BODY SUPPORTED ACTIVITY AND CONDITION MONITOR

A personal activity monitor (10) adapted to be supported on the body of the user, preferably on the wrist, includes a motion sensor such as an accelerometer to generate electrical signals as a function of body motion. The monitor also includes an electronic clock (18) and a memory for recording sign...

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Main Authors GRIMMER, NEIL, SKOSKIEWICZ, ANDRZEJ, RAGAN, JEANNE, MAULT, JAMES, R, GILMORE, DAVID, GIVECHI, ROSHI
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
Published 20.06.2002
Edition7
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Summary:A personal activity monitor (10) adapted to be supported on the body of the user, preferably on the wrist, includes a motion sensor such as an accelerometer to generate electrical signals as a function of body motion. The monitor also includes an electronic clock (18) and a memory for recording signals representative of the motion of the housing and their time occurrence. User entry keys (14, 16) on the monitor allow the entry of signals representative of the time of food consumption and the beginning and end of exercise activity. Other activity and condition sensors may be supported on the monitor such as pulse rate detector, camera for recording images of food consumed, barcode reader and the like. The output of the memory is useful in weight control and fitness logging systems. A personal activity monitor adapted to be supported on the body of the user, preferably on the wrist, includes a motion sensor such as an accelerometer to generate electrical signals as a function of body motion. The monitor also includes an electronic clock and a memory for recording signals representative of the motion of the housing and their time of occurrence. User entry keys on the monitor allow the entry of signals representative of the time of food consumption and the beginning and end of exercise activity. Other activity and condition sensors may be supported on the monitor such as pluse rate detector, camera for recording images of food consumed, barcode reader and the like. The output of the memory is useful in weight control and fitness logging systems. L'invention porte sur un moniteur d'activité personnel adapté pour être porté sur le corps de l'utilisateur, de préférence au poignet. Ce moniteur comprend un capteur de mouvement tel qu'un accéléromètre qui génère des signaux électriques en fonction du mouvement du corps. Ce moniteur comprend également une horloge électronique et une mémoire d'enregistrement des signaux représentant le mouvement du corps et leur temps d'apparition. Les touches d'entrée utilisateur du moniteur permettent d'entrer des signaux représentant le temps de consommation des aliments et le début et la fin de l'activité. D'autres capteurs d'activité et d'état peuvent être supportés sur le moniteur tel qu'un détecteur de vitesse des pulsations, une caméra d'enregistrement des images des aliments consommés, un lecteur de codes à barres et analogue. La sortie de la mémoire est utile pour des systèmes d'enregistrement du contrôle du poids et de la condition physique.
Bibliography:Application Number: WO2001US50469