Method and system for measuring and displaying data linked to a person's physical activity

1. Method for measuring and displaying data related to a physical activity of a person, comprising:

measuring data representative of the physical activity of the person by means of a mechanical sensor in a mechanical wristwatch worn by the person, wherein the working of the mechanical sensor is exclusively mechanical;

displaying these measured data on a dial of the mechanical wristwatch by means of an analog indicator, said analog indicator being a hand or rotating disc;

capturing the image of said dial by means of a camera in a portable electronic equipment;

analyzing said image to determine the position of said analog indicator, with said position constituting one or more analyzed data;

processing, in the portable electronic equipment, said analyzed data, so as to determine data representative of the physical activity processed;

displaying the processed representative physical activity data on a screen of the electronic equipment

the method further comprising

storing calibration parameters specific to the mechanical wristwatch in a memory space of the portable electronic equipment;

with said data processing using said calibration parameters specific to the mechanical wristwatch to determine said representative physical activity data calibrated for the mechanical wristwatch

wherein the mechanical sensor comprises a test mass and an integrator

wherein the integrator is configured to add the oscillations or alternations undergone by the test mass to deduce data representative of the activity of the person.

2. Method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a step of storing person-specific parameters in a metnory space;

with said data processing using said person-specific parameters for determining said representative physical activity data processed in a personalized manner for the person.

3. Method according to claim 1 , said mechanical sensor being a motion sensor, such as a pedometer or an accelerometer, wherein the working of the mechanical sensor is exclusively mechanical.

4. Method according to claim 3 , comprising a step of integrating the movements undergone by the motion sensor since a time of reset, and displaying by means of said analog indicator a value corresponding to this integration.

5. Method according to claim 2 , said processed data using the parameters specific to the person indicating a distance traveled and/or a number of calories spent.

6. Method according to claim 1 , comprising a step of automatically and periodically zeroing the data displayed on the dial, or a step of manually zeroing the data displayed on the dial.

7. Method according to claim 1 , wherein the displayed data are incremented with each movement of the wearer or with each movement of the wearer in a given direction or orientation, and only decremented by a voluntary action of the user or automatically at periodic intervals.

8. System for measuring and displaying data related to a physical activity of a person, comprising:

a mechanical wristwatch, said mechanical wristwatch comprising a. mechanical sensor for capturing data related to the physical activity of the person when wearing the mechanical wristwatch, wherein the working of the mechanical sensor is exclusively mechanical, a dial, and an analog indicator for displaying these data on said dial, said analog indicator being a hand or a rotating disc;

portable electronic equipment, said portable equipment comprising;

a camera

a screen;

a module for analysing the images captured by said camera for determining one or more analyzed data corresponding to the data displayed on the dial when the image includes a picture of the dial;

a processing module for processing said data determined by the image analysis module and for generating the processed data;

a module for displaying the processed data on said screen

said portable electronic equipment comprising a memory space of the portable electronic equipment, for storing calibration parameters specific to the mechanical wristwatch;

said data processing module using said calibration parameters specific to the mechanical wristwatch to determine said representative physical activity data calibrated for the mechanical wristwatch

wherein the mechanical sensor comprises a test mass and an integrator

wherein the integrator is configured to add the oscillations or alternations undergone by the test mass to deduce data representative of the activity of the person.

9. System according to claim 8 , said mechanical sensor being a motion sensor, such as a pedometer or an accelerometer.

10. System according to claim 8 , said mechanical wristwatch comprising a member for automatically and periodically zeroing the data displayed on the dial or a member for manually zeroing the data displayed on the dial.

11. System according to claim 8 ,:

said portable electronic equipment comprising a memory space for storing person-specific parameters;

said data processing module being designed for using said person-specific parameters for determining said representative physical activity data processed in a personalized manner for the person.

12. Method according to claim 1 , wherein the integrator comprises a spring or another deformable element, which is tensioned at each oscillation of the test mass, or at each oscillation whose amplitude exceeds a threshold, or at each oscillation in a given direction.

13. System according to claim 8 , wherein the integrator comprises a spring or another deformable element, which is tensioned at each oscillation of the test mass, or at each oscillation whose amplitude exceeds a threshold, or at each oscillation in a given direction.