Patent ID: 9008973
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A system for quantifying physical performance and for using gesture recognition to control system operation comprising: means for measuring three axes of linear motion, said measuring means being secured to a user's finger; means for inputting said measured three axes of linear motion into processing means; means for starting said measuring of said three axes of linear motion via hand positioning and/or hand movement; means for minimizing spurious measurements of said three axes of linear motion; means for providing an acceleration magnitude corresponding to said measured three axes of linear motion; means for stopping said measuring of said three axes of linear motion via hand positioning and/or hand movement; and means for calculating and indicating predetermined parameters of physical exercise, whereby said measuring means provide parameters pertaining to acceleration magnitude and high-frequency, low amplitude finger movements and/or gestures, said acceleration magnitude and said finger movements providing continuous information from a finger start gesture to a finger stop gesture to said processing means for quantifying and displaying physical performance data for a time period determined by said finger start gesture and said finger stop gesture.