Performance intensity zones

• US 9,330,238 B2
• Filed: 10/31/2012
• Issued: 05/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Polar Electro Oy
• Original Assignee: Polar Electro Oy
• Inventors: Rahko, Juho, Kinnunen, Hannu, Maatta, Harri, Haataja, Jarkko, Kalliojarvi, Tanja, Peltola, Ville
• Primary Examiner(s): Crow, Stephen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Abyane, Shila Jalalzadeh
• Application Number:
  US13/665,022
• Publication Number:
  US 20130110265A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,280 Days
• Field of Search: 482 6- 9
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising

Abstract

Performance intensity zones are disclosed. An apparatus comprises one or more processors, and one or more memories storing instructions, that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to: obtain performance intensity data measured from a user with at least one measurement sensor during a first activity and/or a second activity; and classify the performance intensity data in relation to a plurality of predetermined performance intensity zones, wherein each performance intensity zone is predetermined by a first numerical range for the first activity, and a second numerical range for the second activity, wherein the first activity and the second activity are different types of sports or different types of physical activities.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

one or more processors;

one or more measurement sensors operatively coupled to the one or more processors; and

one or more memories storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to perform operations comprising;

obtaining performance intensity data measured from a user, using the one or more measurement sensors, during at least one of a first activity and a second activity; and

classifying the performance intensity data in a plurality of predetermined performance intensity zones, wherein each performance intensity zone comprises a predetermined first numerical range for the first activity and a predetermined second numerical range for the second activity, the predetermined first numerical range and the predetermined second numerical range being based on a first maximum heart rate associated with the user,

wherein the first activity and the second activity are at least one of different types of sports and different types of physical activities,

wherein the predetermined first numerical range and the second predetermined numerical range are represented with a same specific unit of measure, the predetermined first numerical range being different from the predetermined second numerical range, the one or more memories further storing instructions, that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to output the performance intensity data with the same specific unit of measure for the first activity and the second activity.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first numerical range and the second numerical range are presented by heart rate values, the operations further comprising at least one of the following operations:

obtaining the first maximum heart rate in the first activity predetermining the performance intensity zone in the first numerical range for the first activity using a first predetermined relationship associated with the first maximum heart rate, and predetermining the performance intensity zone in the second numerical range for the second activity using a second predetermined relationship associated with the first maximum heart rate;

obtaining the first maximum heart rate in the first activity and a rest heart rate, predetermining the performance intensity zone in the first numerical range for the first activity using a third predetermined relationship associated with the first maximum heart rate and the rest heart rate, and predetermining the performance intensity zone in the second numerical range for the second activity using a fourth predetermined relationship associated with the first maximum heart rate and the rest heart rate; and

obtaining a first training time of the first activity and a second training time of the second activity from an analysis of the performance intensity data, adjusting the first numerical range on the basis of the first training time of the first activity, and adjusting the second numerical range on the basis of the second training time of the second activity.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising at least one input interface for the one or more measurement sensors, the one or more measurement sensors comprising at least one of the following:

a heart rate sensor, a motion sensor, a location sensor, a bike sensor.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more measurement sensors comprise a first input interface for a first measurement sensor for measuring the first activity, a second input interface for a second measurement sensor for measuring the second activity, the first measurement sensor and the second measurement sensor being selected from a heart rate sensor, a motion sensor, a location sensor, and a bike sensor such that the first measurement sensor is not of the same type as the second measurement sensor.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus comprises at least one of the following:

a wrist-worn sports computer, a bicycle computer, a mobile phone, a tablet pc, a portable computer, a computer, a server computer, a server computer accessible over a data network.

6. An apparatus comprising,

one or more processors;

one or measurement sensors operatively coupled to the one or more processors; and

one or more memories storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to perform operations comprising;

obtaining performance intensity data measured from a user, using the one or more measurement sensors, during at least one of a first activity and a second activity; and

classifying the performance intensity data in a plurality of predetermined performance intensity zones, wherein each performance intensity zone comprises a predetermined first numerical range for the first activity and a predetermined second numerical range for the second activity, the predetermined first numerical range and the predetermined second numerical range being based on a first maximum heart rate associated with the user,

wherein the first activity and the second activity are at least one of different types of sports and different types of physical activities,

wherein the predetermined first numerical range is represented with a first unit of measure, the predetermined second numerical range is represented with a second unit of measure, the predetermined first numerical range being different from the predetermined second numerical range, the operations further comprising outputting the performance intensity data in an arbitrary unit of measure, which is different from the first unit of measure and the second unit of measure.

