Intelligent vehicle meter

• US 20080119330A1
• Filed: 11/22/2006
• Published: 05/22/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Boston Technology
• Original Assignee: Boston Technology
• Inventors: Jan, Horn-Yong, Chiang, Cheng-Tang
• Application Number:
  US11/603,168
• Publication Number:
  US 20080119330A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/8
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/10 Positions
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/30 Speed
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/40 Acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/00 Measuring physiological parameters of the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/06 heartbeat rate only
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/062 used as a control parameter for the apparatus
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0028 for running, jogging or speed-walking movable endless bands A63B22/02
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 45/20 Cycle computers as cycle accessories
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 50/22 electronic, e.g. displays

Abstract

An intelligent vehicle meter includes an associative processing unit and a signal processing unit connecting to various modules to process related signals. Through a measurement module and an accelerometer module physiological conditions of an exerciser and exercise intensity can be obtained to generate a control signal to be sent to a control module. Hence a corresponding control measure can be made immediately by the control module according to exerciser'"'"'s conditions to actively change use intensity of the exercise equipment to enable the exerciser to do exercise under the optimal condition to protect the health and safety of the exerciser.

Claims

1. An intelligent vehicle meter mounted by an exerciser onto a moving exercise equipment which has an external input device and an associative processing unit which receives input signals from the external input device, comprising a signal processing unit, a display device, a measurement module, an accelerometer module and a control module;

wherein the signal processing unit receives processing signals from the associative processing unit and sends a feedback signal to the associative processing unit, the external input device receives entering of exerciser'"'"'s physical data and setting of system parameters, the display device is connected to the signal processing unit to display system conditions and parameter setting, the measurement module measures physiological conditions of the exerciser and transmits to the associative processing unit, the accelerometer module measures acceleration and derives speed and a position vector through integration calculations to get kinetic energy and potential energy to obtain alterations of total mechanical energy, and convert to exercise intensity of the exerciser and send to the associative processing unit, the control module changes use intensity of the exercise equipment, and the signal processing unit receives the physiological conditions and the use intensity of the exerciser from the associative processing unit to generate a control signal which is sent to the control module to actively change the use intensity of the exercise equipment.

2. The intelligent vehicle meter of claim 1, wherein the intelligent vehicle meter is detachable from the exercise equipment and portable to be carried by the exerciser so that that the accelerometer module is allowed to measure the acceleration of the exerciser and get the number of walking steps taken by the exerciser by converting alterations of the acceleration.

3. The intelligent vehicle meter of claim 2 further having an external hanging means.

4. The intelligent vehicle meter of claim 3 further having a first detection electrode and a second detection electrode.

5. The intelligent vehicle meter of claim 1 further having an external control device to transmit an external control signal to the control module to change the use intensity of the exercise equipment.

6. The intelligent vehicle meter of claim 1, wherein the measurement module is a contact type pulse measurement device.

7. The intelligent vehicle meter of claim 1, wherein the exercise equipment is a bicycle and the control module is an automatic shifting system which includes an automatic shift control device, a bicycle power shifting device and a shift positioned detection device;

the automatic shift control device receiving a control signal from the signal processing unit and outputting a shifting signal to the bicycle power shifting device to change speed, the shift positioned detection device monitoring change of the bicycle shift position and feeding back a detection signal to the automatic shift control device to correct the shifting signal.

8. The intelligent vehicle meter of claim 7 further including an electronic bicycle motor device which outputs power to drive the bicycle and receives another control signal from the automatic shift control device and a shift position signal from the bicycle power shifting device to change output power.