Exercise treadmill
AssigneeRunway Treadmill, LLC
InventorJordan Frank
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Abstract
An exercise treadmill is disclosed. The treadmill can include one or more sensors to acquire input data. A computer system can trigger one or more actions based on the input data. The input data can correspond to a lengthwise position of the user along a length of a usable surface of the platform and/or a lateral position of the user on the belt. The action(s) can include providing feedback to the user and/or adjusting rotation of the belt and/or a resistance of rotation of the belt. The adjustment can be performed in response to input from a user control requesting the adjustment.
Claims21
A treadmill comprising:
- a platform;
- a belt configured to rotate around the platform, wherein rotation of the belt is at least partially induced by a user exercising;
- a varying resistance device for dynamically adjusting a current resistance of rotation of the belt;
- and
- a computer system configured to operate the varying resistance device to dynamically increase or decrease the current resistance of rotation of the belt in response to speed data corresponding to a current speed of the belt, resistance data corresponding to the current resistance, and at least one of:
- a target speed of the belt or a target resistance of rotation of the belt, without changing an incline of the platform.
A treadmill comprising:
- a platform;
- a belt configured to rotate around the platform, wherein rotation of the belt is at least partially induced by a user exercising;
- a varying resistance device for dynamically adjusting a resistance of rotation of the belt;
- and
- a computer system configured to operate the varying resistance device to dynamically set the resistance of rotation of the belt, wherein the computer system increases or decreases the resistance of rotation of the belt in response to speed data corresponding to a current speed of the belt, resistance data regarding the varying resistance device, and at least one of:
- a target speed of the belt or a target resistance of rotation of the belt, without changing an incline of the platform.
A treadmill comprising:
- a platform;
- a belt configured to rotate around the platform, wherein rotation of the belt is at least partially induced by a user exercising;
- a varying resistance device for dynamically adjusting a resistance of rotation of the belt;
- a motor configured to selectively adjust the speed of the belt;
- and
- a computer system configured to:
- operate the varying resistance device to dynamically set the resistance of rotation of the belt, wherein the computer system increases or decreases a wattage provided to the varying resistance device in response to the speed data, resistance data regarding the varying resistance device, and at least one of:
- a target speed of the belt or a target resistance of rotation of the belt, without changing an incline of the platform;
- and
- operate the motor to dynamically adjust the speed of the belt in response to a difference between at least one of:
- the current speed indicated by the speed data and the target speed or a current resistance indicated by the resistance data and the target resistance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.