US 11,229,399 B2Granted

System and method for monitoring efficiency versus fatigue

AssigneeUnder Armour, Inc.

InventorsMark A. Oleson, F. Grant Kovach, Nathan Dau, Angela Nelligan

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Abstract

A receiver apparatus is configured to receive a first and second signal from one or more sensors, the first signal comprising a measure of one or more exercise parameters of the user at a first time period of an exercise session, and the second signal comprising a measure of the one or more exercise parameters at a second time period. A processor is configured to store the first and second signals in a memory, generate a fatigue signal based on a comparison of the measured one or more exercise parameters of the first signal to the respective measured one or more exercise parameters of the second signal, generate an exercise efficiency signal based on a comparison of the measured one or more exercise parameters of the second signal to an a priori exercise parameter threshold, and cause the exercise efficiency signal and the fatigue signal to be simultaneously displayed.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A device for use by a user, the device comprising:

a receiver apparatus configured to:
receive a first signal comprising a measure of one or more exercise parameters of the user at a first time period of an exercise session, the first signal being received from one or more sensors;
receive a second signal comprising a measure of the one or more exercise parameters of the user at a second time period of the exercise session, the second time period different from the first time period, the second signal being received from the one or more sensors;
and
a processor configured to:
store the first and second signals in a memory associated to the processor;
generate a fatigue signal based on a comparison of the measured one or more exercise parameters of the first signal to the respective measured one or more exercise parameters of the second signal;
generate an exercise efficiency signal based on a comparison of the measured one or more exercise parameters of the second signal to an a priori exercise parameter threshold;
and
cause the exercise efficiency signal and the fatigue signal to be simultaneously displayed on a display device.

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A method comprising:

receiving a first detected signal based on a first parameter detected at a first time, the first parameter comprising at least one of:
a heartrate of the user, a cadence of the user, a speed of the user, and a loft of a foot of the user;
receiving a second detected signal based on a second parameter detected at a second time, the second parameter either (i) a different parameter than the first parameter and comprising at least one of:
the heartrate of the user, the cadence of the user, the speed of the user, and the loft of the foot of the user, wherein the second parameter is detected at the first time, or (ii) a same parameter as the first parameter;
and
generating, via an efficiency generating component, an efficiency signal;
wherein, when the second parameter is a same parameter as the first parameter, the efficiency signal is generated based on a comparison of the first detected signal to the second detected signal;
and
wherein, when the second detected parameter is a different parameter than the first parameter, the efficiency signal is generated based on a comparison of the first detected signal and the second detected signal to respective predetermined thresholds therefor.

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A non-transitory, tangible, computer-readable media having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, the computer-readable instructions being capable of being read by a computer and being capable of instructing the computer to:

receive a first sensed parameter of the user at a first time, the first sensed parameter selected from a first group of parameters for the user;
receive a second sensed parameter of the user at a second time, the second sensed parameter comprising at least (i) a different one of the first group or (ii) at least one of a second group;
generate an efficiency signal;
generate a fatigue signal;
and
display at least one of the efficiency signal and the fatigue signal;
wherein, when the second sensed parameter comprises a member of the second group, the generation of the efficiency signal and/or the fatigue signal comprises a comparison of the first sensed parameter to the second sensed parameter;
and
wherein, when the second sensed parameter comprises a member of the first group, the generation of the efficiency signal and/or the fatigue signal comprises a comparison of each of the first and second sensed parameters to respective thresholds therefor.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/274,972Filed 13 Feb 2019 · continuation
Priority: 28 Mar 2016
Published: US 2019/0175102 A113 Jun 2019
Granted: 25 Jan 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

A61B 5/486
Other medical applications: biofeedback
A61B 5/0205
Detecting, measuring or recording for evaluating the cardiovascular system, e.g. pulse, heart rate, blood pressure or blood flow: simultaneously…
A61B 5/112
Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor or mobility of a limb: gait analysis
A61B 5/02438
Measuring pulse rate or heart rate: with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient

Family

Application15/082,402Parent of this continuation · filed 28 Mar 2016
US 2019/0175102 A1Pre-grant publication · published 13 Jun 2019
US 10,251,596 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2017/0273615 A1Published application
US 11,229,399 B2This patent

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