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US 9,878,210 B2Granted
Human powered vehicle with an adjustment assembly
AssigneeICON Health & Fitness, Inc.
InventorScott R. Watterson
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Abstract
A human powered vehicle includes a frame, a crank assembly disposed on the frame, a wheel rotatably attached to the frame, and a force rotation adjustment assembly in communication with the wheel. The human powered vehicle also includes a processor and memory, where the memory has programmed instructions executable by the processor to determine a calorie goal of the user, determine a user history, and adjust an force applied by the adjustment assembly based at least in part on the calorie goal.
Claims20
A human powered vehicle, comprising:
- a frame;
- a crank assembly disposed on the frame;
- a wheel rotatably attached to the frame;
- a rotation force adjustment assembly disposed on the frame in communication with the wheel;
- a processor and memory;
- and
- the memory comprising programmed instructions executable by the processor to:
- determine a calorie goal of a user;
- determine a user history;
- adjust the force applied by the adjustment assembly based at least in part on the calorie goal;
- and
- provide the user a reward when the user is ahead of the calorie goal, wherein the reward includes a selective assistance with a rotation of the wheel during a workout.
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A human powered vehicle, comprising:
- a frame;
- a crank assembly disposed on the frame;
- a wheel rotatably attached to the frame;
- a force rotation adjustment assembly disposed on the frame in communication with the wheel;
- a processor and memory;
- the memory comprising programmed instructions executable by the processor to:
- determine a calorie goal of a user;
- determine a user history;
- and
- adjust the force applied by the adjustment assembly based at least in part on the calorie goal;
- the adjustment assembly comprises an assistance mechanism arranged to contribute to the rotation of the wheel;
- and
- the assistance mechanism is arranged to contribute to the rotation of the wheel when the user earns a reward by being ahead of the calorie goal.
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A human powered vehicle, comprising:
- a frame;
- a crank assembly disposed on the frame;
- a wheel rotatably attached to the frame;
- a rotation force adjustment assembly disposed on the frame in communication with the wheel;
- a processor and memory;
- the memory comprising programmed instructions executable by the processor to:
- determine a calorie goal of a user;
- determine a user history, the user history comprises a calorie history and an exercise history;
- determine a route to be taken by the user;
- adjust the force applied by the adjustment assembly based at least in part on the calorie goal;
- and
- determine where along the route to adjust the force applied by the adjustment assembly;
- the adjustment assembly comprises an assistance mechanism arranged to contribute to the rotation of the wheel and a resistance mechanism arranged to resist the rotation of the wheel;
- the assistance mechanism is arranged to contribute to the rotation of the wheel when the user earns a reward by being ahead of the calorie goal;
- the resistance mechanism is arranged to resist the rotation of the wheel when the user receives a penalty by being behind in achieving the calorie goal;
- the adjustment assembly is in communication with a remote computing device;
- a sensor that determines whether the assistance mechanism applies the force;
- and
- the sensor is a thermal sensor arranged to determine when a temperature threshold of the assistance mechanism is reached.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.