EXERCISE DEVICE, SENSOR AND METHOD OF DETERMINING BODY PARAMETERS DURING EXERCISE
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1. A noninvasive light sensor for detecting heart beat signals, comprising:
- a circular support member engageable circumferentially with a body part of a person,a plurality of light emitters located about a circumference of the circular support member for emitting light signals into different areas of tissue surrounding the body part, anda plurality of light detectors located about the circumference of the circular support member for detecting reflected light signals from the different areas of tissue surrounding the body part.
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Abstract
A noninvasive light sensor for detecting heart beat signals has a circular support member engageable circumferentially with a body part of a person. Light emitters and light detectors are located around a circumference of the circular support member for respectively emitting light signals into different areas of tissue surrounding the body part, and detecting reflected light signals from the different areas of tissue surrounding the body part.
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28 Claims
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1. A noninvasive light sensor for detecting heart beat signals, comprising:
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a circular support member engageable circumferentially with a body part of a person, a plurality of light emitters located about a circumference of the circular support member for emitting light signals into different areas of tissue surrounding the body part, and a plurality of light detectors located about the circumference of the circular support member for detecting reflected light signals from the different areas of tissue surrounding the body part. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An exercise device comprising:
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an ear piece insertable within the an ear canal along an ear canal axis, a plurality of light emitters located about a periphery of the ear piece for emitting light signals perpendicular to the ear canal axis into different areas of tissue surrounding the ear canal, a plurality of light detectors located about the periphery of the ear piece for detecting reflected light signals from the different areas of tissue surrounding the ear canal, and an audio speaker, an audio player for sending audio signals to the audio speaker, and a vital sign monitor that for determining at least one of heart rate, blood oxygen level, and body temperature from signals of the emitters and detectors.
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20. An exercise system comprising:
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an ear piece insertable within an ear canal along a canal axis, the ear piece having a plurality of light sensors and detectors, and an audio speaker, a computer readable storage medium have space allocated for storage of audio files, a vital sign monitor programmed to generate a vital sign signal from signals of the emitters and detectors, and an audio player programmed to playback audio files through the audio speaker in response to the vital sign signal and to vary attributes of the playback audio files in response to the vital sign signal. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of determining heart rate of a person during exercise comprising:
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obtaining a plurality of sensor signals from multiple locations about a body part of the person, the sensor signals comprising heart beat signals and movement signals, comparing the sensor signals to separate the heart beat signals and movement signals, and determining heart rate from the heart beat signals. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
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