Portable monitoring devices and methods of operating same

摘要

The present inventions, in one aspect, are directed to a portable activity monitoring device comprising a housing having a physical size and shape that is adapted to couple to the user's body, a plurality of sensors (for example, motion sensor and altitude sensor) disposed in the housing. The monitoring device may further include processing circuitry, disposed in the housing and electrically coupled to the plurality of sensor, to calculate the activity points corresponding to the physical activity of the user using the sensor data, wherein the activity points correlate to an amount and intensity of the physical activity of the user, and output the data which is representative of the activity points. The monitoring device may also include a display, coupled to the processing circuitry, may output the data which is representative of the activity points to the user.

主权项

1. A portable activity monitoring device to calculate activity points of a user corresponding to physical activity of the user, the portable activity monitoring device comprising:
a housing having a physical size and shape that is adapted to couple to the body of the user; a plurality of sensors, disposed in the housing, configured to generate sensor data which is representative of activity of the user, wherein the plurality of sensors includes an altitude sensor configured to generate altitude data which is representative of an amount of altitude change of the user and a heart rate sensor configured to generate heart rate data which is representative of a heart rate of the user; processing circuitry, disposed in the housing and electrically coupled to the plurality of sensors, configured to:
calculate the activity points of the user using the sensor data, wherein the activity points are based, at least in part, on at least two parameters selected from the group consisting of: metabolic equivalent units (MET) of the user, a parameter based on the altitude data, and a parameter based on the heart rate data; and a display, coupled to the processing circuitry, configured to output the data which is representative of the activity points to the user.