METHOD OF MONITORING AND TRACKING ATHLETIC ACTIVITY

• Main Authors: MICHAEL T HOFFMAN, NIMS JASON, CRANKSON KWAMINA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 28.09.2017
• Subjects: AMUSEMENTS; APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING,CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; DIAGNOSIS; GAMES; HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING ORPROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PHYSICS; SPORTS; SURGERY; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRAINING EQUIPMENT

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of monitoring and tracking athletic activity that involves continuously repetitive motion, such as running, walking and bicycling.SOLUTION: Tracking and monitoring athletic activity offers individuals with additional motivation to continue such behavior. An individual can track his or her athletic activity by completing goals. These goals may be represented by real-world objects such as food items, landmarks, buildings, statues, other physical structures, toys. Each object can correspond to an athletic activity goal and require an amount of the athletic activity to complete the goal. For example, a donut goal object can correspond to an athletic activity goal of burning 350 calories. A user can progress from one goal object to another one by one.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 34 【課題】走行、歩行、および自転車などの、連続的な反復動作を包含する運動活動をモニタリングおよび追跡する方法を提供する。【解決手段】運動活動の追跡およびモニタリングは、個人に、そのような行為を継続するためのさらなる動機付けを与える。個人は、目標を完了することにより自分の運動活動を追跡することができる。これらの目標は、現実世界の物体、例えば食品、ランドマーク、建物、像、他の物理的構造物、玩具などによって表されうる。各物体は運動活動目標に対応させることができ、該目標を完了するためには特定量の運動活動が必要となる。例えば、ドーナツ形の目標物体を、３５０カロリーを燃焼させるという運動活動目標に対応させることができる。ユーザーは目標物体を１つずつ進捗することができる。【選択図】図３４