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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2005
Raymond Chan, Hong Kong, HK;
Mun Hoong Leong, Hong Kong, HK;
Raymond Chan, Hong Kong, HK;
Mun Hoong Leong, Hong Kong, HK;
Other;
Abstract
A system for measuring gait kinematics information during exercise of a subject comprising a fixing member adapted for fixing onto the trunk of the body of the subject; an acceleration sensor attached to the fixing member for sensing the vertical acceleration of the trunk of the body of the subject; and a microprocessor coupled to the acceleration sensor adapted to receive the vertical acceleration data from the acceleration sensor, and to compute and derive the speed and distance traversed by the subject, and to communicate the speed and distance information. In the preferred embodiment, a heart-rate monitoring device is also provided.