Athletic watch

• US 9,864,342 B2
• Filed: 09/17/2015
• Issued: 01/09/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Inventors: Brown, Miles W., Capozzi, Matt, Hoffman, Michael T., Lakovic, Tomislav, Weast, Aaron B., Rice, Jordan M.
• Primary Examiner(s): RICHMAN, GLENN E
• Application Number:
  US14/857,247
• Publication Number:
  US 20160077494A1
• Time in Patent Office: 845 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/00 Electric or electronic controls for exercising apparatus of preceding groups; Controlling or monitoring of exercises, sportive games, training or athletic performances
• 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 71/06 Indicating or scoring devices for games or players , or for other sports activities
• CPC Class Codes: G04F 10/00 Apparatus for measuring unknown time intervals by electric means
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 17/04 Mounting of electronic components
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 17/06 Electric connectors, e.g. conductive elastomers
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 17/08 Housings
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/02 Detectors of external physical values, e.g. temperature
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/025 for measuring physiological data
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/04 using radio waves radio-controlled time-pieces G04R
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 1/22 in connection with sports or games
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 1/24 Race time-recorders

Abstract

A device for monitoring athletic performance of a user has a wristband configured to be worn by the user. The electronic module may include a controller and a screen and a plurality of user inputs operably associated with the controller. The user inputs may include a user input configured to be applied by the user against the screen and in a direction generally normal to the screen. The controller may further be configured to generate one or more user interfaces in response to various user inputs and conditions. For example, the controller may generate workout mode interfaces and non-workout mode interfaces including various goal information, workout data, reminders and the like. In one or more arrangements, multiple types of information may be displayed simultaneously.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a location detection sensor;

a processor; and

a non-transitory memory storing computer readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to at least;

determine whether a predefined event has occurred prior to a user initiating recording of an athletic activity using the device; and

in response to determining that the predefined event has occurred, initiate a signal acquisition process of the location detection sensor at a specified amount of time prior to the user initiating the recording of the athletic activity, wherein prior to initiating the signal acquisition process, the location detection sensor is not acquiring location signals from one or more remote devices.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the predefined event includes a user selecting an athletic activity configuration mode on the device.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the user is required to enter the athletic activity configuration mode prior to initiating the recording of the athletic activity.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the predefined event includes a specified time of day.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the specified time of day is learned by the device based on a frequency of user behavior with the device.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the non-transitory memory further comprises computer readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to at least:

determine whether a threshold amount of time has expired since initiating the signal acquisition process;

determine whether the user has initiated the recording of the athletic activity; and

in response to determining that the threshold amount of time has expired and that the user has not initiated recording of the athletic activity, deactivating the signal acquisition process.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the predefined event includes a threshold amount of motion detected by the device.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the non-transitory memory further comprises computer readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to at least:

receive sensor data from the location detection sensor;

determine at least one of a firmware version, a software version and a hardware version of the device; and

determine whether to provide the received sensor data for processing based on the determined at least one of the firmware version, the software version and the hardware version of the device.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the non-transitory memory further comprises computer readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to at least:

select a processing server based on the determined at least one of the firmware version, the software version and the hardware version of the device in response to determining to provide the received sensor data for processing; and

transmit the received sensor data to the selected processing server.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein the location detection sensor is a first sensor and the device further includes a second sensor, and the non-transitory memory further comprises computer readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to at least:

receive a first data set from the location detection sensor;

receive a second data set from the other sensor;

receive a request to display a value for at least one metric, wherein the value is associated with at least one of an amount of athletic activity performance time and an amount of athletic activity performance distance; and

generate the value for the at least one metric for display using the first data set when the at least one of the amount of athletic activity performance time and the amount of athletic activity performance distance is above a specified threshold.

11. A device comprising:

a location detection sensor;

a processor; and

a non-transitory memory storing computer readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to at least;

periodically activate a signal acquisition process of the location detection sensor;

determine whether a threshold amount of time has expired since activating the signal acquisition process;

determine whether a user has initiated a recording of an athletic activity; and

in response to determining that the threshold amount of time has expired and that the user has not initiated recording of the athletic activity, deactivating the signal acquisition process.