Patent ID: 8951164
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: A63F,G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of augmenting a gaming experience, comprising: at a physical activity monitoring device, receiving from a game system an indication of one or more physical activities to be performed as an extension of a game being played on the game system; at the physical activity monitoring device, measuring physical activity attributes of a user wearing the physical activity monitoring device based on signal information received from a sensor array including one or more sensors included in the physical activity monitoring device; at the physical activity monitoring device, determining the user's progress towards completion of the one or more physical activities based on the physical activity attributes; at the physical activity monitoring device, determining a number of repetitions of a repetitive physical activity performed by the user with a method that reduces a dimensionality of the signal information received from the sensor array; and outputting from the physical activity monitoring device to the game device system an indication of the user's progress towards completion of the one or more physical activities.