Swim watch
AssigneeGarmin Switzerland GmbH
InventorsDavid J. Downey, Kristin M. Massoth
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Abstract
A watch device for use by a swimmer while swimming in a body of water. The watch device may generally comprise a housing, a location determining component disposed within the housing and operable to receive one or more satellite signals to determine a current geographic location of the housing, and a processing system. The processing system may synchronize the location determining component with the swimmer's arm movement so that the location determining component can determine the current geographic location of the housing.
Claims25
A watch device for use by a swimmer while swimming in a body of water, the watch device comprising:
- a housing;
- a location determining component disposed within the housing and operable to receive one or more signals to determine a current geographic location of the housing;
- and
- a processing system disposed within the housing and coupled with the location determining component, the processing system operable to synchronize the location determining component with the swimmer's arm movement so that the location determining component is operable to determine the current geographic location of the housing.
A watch device for use by a swimmer while swimming in a body of water, the watch device comprising:
- a waterproof housing;
- a display;
- a location determining component disposed within the housing and operable to receive one or more satellite signals to determine a current geographic location of the housing;
- an inertial sensor disposed within the housing and operable to sense movement of the housing;
- and
- a processing system disposed within the housing and coupled with the location determining component and the inertial sensor, the processing system operable to—
- synchronize the location determining component with the swimmer's arm movement based on the movement sensed by the inertial sensor so that the location determining component is operable to determine the current geographic location of the housing,
- generate a track log based on locations determined by the location determining component,
- generate performance information for the swimmer using information selected from the group consisting of locations determined by the location determining component, movement sensed by the inertial sensor, and combinations thereof, and
- control the display to present an indication of the generated track log and performance information.
A method for synchronizing a location determining component housed within a watch device worn by a swimmer while swimming in body of water, the method comprising:
- sensing movement of the watch device using an inertial sensor;
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- synchronizing the location determining component with the swimmer's arm movement based on the movement sensed by the inertial sensor so that the location determining component is operable to determine the current geographic location of the watch device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.