Monitoring watch

• US 9,795,853 B2
• Filed: 02/19/2012
• Issued: 10/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Theodore Weissenburger Caldwell
• Original Assignee: Theodore Weissenburger Caldwell
• Inventors: Caldwell, Theodore Weissenburger
• Primary Examiner(s): Lewis, David L
• Assistant Examiner(s): Thomas, Eric M
• Application Number:
  US13/400,084
• Publication Number:
  US 20120277014A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,074 Days
• Field of Search: 473231-234, 473221-227
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0663 worn on the wrist, e.g. wrist bands
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/18 Baseball, rounders or similar games
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/32 Golf
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/46 Measurement devices associated with golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like for measuring physical parameters relating to sporting activity, e.g. baseball bats with impact indicators or bracelets for measuring the golf swing
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0026 for ice-hockey
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/3608 Attachments on the body, e.g. for measuring, aligning, restraining A63B69/0059, A63B69/3673 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/38 for tennis A63B61/006, A63B69/0073 and A63B69/0097 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/06 Indicating or scoring devices for games or players , or for other sports activities

Abstract

A watch can include a wrist strap, memory, an accelerometer, and a pressure sensor that responds to muscle movement at a wrist. Various other devices, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A watch comprising:

a wrist strap;

a display, mounted to the wrist strap, that displays information;

memory mounted to the wrist strap, that stores information;

an accelerometer mounted to the wrist strap, that generates a response to movement of the watch;

a pressure sensor mounted to the wrist strap, that that generates a response to muscle movement at a wrist that wears the wrist strap; and

electronic monitoring circuitry mounted to the wrist strap, that generates information, based at least in part on a generated response of the pressure sensor, when a hand extending from the wrist grips and when a hand extending from the wrist relaxes.

2. The watch of claim 1 wherein the pressure sensor is embedded in the wrist strap.

3. The watch of claim 1 wherein the memory stores pressure sensor data for generated responses.

4. The watch of claim 1 further comprising a housing attached to the wrist strap wherein, the housing houses at least the accelerometer and the memory.

5. The watch of claim 1 further comprising one or more user operable controls.

6. The watch of claim 1 further comprising alert circuitry configured to provide an audible alert, a visual alert or an audible alert and a visual alert based at least in part on information stored in the memory.

7. The watch of claim 1 wherein the memory stores pressure generated responses as sensor measurements that represent grip pressures of a hand extending from a wrist.

8. The watch of claim 7 wherein the display is configured to display a range of the grips pressures.

9. The watch of claim 1 further comprising a microprocessor, the microprocessor configured to store information for generated responses of the accelerometer to the memory and to store information for generated responses of the pressure sensor to the memory.

10. The watch of claim 1 further comprising an analog to digital converter to convert sensed analog signals to digital signals.

11. The watch of claim 1 further comprising a microcontroller and a key pad configured receipt of input for adjusting operation of the microcontroller.

12. The watch of claim 1 further comprising an activation button to activate sensing of motion by the accelerometer and to activate sensing of pressure by the pressure sensor.

13. The watch of claim 1 further comprising timing circuitry.

14. The watch of claim 1 further comprising circuitry to implement fuzzy logic.

15. The watch of claim 1 further comprising a battery and circuitry to implement a sleep mode to conserve energy of the battery.

16. The watch of claim 1 further comprising a microcontroller configured to store accelerometer generated responses as measurements and pressure sensor generated responses as measurements with corresponding times of the measurements.

17. A method comprising:

providing a watch strapped to a wrist having a hand extending therefrom wherein the watch comprises an accelerometer, a pressure sensor, memory and a display;

sensing motion of the watch using the accelerometer;

sensing gripping of the hand using the pressure sensor wherein the pressure sensor generates a response to muscle movement at the wrist to which the watch is strapped; and

storing sensed motion information and sensed gripping information to the memory and based at least in part on a portion of the stored information, displaying information to the display.

18. The method of claim 17 further comprising sensing relaxing of the hand using the pressure sensor.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein the storing stores sensed relaxing information to the memory.

20. The method of claim 17 further comprising providing feedback, via a feedback mechanism of the watch, responsive to the sensing motion, the sensing gripping or the sensing motion and the sensing gripping.