Biomedical response exercise equipment which avoids interference effects

An apparatus for controlled exercise of a user, including:

• a sensor for obtaining ECG signals from a user of exercise equipment,
• means for producing encoded signals from said ECG signals, each said encoded signal including a data signal used to determine heartbeat rate and an identification signal,
• a transmitter for transmitting said encoded signals to a receiver, said identification being shared between said transmitter and said receiver,
• identification means in said receiver for using said identification signal to determine if each said encoded signal is from said transmitter,
• rejection means in said receiver for rejecting said encoded signal if it is not from said transmitter,
• means for determining heartbeat rate from said received encoded signals if said received encoded signals are from said transmitter,
• exercise equipment having a parameter control therein for adjusting a parameter that affects the exercise workout of said user, said parameter control receiving a signal representing heartbeat rate and having means therein for adjusting said exercise workout in response to said signal representing heartbeat rate.

An exercise apparatus, including

• exercise equipment,
• a sensor for obtaining ECG signals from a user of said exercise equipment,
• means for producing encoded signals from said ECG signals,
• a transmitter for transmission of said encoded signals to a receiver,
• a receiver on said exercise equipment for receiving said encoded signals from said transmitter,
• identification means for determining if said encoded signals are from said transmitter,
• rejection means in said receiver for rejecting said encoded signals if said encoded signals are not from said transmitter,
• means for calculating said user's heart rate, and
• display means located on said exercise equipment for displaying said user's heart rate.

An apparatus for exercise based on a human biomedical condition including in combination:

• means for detecting signals indicative of said biomedical condition and for producing first signals used to determine said biomedical condition of a person using said apparatus,
• a transmitting unit connected to said means for detecting, said transmitting unit including means for producing an identification signal identifying said transmitting unit, said transmitting unit also including a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting said first signals and said identification signal to a receiver located on a piece of exercise equipment,
• exercise equipment having a parameter control means therein for adjusting a parameter that affects the exercise workout of said person,
• a receiver located on said exercise equipment for receiving said identification signal and said first signals,
• processor means for reading said identification signal to determine the identity of the transmitting unit from which said first signals and said identification signal are sent and for producing a control signal to said parameter control means in response to said person's biomedical condition if said first signals have been sent from said transmitting unit,
• said parameter control means being responsive to said control signal for adjusting said parameter in response to the biomedical condition of said person.

A method for controlled exercise of a person in response to continuous monitoring of a person's heart rate, including the steps of:

• providing exercise equipment having a parameter control means therein for changing or maintaining the resistance offered by said exercise equipment to a user of said equipment,
• producing first signals used to determine the user's heart rate,
• wirelessly transmitting said first signals from a transmitter to a receiver located on said exercise equipment,
• receiving said wirelessly transmitted first signals at a receiver located in said exercise equipment,
• determining if said received first signals are from said transmitter, even in the presence of interference,
• using said received first signals, if said received first signals are from said transmitter, to develop control signals that are sent to said parameter control means located in said exercise equipment, said control signals determining the resistance offered by said exercise equipment to said user, said control signals being related to the heartbeat rate of said user.

An apparatus for controlled exercise of a user, including:

• a sensor for obtaining an ECG signal from a user of exercise equipment,
• means connected to said sensor for determining the heartbeats of said user from said ECG signal,
• means for producing encoded signals representing said user's heart rate,
• a transmitter for transmitting said encoded heart rate signals to a receiver,
• rejection means in said receiver for rejecting signals if said signals are not from said transmitter,
• exercise equipment having a parameter control therein for adjusting a parameter that affects the exercise workout of said user, said parameter control receiving signals representing the user's heartbeat rate and having means therein for adjusting said exercise workout in response to said signal representing heartbeat rate.

An exercise apparatus comprising:

• exercise equipment,
• a sensor for obtaining signals relating to heartbeats from a user of said exercise equipment,
• means connected to said sensor for using said signals to produce encoded signals of said user's heartbeat rate,
• a transmitter for transmission of said encoded signals to a receiver,
• a receiver on said exercise equipment for receiving said encoded signals from said transmitter,
• rejection means in said receiver for rejecting signals that are not from said transmitter, and
• display means on said exercise equipment for displaying said user's heartbeat rates.

A method for controlled exercise of a person in response to continuous monitoring of a person's heart rate, including the steps of:

• providing exercise equipment having a parameter control means therein for changing or maintaining the resistance offered by said exercise equipment to a user of said equipment,
• producing encoded signals of the user's heart rate,
• wirelessly transmitting said encoded signals from a transmitter to a receiver located on said exercise equipment,
• receiving said wirelessly transmitted encoded signals at a receiver located on said exercise equipment,
• using said received encoded signals, if said received encoded signals are from said transmitter, to develop control signals that are sent to said parameter control means located in said exercise equipment, said control signals determining the resistance offered by said exercise equipment to said user, said control signals being related to the heartbeat rates of said user.

An apparatus for exercise based on a user's heart rate, comprising:

• a sensor for detecting body signals relating to said user's heartbeats,
• encoding means connected to said sensor using said body signals to produce a series of encoded signals representing said user's heart rates,
• a transmitter for transmitting said encoding signals representing heart rates to a receiver located on a piece of exercise equipment,
• exercise equipment having a parameter control means therein for adjusting a parameter that affects the exercise workout of said user,
• a receiver located on said exercise equipment for receiving said encoded signals,
• parameter control means for using said received encoded signals to adjust said parameter in response to said user's heart rates if said received encoded signals are from said transmitter.