Pedometer
AssigneeSeiko Instruments Inc.
InventorTomohiro Ihashi
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Abstract
To provide a pedometer capable of measuring a number of steps in walking and in running by using one sensor and by a small circuit scale. A sensor is mounted on the arm such that a sensitivity axis on the sensor is disposed in a length direction of the arm and a number of steps is measured in walking and in running. When a measuring mode is a walking mode, a detecting signal from the sensor is counted as one step, when the measuring mode is a running mode, the detecting signal from the sensor is counted as two steps to thereby accurately measure a number of steps in accordance with the measuring mode.
Claims10
A pedometer comprising:
- one sensor for detecting a physical motion of the measured person and outputting a detecting signal in correspondence therewith;
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- step number calculating means for calculating a number of steps based on the detecting signal of the sensor;
- wherein the pedometer is used by being mounted to the arm of a measured person such that a sensitivity axis is disposed in a length direction of the arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.