Fitness monitor

• US 10,183,193 B2
• Filed: 02/18/2016
• Issued: 01/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Garmin Switzerland GmbH (Garmin Limited)
• Original Assignee: Garmin Switzerland GmbH (Garmin Limited)
• Inventors: Lee, Wai C., George, Michael K., Skarsgard, Andrew J.
• Primary Examiner(s): McClellan, James S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Carter, Kevin
• Application Number:
  US15/047,349
• Publication Number:
  US 20160158602A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,069 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4866 Evaluating metabolism A61B5/083 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0062 Monitoring athletic performances, e.g. for determining the work of a user on an exercise apparatus, the completed jogging or cycling distance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/70 for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients

Abstract

A fitness monitor comprises a housing, a wrist band, a motion sensor, a display, a non-transitory memory element and a processing element. The wrist band is coupled to the housing and configured to attach to a wrist of a user. The motion sensor is configured to sense motion of the user and generate motion data. The display is coupled to the housing and configured to present information associated with user activity. The memory element is located in the housing and configured to store the activity data and a daily activity goal. The processing element is operably coupled to the memory element and configured to determine daily activity data, a daily activity goal corresponding to a predetermined level of activity for the user, compute an activity countdown and level of inactivity, and present, on the display, the activity countdown and inactivity indicia indicating the level of inactivity.

Claims

1. A fitness monitor comprising:

a housing including a watch face;

an analog watch hand disposed on the watch face and configured to indicate a time of day;

a first continuous indicator element presented on the watch face;

a second continuous indicator element presented on the watch face;

a motion sensor located in the housing and configured to sense motion of the user and generate motion data;

a non-transitory memory element located in the housing and configured to store motion data and a predetermined inactivity value; and

a processing element located in the housing and operably coupled to the memory element, the processing element configured to;

determine, based on the motion data, a current number of steps taken by the user in a day, a daily goal status based on the determined current number of steps taken by the user and, an amount of user inactivity corresponding to a mathematical difference between the current number of steps taken by the user in a first time period and the predetermined inactivity value, and

control the first continuous indicator element to provide the daily goal status and the second continuous indicator element to provide an indication of the determined amount of user inactivity.

2. The fitness monitor of claim 1, wherein the processing element is further configured to fill the first continuous indicator element to provide the daily goal status.

3. The fitness monitor of claim 2, wherein the memory element is further configured to store a daily activity goal, and wherein the processing element is further operable to calculate the daily goal status utilizing the daily activity goal and the determined current number of steps taken by the user.

4. The fitness monitor of claim 1, wherein the processing element is further configured to store the determined current number of steps taken by the user in the memory as activity data.

5. The fitness monitor of claim 1, wherein the first continuous indicator element and the second continuous indicator are presented behind the analog watch hand on the watch face.

6. The fitness monitor of claim 1, wherein the processing element is further configured to fill the first continuous indicator element based on the determined current number of steps taken by the user and reduce the second continuous indicator element for each second time period of increased levels of activity determined based on the motion data.

7. The fitness monitor of claim 1, wherein the first continuous indicator element and the second continuous indicator element are curved.

14. The fitness monitor of claim 1, wherein the first continuous indicator element is a first display and the second continuous element is a second display.

17. The fitness monitor of claim 6, wherein the second time period is a shorter length of time than the first time period.

18. The fitness monitor of claim 1, wherein the processing element is further configured to fill the second continuous indicator element for each second time period is below the predetermined inactivity value.

8. A fitness monitor comprising:

a housing including a watch face;

an analog watch hand disposed on the watch face and configured to indicate a time of day;

a first curved continuous indicator element presented on the watch face;

a second curved continuous indicator element presented on the watch face;

a motion sensor located in the housing and configured to sense motion of the user and generate motion data;

a non-transitory memory element located in the housing and configured to store activity data, a daily activity goal, and a predetermined inactivity value; and

a processing element located in the housing and operably coupled to the memory element, the processing element configured to;

determine, based on the motion data, daily activity data including a current number of steps taken by the user in a day, a daily goal status based on the determined current number of steps taken by the user and the daily activity goal, and an amount of user inactivity based on a mathematical difference between the current number of steps taken by the user in a first time period and the predetermined inactivity value,

control the first curved continuous indicator element to provide the daily goal status, and

control the second curved continuous indicator element to provide an indication of user inactivity.

9. The fitness monitor of claim 8, wherein the processing element is further configured to fill the first curved continuous indicator element to provide the daily goal status.

10. The fitness monitor of claim 8, wherein the determined daily activity data further includes a distance traveled by the user.

11. The fitness monitor of claim 8, wherein the first curved continuous indicator element and the second curved continuous indicator element are presented behind the analog watch hand on the watch face.

12. The fitness monitor of claim 8, wherein the processing element is further configured to fill the first curved continuous indicator element based on the determined current number of steps taken by the user and reduce the second continuous indicator element for each second time period of increased levels of activity determined based on the activity data.

13. The fitness monitor of claim 8, wherein the processing element is further configured to calculate an amount of user inactivity and to fill the second curved continuous indicator element based on the determined amount of user inactivity.

15. The fitness monitor of claim 8, wherein the first curved continuous indicator element is a first display and the second curved continuous element is a second display.

16. The fitness monitor of claim 8, wherein the second time period is a shorter length of time than the first time period.

19. The fitness monitor of claim 8, wherein the processing element is further configured to fill the second continuous indicator element for each second time period is below the predetermined inactivity value.

20. A fitness monitor comprising:

a housing including a watch face;

a plurality of analog watch hands disposed on the watch face and configured to indicate a time of day;

a first continuous indicator element presented on the watch face;

a second continuous indicator element presented on the watch face;

a motion sensor located in the housing and configured to sense motion of the user and generate motion data;

a non-transitory memory element located in the housing and configured to store motion data and a predetermined inactivity value; and

a processing element located in the housing and operably coupled to the memory element, the processing element configured to;

determine, based on the motion data, a current number of steps taken by the user in a day,

determine an amount of user inactivity corresponding to a mathematical difference between the current number of steps taken by the user in a first time period and the predetermined inactivity value,

identify each second time period of increased level of activity determined based on the current number of steps taken by the user exceeding the predetermined inactivity value,

control the first continuous indicator element to provide a first indication based on the determined current number of steps taken by the user, and

control the second continuous indicator element to provide a second indication of the determined amount of user inactivity, the indication reduced for each identified second time period of increased level of activity.