Portable networked exercise ball-and-stick apparatus
AssigneeTotal Motion 360
InventorTom Fabbri
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Abstract
The present invention is a connected portable exercise apparatus that allows for weight resistance or weight-bearing exercise. A portable exercise ball-and-stick apparatus, which includes a base having a partial and concave spherical region for accepting therein a ball and with a rod-portion extending from the ball, which may be either linearly- or non-linearly shaped, and preferably with a handle at the end of the rod distal from the ball for gripping the rod with the handle preferably being rotatable relative to the rod. The handle has a sensor in it that allows for the determination of the motion of the rod. The motion of the rod is compared to desired movements in a given exercise, and feedback is given to the user when they go outside of the desired movements for an exercise.
Claims20
An apparatus for providing feedback accuracy of exercise movement, the apparatus comprising;
- a ball;
- a stick extending from the ball;
- and
- one or more sensors associated with the ball, each of the sensors configured to measure a characteristic of movement of the ball.
A system for providing feedback accuracy of exercise movement, the system comprising;
- an exercise apparatus that includes a ball, a stick extending from the ball, and one or more sensors associated with the ball, wherein each of the sensors is configured to measure a characteristic of movement of the ball;
- and
- a motion network server that:
- stores data in a database in memory regarding a plurality of different types of exercises,
- receives sensor data from the exercise apparatus over a communication network regarding the measured characteristic of movement of the ball,
- identifies that the data corresponds to one of the types of exercise, and
- compares the received data to data stored in an exercise database regarding the identified type of exercise;
- and
- generates feedback regarding the comparison between the received data and stored data regarding the identified type of exercise.
A method for providing feedback accuracy of exercise movement, the method comprising;
- storing data in a database in memory regarding a plurality of different types of exercises;
- monitoring movement of a ball of an exercise apparatus that includes the ball, a stick extending from the ball, and one or more sensors associated with the ball, wherein each of the sensors is configured to measure a characteristic of the movement of the ball;
- analyzing sensor data received from the sensors of the exercise apparatus over a communication network regarding the measured characteristic of movement of the ball;
- identifying that the data corresponds to one of the types of exercise, and
- comparing the received data to data stored in an exercise database regarding the identified type of exercise;
- and
- generating feedback regarding the comparison between the received data and stored data regarding the identified type of exercise.
A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium, having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for providing feedback accuracy of exercise movement, the method comprising;
- storing data in a database in memory regarding a plurality of different types of exercises;
- monitoring movement of a ball of an exercise apparatus that includes the ball, a stick extending from the ball, and one or more sensors associated with the ball, wherein each of the sensors is configured to measure a characteristic of the movement of the ball;
- analyzing sensor data received from the sensors of the exercise apparatus over a communication network regarding the measured characteristic of movement of the ball;
- identifying that the data corresponds to one of the types of exercise, and
- comparing the received data to data stored in an exercise database regarding the identified type of exercise;
- and
- generating feedback regarding the comparison between the received data and stored data regarding the identified type of exercise.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.