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Age-based heart rate target zone method and apparatus
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Inventors: Fabrizio, Robert A.;
Assignee: Acumen, Inc. (Sterling, VA)
Primary Examiner: Getzow; Scott M.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Crowell & Moring LLP
A method and apparatus utilizes conventional wireless heart rate monitor technology by providing a person with the ability to set upper and lower heart rates, i.e. a target zone, merely by inputting his or her age. Depending upon the physical conditioning of the user, the upper and/or lower limits can be selectively changed. The user also has the capability to program a desired time accumulation goal within the target zone and to observe, both during and after the exercise period, how much time has accumulated inside the target zone. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS A typical wristwatch heart rate monitor designated by the numeral 10 is shown in FIG.
1 in which an exemplary heart rate of 125 bpm is currently displayed on the face 11.
In the following discussion, it will be recognized, however, that the same data and operation can be integrated in a pedometer-type belt-clip monitor designated by the numeral 20 in which the user clips the monitor to his or her belt or clothes and reads the heart rate data looking downwardly into the display area 21 at the top of the monitor.
In either case, the design of the electronic circuitry using conventional components and techniques will now be apparent to one skilled in the art and, for example, in one embodiment can be implemented in accordance with the circuit designated by the numeral 30 in FIG.
3 which uses an LCD display 31 electrically connected with a MPU 32 and associated circuitry such as the receiver ASIC 33 for receiving the heart rate data from the belt (not shown) via wireless transmission, a light control circuit 34 for controlling the display lighting using known EL technology, and the several switches designated generally by the numeral 35 for various functions such as the "SET" and "MODE" buttons described above.
The data found in the table of FIG.
4 assigns a lower heart rate limit, upper heart rate limit and maximum heart rate limit for a particular set of ages, in this example ages 20 through 65.
The data can be programmed into the microprocessor of a circuit of the type shown in FIG.
3.
Again, it will be clearly understood that the different age ranges as well as upper and lower limits can be used depending upon the formula employed, although generally speaking there will usually not be a great deal of variation.
Furthermore, the circuitry can be implemented such that the percentages of calculating the upper and lower limits can be selectively modified as, for example, the progress of the person wearing the monitor permits higher limits.
In using the monitor of either FIG
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