# US 2014/0197965 A1 · Portable monitoring devices and methods of operating the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0197965 A1 - Document ID: US20140197965A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/062,717 - Filed: 2013-10-24 - Published: 2014-07-17 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-15 - Assignees: Fitbit, Inc. - Applicants: Fitbit, Inc. - Inventors: James Park; Shelten Gee Jao Yuen; Eric Nathan Friedman; Christine Boomer Brumback - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140197965A1 ## CPC - G08B 21/0446: {worn on the body to detect changes of posture, e.g. a fall, inclination, acceleration, gait} - A61B 5/0002: {Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network (endoradiosondes A61B5/07)} - A61B 5/002: {Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building (A61B5/0017 takes precedence)} - A61B 5/0022: {Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet} - A61B 5/01: Measuring temperature of body parts {; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue} (clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20) - A61B 5/02055: {Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature} - A61B 5/021: Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels - A61B 5/024: Measuring pulse rate or heart rate - A61B 5/1118: {Determining activity level} - A61B 5/4806: {Sleep evaluation (A61B5/4821 takes precedence; devices for inducing sleep A61M21/02)} - A61B 5/681: {Wristwatch-type devices} - A61B 5/7475: {User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick} - G06F 16/22: Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures - G08B 5/22: using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission - G08B 6/00: Tactile signalling systems, e.g. tactile personal calling systems - G08B 21/02: Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons - G08B 21/06: indicating a condition of sleep, e.g. anti-dozing alarms - G08B 21/18: Status alarms (G08B21/02 takes precedence) - G08B 25/10: using wireless transmission systems {(G08B25/009 takes precedence)} - G08C 17/02: using a radio link - G16H 40/67: for remote operation - G16Z 99/00: Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass - A61B 2562/0219: Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches - G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G08C: TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILAR SIGNALS (fluid pressure transmitting systems F15B; mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member into a different variable G01D5/00; mechanical control systems G05G) - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA - G16Z: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract In one aspect of the disclosed implementations, a device includes one or more motion sensors for sensing motion of the device and providing activity data indicative of the sensed motion. The device also includes one or more processors for monitoring the activity data, and receiving or generating annotation data for annotating the activity data with one or more markers or indicators to define one or more characteristics of an activity session. The device also includes one or more feedback devices for providing feedback, a notice, or an indication to a user based on the monitoring. The device further includes a portable housing that encloses at least portions of the motion sensors, the processors and the feedback devices. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device comprising: one or more motion sensors for sensing motion of the device and providing activity data indicative of the sensed motion; one or more processors for: monitoring the activity data; and receiving or generating annotation data for annotating the activity data with one or more markers or indicators to define one or more characteristics of an activity session; one or more feedback devices for providing feedback, a notice, or an indication to a user based on the monitoring; and a portable housing that encloses at least portions of the motion sensors, the processors and the feedback devices. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein: the device further includes a memory; and the processors are further configured to store the activity data or data derived from the activity data in the memory. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The device of claim 2, wherein the processors are further configured to store the annotation data in the memory. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the processors are further configured to determine one or more activity metrics based on the activity data. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The device of claim 4, wherein the processors are further configured to determine one or more activity metrics based on the activity data and the annotation data. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein: the device further includes one or more user input devices included in or on the housing for receiving or sensing user input; and the processors are further configured to receive and interpret the user input received or sensed via the user input devices. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The device of claim 6, wherein the motion sensors themselves also can function as user input devices by sensing a user's touch, tapping, or other physical gesture made on or with the device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein: the device further includes transmitting and receiving circuitry; and the user input is input by the user via an external or remote device and then communicated to the receiving circuitry; and the processors are further configured to receive and interpret the user input received from the receiving circuitry. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The device of claim 8, wherein: the transmitting and receiving circuitry is configured for wireless communication over a computer network; and the user input is input via a web or mobile application. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the device is configured to enable a user to input the annotation data via user input. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The device of claim 10, wherein the user input is input based on a physical interaction with the device that is then interpreted by the processors. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The device of claim 10, wherein the user input is input to an external device that is communicatively-coupled with the device via one or more wired or wireless connections or networks. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The device of claim 10, wherein the device is configured to enable a user to initiate, indicate, or mark a start time or an end time of a user-defined activity session in response to user input received via one the one or more user interface devices. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The device of claim 10, wherein the device is configured to enable a user to indicate a particular user activity performed during a user-defined activity session in response to user input received via one the one or more user interface devices. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the device is configured to automatically annotate the activity data or to generate the annotation data. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The device of claim 15, wherein the device is configured to automatically annotate the activity data or to generate the annotation data based on a device state. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The device of claim 15, wherein the device is configured to automatically annotate the activity data or to generate the annotation data based on an analysis of the activity data. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the processors are configured to automatically determine the activity data to track or the activity metrics to calculate based on the annotation data. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the housing includes a wrist- or arm-band, is configured for physical attachment to or coupling with a wrist- or arm-band, or is configured to be inserted into a wrist- or arm-band. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, further comprising one or more of: one or more gyroscopes, one or more physiological sensors, one or more biometric sensors, one or more altitude sensors, one or more temperature sensors, and one or more heart-rate sensors. ### Claim 21 A method of monitoring one or more activity metrics using a portable monitoring device, comprising: sensing, by one or more motion sensors within the device, motion of the device; outputting, by the one or more motion sensors, activity data indicative of the sensed movement; receiving, by one or more processors within the device, the activity data; receiving or generating, by the one or more processors, annotation data; and annotating the activity data based on the annotation data. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, further comprising receiving the annotation data from a user. ### Claim 23 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, further comprising generating the annotation data based on the activity data. ### Claim 24 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, wherein the processors are further configured to determine or calculate one or more activity metrics based on the activity data and the annotation data. ### Claim 25 A device comprising: one or more motion sensors for sensing motion of the device and providing activity data indicative of the sensed motion; one or more processors for: monitoring the activity data; and switching among a plurality of activity-tracking modes; one or more feedback devices for providing feedback, a notice, or an indication to a user based on the monitoring; and a portable housing that encloses at least portions of the motion sensors, the processors and the feedback devices. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The device of claim 25, wherein the processors are further configured to determine one or more activity metrics based on the activity data. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The device of claim 26, wherein the processors are further configured to determine the one or more activity metrics based on which of the activity-tracking modes is currently active. ### Claim 28 (depends on 25) The device of claim 25, wherein the device is configured to enable a user to set or select a particular activity-tracking mode to switch into based on user input. ### Claim 29 (depends on 25) The device of claim 25, wherein the device is configured to automatically determine or select a particular activity-tracking mode to switch into in response to the activity data. ### Claim 30 (depends on 25) The device of claim 25, wherein the plurality of activity-tracking modes include: one or more activity-specific activity-tracking modes; and a sleep-tracking mode.