Multi-function fitness scale with display
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1. A weighing scale apparatus, comprising:
- a platform region configured and arranged with an area for a user to stand;
user-targeted circuitry configured and arranged to communicate user-specific data between the user and the user-targeted circuitry;
a base unit configured and arranged to integratea support structure including the platform region and sensor circuitry therein, the platform region configured and arranged to engage the user with the sensor circuitry while the user stands on the platform region, and to collect physiological data from the user via the sensor circuitry, anda display configured and arranged with the support structure for displaying data through the platform region for view by the user while the user stands on the platform region, and being configured and arranged with the user-targeted circuitry to;
monitor physiological parameters of the user while the user is standing on the platform region, the physiological parameters including user weight and at least one of the group selected from;
body composition, hydration level, ballistocardiogram (BCG), impedance cardiogram (ICG), electrocardiogram (ECG), pulse wave velocity (PWV), photoplethysmogram (PPG), and recovery parameters; and
communicate an assessed fitness indication to the user as feedback, wherein the assessed fitness indication is based on one or more of the physiological parameters of the user, and wherein the feedback includes at least one selected from the group consisting of;
fitness training recommendations, cardiovascular assessments, user health and fitness profiles, dietary recommendations, notifications when one or more of the physiological parameters deviates from a prior-assessed user norm or other baseline/population norms; and
interface circuit driving the display, wherein the display is configured and arranged to output a signal indicative of the physiological parameters to the interface circuit and wherein the interface circuit, responsive to the output signal, is configured and arranged to track physiological parameters of the user over time, wherein the interface circuit is further configured to;
receive exercise habits of the user from an external source;
determine correlations to the user of benefits of changes in exercise habits based on the tracked physiological parameters; and
output the determined correlations to the user-targeted circuitry arranged with the display.
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Abstract
Certain aspects of the instance disclosure are assessing a fitness of a user using a weighing scale apparatus. Specific embodiments concern an arrangement of devices configured and arranged to monitor physiological parameters while the user is standing on a platform region of the device, and communicate an assessed fitness to the user as feedback. Further specific embodiments concern methods of monitoring physiological parameters of a user using the apparatus, assessing the fitness of the user based on one or more of the physiological parameters, and communicating the assessed fitness to the user as feedback.
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1. A weighing scale apparatus, comprising:
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a platform region configured and arranged with an area for a user to stand; user-targeted circuitry configured and arranged to communicate user-specific data between the user and the user-targeted circuitry; a base unit configured and arranged to integrate a support structure including the platform region and sensor circuitry therein, the platform region configured and arranged to engage the user with the sensor circuitry while the user stands on the platform region, and to collect physiological data from the user via the sensor circuitry, and a display configured and arranged with the support structure for displaying data through the platform region for view by the user while the user stands on the platform region, and being configured and arranged with the user-targeted circuitry to; monitor physiological parameters of the user while the user is standing on the platform region, the physiological parameters including user weight and at least one of the group selected from;
body composition, hydration level, ballistocardiogram (BCG), impedance cardiogram (ICG), electrocardiogram (ECG), pulse wave velocity (PWV), photoplethysmogram (PPG), and recovery parameters; andcommunicate an assessed fitness indication to the user as feedback, wherein the assessed fitness indication is based on one or more of the physiological parameters of the user, and wherein the feedback includes at least one selected from the group consisting of;
fitness training recommendations, cardiovascular assessments, user health and fitness profiles, dietary recommendations, notifications when one or more of the physiological parameters deviates from a prior-assessed user norm or other baseline/population norms; andinterface circuit driving the display, wherein the display is configured and arranged to output a signal indicative of the physiological parameters to the interface circuit and wherein the interface circuit, responsive to the output signal, is configured and arranged to track physiological parameters of the user over time, wherein the interface circuit is further configured to; receive exercise habits of the user from an external source; determine correlations to the user of benefits of changes in exercise habits based on the tracked physiological parameters; and output the determined correlations to the user-targeted circuitry arranged with the display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method comprising:
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monitoring physiological parameters of a user using a weighing scale, the weighing scale including circuitry configured and arranged to engage with the user and measure the physiological parameters, the physiological parameters including user weight and at least one from the group selected from;
body composition, hydration level, ballistocardiogram (BCG), impedance cardiogram (ICG), electrocardiogram (ECG), pulse wave velocity (PWV), and photoplethysmogram (PPG);assessing a fitness of the user based on one or more of the physiological parameters including determining at least one recovery parameter of the user by; measuring, using the weighing scale, the physiological parameters while the user is standing on a platform of the weighing scale and engaged with sensor circuitry of the weighing scale during a resting state of the user, the weighing scale including the sensor circuitry configured and arranged to engage with the user and measure the physiological parameters; in response to measuring the physiological parameters during the resting state, instructing the user to enter an exertion state using user-targeted circuitry of the weighing scale that is integrated with the platform; and in response to the user standing on the platform of the weighing scale after instructing the user to enter the exertion state, measuring physiological parameters while the user is standing on the platform of the weighing scale during the exertion state of the user; and communicating, using the user-targeted circuitry, the assessed fitness to the user as feedback. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A weighing scale, comprising:
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a platform configured and arranged to support and engage a user while the user stands on the platform; user-targeted circuitry; a base including a housing that integrates; the platform, the user-targeted circuitry, and sensor circuitry therein, the platform being further configured and arranged to engage the user with the sensor circuitry while the user stands on the platform, and to collect physiological data from the user via the sensor circuitry, and a display configured and arranged with the housing for displaying data through the platform, wherein the user-targeted circuitry is configured and arranged to; monitor physiological parameters of the user over a period of time, the physiological parameters including user weight, at least one recovery parameter, and at least one data selected from the group consisting of;
body composition, hydration level, ballistocardiogram (BCG), impedance cardiogram (ICG), electrocardiogram (ECG), pulse wave velocity (PWV), photoplethysmogram (PPG), and a combination thereof,wherein the user-targeted circuitry is configured and arranged to determine the at least one recovery parameter by; while the user is standing on the platform in a resting state, measuring physiological parameters; while the user is standing on the platform in the resting state and responsive to measuring the physiological parameters, using the user-targeted circuitry integrated inside the base and the display of the weighing scale, instructing the user to enter an exertion state; while the user is standing on the platform in the exertion state and responsive to the platform engaging with the user after the instruction to enter the exertion state, measuring physiological parameters while the user is standing on the platform in the exertion state; determining at least one recovery parameter based on the physiological parameters in the resting state and the exertion state; and assessing a fitness of the user based on one or more of the physiological parameters in the resting state and the exertion state; and communication circuitry configured and arranged to provide information, including the assessed fitness, from the user-targeted circuitry to the display for viewing by the user through the platform of the weighing scale. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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