Apparatus for monitoring health, wellness and fitness

Abstract

A detecting, monitoring and reporting apparatus includes at least two sensors for facilitating the generation of data indicative of physiological parameters of the individual and/or data indicative of a contextual parameters of the individual. A processor is coupled to the sensors and is adapted to generate at least one of derived data from at least a portion of the data indicative of physiological parameters and analytical status data from at least a portion of at least one of the data indicative of physiological parameters, the data indicative of contextual parameters, the derived data and the analytical status data. A memory retrievably stores the data and one of various ways of transmitting the data is provided.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . A system for operating an electronic media device using physiological parameters of an individual as input, said system comprising:
 a. at least two sensors, each sensor generating an electronic output signal of a physiological parameter corresponding to the respective sensor of the at least two sensors, at least one of said sensors being an accelerometer, the at least two sensors mounted in a housing, said housing being configured for wear on a body of said individual,   b. a processor in electronic communication with said sensors and mounted within said housing, said processor having as input said signals indicative of said physiological parameters of said individual in order to generate, as an output signal, data indicative of a physiological state of said individual not directly measurable by said sensors, wherein the data indicative of a physiological state further comprises calories burned by said individual; and   c. an electronic media presentation and display device having a second processor in electronic communication with said processor, said electronic media device having as input said processor output signal data and using the processor output signal to adjust the operating characteristics of the electronic media presentation and display device in accordance with said processor output signal data.