SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE

• Main Authors: RENNER, Klaus, BLAIR, Kim, B, PEASE, Ethan, MURPHY, Sean, B, PETRECCA, Katherine, FULLUM, Jean-Francois, TENBROEK, Trampas, ROW, Gordon, WAWROUSEK, Chris
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 04.09.2019
• Subjects: ADVERTISING; AMUSEMENTS; APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING,CLIMBING, OR FENCING; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND,DEAF OR MUTE; BALL GAMES; CALCULATING; CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; COMPUTING; COUNTING; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGRAMS; DISPLAY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; FOOTWEAR; GAMES; GLOBES; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEASURING; MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; NAVIGATION; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY; PHYSICS; PLANETARIA; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; SEALS; SPORTS; SURGERY; SURVEYING; TESTING; TRAINING EQUIPMENT

The invention relates to devices and methods for monitoring one or more athletic performance characteristic of a user. An example apparatus includes a sensing unit adapted to be attachable to a shoe of a user, the sensing unit including a first sensor adapted to monitor an movement of a foot of the user while the user is in motion, the first sensor comprising a gyroscopic sensor, processing means for determining a first performance characteristic of the user based upon an output from the first sensor, the first performance characteristic comprising a foot strike location of a foot of the user upon striking a ground surface, and transmitting means for transmitting a data package representative of the performance characteristic to a remote receiver.