7. A method comprising:

obtaining performance intensity data measured from a user, using one or more measurement sensors operatively coupled to one or more processors, during at least one of a first activity and a second activity; and

classifying the performance intensity data in a plurality of predetermined performance intensity zones, wherein each performance intensity zone comprises a predetermined first numerical range for the first activity and a predetermined second numerical range for the second activity, the predetermined first numerical range and the predetermined second numerical range being based on a first maximum heart rate associated with the user,

wherein the first activity and the second activity are at least one of different types of sports and different types of physical activities,

wherein the predetermined first numerical range and the predetermined second numerical range are represented with a same specific unit of measure, the predetermined first numerical range being different from the predetermined second numerical range, the operations further comprising outputting the performance intensity data with the same specific unit of measure for the first activity and the second activity.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the first numerical range and the second numerical range are presented by heart rate values, and the method comprises at least one of:

obtaining the first maximum heart rate in the first activity, predetermining the performance intensity zone in the first numerical range for the first activity using a first predetermined relationship associated with the first maximum heart rate, and predetermining the performance intensity zone in the second numerical range for the second activity using a second predetermined relationship associated with the first maximum heart rate;

obtaining the first maximum heart rate in the first activity and a rest heart rate, predetermining the performance intensity zone in the first numerical range for the first activity using a third predetermined relationship associated with the first maximum heart rate and the rest heart rate, and predetermining the performance intensity zone in the second numerical range for the second activity as a fourth predetermined relationship associated with the first maximum heart rate and the rest heart rate; and

obtaining a first training time of the first activity and a second training time of the second activity from an analysis of the performance intensity data, adjusting the first numerical range on the basis of the first training time of the first activity, and adjusting the second numerical range on the basis of the second training time of the second activity.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising

measuring the performance intensity data from the user with the one or more measurement sensors during the first activity and/or the second activity, the one or more measurement sensors comprising at least one of the following:

a heart rate sensor, a motion sensor, a location sensor, a bike sensor.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising

measuring the first activity with a first measurement sensor and the second activity with a second measurement sensor, the first measurement sensor and the second measurement sensor being selected from a heart rate sensor, a motion sensor, a location sensor, and a bike sensor such that the first measurement sensor is not of the same type as the second measurement sensor.

11. A method comprising:

obtaining performance intensity data measured from a user, using one or more measurement sensors operatively coupled to one or more processors, during at least one of a first activity and a second activity; and

classifying the performance intensity data in a plurality of predetermined performance intensity zones, wherein each performance intensity zone comprises a predetermined first numerical range for the first activity and a predetermined second numerical range for the second activity, the predetermined first numerical range and the predetermined second numerical range being based on a first maximum heart rate associated with the user,

wherein the first activity and the second activity are at least one of different types of sports and different types of physical activities,

wherein the predetermined first numerical range is represented with a first unit of measure, the predetermined second numerical range is represented with a second unit of measure, and the first unit of measure is different from the second unit of measure, the predetermined first numerical range being different from the predetermined second numerical range, the method further comprising outputting the performance intensity data in an arbitrary unit of measure, which is different from the first unit of measure and the second unit of measure.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by an apparatus, cause the apparatus to perform operations comprising:

obtaining performance intensity data measured from a user ,using one or more measurement sensors operatively coupled to one or more processors, during at least one of a first activity and a second activity; and

classifying the performance intensity data in a plurality of predetermined performance intensity zones, wherein each performance intensity zone comprises a predetermined first numerical range for the first activity and a predetermined second numerical range for the second activity, the predetermined first numerical range and the predetermined second numerical range being based on a first maximum heart rate associated with the user,

wherein the first activity and the second activity are at least one of different types of sports and different types of physical activities,

wherein the predetermined first numerical range and the predetermined second numerical range are represented with a same specific unit of measure, the predetermined first numerical range being different from the predetermined second numerical range, the operations further comprising outputting the performance intensity data with the same specific unit of measure for the first activity and the second activity.