Wearable positioning device and wearable positioning method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11801422-B2
Application number	US-202117500961-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 14, 2021
Priority date	Aug 27, 2021
Publication date	Oct 31, 2023
Grant date	Oct 31, 2023

Abstract

A wearable positioning device includes an inertial sensor, a storage device and a processor. The inertial sensor senses an acceleration signal and an angular velocity signal. The storage device stores a previous positioning signal and a current coordinate. The processor is electrically connected to the inertial sensor and the storage device. A wearable positioning method is executed by the processor, which includes: determining whether the wearable positioning device is in one of an under-water mode and an above-water mode according to a pressure sensing signal; calculating, when in the under-water mode, a current acceleration and a current direction according to the acceleration signal, the angular velocity signal, and a swimming posture signal representing a swimming posture; and calculating a current positioning signal according to the current acceleration, the current direction and the previous positioning signal, and updating the current coordinate with the current positioning signal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wearable positioning device, comprising:
an inertial sensor, configured to sense an acceleration signal and an angular velocity signal;
a storage device, configured to store a previous positioning signal and a current coordinate; and
a processor, electrically connected to the inertial sensor and the storage device and configured to perform the following operations:
determining whether the wearable positioning device is in one of an under-water mode and an above-water mode according to a pressure sensing signal;
calculating, when in the under-water mode, a current acceleration and a current direction according to the acceleration signal, the angular velocity signal, and a swimming posture signal representing a swimming posture; and
calculating a current positioning signal according to the current acceleration, the current direction and the previous positioning signal, and updating the current coordinate with the current positioning signal.

2. The wearable positioning device according to claim 1 , the processor is further configured to perform the following operations:
receiving, when in the above-water mode, a first positioning signal and calculating a distance between the current coordinate and a coordinate corresponding to the first positioning signal; and
determining whether the distance is less than or equal to a threshold value, and updating the current coordinate with the first positioning signal when the distance is less than or equal to the threshold value.

3. The wearable positioning device according to claim 2 , wherein the current coordinate is not updated by the first positioning signal when the distance is greater than the threshold value.

4. The wearable positioning device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to calculate the distance according to the acceleration signal and the angular velocity signal.

5. The wearable positioning device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to use the acceleration signal, the angular velocity signal and the corresponding swimming posture as training data to generate a swimming posture determination model, and use the swimming posture determination model to determine the swimming posture to generate the swimming posture signal representing the swimming posture.

6. The wearable positioning device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a pressure sensor, electrically connected to the processor and configured to sense the pressure sensing signal and transmit the pressure sensing signal to the processor.

7. The wearable positioning device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a communication device, electrically connected to the processor and configured to transmit the current coordinate to a cloud server.

8. A wearable positioning method suitable for a wearable positioning device, the wearable positioning device comprising an inertial sensor, a storage device and a processor, the inertial sensor being configured to sense an acceleration signal and an angular velocity signal, the storage device being configured to store a previous positioning signal and a current coordinate, the processor being electrically connected to the inertial sensor and the storage device, and the wearable positioning method comprising steps of:
determining whether the wearable positioning device is in one of an under-water mode and an above-water mode according to a pressure sensing signal;
calculating, when in the under-water mode, a current acceleration and a current direction according to the acceleration signal, the angular velocity signal, and a swimming posture signal representing a swimming posture; and
calculating a current positioning signal according to the current acceleration, the current direction and the previous positioning signal, and updating the current coordinate with the current positioning signal.

9. The wearable positioning method according to claim 8 , further comprising steps of:
receiving, when in the above-water mode, a first positioning signal and calculating a distance between the current coordinate and a coordinate corresponding to the first positioning signal; and
determining whether the distance is less than or equal to a threshold value, and updating the current coordinate with the first positioning signal when the distance is less than or equal to the threshold value.

10. The wearable positioning method according to claim 9 , wherein the current coordinate is not updated by the first positioning signal when the distance is greater than the threshold value.

11. The wearable positioning method according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to calculate the distance according to the acceleration signal and the angular velocity signal.

12. The wearable positioning method according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to use the acceleration signal, the angular velocity signal and the corresponding swimming posture as training data to generate a swimming posture determination model, and use the swimming posture determination model to determine the swimming posture to generate the swimming posture signal representing the swimming posture.

13. The wearable positioning method according to claim 8 , wherein the wearable positioning device further comprises a pressure sensor, electrically connected to the processor and configured to sense the pressure sensing signal and transmit the pressure sensing signal to the processor.

14. The wearable positioning method according to claim 8 , wherein the wearable positioning device further comprises a communication device, electrically connected to the processor and configured to transmit the current coordinate to a cloud server.

Assignees

• Inst Information Ind

Inventors

• Chen Chun
• Shih Chih-Hung
• Chiang Yu Hung

Classifications

• A63B24/0062 Primary

  Monitoring athletic performances, e.g. for determining the work of a user on an exercise apparatus, the completed jogging or cycling distance · CPC title

• G01C21/16

  by integrating acceleration or speed, i.e. inertial navigation · CPC title

• A63B2220/12

  Absolute positions, e.g. by using GPS · CPC title

• A63B2220/20

  Distances or displacements · CPC title

• A63B2220/34

  Angular speed · CPC title