Portable monitoring devices for processing applications and processing analysis of physiological conditions of a user associated with the portable monitoring device
First Claim
1. An activity monitoring device configured to be worn on a wrist of a user, comprising,a housing configured for attachment to the wrist of the user, the housing having an upper surface and a generally planar lower surface, the lower surface configured to be closer to the skin of the user than the upper surface when the activity monitoring device is worn by the user, the housing further comprising:
- a protrusion formed on the lower surface of the housing and extending away from the lower housing of the housing, the protrusion comprising an optically opaque material and covering only a portion of the lower surface of the housing, the protrusion having (i) a lower surface formed on the protrusion, and (ii) arcuate sides formed on the protrusion to provide contact between the lower surface of the protrusion and the skin of the user but not between the lower surface of the housing and the skin of the user; and
an optically transparent layer covering at least a portion of the lower surface of the housing;
a display screen attached to the housing;
a first sensor for capturing motion data of the user, the motion data being representative of one or more activities;
a second sensor for capturing physiological conditions of the user, the second sensor being directed toward a surface of the housing so that the second sensor is proximate to the wrist when the activity monitoring device is worn by the user, the wrist having at least some exposed skin, the second sensor including;
a pair of first light pipes formed in the protrusion and having a geometry defined by the optically opaque material of the protrusion, each one of the pair of first light pipes forming an elongate cylindrical structure having an upper end and a lower end, the upper end disposed adjacent the lower surface of the housing and the lower end disposed at the lower surface of the protrusion, each one of the pair of first light pipes having a light emitting device disposed at the lower surface of the housing and at the upper end of the first light pipe, wherein each of the pair of first light pipes is configured to transmit light generated by the light emitting device through the protrusion and along a direction of light travel defined by the geometry of the first light pipe; and
a second light pipe formed in the protrusion and disposed between the pair of first light pipes and having a geometry defined by the optically opaque material of the protrusion, the second light pipe having an upper end and a lower end, the upper end of the second light pipe disposed adjacent the lower surface of the housing and the lower end of the second light pipe disposed at the lower surface of the protrusion, the second light pipe having a detector disposed at the lower surface of the housing and at the upper end of the second light pipe, wherein the second light pipe is configured to transmit reflected light along a direction of light travel defined by the geometry of the second light pipe toward the detector, wherein the pair of first light pipes and the second light pipe are oriented adjacent one another and directed toward the exposed skin when the housing is attached to the wrist;
memory for storing the captured physiological conditions and the motion data; and
a processor for examining the captured physiological conditions and the motion data, and at a particular time based on the examining of the motion data, automatically executing an application of a plurality of applications.
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Abstract
An activity monitoring device and associated methods for using and interfacing with the activity monitoring device are provided. In one example, the activity monitoring device includes a housing configured for attachment to a body part of a user. Also included ins a display screen attached to the housing and a sensor for capturing physiological conditions of the user. The sensor is disposed along a surface of the housing so that the sensor is proximate to the body part, the body part having at least some exposed skin. The activity monitoring device also includes memory for storing the captured physiological conditions, and a processor for examining the captured physiological conditions. At a particular time, the processor automatically selects an application to execute from a plurality of applications based on characteristics of the captured physiological conditions.
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28 Claims
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1. An activity monitoring device configured to be worn on a wrist of a user, comprising,
a housing configured for attachment to the wrist of the user, the housing having an upper surface and a generally planar lower surface, the lower surface configured to be closer to the skin of the user than the upper surface when the activity monitoring device is worn by the user, the housing further comprising: -
a protrusion formed on the lower surface of the housing and extending away from the lower housing of the housing, the protrusion comprising an optically opaque material and covering only a portion of the lower surface of the housing, the protrusion having (i) a lower surface formed on the protrusion, and (ii) arcuate sides formed on the protrusion to provide contact between the lower surface of the protrusion and the skin of the user but not between the lower surface of the housing and the skin of the user; and an optically transparent layer covering at least a portion of the lower surface of the housing; a display screen attached to the housing; a first sensor for capturing motion data of the user, the motion data being representative of one or more activities; a second sensor for capturing physiological conditions of the user, the second sensor being directed toward a surface of the housing so that the second sensor is proximate to the wrist when the activity monitoring device is worn by the user, the wrist having at least some exposed skin, the second sensor including; a pair of first light pipes formed in the protrusion and having a geometry defined by the optically opaque material of the protrusion, each one of the pair of first light pipes forming an elongate cylindrical structure having an upper end and a lower end, the upper end disposed adjacent the lower surface of the housing and the lower end disposed at the lower surface of the protrusion, each one of the pair of first light pipes having a light emitting device disposed at the lower surface of the housing and at the upper end of the first light pipe, wherein each of the pair of first light pipes is configured to transmit light generated by the light emitting device through the protrusion and along a direction of light travel defined by the geometry of the first light pipe; and a second light pipe formed in the protrusion and disposed between the pair of first light pipes and having a geometry defined by the optically opaque material of the protrusion, the second light pipe having an upper end and a lower end, the upper end of the second light pipe disposed adjacent the lower surface of the housing and the lower end of the second light pipe disposed at the lower surface of the protrusion, the second light pipe having a detector disposed at the lower surface of the housing and at the upper end of the second light pipe, wherein the second light pipe is configured to transmit reflected light along a direction of light travel defined by the geometry of the second light pipe toward the detector, wherein the pair of first light pipes and the second light pipe are oriented adjacent one another and directed toward the exposed skin when the housing is attached to the wrist; memory for storing the captured physiological conditions and the motion data; and a processor for examining the captured physiological conditions and the motion data, and at a particular time based on the examining of the motion data, automatically executing an application of a plurality of applications. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An activity monitoring device, comprising,
a wrist band; -
