Patents by Inventor Erkki Loponen

Erkki Loponen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6714812
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of performing operating settings in a heart rate measurement arrangement, and a heart rate measurement arrangement. Audio frequency information is transmitted to the heart rate measurement arrangement by wireless transmission. The audio frequency information contains setting value information intended to be used in the operation of the heart rate measurement arrangement. In the heart rate measurement arrangement, decoding is performed to decode the received audio frequency information so that the setting value information can be used to control the operation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Polar Electro Oy
    Inventors: Markku Karjalainen, Erkki Loponen
  • Patent number: 6418394
    Abstract: The invention relates to a measuring device (102) carried by a user during exercise for measuring non-invasively at least one signal from the body, e.g. a wireless heart rate monitor, and to a method of controlling same. The measuring device comprises a user interface (120). The user interface comprises selection means (114), e.g. push buttons (114), and display means (116,122), e.g. a liquid crystal display. The user interface (116) displays different operating modes, e.g., a watch mode (300), a set mode (306) and an operating mode (302) for measuring a signal from the body. The operating modes have different sub-operating modes for displaying parameter associated with exercising. In accordance with the invention, the user is shown specified operating modes and sub-operating modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Polar Electro Oy
    Inventors: Pertti Puolakanaho, Erkki Loponen, Pekka Rytky
  • Patent number: 6361502
    Abstract: The invention relates to a measuring device (102) carried by a user during exercise for measuring non-invasively at least one signal from the body, e.g. a wireless heart rate monitor, and to a method of controlling same. The measuring device comprises a user interface (120). The user interface comprises selection means (114), e.g. push buttons (114), and display means (116, 122), e.g. a liquid crystal display. The user interface (116) displays different operating modes, e.g. a watch mode (300), a set mode (306) and an operating mode (302) for measuring a signal from the body. The operating modes are arranged as a main loop sequence (300-302-304-306). The operating modes have different sub-operating modes for displaying parameters associated with exercising. The sub-operating modes are arranged as sub-loop sequences (400-404-406-410) under each operating mode. In accordance with the invention, the user is able to configure the sub-loop sequence (400-404-406-410) by the selection means (114).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Polar Electro Oy
    Inventors: Pertti Puolakanaho, Erkki Loponen, Urpo Niemelä, Pekka Rytky
  • Patent number: 5690119
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for measuring heartbeat rate using telemetric data transmission. In the method, a heartbeat rate signal is measured from the object to be measured by using a telemetric transmitter unit which detects the signals. The heartbeat data is transmitted by inductive coupling to a telemetric receiver unit, and stored in a memory means within the receiver unit, and transferred by inductive coupling from the receiver unit to a data transfer unit, and transferred from the data transfer unit to a data processing unit. According to the invention, telemetric data transfer is also carried out from the data transfer unit to the receiver unit, and that data transfer in this direction is carried out by supplying one or more setting parameters from the data processing unit prior to the actual heartbeat measurement. These parameters are transferred via the data transfer unit to the receiver unit by inductive coupling between the data transfer unit and the receiver unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: Polar Electro Oy
    Inventors: Pekka Rytky, Erkki Loponen, Tapani Lahdesmaki
  • Patent number: 5486818
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wireless switch for a telemetric receiver in a pulse meter, comprising a switch (7) for detecting the intensity of a telemetric signal received in the telemetric receiver and actuating the desired function of the pulse meter when the signal exceeds a predetermined threshold value. In the invention, the inductance (L1) by which the receiver establishes an inductive coupling with a transmitter in telemetric pulse measuring is used as a detector in the switch (7) for detecting the intensity of the telemetric signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1996
    Assignee: Polar Electro Oy
    Inventor: Erkki Loponen