Indoor bicycle adjustment method and system
AssigneeWahoo Fitness LLC
InventorHarold M. Hawkins, III
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Abstract
A stationary indoor “smart” training bicycle includes a unique combination of adjustable components to provide configurable dimensions to adjust the frame size of the indoor bicycle to properly fit a rider. A system is also provided to process a digital image of an outdoor bicycle and determine and translate dimensions and adjustments to the indoor bicycle to match one or more dimensions (lengths, angles, separations, etc.) of the outdoor bicycle.
Claims14
A method for adjusting a stationary bicycle, the method comprising:
- accessing a digital photographic image of a reference non-stationary bicycle;
- receiving a first input identifying a first aspect of the reference non-stationary bicycle in the digital photographic image and a second input identifying a second aspect of the reference non-stationary bicycle in the digital photographic image;
- determining, based on the first input and the second input, a distance within the digital photographic image between a location of the first aspect of the reference non-stationary bicycle and a location of the second aspect of the reference non-stationary bicycle;
- determining, based on the determined distance, a dimension of a stationary bicycle device;
- determining, based on the determined dimension of the stationary bicycle device, a setting of an adjustable portion of the stationary bicycle device;
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- controlling, based on the setting, an actuator of the adjustable portion to adjust a size of the stationary bicycle device to correspond with the determined dimension.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program instructions stored thereon that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- display a digital photographic image of a reference non-stationary bicycle;
- receive, from an input device, a first input identifying a first aspect of the reference non-stationary bicycle in the digital photographic image and a second input identifying a second aspect of the reference non-stationary bicycle in the digital photographic image, wherein a distance within the digital photographic image between a location of the first aspect and a location of the second aspect of the reference non-stationary bicycle is determined, and wherein a dimension of the reference non-stationary bicycle is calculated from the determined distance;
- determine, based on the calculated dimension of the reference non-stationary bicycle, a setting of an adjustable feature of a stationary exercise bicycle to alter a dimension of the stationary exercise bicycle, the setting corresponding to a translation of the calculated dimension of the reference non-stationary bicycle to a corresponding dimension of the stationary exercise bicycle;
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- control, based on the setting of the adjustable feature, an actuator of the stationary exercise bicycle to alter the dimension of the stationary bicycle device to correspond with the calculated dimension of the reference non-stationary bicycle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.