Travel computer with memory and means for determining various performance variables in real time
OwnerLawrence J. Brissoninventor
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Abstract
A device for monitoring and comparing present, past and ideal performances on an exercise machine senses a preselected set of factors chosen to represent the present performance of the user on the machine. A Processor operates under a predetermined set of user controlled instructions to store the set of performance data for each performance of the user in its memory unit, and compare the present set against a stored set of performance data representing a saved prior performance. It generates an output display signal representative of a comparison metric therebetween.
Claims8
A user controlled display system for a vehicle for monitoring and comparing electrical signals representative of the present performance of a rider or driver along a course travelled, against a saved prior performance, comprising:
- means for measuring the distance travelled by the vehicle, and for generating a series of signals representative of the distance travelled;
- clocking means providing a plurality of timing signals representative of the elapsed time from the beginning of the performance;
- Input/Output means for receiving user input and selection data, and generating a corresponding input signal representative thereof, and for generating a display signal in response to a received output display signal to display data to the user;
- Processor means receiving as input said distance travelled and said elapsed time input signals, for retrievably storing said distance travelled and elapsed time input signals in a portion of a memory means as a set of detailed performance data signals representative of at least the elapsed time and distance for at least one point along the present course travelled by the user,
- said processor means operating under a predetermined set of user controlled instructions to store said set of performance data for the present performance of the rider or driver in said memory means, and compare said set of performance data signals against a stored set of performance data representing a saved prior performance, and generate an output display signal representative of a comparison metric therebetween to said Input/Output means.
A user controlled display system for an exercise machine for monitoring and comparing electrical signals representative of the present performance of a user of the machine, against a saved prior performance, comprising:
- sensing means associated with the machine and adapted for providing a series of signals representative of a preselected set of factors chosen to represent the present performance of the user on the machine;
- clocking means providing a plurality of timing signals representative of the elapsed time from the beginning of the performance;
- Input/Output means for receiving user input and selection data, and generating a corresponding input signal representative thereof, and for generating a display signal in response to a received output display signal to display data to the user;
- Processor means receiving as input said series of signals representative of a preselected set of factors chosen to represent the present performance of the user on the machine, elapsed time and user generated input signals, for retrievably storing said elapsed time and performance factor input signals in a portion of a memory means as a set of detailed performance data signals representative of at least the elapsed time and each of the preselected set of factors chosen to represent the present performance of the user on the machine, for at least one point during the present performance of the user,
- said processor means operating under a predetermined set of user controlled instructions to store said set of performance data for the present performance of the user in said memory means, and compare said set of performance data signals against a stored set of performance data representing a saved prior performance, and generate an output display signal representative of a comparison metric therebetween to said Input/Output means.
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