Adaptive interactive exercise system
Patent 5921891 Issued on July 13, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date: 
September 25, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
September 25, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesPortable apparatus for acquiring and processing data relative to the dietetics and/or the health of a person Exercise equipment information, communication and display system Interactive exercise apparatus Patent #: 5466200 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 913173 filed on 09/25/1997US Classes:482/8, Monitors exercise parameter482/1, HAVING SPECIFIC ELECTRICAL FEATURE482/4, Equipment control482/901HAVING COMPUTER CIRCUITRYExaminersPrimary: Richman, Glenn E.Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassA63B 021/00Foreign Application Priority Data1995-02-21 AUAbstractAn improved user monitor 102 is a component of the illustrated monitoring system. This system includes a master data processor in the form of a computer 101 arranged to store physical parameter data for a plurality of users. Each user is provided with a user monitor 102 which is arranged to monitor at least one physical parameter of the user during exercise and store data relating to the physical parameter. This data can subsequently be transmitted to the master data processor by pulse transmission from the user monitor down a telephone line 103. The master data processor then compares the received data with the stored data for the user in order to enable monitoring of the progress of the user in an exercise regimen which has been preset for him.At the end of each exercise, the exercise monitor screen shows an effort rating of "EFFORT 12".The client can alter the number anywhere from 6 to 20 by using the keypad 14 on the face of the exercise monitor. The number entered relates to the client's perception of the degree of difficulty experienced during the exercise, for example, 9 is very light, 11 is "fairly light", 14 is "somewhat hard", and 15 is "hard". If a certain undesirable pattern of Effort Rating is detected the monitor is programmed to automatically respond to the undesirable pattern and to slowly alter the prescription.Other References
Field of SearchAmount of resistanceRate of movement Monitors exercise parameter Electrical energy generator Regulates rate of movement HAVING SPECIFIC ELECTRICAL FEATURE To create or modify exercise regimen Pace setting indicator Equipment control INVOLVING USER TRANSLATION OR PHYSICAL SIMULATION THEREOF Treadmill for foot travel ERGOMETER WITH FEEDBACK TO LOAD OR WITH FEEDBACK COMPARISON HAVING COMPUTER CIRCUITRY Employing specific graphic or video display | |
