Patent ID: 8512209

Claim:
A device for analyzing and monitoring exercise done by a user, comprising a portable support whereby the device can be worn by the user, wherein the device further comprises electric power supply means, sensor means, for measuring the exercise done by the user during at least one pre-determined period of time during which the device is worn, expressed in the form of a non-dimensional numeric parameter, at least one memory designed to archive data relating to the measurement of exercise done by the user, display means for displaying said non-dimensional numeric parameter in comparison with a pre-determined exercise goal and the data archived in the memory, data communication means for connection to at least one external processing unit, wherein the sensor means comprises at least one accelerometer, connected to a respective means for processing and treating signals which it generates, for calculating said non-dimensional numeric parameter, wherein said pre-determined exercise goal is set on a daily or long-term basis and is representative of a cumulative amount of physical exercise that the user aims at achieving on a temporal basis, said display means being configured to display in real time an actual amount of exercise carried out by the user on said temporal basis, resulting from a cumulative measurement of the exercise carried out by the user, in comparison with the pre-determined exercise goal, wherein said display means is further configured to display at least one graphic signal indicating the measurement of exercise done by the user in relation to said pre-determined exercise goal, said graphic signal consisting of a single bar whose filled length is proportional to the amount of exercise done on said temporal basis, whereby the bar is completely filled when the pre-determined exercise goal is reached, wherein the portable support has an elongated geometry and has a first end and a second, opposite, end which define the elongated geometry, the device having a central portion, said central portion having a central portion width, the device having a first projection extending from the central portion along a longitudinal axis of the device in a first direction, said first projection having a first projection width and defining the first end, the device having a second projection extending from the central portion along the longitudinal axis of the device in a second direction, said second projection having a second projection width and defining the second end, the first direction being opposite the second direction, wherein the first projection width is equal to the central portion width and the central portion width is equal to the second projection width, and wherein at least one of said first and second projections defines a connector, said connector providing said data communication means.