System for controlling exercise equipment based on user pace and motion analysis

A system for controlling exercise equipment, comprising:

• a center of mass (COM) sensor configured to track a position of a body of a user on the exercise equipment over time;
• one or more additional sensors configured to track off-center movements of the user over time;
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• a control unit configured to modulate an adjustable parameter of the exercise equipment based on a plurality of measurements of the user's body position and off-center movements collected by the COM sensor and the one or more additional sensors over time and assign weights to the measurements from one or more responsive sensors of the COM sensor and the one or more additional sensors to compensate for a non-responsive sensor of the COM sensor and the one or more additional sensors when one of the COM sensor and the one or more additional sensors is determined to be non-responsive.

A method of controlling exercise equipment, comprising:

• tracking a position of a body of a user on the exercise equipment over time with a center of mass (COM) sensor coupled to or embedded within the exercise equipment;
• tracking off-center movements of the user over time with one or more additional sensors coupled to or embedded within the exercise equipment;
• modulating an adjustable parameter of the exercise equipment, with a control unit coupled to or embedded within the exercise equipment, based on a plurality of measurements of the user's body position and off-center movements collected by the COM sensor and the one or more additional sensors over time;
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• assigning weights to the measurements from one or more responsive sensors of the COM sensor and the one or more additional sensors to compensate for a non-responsive sensor of the COM sensor and the one or more additional sensors when one of the COM sensor and the one or more additional sensors is determined to be non-responsive.