# US 2026/0097293 A1 · Detecting objects proximate to a treadmill

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- Number: US 2026/0097293 A1
- Document ID: US20260097293A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 19/314,386
- Filed: 2025-08-29
- Published: 2026-04-09
- Earliest claimed: 2021-05-05
- Assignees: Peloton Interactive, Inc.
- Applicants: Peloton Interactive Inc.
- Inventors: Jody NGUYEN; Alvin DOMINGUEZ; Spike CHENG; Tobey HSU
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260097293A1

## CPC

- A63B 71/0054: {Features for injury prevention on an apparatus, e.g. shock absorbers (mats or the like for absorbing shocks for jumping A63B6/00)}
- A63B 22/02: with movable endless bands {, e.g. treadmills (other training appliances for running on the spot A63B69/0028)}
- A63B 24/0087: {Electric or electronic controls for exercising apparatus of groups A63B21/00 - A63B23/00, e.g. controlling load}
- G01S 13/88: Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications (electromagnetic prospecting or detecting of objects, e.g. near-field detection, G01V3/00)
- A63B 2071/0081: {Stopping the operation of the apparatus}
- A63B 2220/13: Relative positions
- A63B 2220/803: Motion sensors
- A63B 2220/833: Sensors arranged on the exercise apparatus or sports implement
- G01S 13/04: Systems determining presence of a target (based on relative movement of target G01S13/56)
- G01S 13/56: for presence detection {(presence detection using near field arrangements G01V3/00, e.g. G01V3/08, G01V3/12; burglar, theft or intruder alarms with electrical actuation G08B13/22 - G08B13/26)}
- G01S 13/62: Sense-of-movement determination {(G01S13/589 takes precedence)}
- G01S 13/867: {Combination of radar systems with cameras}
- G01S 13/87: Combinations of radar systems, e.g. primary radar and secondary radar
- G01S 17/04: Systems determining the presence of a target
- G01S 17/88: Lidar systems specially adapted for specific applications
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)
- G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES

## Abstract

An exercise machine can include sensors to detect objects proximate to and/or moving towards the exercise machine. For example, a treadmill, or a control system associated with the treadmill, can determine an object is moving towards or is already proximate to a deck of the treadmill (e.g., a front area, middle area, or rear area of the deck of the treadmill) and modify operations of the treadmill in response to the determined or detected object or object movement. The treadmill can utilize various detection mechanisms when determining an object is within a proximity to the treadmill, such as time-of-flight (ToF) sensors or cameras, millimeter wave (mmWave) sensors, computer vision (CV) technology, and so on, to detect the proximity of the object (or movement of the object).

## Claims

### Claim 1

A treadmill, comprising:
a deck;
a belt having a running surface that moves around the deck; and
one or more sensors that detect an object is proximate to the treadmill.