a display screen disposed on a housing, the wrist band being coupled to the housing, the housing having an upper surface and a lower surface, the housing further comprising; a protrusion formed on the lower surface of the housing and extending away from the lower housing of the housing, the protrusion comprising an optically opaque material and covering only a portion of the lower surface of the housing; and an optically transparent layer covering at least a portion of the lower surface of the housing; a first sensor disposed in the housing to capture data associated with a user; a second sensor disposed in the housing to capture environmental conditions; memory disposed in the housing for storing the captured data associated with the user, for storing the captured environmental conditions, and for storing one or more applications; and a processor in communication with the first and second sensors, the memory and the display screen, the processor configured to execute from time to time the one or more applications to render content associated with the one or more applications on the display screen, wherein at least one of the applications being configured to present metrics regarding the captured data of the user and the environmental conditions, wherein the captured environmental conditions include motion data by the user, and the captured data of the user includes biometric data of the user, the processor selecting at particular times certain ones of the applications to execute based in part on analysis of the captured data associated with the user and the captured environmental conditions; wherein the biometric data of the sensor quantifies at least one physiological condition of the user; wherein the first sensor includes a pair of a light emitting devices (LEDs) and a photodetector, wherein the pair of LEDs and the photodetector are disposed at respective ends of a pair of first light pipes and a second light pipe each having a geometry defined by the optically opaque material of the protrusion, the pair of first light pipes and the second light pipe formed in the protrusion, the second light pipe disposed between the pair of first light pipes, wherein each one of the pair of first light pipes is configured to direct light emitted by a corresponding one of the pair of LEDs to exposed skin of the user along a direction of light travel defined by the geometry of the first light pipe and the second light pipe is configured to direct at least some of the light, reflected to the photodetector along a direction of light travel defined by the geometry of the second light pipe for analysis by the processor. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer implemented method, comprising,
receiving motion data from an activity tracking device while the activity tracking device having a housing that is to be worn by a user, the housing having an upper surface and a lower surface, the lower surface configured to be closer to the skin of the user than the upper surface when the activity tracking device is worn by the user, the housing further comprising: -
a protrusion formed on the lower surface of the housing and extending away from the lower housing of the housing, the protrusion comprising an optically opaque material and covering only a portion of the lower surface of the housing; and an optically transparent layer covering at least a portion of the lower surface of the housing; receiving physiological data of the user while the activity tracking device is worn by the user; identifying a condition of the user based at least in part on the received motion data and the received physiological data, the condition of the user being one of sedentary or non-sedentary, wherein the physiological data is received in response to sampling by a sensor of the activity tracking device, the sensor being exposed to a surface of the housing, the surface of the housing configured to be disposed over skin of the user when the activity tracking device is worn, the sensor comprising (i) a plurality of light emitting devices (LEDs) configured to emit light toward exposed skin of the user via a corresponding plurality of first light pipes, each first light pipe formed in the protrusion and having a geometry defined by the optically opaque material of the protrusion and configured to direct the light along a direction of light travel defined by the geometry of the first light pipe, and (ii) at least one detector configured to receive reflected light via at least one second light pipe, each second light pipe formed in the protrusion and having a geometry defined by the optically opaque material of the protrusion and configured to direct the reflected light along a direction of light travel defined by the geometry of the second light pipe, wherein at least one of said at least one second light pipe is disposed between at least two of the plurality of first light pipes, wherein the sampling by the sensor is set at a first sampling rate when the user is determined to be sedentary and a second sampling rate when the user is determined to be non-sedentary, the second sampling rate being greater than the first sampling rate; and launching an application of a plurality of applications stored in memory of the activity tracking device based on the identified condition of the user, the application providing metrics associated with the identified condition, wherein the method is executed by a processor. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A computer readable media having program instructions for operating an activity tracking device having a housing, comprising,
program instructions for receiving motion data from an activity tracking device while the activity tracking device is worn by a user, the housing of the activity tracking device having an upper surface and a lower surface, the lower surface configured to be closer to the skin of the user than the upper surface when the activity tracking device is worn by the user, the housing further comprising: -
a protrusion formed on the lower surface of the housing and extending away from the lower housing of the housing, the protrusion comprising an optically opaque material and covering only a portion of the lower surface of the housing; and an optically transparent layer covering at least a portion of the lower surface of the housing; program instructions for receiving physiological data of the user while the activity tracking device is worn by the user; program instructions for identifying a condition of the user based at least in part on the received motion data and the received physiological data, the condition of the user being one of sedentary or non-sedentary, wherein the physiological data is received in response to sampling by a sensor of the activity tracking device, the sensor being exposed to a surface of the housing, the surface of the housing configured to be disposed over exposed skin of the user when the activity tracking device is worn, wherein the sampling by the sensor is set at a first sampling rate when the user is determined to be sedentary and a second sampling rate when the user is determined to be non-sedentary, the second sampling rate being greater than the first sampling rate; and program instructions for launching an application of a plurality of applications stored in memory of the activity tracking device based on the identified condition of the user, wherein the physiological data is processed from information obtained based on (i) light emitted from a plurality of light emitting devices (LEDs) toward the exposed skin of the user via a corresponding plurality of first light pipes, each first light pipe formed in the protrusion and having a geometry defined by the optically opaque material of the protrusion and configured to direct the light along a direction of light travel defined by the geometry of the first light pipe, and (ii) reflected light received by at least one detector via at least one second light pipe, each second light pipe formed in the protrusion and having a geometry defined by the optically opaque material of the protrusion and configured to direct the reflected light along a direction of light travel defined by the geometry of the second light pipe, wherein at least one of said at least one second light pipe is disposed between at least two of the plurality of first light pipes.
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