Activity Monitors
AssigneeSpeedo International Limited
InventorsTim SHARPE, Dips Patel, Chris Johnson
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Abstract
An activity monitor that is worn by a user for monitoring water-based activities. The activity monitor includes at least one motion sensor, a water sensor, a memory, and a processor. The processor is operable to run an algorithm to calculate activity data based on an output from the motion sensor and to save the activity data to the memory. The processor can be triggered to operate to calculate the activity data and to save it to memory by an output from the water sensor to indicate that the monitor is immersed in water.
Claims25
An activity monitor for water-based activity, the activity monitor adapted to be worn by a user to monitor a water based activity performed by the user, the monitor comprising:
- at least one motion sensor;
- a water sensor;
- a memory;
- and
- a processor operable to run an algorithm to calculate activity data based on an output from the at least one motion sensor and to save the activity data to the memory;
- wherein the processor can be triggered to operate to calculate the activity data and save it to memory by an output from the water sensor to indicate that the monitor is immersed in water.
An activity monitor for water-based activity, the activity monitor adapted to be worn by a user to monitor a water based activity performed by the user, the monitor comprising:
- at least one motion sensor;
- a memory;
- a battery to power the monitor;
- and
- a processor operable to run an algorithm to calculate activity data based on an output from the at least one motion sensor and to save the activity data to the memory;
- wherein the monitor has a sleep mode in which the monitor consumes little or no battery power, a standby mode in which power consumption is higher than the sleep mode but in which the processor is not operating to calculate activity data and an active mode in which the processor is operating to calculate activity data;
- the activity monitor being responsive to a first trigger to switch from sleep mode to standby mode and responsive to a second, different trigger to switch from standby mode to active mode.
A swimsuit in combination with an activity monitor mounted on the swimsuit, wherein:
- the swimsuit comprises a first attachment feature at a predefined location on the suit;
- and
- the activity monitor comprises a second attachment feature that cooperates with the first attachment features to mount the activity monitor on the swimsuit at said predefined location.
A method for recording water-based activity of a person using an activity monitor mounted on the person's body, the activity monitor having a sleep mode in which the monitor consumes little or no battery power, a standby mode in which power consumption is higher than the sleep mode but in which the processor is not operating to calculate activity data and an active mode in which the processor is operating to calculate activity data, the method comprising:
- triggering the activity monitor to switch from the sleep mode to the standby mode;
- when in the standby mode, the activity monitor automatically switching from the standby mode to the active mode when the activity monitor is immersed in water;
- and
- when in the active mode the activity monitor automatically switching from the active mode to the standby mode when the activity monitor is no longer immersed in water.
An activity monitor for monitoring swimming activity, the activity monitor adapted to be worn by a user on the mid-line of the user's torso to monitor a swimming activity performed by the user, the monitor comprising:
- at least one motion sensor;
- and
- a processor operable to run an algorithm to calculate stroke type based on an output from the at least one motion sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.