METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING EXERCISE PERFORMANCE
First Claim
1. An integrated sensor apparatus comprising:
- a force sensor, capable of sensing a force applied to a friction inducing portion thereof; and
a sensor transceiver to wirelessly transmit at least one packet, wherein the contents of at least one of the at least one packets are at least partially dependent on the force sensed by the force sensor, wherein the integrated sensor is adaptable to be retrofitted to an existing exercise machine such that the friction inducing portion replaces one or more existing friction inducing portions already arranged on the exercise machine and such that a spinning portion of the exercise machine, when in motion, applies friction to the friction inducing portion of the force sensor.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
An integrated sensor apparatus capable of detecting exercise equipment parameters such as power output and cadence is designed so as to be easily retrofittable to existing equipment. To the extent that a particular sensor uses friction measurement, it can supplant an existing friction causing device on the equipment. Additionally, the sensor can communicate, wirelessly if desired, with a processing device. The processing device is capable of receiving and processing a plurality of sensor signals. The processing device can then output processed signals to a display, so that a plurality of people joining in a group exercise or competition can easily track their relative performance in real-time.
-
Citations
22 Claims
-
1. An integrated sensor apparatus comprising:
-
a force sensor, capable of sensing a force applied to a friction inducing portion thereof; and
a sensor transceiver to wirelessly transmit at least one packet, wherein the contents of at least one of the at least one packets are at least partially dependent on the force sensed by the force sensor, wherein the integrated sensor is adaptable to be retrofitted to an existing exercise machine such that the friction inducing portion replaces one or more existing friction inducing portions already arranged on the exercise machine and such that a spinning portion of the exercise machine, when in motion, applies friction to the friction inducing portion of the force sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
-
-
10. A method of providing graphical individual and group exercise feedback for one or more people each using a piece of exercise equipment, wherein each piece of exercise equipment is outfitted with one or more integrated sensor apparatuses, the method comprising:
-
sensing, using an integrated sensor apparatus, at least one performance parameter of each of the one or more pieces of exercise equipment;
wirelessly transmitting a signal from each of the one or more sensor apparatuses to one or more processing devices, the signal containing information about the at least one sensed performance parameter;
processing the transmitted signals;
outputting the processed signals to a display; and
displaying a graphical representation indicative of the sensed at least one performance parameter. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
-
Specification