Patent ID: 6405077
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: A61B,Y10S

Abstract:
A method applied in connection with a personal non-invasive heart rate measuring arrangement, comprising:supplying information to the heart rate measuring arrangement to form several heart rate limit alarm pairs, each of which comprises a lower heart rate limit and an upper heart rate limit, supplying time information on each heart rate limit pair to the heart rate measuring arrangement, the time information indicating a time period during which a heart rate limit alarm pair or at least one of the heart rate limits of a heart rate limit alarm pair is effective during an exercise, forming a heart rate limit alarm sequence progressing in accordance with the time information on the heart rate limit alarm pairs, using the heart rate limit alarm sequence during the exercise to control the exercise, the heart rate limit alarm sequence controlling the exercise comprising a section where the heart rate rises and a section where the heart rate falls, the sections together forming an interval period in the heart rate limit alarm sequence, supplying the number of said interval periods to the heart rate measuring arrangement wherein a number of successive interval periods is formed in the heart rate limit alarm sequence.