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US 2011/0087137 A1Published application
Mobile fitness and personal caloric management system
OwnerReed Hanouninventor
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A user's personal biometric information such as age, sex, weight, height as well as the user's lifestyle information, such as daily caloric input, job description, smoker status and physical fitness, is uploaded onto a host computer. Target heart rate, energy and/or caloric consumption levels related to desired fitness and weight loss goals for a particular individual are then selected having regard to fitness levels for an individual of comparable age, and consuming similar calories are then downloaded to a caloric monitoring unit. The caloric monitoring unit is provided for measuring the user's heart rate and dynamic energy and/or caloric expenditure over one to four weeks. The caloric monitoring unit includes a heart rate monitor, a unit accelerometer, a global positioning system (GPS), and an audio and/or video output. The audio/video output is operable to provide information and/or motivational prompts to the user in the event the heart rate, energy expenditure and/or caloric expenditure falls below or exceeds pre-selected target expenditures over a particular time segment of the selected time period having regard to the calories which are consumed. A display provides a continuously updated visual indication of whether or not the use has achieved the pre-selected optimum caloric burn or energy expenditure for that particular time segment. An internal calendar/clock, a processor and/or memory in the caloric monitoring unit compares measured heart rate and energy expenditures for multiple time segments against target levels stored as the user-specific fitness programme tailored to achieve the desired weight loss. The comparison is then used to generate compliance output data to either the user and/or a nutritionist.
A fitness monitoring and coaching system for ensuring a user's compliance with a preselected fitness program over a selected time period, the system comprising, a data management system including, a reference database for storing datafiles providing preferred target heart rate and joule expenditure standards for a plurality of exercise programs, said exercise programs correlated to a user's biometric parameter and a lifestyle profile parameter, said biometric parameters comprising at least one of said user's age and weight, a client database for storing input client data indicative of said user's biometric parameters and a lifestyle profile information for said user, a processing unit operable to output as said pre-selected fitness program a selected one of said exercising programs correlated to said input client data, a wearable monitoring device for communicating with said data management system and being operable to measure said user's caloric and/or joule expenditure over the selected time period, the monitoring device including, an internal clock, a display, memory for storing said pre-selected exercise program as downloaded user specific heart rate and joule expenditure standards over the selected time period, an output for outputting heart rate data signals indicative of said user's actual measured or estimated heart rate over the selected time, an accelerometer for monitoring and outputting joule data signals indicative of at least one of movement by said user;
A monitoring system for monitoring and validating compliance with a pre-selected fitness program by a user, the system including, a data management system including, a reference database for storing a plurality of datafiles providing preferred target heart rate and caloric and/or joule expenditure standards for a plurality of exercise and nutrition programs correlated to a selected target weight and fitness profile, and at least one pre-selected biometric parameter selected from a user's age, and weight, a client database for storing client data indicative of biometric parameters of said user, a processing unit operable to output as said pre-selected fitness program a selected one of said exercise and nutrition programs which correlates at least in part to at least one of said user's weight and fitness profile, and said pre-selected biometric parameters,
A method of using a wearable monitoring device for validating a user's compliance with an exercise program, the wearable monitoring device including an output for outputting heart rate data signals indicative of said user's actual measured or estimated heart rate, and an accelerometer for monitoring and outputting caloric and/or joule data signals indicative of at least one of movement by said user and physical force on at least part of said user's body, the method comprising, providing a reference database storing a plurality of datafiles for preferred target heart rate and caloric and/or joule expenditure standards for a plurality of fitness programs, said fitness programs correlated to a pre-selected biometric parameters and target weight and/or fitness levels, said biometric parameters comprising at least said user's age and weight, providing a client database storing input client data indicative of a user's age and weight,
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