Patent ID: 7596467
Filing Date: 2009-09-29
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. A pedometer comprising: walk detecting means for detecting a walk of a person and outputting a corresponding walk signal; walk step number counting means having a walk determining mode for determining whether the person is in a walk state or a walk stop state, and a walk step number measuring mode for calculating a walk step number continuously when the person is determined to be in the walk state in the walk determining mode, and stopping to count the walk step number when the person is determined to be in the walk stop state in the walk determining mode; displaying means for displaying the walk step number counted by the walk step number counting means; operating means operated by the person using the pedometer for initiating a predetermined pedometer operation; and operation detecting means for detecting the operation of the operating means; wherein the walk step number counting means shifts to the walk determining mode when it is detected that the operating means is operated by the operation detecting means, and counts the walk step number continuously by being shifted to the walk step number counting mode when the person is determined to be in the walk state in the walk determining mode.