Method and apparatus of counting steps for treadmill
First Claim
1. A method of counting steps for a treadmill;
- using a current existing treadmill with a motor and a treadmill belt as a basis, and said motor driving said treadmill belt to operate, and said treadmill belt being provided for a user to pedal;
measuring a load exerted on said treadmill, and detecting the number of times of an instant load of said motor caused by applying a force by a user'"'"'s legs for each time of the user'"'"'s exercise, and counting the steps performed by the user'"'"'s exercise, and displaying the step count of the user'"'"'s legs.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus of counting steps for a treadmill. The method measures a load exerted on the treadmill and detects the number of instant loads caused by a user applying a force by the user'"'"'s legs for each time of the exercise to count the steps of leg exercise during an exercise. The treadmill includes a treadmill body, a load detection unit, a display unit, and a base of the treadmill. The base has a motor and a treadmill belt, and the load detection unit is provided for detecting the load exerted on the motor and recording the number of instant loads of the motor, and the display unit is electrically connected to the load detection unit for outputting the number of loads of the motor.
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8 Claims
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1. A method of counting steps for a treadmill;
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using a current existing treadmill with a motor and a treadmill belt as a basis, and said motor driving said treadmill belt to operate, and said treadmill belt being provided for a user to pedal; measuring a load exerted on said treadmill, and detecting the number of times of an instant load of said motor caused by applying a force by a user'"'"'s legs for each time of the user'"'"'s exercise, and counting the steps performed by the user'"'"'s exercise, and displaying the step count of the user'"'"'s legs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 8)
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5. A treadmill, comprising:
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a treadmill body, having a base, a motor and a treadmill belt installed at said base, and said motor being installed at a side of said base and having two tracks, and said treadmill belt being wound circularly between said two tracks of said base, and said treadmill belt being driven to rotate by said motor; a load detection unit, for detecting a load exerted on said motor and recording the number of instant loads of said motor in the same time; and a display unit, electrically coupled to said load detection unit, for displaying the number of loads of said motor. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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