Interactive exercise monitor
OwnerGregory D. Eastoninventor
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Abstract
An interactive exercise monitor which computes and displays time, distance, pace, and energy expended by a user performing a repetitive workout around a predetermined course employs a stationary transmitter located along the workout course and a receiver carried by the user. The stationary transmitter emits a limited range signal that is detected by the receiver each time the user passes the transmitter during the workout. The receiver includes a central processing unit into which the precise distance of the course may be preprogrammed and that is then capable of computing distance accumulated by the user, elapsed time, and other desired parameters. In addition, the user may enter information such as his or her weight and a desired time, distance, and pace of the workout into the receiver.
Claims8
An interactive exercise monitor for use by a person performing a repetitive workout around a predetermined course, the interactive exercise monitor comprising:
- a single unattended transmitter fixedly positioned at a point along the course, the transmitter being operative for continuously emitting a limited range signal;
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- receiver means carried by a user during a repetitive workout around said course, the receiver means being operative for detecting said limited range signal each time the user passes in proximity to said transmitter and for providing a signal to the user during each lap of said course only at the point at which the user passes in proximity to said transmitter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.