US 7,428,471 B2 · Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot

Abstract

A user in locomotion on foot during an outing may identify a grade of a surface with at least one device supported by the user. A performance parameter of the user may be determined with the device based upon the grade of the surface, which may be based upon a measured physiological parameter of the user. An average foot contact time and an average pace of a user during a first outing may be identified and a relationship between them may be determined. No other average foot contact times or average paces identified during a different outing may be used to define the relationship. A single user-specific calibration contestant may define a relationship between foot contact times of a user and corresponding paces of the user, wherein no other user-specific calibration constants are used to define the relationship.

Claims5

Dependent claims

A method, comprising steps of:

(a) identifying an average foot contact time o a user during a first outing;
(b) identifying an average pace of the user during the first outing;
(c) determining a relationship between foot contact times of the user and corresponding paces of the user, wherein the relationship is based upon the average foot contact time and the average pace identified during the first outing, and wherein no other average foot contact times and no other average paces identified during any different outings by the user are used to define the relationship;
(d) determining at least one foot contact time of the user during a second outing;
and
(e) calculating a pace of the user during the second outing based upon the determined at least one foot contact time and the determined relationship between foot contact times of the user and corresponding paces of the user.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

11/588,589Filed 27 Oct 2006 · continuation

Priority

2 Oct 1997

Published

US 2007/0061105 A115 Mar 2007

Granted

23 Sep 2008

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification45 codes

G01C 22/006
Measuring distance traversed on the ground by vehicles, persons, animals or other moving solid bodies, e.g. using odometers, using pedometers:…
A43B 3/0031
Footwear characterised by the shape or the use: provided with a pocket, e.g. for keys or a card
A43B 3/0078
Characterised by a special shape or design: provided with logos, letters, signatures or the like decoration
A43B 3/34
Footwear characterised by the shape or the use: with electrical or electronic arrangements

Family

Application08/942,802Parent of this continuation · filed 2 Oct 1997

Application09/164,654Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 1 Oct 1998

Application09/364,559Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 30 Jul 1999

Application09/382,049Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 24 Aug 1999

Application09/521,073Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 7 Mar 2000

Application09/548,217Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 12 Apr 2000

Application09/547,976Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 12 Apr 2000

Application09/547,977Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 12 Apr 2000

Application09/547,975Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 12 Apr 2000

Application09/643,191Parent of this continuation · filed 21 Aug 2000

Application11/098,788Parent of this continuation · filed 4 Apr 2005

US 2007/0061105 A1Pre-grant publication · published 15 Mar 2007

US 7,200,517 B2Parent of this continuation

US 6,898,550 B1Parent of this continuation

US 6,122,340 AParent of this continuation-in-part

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US 6,560,903 B1Parent of this continuation-in-part

US 6,052,654 AParent of this continuation-in-part

US 6,018,705 AParent of this continuation

Application09/364,559Parent of this continuation

US 6,336,365 B1Parent of this continuation-in-part

US 2006/0020421 A1Published application

US 7,428,471 B2This patent

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Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot

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Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot

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Abstract

Claims5