Extending gameplay with physical activity monitoring device
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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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Abstract
A physical activity monitoring device receives an indication of one or more physical activities to be performed as an extension of a game being played on a game system and measures physical activity attributes of a user wearing the physical activity monitoring device. The physical activity monitoring device determines the user'"'"'s progress towards completion of the one or more physical activities based on the physical activity attributes and outputs to the game device an indication of the user'"'"'s progress towards completion of the one or more physical activities.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of augmenting a gaming experience, comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A physical activity monitoring device, comprising:
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a communication subsystem configured to receive 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; a sensor array including one or more sensors configured to measure physical activity attributes of a user wearing the physical activity monitoring device; a controller trained with a machine learning process to; acquire signal information with the sensor array that is representative of the physical activity attributes of the user; divide the signal information into overlapping segments; identify predetermined signal characteristics for each overlapping segment; analyze the predetermined signal characteristics for each overlapping segment using a supervised classifier trained to recognize if the user is actively engaged in the physical activity during the overlapping segment; and automatically determine time intervals where the user is actively engaged in the physical activity based on the physical activity attributes; determine the user'"'"'s progress towards completion of the one or more physical activities based on the physical activity attributes during time intervals where the user is actively engaged in the physical activity; and a reporter configured to output to the game device system an indication of the user'"'"'s progress towards completion of the one or more physical activities. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of augmenting a gaming experience, comprising:
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at a physical activity monitoring device worn by a user, 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 with a sensor array including one or more sensors included in the physical activity monitoring device; at the physical activity monitoring device, automatically 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; communicating to the user an indication of a game attribute affected by the user'"'"'s progress towards completion of the one or more physical activities; and outputting from the physical activity monitoring device to the game system an indication of the user'"'"'s progress towards completion of the one or more physical activities.
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