Systems and methods for minimally intrusive displays with heart rate monitoring

1. A system, comprising:

a minimally intrusive display system (MIDS) configured to be disposed on an eyewear, the MIDS comprising:

a waterproof container;

a battery system configured to provide power for the MIDS;

a display system;

a wireless communications system configured to communicate wirelessly with an external system;

a sensor system included in the eyewear configured to provide for sensor data, wherein a first sensor of the sensor system is disposed within an eye cup and inside a gasket system comprising a gasket that completely surrounds the eye cup to prevent or to minimize liquid from entering the eye cup, the first sensor set to abut against an artery when a user dons the eyewear; and

a processor configured to:

process the sensor data to derive an activity metric;

display, via the display system, the activity metric, wherein the display system is disposed in the eyewear so that the activity metric is only viewed when a user of the eyewear turns the user's pupil towards the display system at angle α from a forward direction, wherein the battery system and the processor are enclosed in the waterproof container, and wherein the waterproof container comprises a minimally intrusive size sized to fit on the eyewear; and

adjust a setting of the MIDS communicated wirelessly from the external system.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor system comprises at least one photoplethysmographic (PPG) sensor, at least one piezoelectric sensor, or a combination thereof.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to display, via the display system, an indication of a desired direction of travel of the user wearing the MID.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to process the sensor data to derive a physiologic measure.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the external system is configured to process the sensor data to derive the physiological measure.

6. The system of claim 4 , wherein physiological measure comprises a heart rate, a cardiac cycle, a respiration, a calories burned, a VO2Max, a peripheral capillary oxygen saturation (SpO2), a body temperature, a cardiac heart rest recovery time, a health recovery time, a heart variability, or a combination thereof.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the eyewear comprises swim goggles and wherein the activity metric comprises a swimming metric comprising a head position, a speed, a leg position, a body position, a direction of travel, a compass heading, a location, an elapsed time, a split, a set, a number of laps, a type of stroke used, a breathing metric, a kicking cadence, a stroke cadence, a swim turn metric, or a combination thereof.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the MIDS system is entirely disposed in the eyewear.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the MIDS system is entirely disposed on a goggle of the eyewear and wherein the angle α is between 10° to 90°.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the external system comprises a cell phone, and wherein the processor is configured to display, via the display system, information transmitted from the cell phone.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the external system is configured to execute an app comprising a coaching/training system, a gaming system, an in-competition system, a social networking system, or a combination thereof, configured to use the physiological measure as input.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

receive a sensor data from a sensor system disposed in a minimally intrusive display system (MIDS) configured to be disposed on an eyewear, the MIDS comprising a waterproof container, a battery system configured to provide power for the MIDS, a display system, and the processor;

communicate wirelessly with an external system via a wireless communications system included in the MIDS;

process the sensor data to derive an activity metric;

display, via a display system disposed in the MIDS, the activity metric, wherein the display system is disposed in the eyewear so that the activity metric is only viewed when a user of the eyewear turns the user's pupil towards the display system at angle α from a forward direction, wherein the display system, the battery system, and the processor are enclosed in the waterproof container, wherein the waterproof container comprises a minimally intrusive size sized to fit on the eyewear; and wherein a first sensor of the sensor system is disposed within an eye cup and inside a gasket system comprising a gasket that completely surrounds the eye cup to prevent or to minimize liquid from entering the eye cup, the first sensor set to abut against an artery when a user dons the eyewear, and

adjust a setting of the MIDS communicated wirelessly from the external system.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12 wherein the sensor system comprises at least one photoplethysmographic (PPG) sensor, at least one piezoelectric sensor, or a combination thereof.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the processor is configured to display, via the display system, an indication of a desired direction of travel of the user wearing the MIDS.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the processor is configured to display, via the display system, information transmitted from the external system.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the processor is configured to process the sensor data to derive a physiologic measure.

17. A method comprising:

receiving a sensor data from a sensor system disposed in a minimally intrusive display system (MIDS) configured to be disposed on an eyewear, the MIDS comprising a waterproof container, a battery system configured to provide power for the MIDS, a display system, and the processor, wherein a first sensor of the sensor system is disposed within an eye cup and in a gasket system comprising a gasket that completely surrounds the eye cup to prevent or to minimize liquid from entering the eye cup, the first sensor set to abut against an artery when a user dons the eyewear;

communicating wirelessly with an external system via a wireless communications system included in the MIDS

processing the sensor data to derive an activity metric;

communicating the activity metric for display via a display system disposed in the MIDS, wherein the display system is configured to be disposed in the eyewear so that the activity metric is only viewed when a user of the eyewear turns the user's pupil towards the display system at angle α from a forward direction, wherein the display system, the battery system, and the processor are enclosed in the waterproof container, and wherein the waterproof container comprises a minimally intrusive size sized to fit on the eyewear; and

adjusting a setting of the MIDS communicated wirelessly from the external system.

18. The method of claim 17 , processing the sensor data to derive a physiologic measure, wherein physiological measure comprises a heart rate, a cardiac cycle, a respiration, a calories burned, a VO2Max, a peripheral capillary oxygen saturation (SpO2), a body temperature, a cardiac heart rest recovery time, a health recovery time, a heart variability, or a combination thereof.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the activity metric comprises a swimming metric comprising a head position, a speed, a leg position, a body position, a direction of travel, a compass heading, a location, an elapsed time, a split, a set, a number of laps, a type of stroke used, a breathing metric, a kicking cadence, a stroke cadence, a swim turn metric, or a combination thereof.