Exercise equipment with integrated control system
AssigneeRhiannon Corp.
InventorRoberto Bonomi
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Abstract
An exercise system includes an integrated controller to automatically vary a resistive force output by the equipment during exercise in response to a user's characteristics. The user's characteristics are input to the controller, and the controller outputs signals to the exercise equipment corresponding to a workout regime. The exercise equipment includes a support system with an actuator assembly coupled to the support system and in communication with the controller. A resistance assembly is coupled to the support system and configured to translate along guides of the support system. The controller sends signals to the actuator assembly to vary a resistive force applied to the resistance assembly in response to the predetermined workout regime based on the user's characteristics.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a first guide;
- a second guide;
- a support assembly coupled to the first guide and the second guide;
- a resistance assembly coupled to the first guide and the second guide, the resistance assembly including a back plate configured to translate along the first guide and the second guide;
- an actuator assembly coupled to at least the first guide, the actuator assembly mechanically coupled to the resistance assembly and configured to vary a resistive force applied to the resistance assembly;
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- a control assembly in electronic communication with the actuator assembly and configured to control the resistive force of the actuator assembly applied to the resistance assembly based on a workout regime determined by the control assembly in response to unique user characteristic inputs to the control assembly.
A system configured to be coupled to a ceiling system including a first ceiling and a second ceiling with a space between the first ceiling and the second ceiling, comprising:
- a plurality of workout systems configured to be coupled to at least one of the first ceiling and the second ceiling, each of the plurality of workout systems including:
- a first guide;
- a second guide in spaced parallel relationship to the first guide;
- a support assembly coupled to the first guide and the second guide;
- a resistance assembly coupled to the first guide and the second guide, the resistance assembly including a back plate configured to translate along the first guide and the second guide;
- an actuator assembly coupled to at least the first guide, the actuator assembly mechanically coupled to the resistance assembly and configured to vary a resistive force applied to the resistance assembly;
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- a control assembly configured to be positioned in the space between the first ceiling and the second ceiling and in electronic communication with the actuator assembly, the control assembly configured to control the resistive force of the actuator assembly applied to the resistance assembly based on a workout regime determined by the control assembly in response to unique user characteristic inputs to the control assembly.
A method, comprising:
- receiving unique user characteristics for a user by a control system of a workout machine;
- determining, via the control system and the received user characteristics, a workout regime specific to the user;
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- varying, via the control system, a resistive force output by an actuator assembly of the workout machine based on the workout regime.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.