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Extending gameplay with physical activity monitoring device

  • US 8,951,164 B2
  • Filed: 03/05/2013
  • Issued: 02/10/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of augmenting a gaming experience, comprising:

  • at a physical activity monitoring device, receiving from a game system an indication of one or more physical activities to be performed as an extension of a game being played on the game system;

    at the physical activity monitoring device, measuring physical activity attributes of a user wearing the physical activity monitoring device based on signal information received from a sensor array including one or more sensors included in the physical activity monitoring device;

    at the physical activity monitoring device, determining the user'"'"'s progress towards completion of the one or more physical activities based on the physical activity attributes;

    at the physical activity monitoring device, determining a number of repetitions of a repetitive physical activity performed by the user with a method that reduces a dimensionality of the signal information received from the sensor array; and

    outputting from the physical activity monitoring device to the game device system an indication of the user'"'"'s progress towards completion of the one or more physical activities.

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