Patent ID: 7585252
Filing Date: 2009-09-08
Classification: A61B,A63B,G01S,G09B,H04M,H04S

Abstract:
1. A personal training device for a participant of pace-based physical training, comprising: an input for receiving an input signal indicative of a pace of the participant; a comparator coupled to the input for comparing the pace of the participant to a predefined criteria; a training partner positioner for generating a position of a virtual training partner relative to the participant based on an output of the comparator, wherein the position of the virtual training partner is varied in at least two dimensions relative to the participant; a training partner audio source for providing audio representative of sounds from the virtual training partner; a spatial audio processor for producing a multi-dimensional audio signal comprising the audio from the audio source, the multi-dimensional audio signal providing the audio at a spatial location represented by the position generated by the training partner positioner; and a global positioning system (GPS) receiver for providing the input signal.