Tactile exercise mat
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorWilhelmus Johannes Joseph Satut
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a tactile exercise mat (1) and a method of operating it. The tactile exercise mat comprises a plurality of actuators (2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 30, 31) distributed therein and a controller adapted to control the plurality of actuators. The controller is adapted to access predefined actuator configurations defining exercise configurations and to control the actuators in accordance with the predefined actuator configurations. In an advantageous embodiment, the controller is communicatively connected to one or more sensors for sensing the actual movement of the user.
Claims12
A tactile exercise mat (1) comprising a plurality of actuators (2) distributed therein and a controller adapted to control the plurality of actuators, wherein the controller accesses predefined actuator configurations defining exercise configurations for one or more users, and wherein one or more actuators of the plurality of actuators is controlled in accordance with the predefined actuator configurations.
A method of operating a tactile exercise mat (1),
- the tactile exercise mat comprising a plurality of actuators (2) distributed therein and a controller adapted to control the plurality of actuators, wherein the controller accesses predefined actuator configurations defining exercise configurations for one or more users, and wherein one or more actuators of the plurality of actuators is controlled in accordance with the predefined actuator configurations;
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- wherein the exercise configurations correlate an area on the tactile exercise mat with a body part of the user, and wherein the tactile exercise mat is operated by actuating an actuator in the area of the tactile exercise mat correlated to the body part in accordance with the exercise configuration (12, 13).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.