US 8,712,684 B2Granted

Method of creating exercise routes for a user and related personal navigation device

AssigneeMitac International Corp.

InventorIwan Van Hende

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Abstract

A method of creating an exercise route for a user of a personal navigation device includes receiving a selection of a length of an exercise route to be generated, and generating a first plurality of suggested exercise routes according to a current position of the personal navigation device and the selected length of the exercise route, where each of the first plurality of suggested exercise routes has a starting point and ending point substantially equal to one another and equal to the current position of the personal navigation device. The method further includes displaying the first plurality of suggested exercise routes to the user on a display of the personal navigation device, receiving, from the user, selection of a selected suggested exercise route from the first plurality of suggested exercise routes, and displaying routing instructions on the display of the personal navigation device for the selected suggested exercise route.

Claims24

Dependent claims

A method of creating an exercise route for a user of a personal navigation device, the method comprising:

storing a database in a memory of the personal navigation device, the database comprising geographic data;
receiving a selection of a length of an exercise route to be generated;
generating a first plurality of suggested exercise routes according to a current position of the personal navigation device and the selected length of the exercise route, wherein each of the first plurality of suggested exercise routes has a starting point and ending point substantially equal to one another and equal to the current position of the personal navigation device;
displaying the first plurality of suggested exercise routes to the user on a display of the personal navigation device, wherein after displaying the first plurality of suggested exercise routes to the user on the display of the personal navigation device the method further comprises:
receiving a request from the user to generate a second plurality of suggested exercise routes;
and
generating the second plurality of suggested exercise routes according to the current position of the personal navigation device and the selected length of the exercise route in response to receiving the request from the user to generate the second plurality of suggested exercise routes, wherein each of the second plurality of suggested exercise routes has a starting point and ending point substantially equal to one another and equal to the current position of the personal navigation device, and the second plurality of suggested exercise routes are different than the first plurality of exercise routes;
receiving, from the user, selection of a selected suggested exercise route from the first plurality of suggested exercise routes or the second plurality of suggested exercise routes;
and
displaying routing instructions on the display of the personal navigation device for the selected suggested exercise route.

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A personal navigation device for creating an exercise route for a user of the personal navigation device, comprising:

a memory storing a database comprising geographic data;
a user interface for receiving from the user a selection of a length of an exercise route to be generated;
routing software for generating a first plurality of suggested exercise routes according to a current position of the personal navigation device and the selected length of the exercise route, wherein each of the first plurality of suggested exercise routes has a starting point and ending point substantially equal to one another and equal to the current position of the personal navigation device;
and
a processor for controlling a display of the personal navigation device to display the first plurality of suggested exercise routes to the user, and for controlling the display to display routing instructions for a selected suggested exercise route in response to the user interface receiving from the user selection of the selected suggested exercise route from the first plurality of suggested exercise routes,
wherein in response to the user interface receiving a request from the user to generate a second plurality of suggested exercise routes, the routing software generates the second plurality of suggested exercise routes according to the current position of the personal navigation device and the selected length of the exercise route, wherein each of the second plurality of suggested exercise routes has a starting point and ending point substantially equal to one another and equal to the current position of the personal navigation device, and the second plurality of suggested exercise routes are different than the first plurality of exercise routes.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/461,789Filed 2 May 2012
Published: US 2013/0297201 A17 Nov 2013
Granted: 29 Apr 2014
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

G01C 21/3407
Route searching; Route guidance: specially adapted for specific applications
A61B 5/1112
Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor or mobility of a limb: global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
G01C
Measuring distances, levels or bearings
A61B
Medical diagnosis and surgery