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Portable monitoring devices and methods of operating same

  • US 9,629,558 B2
  • Filed: 01/22/2015
  • Issued: 04/25/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A portable activity monitoring device to calculate calorie burn of a user, the portable activity monitoring device comprising:

  • a housing having a physical size and shape that is adapted to couple to the body of the user;

    an altitude sensor, disposed in the housing and configured to detect a change in altitude of the user and, in response, to generate data which is representative of an amount of altitude change of the user;

    a heart rate sensor, disposed in the housing and configured to detect a heart rate of the user and, in response, generate data which is representative of the heart rate of the user; and

    processing circuitry, disposed in the housing and electrically coupled to the plurality of sensors, configured to;

    calculate a number of stairs or flights of stairs traversed by the user based, at least in part, on the data which is representative of the amount of altitude change of the user,calculate a heart rate of the user using the data which is representative of the heart rate of the user, andcalculate one or more calorie burns of the user based, at least in part, on (i) the number of stairs or flights of stairs traversed by the user and (ii) the heart rate of the user.

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