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US 5,685,722 AGranted
Electronic timing swimmer's goggles
AssigneeU.S. Divers Co., Inc.
InventorSerge Taba
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Abstract
A swimmer's goggles incorporating an electronic timer and display for displaying the times of a swimmer with a display accessible to a swimmer connected to the goggles. An accelerometer is used to determine a swimmer's movement with an electronic circuit for processing the information from the accelerometer to determine a swimmer's movements and time between movements.
Claims23
A swimmer's goggles incorporating an electronic timer and display for displaying the times of a swimmer comprising:
- a pair of goggles having at least one lens therein;
- a display means accessible to a swimmer connected to said goggles;
- accelerometer means to determine a swimmer's movement;
- and,
- an electronic circuit for processing information from said accelerometer means to determine a swimmer's movements including a memory and comparator circuit connected to said accelerometer means for comparing movement based upon the information in said memory, and said memory is connected to said display means for showing a calculated lap time.
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A pair of goggles with an electronic timer and display comprising:
- a pair of goggles which have lens means therein for a swimmer to look through;
- an electronic circuit having a display connected thereto for displaying information to a swimmer which the swimmer can view;
- an accelerometer means connected to said circuit for detecting movement of the swimmer;
- means for comparing the movement of the swimmer;
- means within said circuit for processing said movement so as to indicate starting movements, turning movements and continuous movements of said swimmer as reflected by the movement of said accelerometer means.
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A method for measuring a swimmer's lap time and total time comprising:
- providing goggles to a swimmer;
- providing an electronic circuit means with a display for view by a swimmer;
- providing accelerometer means connected to said circuit means;
- detecting movement of said accelerometer means;
- processing said movements for purposes of establishing a swimmer's time, and;
- establishing the start of a swimmer by said accelerometer means initially moving.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.