Electronically Triggered Personal Athletic Device
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsEdward L. Boyd, Charles W. Case, JR.
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Abstract
A personal athletic device is worn by a runner during a race. A race course is provided with a plurality of mats along the race course. The mats have antennas and generate a magnetic field. The personal athletic device has a chip system having an RFID tag and a display. As the runner progress along the course, the RFID tag is triggered at each mat and race data is displayed on the device.
Claims16
A device comprising:
- a transceiver configured to receive signals during an athletic event, wherein the signals cause the device to automatically determine one or more measured times for an athlete during the athletic event;
- at least one processor;
- and
- memory operatively coupled to the at least one processor and storing computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause the device to:
- receive one or more user-defined split times;
- transmit, through the transceiver during an athlete registration process for the athletic event, personal information specific to the athlete stored in the memory, the athlete registration process occurring prior to a start of the athletic event;
- detect electronic signals generated along a course associated with the athletic event during the athletic event;
- in response to detecting the electronic signals generated along the course:
- display a first type of performance metric of the athlete in the athletic event for a predefined amount of time;
- and
- upon expiration of the predefined amount of time, automatically display a second type of performance metric of the athlete.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a wearable device, one or more user-defined split times for an athletic event;
- transmitting, through a transceiver of the wearable device during an athlete registration process for the athletic event, personal information specific to the athlete stored in the memory, the athlete registration process occurring prior to a start of the athletic event;
- detecting, by the wearable device during the athletic event, electronic signals generated along a course associated with the athletic event;
- in response to detecting the electronic signals generated along the course:
- displaying, by the wearable device, a first type of performance metric of the athlete in the athletic event for a predefined amount of time;
- and
- upon expiration of the predefined amount of time, automatically displaying, by the wearable device, a second type of performance metric of the athlete.
The method of claim 13, further comprising perpetually displaying, by a display coupled to the transceiver, an indication of the athlete's performance at the conclusion of the timed event.
The method of claim 13, further comprising perpetually displaying, by the display coupled to the transceiver, an elapsed time for the timed event at the conclusion of the timed event.
The method of claim 13, further comprising transmitting, by the wearable device, an indication of the athlete's performance to a remote system during the timed event.
One or more non-transitory computer readable media storing computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause a wearable device to:
- receive one or more user-defined split times for an athletic event;
- transmit, through a transceiver of the wearable device during an athlete registration process for the timed event, personal information specific to the athlete, the athlete registration process occurring prior to a start of the athletic event;
- detect electronic signals generated along a course associated with the athletic event during the athletic event;
- in response to detecting the electronic signals generated along the course:
- display a first type of performance metric of the athlete in the athletic event for a predefined amount of time;
- and
- upon expiration of the predefined amount of time, automatically display a second type of performance metric of the athlete.
A method comprising:
- receive, by a wearable device, one or more user-defined split times for an athletic event;
- detect, by the wearable device during the athletic event, electronic signals generated along a physical event course associated with the athletic event;
- in response to detecting an electronic signal generated along the course:
- determine a current geographic location of the athlete including receiving a signal from a geographic location determination system;
- and
- display predefined location information describing the geographic location of the athlete along the course.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.