Aiding a swimmer in maintaining a desired bearing
US9839830B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 10, 2016 |
| Grant date | Dec 12, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 10, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2200/1636
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Apparatuses, methods and systems for a swim apparatus are disclosed. One embodiment of the swim apparatus includes one or more sensors sensing motion of a swimmer, a direction indicator for indicating a direction to the swimmer, and a controller. The controller is operative to receive sense signals from the one or more sensors, and identify a desired bearing of the swimmer comprising identifying one or more natural gesture motions of the swimmer from the received sense signals that indicate the desired bearing of the swimmer. Further, the controller is operative to identify an actual heading of the swimmer based on the received sense signals, calculate a heading offset based on the desired bearing of the swimmer and the actual heading of the swimmer, and provide the heading offset to the direction indicator.
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