Group performance monitoring system and method
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring a plurality of individuals simultaneously engaged in an activity, the system comprising:
- a base station;
a plurality of individual monitors configured to communicate wirelessly with the base station;
a plurality of sensors, each sensor in communication with an individual monitor, each configured to be coupled to an individual, and each configured to sense a characteristic of the individual and to transmit, during the activity, data indicative of the characteristic to the individual monitor; and
a group monitoring device configured to communicate wirelessly with the base station,wherein each individual monitor is configured to transmit at a first resolution, during the activity, the data to the base station,wherein the base station is configured to receive the data during the activity, calculate a metric during the activity based on the data of a group of the individuals, and transmit the metric to the group monitoring device during the activity,wherein the plurality of individual monitors are configured to connect to the base station via a wired connection and upload the data to the base station at a second resolution higher than the first resolution,wherein the group monitoring device is configured to display a representation of the metric,wherein the group of individuals does not include all of the plurality of individuals, andwherein the base station is configured to perform data de-duplication after the activity.
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Abstract
The present invention provides group performance monitoring systems and methods. In one exemplary embodiment, a system for monitoring a plurality of individuals engaged in an activity includes a base station, a plurality of individual monitors configured to communicate wirelessly with the base station, a plurality of sensors, each sensor in communication with an individual monitor, each configured to be coupled to an individual, and each configured to sense a characteristic of the individual and to transmit, during the activity, data indicative of the characteristic to the individual monitor, and a group monitoring device configured to communicate wirelessly with the base station, wherein each individual monitor is configured to transmit, during the activity, the data to the base station, wherein the base station is configured to receive the data and to transmit, during the activity, a metric based on the data to the group monitoring device, and wherein the group monitoring device is configured to display a representation of the metric.
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45 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring a plurality of individuals simultaneously engaged in an activity, the system comprising:
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a base station; a plurality of individual monitors configured to communicate wirelessly with the base station; a plurality of sensors, each sensor in communication with an individual monitor, each configured to be coupled to an individual, and each configured to sense a characteristic of the individual and to transmit, during the activity, data indicative of the characteristic to the individual monitor; and a group monitoring device configured to communicate wirelessly with the base station, wherein each individual monitor is configured to transmit at a first resolution, during the activity, the data to the base station, wherein the base station is configured to receive the data during the activity, calculate a metric during the activity based on the data of a group of the individuals, and transmit the metric to the group monitoring device during the activity, wherein the plurality of individual monitors are configured to connect to the base station via a wired connection and upload the data to the base station at a second resolution higher than the first resolution, wherein the group monitoring device is configured to display a representation of the metric, wherein the group of individuals does not include all of the plurality of individuals, and wherein the base station is configured to perform data de-duplication after the activity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 41)
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31. A method for facilitating monitoring of a plurality of individuals engaged in an athletic activity, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a group monitoring device, a selection of a first individual and a second individual of the plurality of individuals for group monitoring of the first individual and the second individual; receiving, at a first individual monitoring device, first data indicative of a characteristic of the first individual during an athletic activity of the first individual and a second individual, wherein the first individual monitoring device is coupled to the first individual; receiving, at a second individual monitoring device, second data indicative of a characteristic of the second individual during the athletic activity, wherein the second individual monitoring device is coupled to the second individual; transmitting the first data and the second data wirelessly to a base station during the athletic activity; determining, at the base station, a metric of the first individual and the second individual, the metric based on the first data and the second data; transmitting the metric wirelessly to a group monitoring device during the athletic activity; displaying a representation of the metric on the group monitoring device; and transmitting the first data and the second data via a wired connection to the base station after the athletic activity, wherein transmitting the first data and the second data during the activity is done at a lower resolution than transmitting the first data and the second data after the activity, wherein the base station is configured to perform data de-duplication after the activity. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43)
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44. A system for monitoring a plurality of individuals engaged in an activity at an activity site, the system comprising:
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a portable base station; a plurality of individual monitors configured to communicate with the base station, each individual monitor being portable with respect to the base station; a plurality of sensors, each sensor in communication with an individual monitor, each configured to be coupled to the individual, and each configured to sense a characteristic of the individual and to transmit, during the activity, data indicative of the characteristic to the individual monitor; and a group monitoring device in communication with the base station and portable with respect to the base station, wherein each individual monitor is configured to transmit at a first resolution, during the activity, the data to the base station, wherein the base station is configured to receive the data and to transmit, during the activity, a metric based on the data to the group monitoring device, wherein the group monitoring device is configured to display a representation of the metric, wherein the metric is based on the data of two or more individuals, wherein the two or more individuals are a subset of the plurality of individuals, not including all of the plurality of individuals, wherein the plurality of individual monitors are configured to connect to the base station via a wired connection and upload the data to the base station at a second resolution higher than the first resolution, and wherein the base station is configured to de-duplicate the data. - View Dependent Claims (45)
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