Arrangement and method for configuring equipment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10327481-B2
Application number	US-201615189051-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 22, 2016
Priority date	Dec 31, 2013
Publication date	Jun 25, 2019
Grant date	Jun 25, 2019

Abstract

The invention concerns an arrangement and a method for configuring equipment for personal performance monitoring comprising at least one carrier item having a mounting zone for receiving a communication module, one or more sensors and/or actuators and a first processing unit functionally connected to said mounting zone and said sensors and/or actuators. The first processing unit is configured to process sensor signals from the sensors and/or actuators and to communicate with a communication module that is mounted on the mounting zone of the carrier item and having a second processing unit configured to further process said sensor/actuator signals and to communicate processed signals to a remote device over a wireless communication protocol. A remote device is adapted to provide a predefined code to configure the equipment to process sensor or actuator signals according to a use of said carrier item as identified by said predefined code.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An arrangement for configuring equipment for personal performance monitoring, said equipment comprising:
at least one carrier item comprising:
a mounting zone for receiving a communication module,
one or more sensors and/or actuators,
a first processing unit functionally connected to said mounting zone and said sensors and/or actuators and configured to process sensor signals from said sensors and/or actuators and to communicate with a communication module mounted on said mounting zone,
a first memory unit in said carrier item that is functionally connected to said first processing unit,
said communication module adapted to be removably and repetitively mounted on said mounting zone of the carrier item and having a second processing unit configured to further process said sensor/actuator signals and to communicate processed signals over a wireless communication protocol,
a remote device adapted to communicate with said communication module over said wireless communication protocol and to send a predefined code to said communication module to configure the same to process sensor or actuator signals from said carrier item according to a use of said carrier item as identified by said predefined code,
wherein said communication module is configured to write or to instruct said first processing unit to write said predefined code into said first memory unit in order to enable said first and second processing units to process sensor or actuator signals from said carrier item according to an instruction set corresponding to said use of said carrier item.

2. An arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein said instruction set is fetched from said remote device and stored in a second memory unit in said communication module.

3. An arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein said instruction set is generated from said code by an algorithm stored in a second memory unit in said communication module.

4. An arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein a carrier items comprise a belt, a garment and/or a piece of sports equipment, such as a bat, racket, club, ski or bicycle, with one or more integrated sensors or actuators.

5. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein said mounting zone for said communication module comprise conductive fasteners such as snaps located on an outer surface of a housing for said communication module, in order to secure the communication module to the mounting zone and for providing electronic contact terminals for communication between said carrier item and said communication module.

6. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the remote device have access to a plurality of instructions sets corresponding to different predefined uses of said carrier item.

7. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the sensors or actuators are EMG sensors, acceleration sensors, power sensors, speed sensors, a satellite positioning sensor or a trigger actuator for a trigger or drive signal.

8. The use of an arrangement according to claim 1 for configuring sports equipment in order to monitor personal performance in sports.

9. The use of an arrangement according to claim 1 for configuring a tool in order to monitor personal performance when working with such tool.

10. A method for configuring equipment for use in personal performance monitoring, comprising the steps of:
providing at least one carrier item having functionally connected thereto sensor or actuators, and comprising a first processing unit, a first memory unit functionally connected to said first processing unit, and a mounting zone for receiving a communication module,
providing said communication module having a second processing unit and a remote device which are capable of wireless communication with each other over a wireless communication protocol,
removably and repetitively mounting said communication module onto said mounting zone to enable said first and second processing units to be functionally connected and to communicate with each other, —selecting in said remote device a predefined code,
communicating said predefined code from said remote device over said wireless communication protocol to said communication module,
writing or instructing said first processing unit to write said predefined code from said communication module to said first memory unit,
configuring said communication module to process sensor or actuator signals from said carrier item according to a use of said carrier item as identified by said predefined code.

11. A method according to claim 10 , wherein said instruction set is fetched from said remote device and stored in a second memory unit in said communication module.

12. A method according to claim 10 , wherein said instruction set is generated from said code by an algorithm stored in a second memory unit in said communication module.

13. A method according to claim 10 for configuring sports equipment in order to monitor personal performance in sports.

14. A method according to claim 10 for configuring a tool in order to monitor personal performance when working with such tool.

Assignees

• Suunto Oy

Inventors

• Martikka Mikko
• Pernu Kimmo
• Lindman Erik
• Lahtinen Terho

Classifications

• H04Q2209/86

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• A63B2220/40

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• A63C11/00

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• A63B60/46

  Measurement devices associated with golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like for measuring physical parameters relating to sporting activity, e.g. baseball bats with impact indicators or bracelets for measuring the golf swing · CPC title

• A63B24/0062

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