Portable fitness monitoring systems with displays and applications thereof

• US 9,550,090 B2
• Filed: 05/15/2014
• Issued: 01/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adidas AG
• Original Assignee: Adidas AG
• Inventors: Dibenedetto, Christian, Oleson, Mark Arthur, Tomlinson, Scott
• Primary Examiner(s): RICHMAN, GLENN E
• Application Number:
  US14/278,639
• Publication Number:
  US 20140249661A1
• Time in Patent Office: 985 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 1/00 Buttons
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 11/00 Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 13/00 Hook or eye fasteners
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 17/00 Press-button or snap fasteners
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 18/00 Fasteners of the touch-and-close type; Making such fasteners
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: A44C 5/0007 Bracelets specially adapted for other functions or with means for attaching other articles
• CPC Class Codes: A44C 5/14 characterised by the way of fastening to a wrist-watch or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A44D 2203/00 Fastening by use of magnets
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0065 Evaluating the fitness, e.g. fitness level or fitness index
• 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 2071/0663 worn on the wrist, e.g. wrist bands
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/20 Distances or displacements
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/62 Time or time measurement used for time reference, time stamp, master time or clock signal
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/20 with means for remote communication, e.g. internet or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/50 Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/04 heartbeat characteristics, e.g. ECG, blood pressure modulations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/06 heartbeat rate only
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/75 calorie expenditure
• 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: A63B 71/0686 : Timers, rhythm indicators or pacing apparatus using electric or electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 482/901 : having computer circuitry

Abstract

Portable fitness monitoring systems with displays, and applications thereof, are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method of providing performance feedback to an individual using a portable fitness monitoring device is provided. The method may include sensing performance parameter information during the physical activity, generating a first visual output that includes an indication of the intensity level that the individual should be performing at, and generating a second visual output that includes an indication of the intensity level that the individual is currently performing at.

Claims

1. A method of providing performance feedback to an individual using a portable fitness monitoring device, the method comprising:

sensing performance parameter information during the physical activity;

generating a first visual output that includes an indication of the intensity level that the individual should be performing at; and

generating a second visual output that includes an indication of the intensity level that the individual is currently performing at,

wherein the first visual output further includes a color previously associated with the intensity level that the individual should be performing at, and

wherein the second visual output further includes a color previously associated with the intensity level that the individual is currently performing at.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the first visual output and the second visual output at the same time.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising prompting the individual to look at the display.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the prompting comprises vibrating the portable fitness monitoring device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the vibrating is provided via a piezoelectric actuator of the portable fitness monitoring device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensing further comprises sensing heart rate via a heart rate sensor of the portable fitness monitoring device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensing further comprises sensing speed or pace via an accelerometer of the portable fitness monitoring device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensing further comprises sensing speed or pace via a GPS receiver of the portable fitness monitoring device.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising presenting the first visual output and the second visual output to the individual via a touch screen display of the portable fitness monitoring device during the physical activity.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving a touch input from the individual via the touch screen display during the physical activity.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising influencing at least one characteristic of one of the first visual output or the second visual output in response receiving of the touch input.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the performance parameter information in a memory of the portable fitness monitoring device for later transmission to a separate device.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending data to a separate device via a wireless transceiver of the portable fitness monitoring device.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising sending audio performance feedback data to wireless headphones via the wireless transceiver.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising sending music data to wireless headphones via the wireless transceiver.

16. A method of providing performance feedback to an individual using a portable fitness monitoring device, the method comprising:

sensing performance parameter information during the physical activity;

generating a first output that includes an indication of the intensity level that the individual should be performing at; and

generating a second output that includes an indication of the intensity level that the individual is currently performing at,

wherein the sensing further comprises sensing speed or pace via a GPS receiver of the portable fitness monitoring device.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the first output further includes an indication of a color previously associated with the intensity level that the individual should be performing at.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the second output further includes an indication of a color previously associated with the intensity level that the individual is currently performing at.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising delivering the first output and the second output at different times.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the sensing further comprises sensing heart rate via a heart rate sensor of the portable fitness monitoring device.

21. The method of claim 16, wherein the sensing further comprises sensing speed or pace via an accelerometer of the portable fitness monitoring device.

22. The method of claim 16, further comprising receiving a touch input from the individual via a touch screen display during the physical activity.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising influencing at least one characteristic of one of the first output or the second output in response to receiving the touch input.

24. A method of providing performance feedback to an individual using a portable fitness monitoring device, the method comprising:

sensing performance parameter information during the physical activity;

generating a first visual output that includes an indication of the intensity level that the individual should be performing at;

generating a second visual output that includes an indication of the intensity level that the individual is currently performing at; and

changing the second visual output in response to a change in the intensity level that the individual is currently performing at.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the second visual output further includes a color previously associated with the intensity level that the individual is currently performing at.

26. The method of claim 24, wherein changing the second visual output includes changing an intensity of the second visual output.

27. The method of claim 24, wherein changing the second visual output includes changing a brightness of the second visual output.