Group Performance Monitoring System and Method
Assigneeadidas AG
InventorsMeg Susan BURICH, Qaizar HASSONJEE, Roger ARMITAGE, Markus STRECKER, Hagen DIESTERBECK
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Abstract
The present invention provides group performance monitoring systems and methods. In one exemplary embodiment, a group monitoring device includes a display configured to display, during an athletic activity, a plurality of individual performance metrics relating to a plurality of individuals engaged in the athletic activity, each individual performance metric relating to one of the plurality of individuals; and an input to manipulate the display.
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1-8. (canceled)
A system for monitoring a plurality of individuals engaged in an athletic activity, the system comprising:
- a plurality of individual monitors, each individual monitor comprising a pod having a housing and a sensor contained within the housing;
- a plurality of garments, each garment having a pocket and configured to be worn by one of the plurality of individuals during the athletic activity, wherein, during the athletic activity, each individual monitor is disposed in the pocket of one of the plurality of garments and configured to determine data of one of the plurality of individuals and wirelessly transmit the data;
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- a group monitoring device configured to wirelessly receive and display the data of the plurality of individuals during the athletic activity such that data of one of the plurality of individuals can be compared with data of another one or more of the plurality of individuals.
A method for monitoring a plurality of individuals engaged in an athletic activity, the method comprising:
- collecting data from a plurality of individual monitors during the athletic activity, each individual monitor comprising a pod having a housing and a sensor contained within the housing, and wherein each individual monitor is coupled to one of the plurality of individuals and configured to determine the data of one of the plurality of individuals and wirelessly transmit the data during the athletic activity;
- determining performance metrics of the plurality of individuals based on the data;
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- displaying the performance metrics during the athletic activity on a group monitoring device such that the performance metrics of one of the plurality of individuals can be compared with the performance metrics of another one or more of the plurality of individuals.
A system for monitoring a plurality of individuals engaged in an athletic activity, the system comprising:
- a plurality of individual monitors, each individual monitor comprising a pod having a housing, a display, and a position sensor, wherein the position sensor is contained within the housing, and wherein each individual monitor is coupled to one of the plurality of individuals and configured to determine data of one of the plurality of individuals and wirelessly transmit the data during the athletic activity;
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- a group monitoring device configured to wirelessly receive and display the data of the plurality of individuals during the athletic activity such that data of one of the plurality of individuals can be compared with data of another one or more of the plurality of individuals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.