Rowing system and method
AssigneeHydrow, Inc.
InventorsBruce Smith, Chris Paul, Christopher Evans, Gerhard Pawelka, William Burke, Harald Quintus-Bosz, Klaus Renner
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Abstract
Among other things, a rowing technology includes a first rowing machine having an electromagnetic brake providing a resistance to a rower of the machine in each rowing stroke of a series of rowing strokes of the rower An electronic controller causes the resistance of the electromagnetic brake to vary over each rowing stroke in a profile that emulates resistance to which another rower in a shell on water or on a second rowing machine is subjected in each rowing stroke of a corresponding series of rowing strokes.
Claims16
A rowing machine, comprising:
- a seat slidably mounted on a longitudinal rail;
- a rowing handle;
- an extended flexible element connected to the rowing handle to drive rotation of a magnetic resistance system;
- a sensor in or the longitudinal rail,
- wherein the sensor is configured to detect at least one of a speed of the seat, a direction of movement of the seat, an acceleration of the seat, or a position of the seat;
- and
- a computing system configured to:
- determine a suggestion to improve a rowing form of a user of the rowing machine based on the at least one of the speed of the seat, the direction of movement of the seat, the acceleration of the seat, or the position of the seat, and
- present the suggestion on a display.
A method, comprising:
- collecting sensor data from a sensor in or on a rail of a rowing machine, wherein a seat of the rowing machine is configured to slide along the rail, and wherein the sensor data is indicative of at least one of a speed of the seat, a direction of movement of the seat, an acceleration of the seat, or a position of the seat during a series of strokes;
- presenting, on a presentation device of a user of the rowing machine, a rower interface comprising a video presentation of a rower on water, wherein movement of the rower in the video presentation corresponds to movement of the user during the series of strokes;
- determining, a suggestion to improve a rowing form of the user based on the at least one of the speed of the seat, the direction of movement of the seat, the acceleration of the seat, or the position of the seat;
- and
- presenting the suggestion as an overlay on the presentation device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.