Patent ID: 7169084

Claim:
An electronic pedometer comprising: walk detecting means having a walk sensor mountable on a user's body for outputting a walk signal corresponding to a walk of the user detected by the walk sensor; and counting means for counting the number of steps based on the walk signal from the walk detecting means by counting each signal within a first reference cycle range of signals from the walk detecting means as one step, and counting as n steps a signal within a predetermined range, which takes a range n (positive integral number) times as large as a second reference cycle range as a reference, among signals each beyond the first cycle range, the counting means comprising first cycle judging means for judging whether or not a signal from the walk detecting means is a signal wtihin the first reference cycle range, second cycle judging means for judging whether or not a signal judged to be beyond the first reference cycle by the first cycle judging means among signals from the walk detecting means is a signal within a predetermined cycle range, which takes a range n times as large as the second reference cycle range as a reference, and step number counting means for counting each signal judged to be a signal within the first reference cycle range by the first reference cycle judging means of signals from the walk detecting means as one step, and for counting as n steps a signal judged to be a signal within a predetermined cycle range, which takes a range n times as large as the second reference cycle range as a reference, by the second reference cycle judging means.