Closed loop athlete training system

• US 9,258,678 B2
• Filed: 03/17/2014
• Issued: 02/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Harman International Industries Incorporated (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Harman International Industries Incorporated (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Burgett, Seth D., Karayiannis, Effrosini A., Daniels, Richard J., Spenner, Michael Joseph
• Primary Examiner(s): Gonzalez, Amancio
• Application Number:
  US14/216,762
• Publication Number:
  US 20140273925A1
• Time in Patent Office: 694 Days
• Field of Search: 455/405, 434/247, 482/9, 600/301, 700/91
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/10 Athletes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0024 for multiple sensor units attached to the patient, e.g. using a body or personal area network
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14517 for sweat
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14542 for measuring blood gases A61B5/14551 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4875 Hydration status, fluid retention of the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6803 Head-worn items, e.g. helmets, masks, headphones or goggles
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7495 using a reader or scanner device, e.g. barcode scanner
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0038 Sports
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/58 based on statistics of usage or network monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information

Abstract

An athletic training system includes a personal electronic device having a processor, a memory, and a GPS sensor. The processor runs an application that calculates at least one of distance traveled, elevation change, and speed, of the user carrying the personal electronic device, and based upon location information obtained from the GPS sensor provides a training-related message to the user based upon at least one of the calculated distance traveled, elevation change, and speed.

Claims

1. An athletic training system comprising:

a personal electronic device comprising a processor, a memory, and a Global Positioning System (GPS) sensor;

the processor configured to;

calculate at least one of distance traveled, elevation change, and speed based upon location information obtained from the Global Positioning System sensor,

select one or more songs stored in the memory to play to the personal electronic device, and

receive user training preferences including an ambient temperature range, receive weather information, and

provide a training-related message based on the user training preferences and weather information.

2. The athletic training system according to claim 1 wherein the processor is configured to alter to playback speed of at least one song based upon at least one of the distance traveled, elevation change, and speed.

3. The athletic training system according to claim 1 further comprising a pulse sensor in communication with the personal electronic device, and wherein the processor is configured to process a pulse rate from the pulse sensor and provide the training-related message based upon at least the pulse rate.

4. The athletic training system according to claim 1 further comprising a blood oxygenation sensor in communication with the personal electronic device, and wherein the processor is configured to process a blood oxygen level from the blood oxygenation sensor and provide the training-related message based upon at least the blood oxygenation level.

5. The athletic training system according to claim 1 further comprising a temperature sensor in communication with the personal electronic device, and wherein the processor is configured to process a user temperature from the temperature sensor and provide the training-related message based upon at least the user temperature.

6. The athletic training system according to claim 1 further comprising a sensor for measuring at least one of glucose and electrolytes in a user'"'"'s sweat in communication with the personal electronic device, and wherein the processor is configured to process at least one of glucose and electrolytes from the sensor and provide the training-related message based upon at least one of the glucose and electrolytes.

7. The athletic training system according to claim 5 wherein the training-related message relates to at least one of fluid and nutrition intake.

8. The athletic training system according to claim 1 wherein the personal electronic device includes a camera, and wherein the processor is configured to process images from the camera to determine at least one of fluid and nutrition intake, and provide the training-related message based upon at least one of the fluid and nutrition intake.

9. The athletic training system according to claim 1 wherein the processor receives information about a user'"'"'s vital statistics, including at least one of gender, age, height, weight, and body mass index (BMI).

11. The athletic training system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to access a database to determine available training devices at a training location and provide the training-related message based on the available training devices.

12. The athletic training system of claim 1, wherein the processor if further configured to determine an amount of user sleep and provide the training-related message based on the amount of user sleep.

10. An athletic training system comprising:

a personal electronic device comprising a processor, a memory, a camera and a Global Positioning System (GPS) sensor;

the processor configured to;

receive images from the camera to determine at least one of fluid and nutrition intake,

receive user training preferences including an ambient temperature range, receive weather information, and

provide a training-related message based on at least one of the user training preferences, the weather information, and the fluid and nutrition intake.

13. The athletic training system of claim 10 wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive user training preferences including an ambient temperature range,

receive weather information, and

provide the training-related message based on the training preferences and weather information.