Holistic ring-based exercise system and method

Abstract

A ring-based exercise system collects health metrics and senses rotational movements of a ring moving in a rotational path to calculate exercise results, such as calories burned, and provide instantaneous visual and data feedback. The system monitors the number of calories burned, duration of exercise, and number of rotations, while simultaneously emitting both illumination and audio feedback that correlates to the ring exercise. A ring is twirled around a central axis, such as a torso or limbs. A motion sensor senses the positional information of the ring during the exercise, such as velocity, acceleration, number of rotations, and x-y-z axis motion. A processor, wither integrated into the ring or remotely located calculates the exercise results, i.e., calories burned, through the health metrics and sensor signals. An illumination and an audio signal visible on the ring correlates with the velocity and movement of the ring.

1 . A holistic exercise system for collecting health metrics and sensing rotational movements of a ring to calculate exercise results, the system comprising:
 a ring;   at least one health metric defined by a unit for a physical disposition;   at least one gyroscope arranged in alignment with a rotational path of the ring, the at least one gyroscope configured to detect positional information of the ring;   a processor operatively connected to the at least one gyroscope, the processor configured to process the at least one health metric and the positional information of the ring, wherein the processor calculates an exercise result, the exercise result based at least partially on the at least one health metric and the positional information of the ring; and   an illumination portion configured to illuminate in correlation with the rotational path of the ring, wherein in a change in a velocity of the rotational path of the ring is prompted by a change in the illumination of the ring by the illumination portion to indicate to the user to change the velocity of the rotational path of the ring.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the ring comprises a hula hoop configured to be twirled around the torso and the limbs. 
     
     
         3 . (canceled) 
     
     
         4 . (canceled) 
     
     
         5 . (canceled) 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the positional information of the ring includes at least one member selected from the group consisting of: angular velocity, acceleration, vertical oscillations, vibrations, and x-y-z axis motions. 
     
     
         7 . (canceled) 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is disposed remotely from the ring. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the remote processor comprises a display device configured to display the exercise results. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the processor comprises a transfer function algorithm. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the exercise result comprises calories burned. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the exercise result is configured to be downloadable through a software application. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the exercise result comprises data that transmits through Bluetooth technology to a smartphone. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the illumination portion comprises a series of evenly spaced light emitting diodes arranged on the ring. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the illumination portion is configured to illuminate a green color when the velocity of the rotational path of the ring increases, the illumination portion further configured to illuminate a red color when the velocity of the rotational path of the ring decreases. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the system further comprises an audio portion configured to emit an audio signal in alignment with the velocity of the rotational path of the ring. 
     
     
         17 . (canceled) 
     
     
         18 . (canceled) 
     
     
         19 . A holistic exercise method for collecting health metrics and sensing rotational movements of a ring to calculate exercise results, the method comprising:
 collecting at least one health metric;   rotating a ring in a rotational path around a central axis;   detecting positional information for the ring with a sensor array; wherein said sensor array includes at least one gyroscope, at least one magnetic compass, and at least one accelerometer;   processing the at least one health metric and the positional information of the ring with a processor, wherein the processor calculates an exercise result based at least partially on the at least one health metric and the positional information of the ring; illuminating the ring in correlation with the rotational path of the ring, wherein an increase in velocity of the rotational path correlates with an increase in illumination; and   emitting an audio signal in correlation with the rotational path of the ring.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , further including a step of connecting a plurality of exercisers having substantially similar exercise results. 
     
     
         21 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein an angular rate sensor provides feedback to the processor. 
     
     
         22 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the illumination portion is configured to illuminate a different color to indicate to the user that the velocity of the rotational path should change; wherein the illumination portion will flash until the user obtains the velocity of the rotational path indicated by the different color. 
     
     
         23 . A holistic exercise system for collecting health metrics and sensing rotational movements of a ring to calculate exercise results, the system comprising:
 a ring;   at least one health metric defined by a unit for a physical disposition;   at least one gyroscope arranged in alignment with a rotational path of the ring, the at least one gyroscope configured to detect positional information of the ring;   a processor operatively connected to the at least one gyroscope, the processor configured to process the at least one health metric and the positional information of the ring, wherein the processor calculates an exercise result, the exercise result based at least partially on the at least one health metric and the positional information of the ring.   
     
     
         24 . The system of  claim 23 , wherein an illumination portion is configured to illuminate a different color to indicate to a user that a velocity of the rotational path should change; wherein the illumination portion will flash until the user obtains the velocity of the rotational path indicated by the different color. 
     
     
         25 . The system of  claim 23 , wherein positional information for the ring is detected with a sensor array; wherein said sensor array includes the least one gyroscope, at least one magnetic compass, and at least one accelerometer.