Computer interface with remote communication apparatus for an exercise machine
OwnerSarah Grunfeld, Abraham Grunfeldinventors
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Abstract
A computer interface with a remote communication apparatus for an exercise machine is disclosed, designed as a stationary exercise machine with provisions for an interactive approach with a predetermined program on a computer-controlled interface and with provisions for interfacing two or more such units to allow a sense of competition between two or more people. The present invention discloses a conventional, stationary exercise machine, a computer with a specialized program or programs, a series of apparatuses for interfacing with the individual exercising as well as the exercise machine itself, and a means for interfacing two or more such machines together.
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A computer interface with a remote communication apparatus for an exercise machine, designed for use with a conventional exercise machine, said computer interface with a remote communication apparatus for an exercise machine comprising:
- a computer, said computer being capable of running programs, and said computer having a computer monitor, and said computer and computer monitor located at a convenient eye level at the anterior of the exercise machine;
- a mounting shelf, said mounting shelf releasably attached to the side rails of said exercise machine via a clamp and used to support said computer;
- a speed adjustment mechanism, said speed adjustment mechanism located on a operating panel located on the exercise machine and electronically connecting the computer with the exercise machine;
- a speed detection apparatus, said speed detection apparatus designed to monitor the speed generated by the exercise machine;
- a first hand controller, said first hand controller located on the left-hand side of the conventional exercise machine, and designed to control sequences of the program run by the computer that are not capable of receiving input signals by the speed detection mechanism;
- a second hand controller, said second hand controller located on the right-hand side of the conventional exercise machine, and designed to control sequences of the program run by the computer that are not capable of receiving input signals by the speed detection mechanism;
- electronic interconnecting communication paths, said electronic interconnecting communication paths electronically connecting said speed adjustment mechanism, speed detection mechanism, first hand controller and the second hand controller to the computer.
An exercise machine with a built in computer interface with a remote communication apparatus, said computer interface with a remote communication apparatus for said exercise machine comprising:
- a computer, said computer being capable of running programs, and said computer having a computer monitor, and said computer and computer monitor located at a convenient eye level at the anterior of the exercise machine;
- a speed adjustment mechanism, said speed adjustment mechanism designed to adjust the speed of the exercise machine electronically connecting the computer with the exercise machine;
- a speed detection apparatus, said speed detection apparatus designed to monitor the speed generated by the exercise machine;
- a first hand controller, said first hand controller located on the left-hand side of the conventional exercise machine, and designed to control sequences of the program run by the computer that are not capable of receiving input signals by the speed detection mechanism;
- a second hand controller, said second hand controller located on the right-hand side of the conventional exercise machine, and designed to control sequences of the program run by the computer that are not capable of receiving input signals by the speed detection mechanism;
- electronic interconnecting communication paths, said electronic interconnecting communication paths electronically connecting said speed adjustment mechanism, speed detection mechanism, first hand controller and the second hand controller to the computer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.