Display Mode Selection

• US 20110105920A1
• Filed: 01/11/2011
• Published: 05/05/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Polar Electro Oy
• Original Assignee: Polar Electro Oy
• Inventors: Haataja, Jarkko
• Granted Patent: US 8,206,268 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/500
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0071 Distinction between different activities, movements, or kind of sports performed
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0078 Exercise efforts programmed as a function of time
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/065 Visualisation of specific exercise parameters
• 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: A63B 71/0622 Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user

Abstract

An apparatus, a method, and a computer program are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a processor. The processor is configured to obtain exercise data of a user from a measurement sensor, to identify a present exercise phase of an exercise from among a plurality of exercise phases on the basis of the exercise data, and to select a relevant display mode from among a plurality of display modes on the basis of the present exercise phase and a mapping between the display modes and the exercise phases, wherein the relevant display mode defines a set of display elements associated with the present exercise phase to be displayed to the user.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a processing device configured to obtain exercise data of a user from a plurality of measurement sensors, the exercise data comprising training parameters relating to the user'"'"'s actions, at least one of the measurement sensors being a speed sensor, the exercise data comprising speed data, the processing device identifying a present exercise phase of an exercise from among a plurality of exercise phases on the basis of the speed data, the processing device selecting a relevant display mode from among a plurality of display modes on the basis of the present exercise phase and a mapping between the display modes and the exercise phases, wherein the relevant display mode defines a set of display elements associated with the present exercise phase to be displayed to the user, wherein each display element comprises exercise data; and

a display configured to display the relevant display mode to the user.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an altimeter configured to measure altitude data, the processing unit being configured to identify a speed interval exercise phase on the basis of the speed data and the altitude data, the relevant display mode being a speed-interval display mode.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein at least one of the measurement sensors is a heart rate sensor, the exercise data comprising the user'"'"'s heart rate, at least one display element comprising an increase in the user'"'"'s heart rate starting from a start of the speed interval exercise phase.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an altimeter configured to measure altitude data, the processing unit being configured to identify a recovery period exercise phase on the basis of the speed data and the altitude data, the relevant display mode being a recovery display mode.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein at least one of the measurement sensors is a heart rate sensor, the exercise data comprising the user'"'"'s heart rate, at least one display element comprising a decrease in the user'"'"'s heart rate starting from a start of the recovery period exercise phase.

6. An apparatus comprising:

a processing device configured to obtain exercise data of a user from a plurality of measurement sensors, the exercise data comprising training parameters relating to the user'"'"'s actions, at least one of the measurement sensors being an altimeter, the exercise data comprising altitude data, the processing device identifying a present exercise phase of an exercise from among a plurality of exercise phases on the basis of the altitude data, the processing device selecting a relevant display mode from among a plurality of display modes on the basis of the present exercise phase and a mapping between the display modes and the exercise phases, wherein the relevant display mode defines a set of display elements associated with the present exercise phase to be displayed to the user, wherein each display elements comprises exercise data; and

a display configured to display the relevant display mode to the user.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the processing unit is configured to identify an uphill exercise phase on the basis of the altitude data, the relevant display mode being an uphill display mode.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein at least one of the measurement sensors is a heart rate sensor, the exercise data comprising the user'"'"'s heart rate, at least one of the display elements comprising an increase in the user'"'"'s heart rate starting from a start of the uphill exercise phase.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the processing unit is configured identify a downhill exercise phase, the relevant display mode being a downhill display mode.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein at least one of the measurement sensors is a heart rate sensor and the exercise data comprises the user'"'"'s heart rate, at least one of the display elements comprising a decrease in the user'"'"'s heart rate starting from a start of the downhill exercise phase.

11. An apparatus comprising:

a processing device configured to obtain exercise data of a user from a plurality of measurement sensors, the exercise data comprising training parameters relating to the user'"'"'s actions, at least one of the measurement sensors being a cadence sensor, the exercise data comprising cadence data, the processing device identifying a present exercise phase of an exercise from among a plurality of exercise phases on the basis of the speed data, the processing device selecting a relevant display mode from among a plurality of display modes on the basis of the present exercise phase and a mapping between the display modes and the exercise phases, wherein the relevant display mode defines a set of display elements associated with the present exercise phase to be displayed to the user, wherein each display element comprises exercise data; and

a display configured to display the relevant display mode to the user.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the processing unit is configured to identify an over-pedaling interval exercise phase on the basis of the cadence data, the relevant display mode being an over-pedaling display mode.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein at least one of the measurement sensors is a speed sensor and the exercise data comprises speed, at least one of the display elements comprising an average speed during the over-pedaling interval exercise phase.