Appeal No. 1998-2825
Application No. 08/595,282
linear circuit phase lock loop and window comparator (Fig. 2).
In each instance, a determination is made as to whether the
user's heart rate is between a lower limit of effective
exercise and an upper limit of safe exercise. When the heart
rate is outside the limit, the entertainment device is
rendered inoperative, thus providing an incentive to tailor
the level of exertion so that the heart rate will lie within
the desired range. The upper and lower heart rate limits are
manually set by the user via a keypad, thumb wheels, dip
switches or the like (col. 4, lines 11-16 and 25-29).
Like appellant, we find no teaching or suggestion in
Brink of either (1) a displaying means including electronic
circuitry for setting a target zone having an upper heart rate
limit and a lower heart rate limit based upon inputted age of
the person and configured to allow selective change of the
target zone after setting the target zone based upon inputted
age or (2) electronically obtaining a target zone consisting
of an upper limit and lower limit of the heart rate based on
the person’s age, wherein at least one of the upper limit and
the lower limit is selectively changeable by the person after
obtaining the target zone. Considering the combined teachings
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