Patent ID: 9636066
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: A41D,A61B,A63B,G16H,H04M

Claim:
1. A headband monitoring system consisting of: an elastic/fabric headband adapted for snuggly fitting around an individual's head over the individual's forehead, ears and lower back portion of the individual's head; a pedometer, a heart rate monitor, a number of sensors and a clock/timer for detecting a number of steps taken and heartbeats in given periods of time and a mini-computer having an input mechanism, data storage, central processing unit for calculating distance traveled in a given period; and wherein said pedometer and one of said sensors includes a separate pedometer counter portion disposed in said headband and the one of said sensors is adapted to be disposed on the ankle of the individual and wherein the one of said sensors has a wire to connect to said pedometer counter portion; and wherein said heart rate monitor is disposed in said elastic fabric headband and a second of said sensors is adapted to be disposed over the heart of the individual and wherein the second of said sensors has a wire to connect to said heart rate monitor; an individual's smartphone is separate from the elastic fabric headband and a transmitter disposed in the elastic fabric headband wirelessly connected to the smartphone for displaying heart rate, steps taken and distance traveled on the smartphone; and a timer and vibrating alarm in the fabric headband for warning an individual that their heart rate has exceeded a predetermined level and that it is time to reduce exertion over a limited period of time before stopping exercise; and which includes a pair of earphones in the elastic fabric headband and a receiver for a source of music and news deliverable to the earphones from the smartphone; and which further includes a switch for disconnecting the smartphone from the elastic headband; which includes a sleep mode wherein the headband is adapted to be reversed on an individual's head for relative silence.