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US 6,450,922 B1Granted
Electronic exercise system
AssigneeGraber Products, Inc.
InventorsScott J. Henderson, Tyler C. Marthaler, Jeffrey Q. Nichols
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Abstract
A physical activity monitor, during a first period, records data characterizing a physical activity by a user, and an exercise device uses the recorded data of the physical activity monitor to simulate the physical activity for the user during a second period.
Claims34
Apparatus comprising:
- a physical activity monitor including a sensing and recording arrangement that during a first period of physical activity senses and records data characterizing the physical activity performed by a user;
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- an exercise device configured to simulate the physical activity, wherein the exercise device has a control and wherein the sensing and recording arrangement of the monitor is separate from the control of the exercise device, wherein the recorded data from the physical activity monitor is supplied to the control of the exercise device, and wherein the control of the exercise device uses the recorded data from the physical activity monitor
- to control operation of the exercise device and simulate the physical activity of the first period for the user during a second period of physical activity using the exercise device.
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Apparatus comprising:
- a physical activity monitor that records sampled data, the data comprising indices of a force exerted by a user and of a distance traveled by the user during a first period of non-stationary physical activity by the user;
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- a stationary exercise device configured to simulate the physical activity, wherein the stationary exercise device includes a control that uses the recorded data from the physical activity monitor to control operation of the stationary exercise device during a second period of stationary physical activity on the exercise device which simulates the first period of non-stationary physical activity.
Apparatus comprising:
- a physical activity monitor that records sampled data, the data comprising indices of a force exerted by a user and of a distance traveled by the user during a non-stationary bicycle ride by the user occurring during a first time period, the physical activity monitor further comprising a rotational sensor attached to a bicycle used during the non-stationary bicycle ride, an inclination sensor, and a heart rate sensor coupled to the user;
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- a stationary exercise device that uses the recorded data from the physical activity monitor to simulate the non-stationary bicycle ride during a subsequent second time period of physical activity using the stationary exercise device, the stationary exercise device comprising a resistance unit removably coupled to a bicycle;
- and a controller, the controller adapted to receive the data recorded by the physical activity monitor and to control the resistance unit to simulate the non-stationary bicycle ride.
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A method comprising:
- during a first period of physical activity in a first environment, recording data characterizing the physical activity performed by a user;
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- during a second period of physical activity in a second environment which simulates the first environment, using the recorded data to control operating characteristics of the second environment to simulate the physical activity of the first period for the user.
A method comprising:
- recording sampled data during a first time period, the data comprising indices of a force exerted by a user and of a distance traveled by the user during a non-stationary bicycle ride by the user;
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- using the recorded data to control operation of a stationary bicycle trainer to simulate characteristics of the non-stationary bicycle ride on the stationary bicycle trainer during a subsequent second period of physical activity on the stationary bicycle trainer.
A method comprising:
- recording sampled data in a storage unit, the data comprising indices of a force exerted by a user and of a distance traveled by the user during a non-stationary bicycle ride by the user occurring during a first time period;
- interconnecting the storage unit with a stationary bicycle exercise device having a resistance unit;
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- utilizing the recorded data to control the resistance unit to simulate the non-stationary bicycle ride using the stationary bicycle exercise device during a subsequent second period of physical exercise employing the resistance unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.