Method and apparatus for controlling repetitive movements

• US 20070219068A1
• Filed: 03/16/2007
• Published: 09/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Georg Korfmacher
• Original Assignee: Georg Korfmacher
• Inventors: Korfmacher, Georg
• Application Number:
  US11/725,145
• Publication Number:
  US 20070219068A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/57
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/00 Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements force-resisting aspects A63B21/00; for particular parts of the body, e.g. to strengthen particular limbs or muscles A63B23/00; electric or electronic controls therefor A63B24/00
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2208/12 specially adapted for children
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/00 Electric or electronic controls for exercising apparatus of preceding groups; Controlling or monitoring of exercises, sportive games, training or athletic performances

Abstract

Method and apparatus for controlling movement patterns in repetitive movements, in particular in cyclical or alternating movements defined by the parameters of the amplitude and frequency of the movement, in which these parameters are correlated with the mean velocity of a body effectively or fictively driven forward by the movement as well as a device for realizing the method.

Claims

1. A method for controlling movement patterns in repetitive movements, in particular in cyclical or alternating movements defined by the parameters of the amplitude and frequency of the movement, characterized by the fact that these parameters (A, F) are correlated with the mean velocity (V) of a body effectively or fictively driven forward by the movement.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the relationship between the parameters (A, F, V) is adjusted according to the equation X=A×

F/V.

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized by the fact that the value of the factor X is adjusted to 0,3.

4. An apparatus comprising means to realize a cyclical or alternating movement, characterized by the fact that it comprises means (5, 7;

18) for setting the amplitude (A), frequency (F) or mean speed (V) of a body effectively or fictively driven forward by the movement.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4, characterized by the fact that the length of the crank (5;

11;

13;

22) and thus the amplitude (A) of the movement is adjustable.

6. The apparatus according to one of claim 5, characterized by the fact that it comprises a control unit (7;

18) with means to adjust the amplitude (A) of the movement, its mean real or fictive velocity (V) as well as its frequency (F).

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, characterized by the fact that the control unit (7;

18) comprises a calculator determining the amplitude (A) of the movement as a function of its frequency (F) and velocity (V).

8. The apparatus according to claim 6, characterized by the fact that the control unit (7;

18) comprises a calculator determining the frequency (F) of the movement as a function of its amplitude (A) and velocity (V).

9. The apparatus according to claim 6, characterized by the fact that the control unit (7;

18) comprises a calculator determining the velocity (V) as a function of the amplitude (A) and frequency (F) of the movement.

10. The apparatus according to one of claim 9, characterized by the fact that the calculator comprises means to determine the amplitude (A), frequency (F) and/or velocity (V) on the basis of the Strouhal equation.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10, characterized by the fact that the Strouhal number has he value 0,3.

12. The apparatus according to one of claim 11, characterized by the fact that the calculator comprises means to write a force-time-diagram.