System and method for linking oscillating movements of exercise equipment to a user of the exercise equipment in a database

Abstract

A system includes a first device adapted to be attached to a user and having a user ID, and a second device adapted to be attached to a piece of exercise equipment and having an equipment ID. The system is arranged for linking oscillating movements of the exercise to the user of the exercise equipment in a database.

1 . A system for linking oscillating movements of an exercise equipment to a user of the exercise equipment having an equipment ID in a database, the system comprising:
 a first device adapted to be attached to the user, the first device comprising a user ID, the first device being arranged for extracting data pertaining to an oscillating movement of the first device,   a second device adapted to be attached to the exercise equipment, the second device comprising the equipment ID, the second device being arranged for extracting data pertaining to an oscillating movement of the second device, and   a third device connected to the database and arranged for:
 receiving said data pertaining to an oscillating movement of the first device, the user ID, the equipment ID and said data pertaining to an oscillating movement of the second device, and 
 calculating a correlation between said data pertaining to an oscillating movement of the first device and said data pertaining to an oscillating movement of the second device, comparing the calculated correlation to a first threshold, and if the calculated correlation exceeds the first threshold, linking said oscillating movement of the exercise equipment to the user ID in the database using the equipment ID. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the first device comprising:
 a first sensor arranged for measuring movements of the first device and for producing movement data pertaining to the measured movements, and 
 a first microcontroller arranged for receiving the movement data from the first sensor, and for extracting data pertaining to the oscillating movement of the first device, and 
   wherein the second device comprising:
 a second sensor arranged for measuring movement of the second device, and 
 a second microcontroller arranged for receiving movement data from the second sensor, and for extracting data pertaining to the oscillating movement of the second device. 
   
     
     
         3 . The system according to  claim 2 , wherein the second sensor is a battery driven accelerometer having a first and a second state, wherein the first state is a low energy state wherein the accelerometer is arranged for detecting a movement exceeding a threshold and in a response thereto configuring itself in the second state wherein the accelerometer is arranged for measuring movements of the second device and for producing movement data pertaining to the measured movements. 
     
     
         4 . The system according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein the oscillating movement of the first device and the second device comprises two extremes of displacement,   wherein the first microcontroller is arranged for time-stamping at least one of the two extremes of displacement of the first device and wherein said data pertaining to an oscillating movement of the first device comprises the time stamp of the at least one of the two extremes of displacement of the first device, and   wherein the second microcontroller is arranged for time-stamping at least one of the two extremes of displacement of the second device and wherein said data pertaining to an oscillating movement of the second device comprises the time stamp of the at least one of the two extremes of displacement of the second device.   
     
     
         5 . The system according to  claim 2 , wherein the first and second sensors are accelerometers and wherein the movement data from the first and second sensors comprises data from the respective accelerometer, wherein first and second microcontroller are arranged for extracting data pertaining to a single oscillating movement from the movement data from the first and second sensors respectively, and using this data as the data pertaining to an oscillating movement of the first and second device respectively. 
     
     
         6 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the third device is a part of the first or the second device. 
     
     
         7 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the third device is a separate device from the first and the second device. 
     
     
         8 . The system according to  claim 7 , wherein the system further comprises a fourth device being wirelessly connected to the first and second devices, and further being connected to the third device,
 wherein the fourth device being arranged for receiving said data pertaining to an oscillating movement of the first device, the user ID, the equipment ID, and said data pertaining to an oscillating movement of the second device and for transmitting said data pertaining to an oscillating movement of the first device, the user ID, the equipment ID, and said data pertaining to an oscillating movement of the second device to the third device.   
     
     
         9 . The system according to  claim 8 , wherein the fourth device comprises an ID of a gym wherein the exercise equipment is located, wherein the fourth device is further arranged for transmitting the ID of the gym to the third device. 
     
     
         10 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the first and second device comprises a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) radio arranged for transmitting the data pertaining to an oscillating movement of the first and second device respectively. 
     
     
         11 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the third device is arrange for linking said oscillating movement of the exercise equipment to the user ID in the database by incrementing a counter. 
     
     
         12 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the third device is further arranged for receiving data pertaining to a current setting of the exercise equipment, and for adding said data pertaining to a current setting of the exercise equipment to the database when linking said oscillating movement of the exercise equipment to the user ID in the database. 
     
     
         13 . A method for linking oscillating movements of an exercise equipment to a user of the exercise equipment in a database, the method being performed in a system, comprising a first device adapted to be attached to a user and comprising a user ID, a second device adapted to be attached to the exercise equipment and comprising an equipment ID of the exercise equipment, and a third device connected to the database, the method comprising the steps of:
 extracting, by the first device, data pertaining to an oscillating movement of the first device,   extracting, by the second device, data pertaining to an oscillating movement of the second device,   calculating, by the third device, a correlation between said data pertaining to an oscillating movement of the first device and said data pertaining to an oscillating movement of the second device,   comparing, by the third device, the calculated correlation to a first threshold, and   if the calculated correlation exceeds the first threshold, linking, by the third device, said oscillating movement of the exercise equipment to the user ID in the database using the equipment ID.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the oscillating movement of the first device and the second device comprises two extremes of displacement,
 wherein said data pertaining to an oscillating movement of the first device comprises a time stamp of the at least one of the two extremes of displacement of the first device, and   wherein said data pertaining to an oscillating movement of the second device comprises a time stamp of the at least one of the two extremes of displacement of the second device.   
     
     
         15 . The method according to  claim 13 ,
 wherein the oscillating movement of the first device comprises data from an accelerometer of the first device pertaining to a single oscillating movement of the first device as detected by the accelerometer of the first device, and   wherein the oscillating movement of the second device comprises data from an accelerometer of the second device pertaining to a single oscillating movement of the second device as detected by the accelerometer of the second device.