How do elite athletes like LeBron James, Virat Kohli, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Michael Phelps monitor their performance? They wear a band! It’s not a smartwatch, but a sleek fitness band with no display—Whoop. This innovative health band is set to rival the likes of Apple Watches and Samsung Galaxy rings, offering advanced health and fitness tracking.
Key Features of Whoop 4.0
- Strain Coach: Compared to traditional fitness bands, it doesn’t count your steps, instead measures your strain. It measures daily strain based on heart rate and suggests optimal exertion levels – You can fool a smart watch by walking 10,000 steps by not increasing your heart rates but you can’t fool a Whoop!
- Continuous Heart Rate Monitoring: Tracks heart rate 24/7 for accurate data on exertion and recovery.
- Sleep Tracking: Analyzes sleep patterns, providing insights on sleep stages, disturbances, and overall sleep quality.
- Recovery Insights: Uses HRV, resting heart rate, and sleep performance to provide daily recovery scores.
- Respiratory Rate Monitoring: Tracks breathing rate to identify changes in health.
- Skin Temperature: Monitors skin temperature as an indicator of overall health and readiness.
Patent Innovations behind Whoop 4.0
US11410765B2– Continuously wearable monitoring device
The patent describes a wearable physiological measurement system, specifically designed for continuous operation and wearability. Key features include:
- Dual Battery System: The device has a first set of batteries powering the device and a second set in a modular housing that can be removed, recharged, and replaced without interrupting the device’s operation.
- Continuous Monitoring: The system continually monitors heart rate using light emitters and detectors.
- Modular Housing: The removable housing covers the device’s display, provides additional power, and can include extra features like a visual display device.
- Physiological Data Display: The device displays physiological data on a screen and can store and transmit data wirelessly.
This system allows for uninterrupted health and fitness monitoring by ensuring the device remains powered even during battery recharges.
US11185292B2– Applied data quality metrics for physiological measurements
This patent is about improving the accuracy of health data from wearable devices like fitness bands.
It compares data from the wearable to more accurate devices (like chest straps). Using this comparison, it trains a machine learning model to check if the wearable’s data is good based on the activity and other conditions. This helps ensure the wearable gives reliable health information in real-time, like heart rate, during different activities.
Whoop 4.0 Body Design
USD973584S1: This describes a top perspective view of a design for a battery for a wearable physiological monitor showing our new design
Whoop 4.0 Application
US11602279B2– Automated exercise recommendations
This patent describes a method and computer program for continuously monitoring a user’s physiological data using a wearable device.
The system measures resting heart rate and heart rate variability, detects exercise activity, and calculates intensity and recovery scores. It provides recommendations for exercise routines based on these metrics. The data can be analyzed and stored on a remote server, and the recommendations are displayed to the user via a visual interface. The system also includes features like periodic updates and alerts for potential overtraining.
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