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US 9,808,672 B2Granted
Position sensor on a treadmill
AssigneeICON Health & Fitness, Inc.
InventorWilliam T. Dalebout
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Abstract
A treadmill system includes a deck, an endless tread belt covering at least a portion of the deck, a position sensor that senses a position of a user when the user is on the tread belt, and a control module that adjusts a speed of the tread belt in response to an output of the position sensor.
Claims18
A treadmill system, comprising:
- a deck;
- an endless tread belt covering at least a portion of the deck;
- a position sensor that senses a position of a user when the user is on the tread belt;
- and
- a control module that adjusts a speed of the tread belt in response to an output of the position sensor, wherein the control module determines whether the user is on foot or on a bicycle in response to the output of the position sensor.
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A treadmill system, comprising:
- a deck;
- an endless tread belt covering at least a portion of the deck;
- a position sensor that senses a position of a user when the user is on the tread belt;
- and
- a processor and memory, wherein the memory comprises programmed instructions executable by the processor to:
- adjust a speed of the tread belt based on an output of the position sensor;
- determine whether the user is on foot or on a bicycle based on the output of the position sensor;
- and
- determine an amount of work performed by the user based at least in part on whether the user is on foot or on a bicycle.
6 more elements
A treadmill system, comprising:
- a deck;
- an endless tread belt covering at least a portion of the deck;
- a position sensor that senses a position of a user when the user is on the tread belt;
- wherein the position sensor includes a tether attachable to the user or a bicycle that is wound in a reel, and the position sensor detects a displacement of the tether;
- and
- a processor and memory, wherein the memory comprises programmed instructions executable by the processor to:
- adjust a speed of the tread belt based on an output of the position sensor;
- determine whether the user is on foot or on the bicycle based on the output of the position sensor;
- determine the work performed by the user based at least in part on whether the user is on foot or on a bicycle;
- and
- adjust the speed of the tread belt more slowly when the user is performing a cycling exercise than when the user is performing foot exercise.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.