Athletic performance monitoring device
DCFirst Claim
1. An athletic performance monitoring device comprising:
- an accelerometer adapted to be worn by an athlete close to the center of gravity of the athlete; and
a user-worn device with a processing system integral thereto such that the processing system can be worn by the athlete;
wherein the accelerometer is further configured such that it can wirelessly communicate acceleration data, relating to the acceleration of the athlete, to the processing system, and wherein the processing system is configured such that, during use, it requests acceleration data from the accelerometer only when a predefined event has occurred, and such that it can process the acceleration data it receives from the accelerometer to provide athletic performance information.
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Abstract
The present invention provides an athletic performance monitoring device having an accelerometer configured such that it can be worn by a user close to the center of gravity of the athlete; and a processing system including a global positioning system. The accelerometer is further configured such that it can wirelessly communicate acceleration data, relating to the acceleration of the user, to the processing system. In addition, the processing system is configured such that it can request acceleration data from the accelerometer only when some events depending on the output of the global positioning system and/or on a clock are occurring. It can also process the acceleration data it receives from the accelerometer to provide athletic performance information. There is further provided a corresponding method for providing athletic performance information. There is also provided an accelerometer for use in an athletic performance monitoring device.
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16 Claims
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1. An athletic performance monitoring device comprising:
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an accelerometer adapted to be worn by an athlete close to the center of gravity of the athlete; and a user-worn device with a processing system integral thereto such that the processing system can be worn by the athlete; wherein the accelerometer is further configured such that it can wirelessly communicate acceleration data, relating to the acceleration of the athlete, to the processing system, and wherein the processing system is configured such that, during use, it requests acceleration data from the accelerometer only when a predefined event has occurred, and such that it can process the acceleration data it receives from the accelerometer to provide athletic performance information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for providing athletic performance information, the method comprising the steps of;
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measuring the acceleration of an athlete using an accelerometer adapted to be worn by the athlete close to the center of gravity of the athlete, to provide acceleration data; wirelessly communicating by the accelerometer the acceleration data, relating to the acceleration of the athlete, to a processing system integral in an athlete-worn device being worn by the athlete, wherein the processing system is configured such that, during use, it requests acceleration data from the accelerometer only when a predefined event has occurred; processing by the processing system the acceleration data the processing system receives from the accelerometer, to provide athletic performance information.
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15. An athletic performance monitoring device comprising:
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an accelerometer adapted to he worn by an athlete close to a center of gravity of the athlete; and a user-worn device with a processing system; wherein the accelerometer is further configured such that it can wirelessly communicate acceleration data, relating to the acceleration of the athlete, to the processing system, and wherein the processing system is configured to be a master and the accelerometer is configured to be a slave in a master-slave configuration, such that the accelerometer sends acceleration data to the processing system only upon receiving a request from the processing system, and wherein the processing system is configured such that it can request acceleration data from the accelerometer only when a predefined event has occurred, and such that it can process the acceleration data it receives from the accelerometer to provide athletic performance information.
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16. An athletic performance monitoring device comprising:
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an accelerometer adapted to be worn by an athlete close to the center of gravity of the athlete; and a user-worn device with a processing system; wherein the accelerometer is further configured such that it can wirelessly communicate acceleration data, relating to the acceleration of the athlete, to the processing system, and wherein the processing system is configured such that it can request acceleration data from the accelerometer only when a predefined event has occurred, and such that it can process the acceleration data it receives from the accelerometer to provide athletic performance information, wherein, the processing system is configured to provide athletic performance information depending on the slope, so that athletic performance information associated with different slopes, is provided.
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