Wearable device having athletic functionality

• US 8,814,754 B2
• Filed: 11/01/2011
• Issued: 08/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Inventors: Weast, Aaron B., Cobbett, Jamian R., Crankson, Kwamina, Dryden, Michael, Sullivan, Gwen, Bleeker, Caroline Petra Annette, Mestas, Alex, Walia, Suniti Nina, Gourley, Allison, Homsi, Kristopher L., Raven, Demi, Lowe, Edward Stephen Jr., Greer, Tara, Kob, Stephen, Ioveva, Maria, Cesar, Marchetti, Zipperer, James
• Primary Examiner(s): RICHMAN, GLENN E
• Application Number:
  US13/287,047
• Publication Number:
  US 20120253485A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,029 Days
• Field of Search: 482 1- 9, 482900-902, 434/247, 600/300, 340/573.1
• US Class Current: 482/8
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/045 with a separable interface unit, e.g. for communication
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0068 Comparison to target or threshold, previous performance or not real time comparison to other individuals
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0625 Emitting sound, noise or music
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0661 arranged on the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0694 Visual indication, e.g. Indicia
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0059 Exercising apparatus with reward systems
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1438 using more than one graphics controller
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising

Abstract

A wearable device assembly has a housing supporting a controller, display and indicator system thereon. The controller has at least one sensor wherein activity of a user wearing the device is detected. The controller selectively illuminates the indicator system to indicate a level of activity of the user.

Claims

1. A wearable device comprising:

a user input device;

a first display;

a second display separately controlled and physically distinct from the first display; and

memory storing computer readable instructions that, when executed by the wearable device, cause the wearable device to;

receive user input requesting display of an activity metric for activity performed by the user and detected by the wearable device;

display a first indication of the activity metric in the first display; and

display a second indication of the activity metric in the second display in conjunction with displaying the first indication in the first display.

2. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the second indication indicates an amount of progress made toward an activity goal and wherein the wearable device is configured to store the activity goal in the memory.

3. The wearable device of claim 2, wherein the second display includes multiple segments, each segment representing a specified amount of progress toward the activity goal.

4. The wearable device of claim 2, wherein the second indication is color-coded based on the amount of progress.

5. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the wearable device is configured to store a plurality of activity goals, each of the plurality of activity goals corresponding to a different activity metric.

6. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the second indication includes a comparison of the user'"'"'s activity with activity performed by another user.

7. The wearable device of claim 6, wherein the second indication includes an indicator located at a position on the second display, wherein the position of the indicator specifies whether the user'"'"'s activity is ahead of or behind the other user'"'"'s activity.

19. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the first and second indications are displayed such that the second indication of the activity metric is present on the second display simultaneously with the first indication being present on the first display.

8. A wearable device comprising:

a user input device;

a display; and

memory storing computer readable instructions that, when executed by the wearable device, cause the wearable device to;

receive user input requesting display of an activity metric for activity performed by the user;

determine an amount of the activity performed by the user;

increase a value of the activity metric based on the amount of activity performed;

determine an amount of inactivity of the user;

decrease the value of the activity metric based on the determined amount of inactivity of the user; and

provide, on the display, an indication of the activity metric.

9. The wearable device of claim 8, wherein decreasing the value of the activity metric includes determining an amount by which the value of the activity metric is to be decreased based on a physical position of the user during the inactivity.

10. The wearable device of claim 9, wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed, further cause the wearable device to determine a physical position of the user based on location information of at least one sensor device physically separate from the wearable device.

11. The wearable device of claim 8, wherein decreasing the value of the activity metric includes determining a level of inactivity, wherein an amount by which the value of the activity metric is decreased is set to a first amount when the level of inactivity is below a first threshold but above a second threshold and to a second amount when the level of inactivity is below the first and second thresholds.

12. The wearable device of claim 8, wherein decreasing the value of the activity metric includes determining an amount by which the value of the activity metric is to be decreased based on a time of day.

13. The wearable device of claim 8, wherein decreasing the value of the activity metric includes determining an amount by which the value of the activity metric is to be decreased based on a location of the user.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause a wearable activity monitoring device to:

receive activity metric data transmitted by a device worn by the user, measuring activity performed by the user and detected by the device; and

cause simultaneous display presence of a first indication of the activity metric data on a first display of the wearable activity monitoring device and a second indication of the activity metric data on a second display of the wearable activity monitoring device, the second display being physically distinct from the first display.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the wearable activity monitoring device to:

receive user input data representing an activity goal;

use the received activity metric data to track progress towards the activity goal; and

update the second indication to specify the progress towards the activity goal.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the wearable activity monitoring device to:

receive user input data representing a plurality of activity goals, each of the plurality of activity goals corresponding to a different activity metric;

use the received activity metric data to track progress towards each of the plurality of activity goals; and

update the second indication to display the progress towards each of the plurality of activity goals.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the wearable activity monitoring device to:

receive activity metric data detected by a device worn by a second user; and

update the first indication or second indication to display a comparison of the activity metric data of the first user with the activity metric data of the second user.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the wearable activity monitoring device to:

increase or decrease a value of the activity metric in response to the activity metric data received; and

update the first and second indications on the first and second displays, respectively, to show the increased or decreased value of the activity metric.