Activity monitoring systems and methods
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsCurtis A. Vock, Peter Flentov, Dennis M. Darcy
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Abstract
An activity monitor, comprises housing for attachment to a person; at least one accelerometer disposed within the housing; and a processor disposed within the housing, for processing signals from the accelerometer to assess activity of the person. A method assesses activity of a person, including: sensing acceleration at a first location on the person; processing the acceleration, over time, to assess activity of the person; and wirelessly communicating information indicative of the activity to a second location.
Claims19
A sensor assembly for quantifying the motion of a user, comprising a processor operative to:
- receive a detected spectrum of information describing motion of the sensor;
- identify a portion of the spectrum between a first transition from a first comparatively smooth region to a first comparatively erratic region, and a second transition from a second comparatively erratic region to a second comparatively smooth region;
- identify a duration associated with the identified portion of the spectrum;
- and determine a quantified characteristic of the user's motion associated with the identified duration.
A method for measuring the movement of a user, comprising:
- receiving a spectrum of signals varying over time;
- processing the received spectrum to identify a portion of the spectrum between a first transition from a first comparatively smooth region to a first comparatively erratic region, and a second transition from a second comparatively erratic region to a second comparatively smooth region in the spectrum;
- determining a duration lapsed between the identified two transitions;
- and
- quantifying the movement of the user based on the determined duration.
A method for measuring the movement of a user, comprising:
- receiving a spectrum of signals varying over time;
- processing the received spectrum to identify two transitions in the spectrum, wherein processing further comprises:
- identifying a first transition from a first comparatively smooth region to a first comparatively erratic region;
- and
- identifying a second transition from a second comparatively erratic region to a second comparatively smooth region;
- determining a duration lapsed between the identified two transitions;
- and
- quantifying the movement of the user based on the determined duration.
An electronic device operative to provide a quantified measure of a user's movement to a user, comprising:
- communications circuitry operative to receive a vibration spectrum associated with a user's movement;
- and
- a processor operative to:
- identify a portion of the vibration spectrum between a first transition from a first comparatively smooth region to a first comparatively erratic region, and a second transition from a second comparatively erratic region to a second comparatively smooth region;
- identify a characteristic duration of the portion of the vibration spectrum;
- determine a quantified measure of the user's movement based on the identified characteristic duration;
- and
- provide the determined quantified measure to the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.