Patent · US Active

Portable monitoring devices and methods of operating same

US8543351B2 · kind B2 · utility

128Cited by

47References

30Claims

0Family size

Assignee

FITBIT, LLC · US

Inventors

Shelten Gee Jao Yuen · Berkeley, US
James Park · Berkeley, US
Eric Nathan Friedman · San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 5, 2013
Grant date	Sep 24, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 5, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA63B2230/75
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A portable activity monitoring device comprising a housing having a physical size and shape that is adapted to couple to the user's body, a plurality of sensors, disposed in the housing, to generate sensor data which is representative of activity of the user, processing circuitry, disposed in the housing and electrically coupled to the plurality of sensors, to calculate the one or more activity metrics of the user using the sensor data, wherein the processing circuitry calculates a number of stairs or flights of stairs traversed by the user using the sensor data.

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