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AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsRobert A. Rust, Barry J. Oldfield
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A method and apparatus for monitoring the movement of an object traversing a circuit and outputting data with respect thereto. Lap events are recorded and used to calculate a total lap count, split time, and elapsed time for an event that includes the repetitive traversing of a circuit. Physiologic data is monitored in the case where the object is a person. A transponder or transmitter is affixed to a user and a signal having limited range is coupled to a communications and display device when the user comes into range of the device. Each such coupling is accumulated as lap event data. Calculations are made to display the lap count and timing information as well as physiologic data. In one embodiment, the device is implemented in a watertight housing and placed at the bottom of a swimming pool. The displayed information is visible to a swimmer wearing the transponder or transmitter. In another embodiment, the display is incorporated into eyewear worn by the person traversing a repetitive circuit.
A system for monitoring the movement of an object traversing a circuit and outputting data with respect thereto, said system comprising:
An apparatus for monitoring the activity of a person traversing a circuit and outputting data with respect thereto, said system comprising:
29 The apparatus of claim 28 wherein the object is a person swimming in a water circuit, and said eyewear is swimmer's goggles.
A method of accumulating and outputting data related to an object traversing a circuit wherein a first wireless communications device is affixed to the object and a second wireless communications device is fixed and operable to communicate with the first communications device when located within at a predetermined proximity thereto, comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.