Supporting the monitoring of a physical activity
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsMichael I. Ingrassia, JR., Eugene Dvortsov
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Abstract
Improved techniques and systems for utilizing a portable electronic device to monitor, process, present and manage data captured by a remote sensor during a physical activity session are disclosed. The portable electronic device offers a convenient user interface that can be visual and/or audio based customized to a particular application, user-friendly and/or dynamic. The portable electronic device can pertain to a personal media device and thus also provide media playback.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- detecting, by a sensor of a system, ambient activity;
- generating, by a processor of the system, ambient activity data in accordance with the detected ambient activity by the sensor, the ambient activity data including physical ambient activity data;
- recognizing, by the processor, relevant ambient activity data from irrelevant ambient activity data by comparing the physical ambient activity data to a pattern of physical activity data;
- receiving, by the processor, a starting trigger, the starting trigger causing the processor to initiate a physical activity session;
- receiving physical activity data from the sensor during the physical activity session;
- and
- processing, by the processor, the physical activity data and the recognized ambient activity data in a manner in accordance with the physical activity session.
A personal electronic device adapted for assisting a user during a physical activity session, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a sensor in communication with the sensor and arranged to detect an ambient activity and
- provide corresponding ambient activity data to the processor, where the ambient activity data includes physical ambient activity data, and wherein the processor performs operations comprising:
- recognizing relevant ambient activity data from irrelevant ambient activity data by comparing the physical ambient activity data to a pattern of physical activity data;
- responding to a starting trigger by starting a physical activity session;
- receiving physical activity data from the sensor during the physical activity session;
- and
- processing the physical activity data and the recognized ambient activity data in a manner in accordance with the physical activity session.
A non-transitory, computer readable medium for storing computer code executable by a processor in a personal electronic device, comprising:
- computer code for generating ambient activity data in accordance with the ambient activity detected by a sensor, where the ambient activity data includes physical ambient activity data;
- computer code for recognizing relevant ambient activity data from the sensor from irrelevant ambient activity data by comparing the physical ambient activity data to a pattern of physical activity data;
- computer code for triggering a physical activity session;
- computer code for receiving physical activity data in accordance with the physical activity session;
- and
- computer code for processing the recognized ambient activity data and the physical activity data from the sensor in a manner in accordance with the physical activity session.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.