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(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claims 1-9 and 11-21 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Raghuram et al (US Pub 2016/0058370 -cited by applicant).
Re claims 1, 11, 12: Raghuram discloses a heat consumption estimation method, comprising:
obtaining a heart rate of a target user at a current moment [abstract, 0058; see the obtaining of heart rate measurements at a point in time];
determining motion state feature information of the target user at the current moment, wherein the motion state feature information is configured to represent whether the target user is in a motion steady-state stage or a motion recovery stage at the current moment [abstract, 0061; see the motion sensing that determines onset and cool down phases]; and
determining, according to the motion state feature information and the heart rate at the current moment, total heat consumption information of the target user in a motion process, wherein the motion process comprises a process from a motion starting moment to the current moment [abstract, 0063; see the heart rate and motion information used to estimate energy expenditure].
The steps of the method are performed by an apparatus with a processor and memory of a non-transitory storage medium with instructions executed by the processor [0067; see the processor with CRM to perform the method].
Re claims 2, 13, 21: The determining the motion state feature information moment comprises: taking, for each moment in a time window corresponding to the current moment, the moment as a heart rate decline moment in response to determining that a heart rate of the target user at the moment is lower than a heart rate of the target user at a previous moment of the moment, wherein the time window comprises a time period from a specified moment to the current moment, and the specified moment is earlier than the current moment; and determining the motion state feature information of the target user at the current moment according to a quantity of the heart rate decline moments [abstract, 0055, 0061; see that the motion is tracked over a period of time which is a time window and the determination if a parameter is less than zero].
Re claims 3, 14: The determining the motion state feature information comprises: determining that the target user is in the motion recovery stage at the current moment in response to determining that the quantity of the heart rate decline moments meets at least one of preset conditions, wherein the preset conditions comprise: the quantity of the heart rate decline moments being greater than a preset quantity threshold, and a ratio between the quantity of the heart rate decline moments and a quantity of moments in the time window being greater than a preset ratio threshold [0030; see the determination that the rate of change of heart rate and motion data is decreasing over time].
Re claims 4, 15: The determining the total heat consumption information comprises: determining an initial heat consumption increment of the target user within a current time period according to the heart rate at the current moment, wherein the current time period is a time period from a previous moment of the current moment to the current moment; determining a target heat consumption increment of the target user within the current time period according to the motion state feature information and the initial heat consumption increment; and determining the total heat consumption information according to the target heat consumption increment [0136, 0147-0149; see the resting heart rate and the basal metabolic rate; see the heart rate and work rate estimates].
Re claims 5, 16: The determining the initial heat consumption increment comprises: obtaining physiological feature information of the target user, wherein the physiological feature information of the target user comprises a weight and an age of the target user; obtaining type information of a motion currently being performed by the target user, and pre-stored average intensity information corresponding to the type information; and determining the initial heat consumption increment according to the average intensity information, the weight of the target user, a preset basic weight, the heart rate at the current moment, a preset resting heart rate, and an age gain corresponding to the age of the target user [0073-0075; see the weight and age feature information of a target user that are used to determine the initial heat consumption increment].
Re claim 6, 17: The average intensity information is obtained through the following modes: obtaining physiological feature information of a motion user who performs a motion corresponding to the type information, and a motion heart rate and an actual heat consumption increment of the motion user during the motion steady-state stage, wherein the physiological feature information of the motion user comprises a weight and an age of the motion user; and fitting the average intensity information according to the actual heat consumption increment, the motion heart rate, the preset resting heart rate, the weight of the motion user, the preset basic weight, and an age gain corresponding to the age of the motion user (claim 5; see the determination of a first intensity level of the user during the period of time which corresponds to an average intensity).
Re claim 7, 18: The determining the target heat consumption increment of the target user within the current time period according to the motion state feature information and the initial heat consumption increment comprises: taking the initial heat consumption increment as the target heat consumption increment in response to determining that the motion state feature information represents that the target user is in the motion steady-state stage at the current moment; and determining, in response to determining that the motion state feature information represents that the target user is in the motion recovery stage at the current moment, the target heat consumption increment according to the initial heat consumption increment, the heart rate at the current moment, a maximum heart rate in the motion process, and a preset resting heart rate [0232; see the first derivative and second derivative of a sequency of heart rate samples that are analyzed to predict whether the user is experiencing onset or cool down].
Re claims 8, 19: The determining the target heat consumption increment comprises: determining a current heart rate increment according to the preset resting heart rate and the heart rate at the current moment; determining a maximum heart rate increment in the motion process according to the maximum heart rate and the preset resting heart rate; taking a ratio between the current heart rate increment and the maximum heart rate increment as a heat inhibiting factor; and determining the target heat consumption increment according to the initial heat consumption increment and the heat inhibiting factor [0127; see the procedure to improve reliability that includes a ratio of a target user’s current heart rate to their maximum heart rate].
Re claims 9, 20: The method comprises: determining, after the target user finishes the motion, current basal metabolism information of the target user according to a heat consumption of the target user during this motion, and displaying the current basal metabolism information, wherein the current basal metabolism information is greater than basal metabolism information of the target user before this motion [0134; see the estimated basal metabolic rate].
Conclusion
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/MICHAEL T ROZANSKI/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3797