 heartbeat rate only
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/065 within a certain range
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/20 blood composition characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0062 Monitoring athletic performances, e.g. for determining the work of a user on an exercise apparatus, the completed jogging or cycling distance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

The method of defining the physical condition level, in particular the method of defining the physical condition level for men, under which first the parallel measuring of heart rate, organism performance, and measuring or evaluation of other parameters influencing physical performance take place using a measuring device, and subsequently the measuring or evaluating device forms a database containing at least two records that include a set pairs of the heart rate and organism performance values measured at the same time and arranged in that record chronologically.

Claims

1. A method of defining a physical condition level of a person, comprising:

using a measuring and evaluating device to perform parallel measuring of i) a heart rate of the person and ii) power output performance of the person during a physical performance;

measuring and assessing other parameters influencing the physical performance of the person;

creating, by the measuring and evaluating device, a database containing at least two records, each of which comprise data pair sets including a heart rate value and power output value by the person, respective data pairs being measured at the same time and chronologically arranged within each specific record,

wherein the at least two records stored in the database comprise i) information on the date of measuring and ii) other parameters influencing the physical performance of the person, the other parameters comprising parameters of the environment in which the physical performance is performed, and parameters characterizing a health condition of the person being evaluated;

processing, by the measuring and evaluating device, such that power output performance values from a specific record or from a time period including two or more records are grouped based on having an identical heart rate value;

calculating, by the measuring and evaluating device, an arithmetic mean for each processed group resulting in a data pair set containing each heart rate value and an average power output performance corresponding to each heart rate value;

filtering, by the measuring and evaluating device, based on the parameters influencing physical performance of the person, the data pair set of the specific record or time period including two or more records into at least two sets of data pairs; and

displaying, by the measuring and evaluating device, the filtered at least two data pair sets in a diagram representing the dependency of average power output performance on heart rate for two specific time periods for analysis of the physical condition level of the person,

wherein the x-coordinate of the diagram contains each heart rate value and the y-coordinate of the diagram contains the average power output performance value corresponding to the heart rate value.

2. The method of defining the physical condition level according claim 1, wherein the measuring and evaluating device subsequently selects one of the data pair sets representing the specific record or time period including two or more records, and performance values for the selected data pair set are defined as zero, and at least one other data pair set of another record or time period including two or more records is assigned to the selected data pair set, and a set of pairs is created containing heart rate values and values of differences of individual average performances of specific records or time periods including two or more records compared at the same heart rate.

3. The method of defining the physical condition level according to claim 2, wherein the measuring and evaluating device subsequently defines a value of a weighted arithmetic mean from differences of individual average values at a specific heart rate between two compared records or time periods including two or more records, wherein a number of times the differences are included in the weighted arithmetic mean is based on a number of data pair sets used to define the weighted arithmetic mean.

4. The method of defining the physical condition level according to claim 3, wherein the measuring and evaluating device subsequently selects a single record from the set of compared records that has been assigned the value 0 Watts/1 heart-beat, and remaining records are compared with the selected record such that each is assigned a respective value having the unit Watts/1 heart-beat, and a record having the highest positive value is selected and compared again, and all other records are assigned final values having the unit Watts/1 heartbeat, and all records are then plotted based on the date and value having the unit Watts/1 heart-beat.

5. The method of defining the physical condition level according to claim 1, wherein a frequency of individual average power output performances at a specific heart rate in the specific record or time period including two or more records is given by a sum of basic data pair sets in which heart rate values are identical.

6. The method of defining the physical condition level according to claim 1, wherein the measuring and evaluating device subsequently defines a fatigue value by:

determining the difference between the actual performance at a specific time and the average performance corresponding to the same heart rate as the actual heart rate at the specific time,

dividing values in the time line into two parts,

separately summing values of the first half of the record and values of the second half of the record, and

defining a coefficient of fatigue as the difference between the summed value of the first half part of the record and the summed value of the second half part of the record.

7. The method of defining the physical condition level according to claim 1, wherein the measuring and evaluating device defines values of performance development in relation to heart rate zones, and a single average value from the specific record or time period including two or more records is determined for each heart rate zone and is subsequently displayed in a diagram.