# US 12,008,918 B2 · Apparatus, system and method for moving while receiving information on output devices using sensor relays

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- Number: US 12,008,918 B2
- Document ID: US12008918B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/726,370
- Filed: 2017-10-05
- Published: 2018-02-01
- Granted: 2024-06-11
- Earliest claimed: 2013-03-15
- Assignees: Lightning Fitness Systems LLC
- Applicants: Lightning Fitness Systems LLC
- Inventors: James Lowell Ramsey Clarke; Chiedo Raymond Ohanyerenwa
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12008918B2

## CPC

- G09B 5/00: Electrically-operated educational appliances (working with questions and answers G09B7/00; simulators G09B9/00; advertising or displaying in general G09F)
- A61B 5/1118: {Determining activity level}
- A61B 5/222: {combined with detection or measurement of physiological parameters, e.g. heart rate}
- A61B 5/4833: {Assessment of subject's compliance to treatment}
- A61B 5/486: {Biofeedback (using electroencephalography [EEG] A61B5/375)}
- B29D 23/00: Producing tubular articles (B29D24/00 takes precedence)
- B66B 3/002: {Indicators}
- F16L 11/10: with reinforcements not embedded in the wall (F16L11/11 takes precedence)
- F16L 11/12: with arrangements for particular purposes, e.g. specially profiled, with protecting layer, heated, electrically conducting (F16L11/11 takes precedence)
- G02F 1/133: Constructional arrangements; Operation of liquid crystal cells; Circuit arrangements (arrangements or circuits for control of liquid crystal elements in a matrix, not structurally associated with these elements G09G3/36)
- G08B 21/18: Status alarms (G08B21/02 takes precedence)
- G02F 1/13336: {Combining plural substrates to produce large-area displays, e.g. tiled displays}
- G02F 1/133385: {with cooling means, e.g. fans}
- G02F 1/133526: {Lenses, e.g. microlenses or Fresnel lenses}
- G02F 1/133603: {with LEDs}
- G09B: EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS (devices for psychotechnics or for testing reaction times A61B5/16; games, sports, amusements A63; projectors, projector screens G03B)
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- B29D: PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE (making granules B29B9/00; making preforms B29B11/00)
- B66B: ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS ({apparatus for raising or lowering persons on theatrical stages or the like A63J5/12} ; funicular railbound systems with rigid ground-supported tracks and cable traction, e.g. cliff railways, B61B9/00; arrangements of ammunition handlers in vessels B63G3/00; hoists, lifts, or conveyors for loading or unloading in general B65G; braking or detent devices controlling normal movements of winding drums or barrels B66D; ship-lifting devices E02C; garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for lifting vehicles E04H6/12; hoists for feeding ammunition or projectiles to launching apparatus or to loading mechanisms F41A9/00)
- F16L: PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- G02F: OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
- G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS

## Abstract

A method and apparatus to facilitate learning while moving, efficient multitasking involving movement while the user processes or responds to different stimuli. The stimuli may include but are not limited to information related to education or entertainment or feedback concerning the user's movement. More specifically this movement may be related to coordination, exercise or physiotherapy. The methods and apparatuses of the disclosure involve the user conducting movement, while simultaneously processing with the aid of an output device, movement device and sensor relays. In this disclosure sensors monitoring a user's performance on an output device may alter the parameters of a movement device's functionality, or vice versa. In some embodiments sensor relays may be used to create a perimeter for an area where a user can exercise while using an output device without the aid of a movement device. In other embodiments an observer can adjust the devices' set points.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for moving while receiving information wherein a user is fitted with one or more sensor relays, at least one of said sensor relay detecting information regarding the user's performance then:
a) said sensor relay sending the information it detects to a computer processor designed to analyze the information
b) after analyzing the information against a default or user defined set point, the computer processor sending the signal to an output device, a media device, or a movement device and
c) the output device automatically providing feedback in response to the signal, alerting the user to control the velocity of a movement device they are using or their own movement speed or adjust their own position or breathing
or
d) the media device automatically moving the digital image of an electronic display or changing the audio content to a song with a faster or slower pace accordingly, or pausing an entertainment movie until the user reaches a preset comfort level threshold
or
e) the movement device automatically adjusting in response to the user's learning over time performance accordingly.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A method described in claim 1 wherein one or more sensor relays send one or more signals to one or more output devices to inform the user of their position within an area.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A method described in claim 1 wherein one or more sensor relays indicate when the user has exited a perimeter of an area marked by electromagnetic signals sent between other sensor relays located at the boundaries of the perimeter.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method described in claim 3 wherein one or more sensor relays then send one or more signals to a visual headset interrupting the output device informing the user that they are now outside of a designated zone within an area.