Portable computing device and analyses of personal data captured therefrom

An exercise analysis platform comprising:

• a. a personal computing device comprising a processor, an onboard memory, an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a display, and a communications element, the device configured to provide an personal exercise analysis application comprising:
• i. a software module configured to receive acceleration data from the accelerometer and angular velocity data from the gyroscope, the acceleration data and the angular velocity data associated with the bodily motion of a user in three dimensions;
• ii. a software module configured to transmit the acceleration data and angular velocity data to an exercise analysis server application;
• b. a server processor configured to provide the exercise analysis server application comprising:
• i. a database of statistical exercise models, the exercise models generated from acceleration data, angular velocity data, and repetitions of the user performing an exercise;
• ii. a software module configured to receive acceleration data and angular velocity data from the personal computing device;
• iii. a software module configured to apply a probabilistic analysis to the acceleration data and the angular velocity data to identify an exercise event, classify the exercise by comparison to one or more of the statistical exercise models, and simultaneously or in parallel identify repetitions of the exercise;
• iv. a software module configured to apply a statistical analysis to the acceleration data or the angular velocity data to score the user's exercise form.

Non-transitory computer-readable storage media encoded with instructions executable by a processor to perform personal exercise analysis, the instructions comprising:

• a. a software module configured to receive data from a personal computing device comprising an accelerometer and a gyroscope, the data comprising acceleration data from the accelerometer and angular velocity data from the gyroscope, the acceleration data and the angular velocity data associated with the bodily motion of a user in three dimensions;
• b. a software module configured to place the device in a learning mode, the learning mode comprising recording the acceleration data, angular velocity data, and repetitions of the user performing an exercise to generate a statistical exercise model for the exercise;
• c. a software module configured to place the device in a normal mode, the normal mode comprising applying a probabilistic analysis to the acceleration data and the angular velocity data to identify an exercise event, classify the exercise by comparison to a recorded exercise model, and simultaneously or in parallel identify repetitions of the exercise;
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• d. a software module configured to apply a statistical analysis to the acceleration data or the angular velocity data to score the user's exercise form.

Non-transitory computer-readable storage media encoded with a computer program including instructions executable by a processor to create an exercise analysis server application comprising:

• a. a database of statistical exercise models, the exercise models generated from acceleration data, angular velocity data, and repetitions transmitted by a personal computing device associated with a user performing an exercise, the acceleration data and the angular velocity data each comprising data for X, Y, and Z-axes, the device in a learning mode;
• b. a software module configured to receive acceleration data and angular velocity data transmitted by the personal computing device associated with a user performing an exercise, the device in a normal mode;
• c. a software module configured to apply a probabilistic analysis to the received acceleration data and angular velocity data to identify an exercise event, classify the exercise by comparison to one or more of the statistical exercise models, and simultaneously or in parallel identify repetitions of the exercise;
• d. a software module configured to apply a statistical analysis to the received acceleration data or angular velocity data to score the user's exercise form.