Systems and methods for monitoring and tracking exercise activity

Abstract

A swim race data capture system includes an eye goggle configured to be biased against a face of a wearer and to circumscribe an eye of the wearer. The eye goggle defines an inner cavity, and the swim race data capture system further includes a sensor system configured to be removably disposed within the inner cavity in a fixed position relative to the eye goggle. The sensor system includes an inertial measurement unit and does not include a display.

1 . A swim race data capture system, comprising:
 an eye goggle configured to be biased against a face of a wearer and to circumscribe an eye of the wearer, wherein the eye goggle defines an inner cavity; and   a sensor system configured to be removably disposed within the inner cavity in a fixed position relative to the eye goggle, wherein the sensor system comprises an inertial measurement unit, and the sensor system does not include a display.   
     
     
         2 . The swim race data capture system of  claim 1 , wherein the sensor system comprises a housing, the inertial measurement unit is contained within the housing, and the housing is configured to be removably disposed within the inner cavity. 
     
     
         3 . The swim race data capture system of  claim 2 , wherein the eye goggle comprises a pocket formed in an inner surface of the eye goggle, and the housing is configured to be disposed within the pocket and retained within the pocket in the fixed position relative to the eye goggle. 
     
     
         4 . The swim race data capture system of  claim 3 , wherein the pocket defines a first surface contour, the housing of the sensor system defines a second surface contour, and the first surface contour and the second surface contour correspond with one another. 
     
     
         5 . The swim race data capture system of  claim 3 , wherein the eye goggle comprises a front lens portion, and, in an installed configuration of the sensor system with the eye goggle, the housing of the sensor system is offset from the front lens portion relative to a forward gaze direction of the wearer through the front lens portion. 
     
     
         6 . The swim race data capture system of  claim 5 , wherein the front lens portion is generally planar and comprises an oblong geometry, and, in the installed configuration of the sensor system with the eye goggle, the housing of the sensor system is external to a projection of the oblong geometry along the forward gaze direction of the wearer through the front lens portion. 
     
     
         7 . The swim race data capture system of  claim 2 , wherein the housing comprises a C-shaped configuration, and the housing comprises an elastically deformable material. 
     
     
         8 . The swim race data capture system of  claim 7 , comprising a retention segment configured to be positioned within the inner cavity, wherein the retention segment is configured to engage with the housing and bias the housing against an inner surface of the eye goggle in an installed configuration of the sensor system with the eye goggle. 
     
     
         9 . The swim race data capture system of  claim 8 , wherein the housing and the retention segment are integrally formed as a single piece. 
     
     
         10 . The swim race data capture system of  claim 2 , wherein the sensor system comprises a battery disposed within the housing and a memory device disposed within the housing, the inertial measurement unit is communicatively coupled to the memory device, the inertial measurement unit is configured to capture data indicative of a head position of the wearer, and the memory device is configured to store the data. 
     
     
         11 . The swim race data capture system of  claim 10 , wherein the sensor system comprises communication circuitry configured to wirelessly transmit the data stored on the memory device to an external device. 
     
     
         12 . An exercise activity monitoring system, comprising:
 a housing;   a printed circuit board disposed within the housing;   an accelerometer disposed within the housing and communicatively coupled to the printed circuit board;   a gyroscope disposed within the housing and communicatively coupled to the printed circuit board; and   a battery disposed within the housing and configured to supply power to the accelerometer and the gyroscope,   wherein the housing is configured to be retained within an inner cavity of an eye goggle in a fixed position relative to the eye goggle, and the exercise activity monitoring system does not include a display configured to project light from the housing in an installed configuration of the housing within the eye goggle.   
     
     
         13 . The exercise activity monitoring system of  claim 12 , wherein the housing is configured to be disposed within a pocket of the inner cavity formed in a skirt portion of the eye goggle, the housing comprises an outer geometry, the skirt portion comprises an inner geometry at least partially defining the pocket, and the outer geometry and the inner geometry correspond with one another. 
     
     
         14 . The exercise activity monitoring system of  claim 12 , wherein the housing and the printed circuit board are each at least partially elastically deformable, and the exercise activity monitoring system comprises a retention segment configured to engage with the housing and bias the housing against an inner surface of the eye goggle in the installed configuration of the housing within the eye goggle. 
     
     
         15 . The exercise activity monitoring system of  claim 14 , wherein the housing comprises a C-shaped configuration, and the housing and the retention segment cooperatively define an annular geometry in the installed configuration of the housing within the eye goggle. 
     
     
         16 . The exercise activity monitoring system of  claim 14 , wherein the housing and the retention segment are integrally formed with one another in an annular configuration. 
     
     
         17 . The exercise activity monitoring system of  claim 12 , wherein the exercise activity monitoring system comprises a memory device disposed within the housing, the accelerometer, the gyroscope, or both are configured to capture data indicative of a head position of a wearer of the eye goggle, and the memory device is configured to store the data. 
     
     
         18 . A system, comprising:
 an eye goggle configured to be biased against a face of a wearer and to circumscribe an eye of the wearer, wherein the eye goggle comprises a front lens portion and a frame portion extending from the front lens portion, the front lens portion and the frame portion cooperatively define an inner cavity configured to be exposed to the eye of the wearer in an operational configuration of the eye goggle; and   a sensor system configured to be removably disposed within the inner cavity, wherein the sensor system comprises:
 a housing configured to be coupled to the eye goggle within the inner cavity in a fixed position relative to the eye goggle; 
 an inertial measurement unit disposed within the housing; and 
 a memory device disposed within the housing and communicatively coupled to the inertial measurement unit, 
   wherein the sensor system does not include a display disposed within the housing and configured to project light from the housing in the operational configuration of the eye goggle.   
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 18 , wherein the frame portion comprises a pocket formed therein, wherein the pocket extends from the inner cavity, and the housing is configured to be retained within the pocket. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 18 , wherein the frame portion comprises an inner circumferential surface, the sensor system comprises a retention segment configured to engage with the housing and bias the housing and the retention segment against the inner circumferential surface in an installed configuration of the sensor system within the inner cavity.