Patents by Inventor Kauko Väinämö

Kauko Väinämö 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).

  • Method and apparatus for measuring exertion endurance
    Patent number: 6277080
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for measuring exercise condition, especially a method for measuring an exertion endurance indicator representing exercise condition of a subject to be measured, such as maximal oxygen uptake or any such exertion endurance indicator representing exercise condition. The method is characterized in that, in the method a predetermined calculation formula is used preferably by means of a neural network, to which formula physiological parameters representing the subject to be measured are supplied. The input parameters comprise at least one or more of the following physiological parameters, such as sex, age, height, weight. One or more output parameters representing the exertion endurance indicator representing the exercise condition of the subject to be measured are obtained as a result from the calculation formula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Polar Electro Oy
    Inventors: Seppo Nissilä, Juha Röning, Antti Ruha, Kauko Väinämö