Monitoring fitness using a mobile device

• US 9,415,264 B2
• Filed: 05/29/2015
• Issued: 08/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Inventors: Crankson, Kwamina, White, Kristen Laina, Orenstein, Michael Levi, Hoffman, Michael T., Nims, Jason
• Primary Examiner(s): Chan, Allen
• Application Number:
  US14/725,169
• Publication Number:
  US 20150306457A1
• Time in Patent Office: 445 Days
• Field of Search: 700/91, 482/1, 482/8, 482/9, 463/30
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A43C 19/00 Attachments for footwear, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0025 Tracking the path or location of one or more users, e.g. players of a game
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0056 for statistical or strategic analysis
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0021 Tracking a path or terminating locations
• 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: G06V 40/23 Recognition of whole body movements, e.g. for sport training
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/003 Repetitive work cycles; Sequence of movements
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/02 with visual presentation of the material to be studied, e.g. using film strip
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

Athletic performance monitoring and tracking may provide multiple ways in which to track athletic movement and activity. Workouts may also be tagged with various parameters including mood, weather, terrain, athletic equipment, friends used and the like. Workout information may be shared to social messaging and networking outlets. Workout information shared may include map information including images of maps, interactive maps, links to maps, route information and the like and/or combinations thereof. Additionally or alternatively, an application may be configured to execute within a context of a social networking system to facilitate athletic activity data transfer and generation of workout entries in the social networking site.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a processor;

a sensor; and

a memory storing computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to;

collect, using the sensor, data corresponding to an athletic activity performed by a user; and

display a representation of an athletic activity performance of the user including display a map indicating where the user traveled during the athletic activity, the map including a first map part corresponding to a first portion of the athletic activity during which the sensor had a first signal strength and a second map part corresponding to a second portion of the athletic activity during which the sensor had a second signal strength, wherein the second map part is represented differently than the first map part, and wherein the second signal strength is different than the first signal strength.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second signal strength is weaker than the first signal strength, and wherein the memory stores further computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:

display the first map part as a solid line; and

display the second map part as a broken line.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second signal strength is weaker than the first signal strength, and wherein the memory stores further computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:

display the first map part as a solid line; and

display the second map part as a gap between two line portions of the map.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory stores further computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:

display a third map part corresponding to a third portion of the athletic activity during which the sensor did not have a signal.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the third map part is represented differently than the first map part and the second map part.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the second signal strength is weaker than the first signal strength, and wherein the memory stores further computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:

display the first map part as a solid line;

display the second map part as a broken line; and

display the third map part as a gap between two line portions of the map.

7. An athletic activity measurement device comprising:

a processor;

a global positioning system (GPS) device; and

a memory storing computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to;

collect, using the GPS device, data corresponding to a user'"'"'s location during an athletic activity performed by the user; and

display a representation of an athletic activity performance of the user including display a map indicating where the user traveled during the athletic activity, the map including a first map part corresponding to a first portion of the athletic activity during which the GPS device had a first signal strength and a second map part corresponding to a second portion of the athletic activity during which the GPS device had a second signal strength, wherein the second map part is represented differently than the first map part, and wherein the second signal strength is different than the first signal strength.

8. The athletic activity measurement device of claim 7, wherein the second signal strength is weaker than the first signal strength, and wherein the memory stores further computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:

display the first map part as a solid line; and

display the second map part as a broken line.

9. The athletic activity measurement device of claim 7, wherein the second signal strength is weaker than the first signal strength, and wherein the memory stores further computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:

display the first map part as a solid line; and

display the second map part as a gap between two line portions of the map.

10. The athletic activity measurement device of claim 7, wherein the memory stores further computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:

display a third map part corresponding to a third portion of the athletic activity during which the GPS device did not have a signal.

11. The athletic activity measurement device of claim 10, wherein the third map part is represented differently than the first map part and the second map part.

12. The athletic activity measurement device of claim 11, wherein the second signal strength is weaker than the first signal strength, and wherein the memory stores further computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:

display the first map part as a solid line;

display the second map part as a broken line; and

display the third map part as a gap between two line portions of the map.

13. A method for determining an athletic activity performance of a user comprising:

collecting, using a global positioning system (GPS) device, data corresponding to a user'"'"'s location during an athletic activity performed by the user; and

displaying a representation of an athletic activity performance of the user including displaying a map indicating where the user traveled during the athletic activity, the map including a first map part corresponding to a first portion of the athletic activity during which the GPS device had a first signal strength and a second map part corresponding to a second portion of the athletic activity during which the GPS device had a second signal strength, wherein the second map part is represented differently than the first map part, and wherein the second signal strength is different than the first signal strength.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the second signal strength is weaker than the first signal strength, and wherein the method further comprises:

displaying the first map part as a solid line; and

displaying the second map part as a broken line.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the second signal strength is weaker than the first signal strength, and wherein the method further comprises:

displaying the first map part as a solid line; and

displaying the second map part as a gap between two line portions of the map.

16. The method of claim 13 further comprising:

displaying a third map part corresponding to a third portion of the athletic activity during which the GPS device did not have a signal.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the third map part is represented differently than the first map part and the second map part.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the second signal strength is weaker than the first signal strength, and wherein the method further comprises:

displaying the first map part as a solid line;

displaying the second map part as a broken line; and

displaying the third map part as a gap between two line portions of the map.