Athletic watch

• US 9,977,405 B2
• Filed: 08/15/2017
• Issued: 05/22/2018
• 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
• Application Number:
  US15/677,293
• Publication Number:
  US 20170343963A1
• Time in Patent Office: 280 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 non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer readable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a processor to:

receive a user instruction to initiate an athletic performance recording session for recording an athletic performance;

provide a list of multiple sensors for detecting performance metrics of the athletic performance;

receive user configuration of at least one of the multiple sensors, the user configuration indicating whether the at least one of the multiple sensors is to be used during the athletic performance;

activate a sensor initiation process with each of a plurality of sensors configured to be used during the athletic performance;

provide, in response to detection of too many sensors during the sensor initiation process, instructions to a user to move in a specified direction;

determine that the sensor initiation process is successful with at least one of the plurality of sensors configured to be used during the athletic performance;

determine a validity of a data set received from the at least one of the plurality of sensors configured to be used during the athletic performance; and

in response to determining that the data set is valid, provide an athletic performance recording start option.

2. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the specified direction is selected as a direction away from the detected too many sensors associated with other users in close proximity to the user.

3. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein prior to the validity of the data set being established for the at least one of the plurality of sensors, the athletic performance recording start option is not provided to the user.

4. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the determining the validity of the data set further includes determining a signal strength with which the data set was acquired, and comparing the signal strength with a threshold signal strength.

5. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 4, wherein the data set is determined to be invalid when a specified amount of data in the data set was acquired with a signal strength below the threshold signal strength.

6. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the determining the validity of the data set further includes comparing a data signal associated with the data set to a predefined signal pattern.

7. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the determining the validity of the data set further includes comparing a duration of a data signal associated with the data set to a predefined threshold signal duration.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the determining the validity of the data set further includes determining an amount of data missing in the data set.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the data set is determined to be invalid when a threshold amount of data is missing from the data set.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the sensor initiation process includes establishing data communications with a corresponding sensor.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the sensor initiation process includes insuring that consistent data is received from the at least one of the plurality of sensors for a specified amount of time.

12. A device comprising:

a processor; and

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

receive a user instruction to initiate an athletic performance recording session for recording an athletic performance;

activate a sensor initiation process with a sensor configured to be used during the athletic performance;

provide, in response to detection of too many sensors during the sensor initiation process, instructions to a user to move in a specified direction;

determine that the sensor initiation process is successful with the sensor configured to be used during the athletic performance;

determine a validity of a data set received from the sensor configured to be used during the athletic performance; and

in response to determining that the data set is valid, provide an athletic performance recording start option,

wherein prior to a link being established with the sensor, the athletic performance recording start option is not provided to the user.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the specified direction is selected as a direction away from the detected too many sensors associated with other users in close proximity to the user.

14. The device of claim 12, wherein prior to a link being established with the sensor, the athletic performance recording start option is not provided to the user.

15. The device of claim 12, wherein the determining the validity of the data set further includes determining a signal strength with which the data set was acquired, and comparing the signal strength with a threshold signal strength.

16. The device of claim 12, wherein the determining the validity of the data set further includes determining an amount of data missing in the data set.

17. The device of claim 12, wherein the determining the validity of the data set further includes comparing a data signal associated with the data set to a predefined signal pattern.

18. The device of claim 12, wherein determining the validity of the data set includes comparing geographic location data of the data set to geographic location data of a predefined activity route.

19. The device of claim 12, wherein the sensor is a location-aware sensor.

20. The device of claim 12, wherein the sensor is an accelerometer.