Claims
- 1. A system for determining performance data of a moving person, comprising a monolithic water-tight housing for attachment to the moving person or to a non-motorized vehicle ridden by the person, one or more sensors configured with the housing for generating signals indicative movement, a microprocessor configured within the housing for processing the signals to determine the performance data, and a wireless transmitter configured with the housing for generating wireless signals indicative of the performance data.
- 2. A system of claim 1, further comprising a battery configured within the housing for generating power to the sensor, microprocessor and wireless transmitter.
- 3. A system of claim 1, the sensors comprising one or more of an accelerometer, a pressure sensor, an altimeter, a microphone and a piezoelectric foil, the microprocessor configured to determine, from the signals, one or more of drop distance, height, speed, distance traveled and airtime, as performance data of the moving person.
- 4. A system of claim 1, the sensors comprising a GPS sensor for determining earth location, the microprocessor configured to determine, from the signals, performance data including speed of the moving person.
- 5. A system of claim 4, the microprocessor further configured to determine, from signals of the GPS sensor, one or more of drop distance, airtime, distance traveled and height, as performance data of the moving person.
- 6. A system of claim 4, the GPS sensor and microprocessor configured to receive and process differential GPS information enhance accuracy in determining the speed, drop distance, height, airtime and distance traveled.
- 7. A system of claim 4, further comprising random access memory configured within the housing for storing position information processed by the microprocessor and read only memory configured with the housing for storing a program used by the processor in processing the signals.
- 8. A system of claim 7, the read only memory storing at least one map, the microprocessor configured to identify terrain features near to the person and based on the map.
- 9. A system of claim 4, the GPS sensor and microprocessor being configured within a watch worn by the person.
- 10. A system of claim 4, further comprising means configured within the housing for generating a warning indicating a location of the person to a base station.
- 11. A system of claim 4, the GPS sensor being configured to generate periodic signal measurements, the microprocessor being configured to calculate a distance traveled between each periodic signal measurements and for integrating successive distance traveled calculations to determine one or more of distance traveled, speed, and height off the ground, as the performance data.
- 12. A system of claim 1, the vehicle comprising one or more of a skateboard, a snowboard, a ski, a surf board, and a skate.
- 13. A system of claim 1, further comprising a watch having a wireless receiver for receiving the wireless signals and for displaying the performance data to the person.
- 14. A system of claim 1, the microprocessor being configured to determine, from the signals, one or more of speed, peak speed and an average speed as the performance data, the watch having memory for storing data representative of the speed, peak speed and average speed and having a user interface for accessing the data selectively.
- 15. A method for determining the performance data associated with a moving person, comprising sensing movement of the moving person via one or more sensors attached to the person, processing the signals via a processor attached to the moving person to determine the performance data, and wirelessly communicating the performance data to a remote receiver.
- 16. A method of claim 15, further comprising attaching a microprocessor and one or more of a GPS sensor and accelerometer, as the sensors, to the person or to a non-motorized vehicle ridden by the person.
- 17. A method of claim 15, the step of processing comprising processing the signals to determine one or more of drop distance, speed, height, distance traveled and airtime, as the performance data of the moving person.
- 18. A method of claim 15, the step of wirelessly communicating comprising generating wireless signals at a first location about the person and receiving wireless signals on a watch worn at a second location about the person to display the performance data to the person.
- 19. A method of claim 18, further comprising the steps of determining one or more of a speed, peak speed and an average speed as the performance data, and storing data representative of the speed, peak speed and average speed in the watch.
- 20. A wearable sensor system, comprising at least one sensor integrated with an article of clothing for generating a signal indicative of movement of a person wearing the article of clothing, a processor integrated with the article of clothing for processing the signal to determine one or more performance data, and a wireless transmitter integrated with the clothing for generating wireless signals indicative of the performance data.
- 21. A system of claim 20, the article of clothing comprising a shoe, the sensor being integrated within a tongue of the shoe.
- 22. A system of claim 20, the article of clothing comprising a pant, the sensor being responsive to bending of the pant.
- 23. A system of claim 20, the sensor comprising one or more of a FSR, an accelerometer, and a strain gauge.
- 24. A system of claim 20, further comprising a watch worn by the person for receiving the wireless signals to display the performance data selectively.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of and claims priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/089,232, filed Jun. 2, 1998, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/764,758 (now U.S. Pat. No. 5,960,380), filed on Dec. 12, 1996, and U.S. application Ser. No. 08/867,083, filed on Jun. 2, 1997, and which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/077,251, filed on Mar. 9, 1998, each of which is expressly incorporated herein by reference.
Provisional Applications (1)
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