Method for controlling a pedometer based on the use of inertial sensors and pedometer implementing the method
US7698097B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 2, 2006 |
| Grant date | Apr 13, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 8, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01C22/006
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for controlling a pedometer includes the steps of: generating a signal correlated to movements of a user of the pedometer; and detecting steps of the user on the basis of the signal. The method moreover envisages the steps of checking whether sequences of detected steps satisfy pre-determined conditions of regularity; updating a total number of valid steps if the conditions of regularity are satisfied; and preventing the updating of the total number of valid steps if the conditions of regularity are not satisfied.
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