Mobile phone with pedometer

• US 20060064276A1
• Filed: 05/23/2005
• Published: 03/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Inventors: Ho, David, Wang, Gui-Lin, Ren, Zhi-Hong
• Application Number:
  US11/136,265
• Publication Number:
  US 20060064276A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/160
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 22/006 Pedometers

Abstract

A mobile phone with pedometer, which can detect the user'"'"'s physical-activity status and can generate and display the calorie and fatness the user consumes via the user'"'"'s inputting the related parameters, such as weight, stride, etc. is disclosed. Further, via inputting the parameters, such as the number of objective step, the standard of insufficient physical activity, etc., into the mobile phone with pedometer, the user can monitor and control his/her physical activity status.

Claims

1. A mobile phone with pedometer, comprising:

a pedometer module detecting a user'"'"'s physical-activity status;

a calculation module, coupled to said pedometer module and generating physical-activity data of the user according to the physical-activity status, detected by said pedometer module;

a storage module coupled to said calculation module receiving, and storing the physical-activity data generated by said calculation module;

a control module coupled to said calculation module and said storage module respectively and inputting parameters or control instructions to said calculation module and said storage module; and

a display module coupled to said calculation module and said storage module respectively, and displaying the physical-activity data of the user.

2. The mobile phone with pedometer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said pedometer module transforms a displacement change of said user in vertical direction into a signal level and outputs said signal level to said calculation module detecting a slope change of a series of said signal levels to generate the physical-activity data of said user.

3. The mobile phone with pedometer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said calculation module is a central processing unit (CPU) of said mobile phone.

4. The mobile phone with pedometer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said storage module is a flash memory of said mobile phone.

5. The mobile phone with pedometer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said physical-activity data includes the number of the user'"'"'s walking steps.

6. The mobile phone with pedometer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said physical-activity data includes the number of effective walking steps.

7. The mobile phone with pedometer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said physical-activity data includes the calorie consumption of said user.

8. The mobile phone with pedometer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said physical-activity data includes the fatness consumption of said user.

9. The mobile phone with pedometer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said parameters input by said control module include the weight of said user.

10. The mobile phone with pedometer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said parameters input by said control module include the stride of said user.

11. The mobile phone with pedometer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said parameters input by said control module include an objective step of said user.

12. The mobile phone with pedometer as claimed in claim 11, wherein if said user does not achieve said objective step within a given interval of time, said display module sends out an alarm, and if said user has achieved said objective step within a given interval of time, said display module sends out a notice.

13. The mobile phone with pedometer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said parameters input by said control module include the parameter of insufficient physical activity of said user.

14. The mobile phone with pedometer as claimed in claim 13, wherein if said user does not achieve the amount of physical activity set by said parameter of insufficient physical activity within a given interval of time, said display module send out an alarm, and if said user has achieved the amount of physical activity set by said parameter of insufficient physical activity within a given interval of time, said display module send out a notice.

15. The mobile phone with pedometer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said physical-activity data stored in said storage module can be sent out via a SMS (Short Message Service) message.

16. The mobile phone with pedometer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said display module can emit a flickering flash mated with said user'"'"'s march.