PERSONAL FITNESS ASSISTANT

fitness device worn on the hand as a glove or as a band on the arm that consists of a calorimeter and heart monitor that detects heart rate from a sensor mounted on the device that employs a Light Emitting Diode and light-to-frequency or light-to-voltage sensor to detect heart rate from arterial blood flow, the device combines the heart rate data with personal data from the wearer to calculate and display dynamic heart rate, exercise calories burned, Basal Metabolic Rate in terms of predicted daily caloric burn, exercise target zones and other fitness related data which is displayed to the user directly on the device and may also be transferred by wireless or wired means to a personal computer