Smart pedal for cycle style exercise devices
OwnerRobin B. Palmerinventor
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Abstract
A pedal system for tracking use of a cycle style exercise device. The pedal system includes a pedal with a shaft for coupling to the pedal crank of the exercise device and a housing that is rotatable about the shaft. An accelerometer positioned in the housing is configured to provide data about the movement of the pedal to a microcontroller. A wireless communication chip positioned in the housing is used to transmit the data about the movement of the pedal to a remote device via the wireless communication chip. The remote device is programmed to receive, display and track the data about the movement of the pedal.
Claims7
A pedal system for a cycle, comprising:
- a shaft;
- a housing rotatable about the shaft;
- an accelerometer positioned in the housing and configured to provide data about any movement of the pedal;
- a microcontroller positioned in the housing and coupled to the accelerometer;
- a wireless communication chip positioned in the housing and coupled to the microcontroller;
- and
- wherein the microcontroller is programmed to receive the data about the movement of the pedal from the accelerometer and to transmit the data about the movement of the pedal system to a remote device via the wireless communication chip,
- wherein the pedal is mounted to a pedal crank supported by a crank housing and having a first strut that extends from the crank housing and a second strut that is interconnected to the first strut by a coupling that allows rotation of both of the first and second struts within the coupling and relative to each other so that the pedal system may be folded into a planar configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.