Portable monitoring devices and methods of operating same
First Claim
1. A portable activity monitoring device, adapted to couple to a body of a user, to calculate a number of stairs or flights of stairs traversed by the user, the portable activity monitoring device comprising:
- a housing having a physical size and shape that is adapted to couple to the body of the user;
an altitude sensor, disposed in the housing, to detect a change in altitude of the user and, in response thereto, to generate data which is representative of the change in altitude of the user; and
processing circuitry, disposed in the housing and electrically coupled to the altitude sensor, to calculate a number of stairs or flights of stairs traversed by the user using the data which is representative of a change in altitude of the user.
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Abstract
The present inventions, in one aspect, are directed to a portable activity monitoring device to calculate a number of stairs or flights of stairs traversed by a user, the monitoring device comprising (i) a housing having a physical size and shape that is adapted to couple to the body of the user, (ii) an altitude sensor, disposed in the housing, to detect a change in altitude of the user and, in response thereto, to generate data which is representative of the change in altitude of the user, and (iii) processing circuitry, disposed in the housing and coupled to the motion sensor and the altitude sensor, to calculate a number of stairs or flights of stairs traversed by the user using the data which is representative of a change in altitude of the user.
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28 Claims
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1. A portable activity monitoring device, adapted to couple to a body of a user, to calculate a number of stairs or flights of stairs traversed by the user, the portable activity monitoring device comprising:
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a housing having a physical size and shape that is adapted to couple to the body of the user; an altitude sensor, disposed in the housing, to detect a change in altitude of the user and, in response thereto, to generate data which is representative of the change in altitude of the user; and processing circuitry, disposed in the housing and electrically coupled to the altitude sensor, to calculate a number of stairs or flights of stairs traversed by the user using the data which is representative of a change in altitude of the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A portable activity monitoring device, adapted to couple to a body of a user, to calculate a number of stairs or flights of stairs traversed by the user, the portable activity monitoring device comprising:
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a housing having a physical size and shape that is adapted to couple to the body of the user; an altitude sensor, disposed in the housing, to detect a change in altitude of the user and, in response thereto, to generate data which is representative of the change in altitude of the user; and processing circuitry, disposed in the housing and coupled to the altitude sensor, to correlate the data which is representative of a change in altitude of the user to a number of stairs or flights of stairs traversed by the user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A portable activity monitoring device adapted to couple to a body of a user, the portable activity monitoring device comprising:
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a housing having a physical size and shape that is adapted to couple to the body of the user; a motion sensor, disposed in the housing, to detect motion of a user and, in response thereto, to generate data which is representative of motion of the user; an altitude sensor, disposed in the housing, to detect a change in altitude of the user and, in response thereto, to generate data which is representative of the change in altitude of the user; processing circuitry, disposed in the housing and coupled to the motion sensor and the altitude sensor, to calculate; a number of stairs or flights of stairs traversed by the user using the data which is representative of a change in altitude of the user, and a calorie burn of the user using the data which is representative of a change in altitude of the user, and a display, coupled to the processing circuitry and disposed in or on the housing, to output data which is representative of the number of stairs or flights of stairs traversed by the user. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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