PHYSICAL TRAINING SYSTEM

• US 20110152033A1
• Filed: 02/04/2010
• Published: 06/23/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: National Chiao Tung University (Government of The Republic of China)
• Original Assignee: National Chiao Tung University (Government of The Republic of China)
• Inventors: Yang, Bing-Shiang, Chen, Ting-Sheng, Chou, Sung-Wei, Wu, Hsin-Tien
• Application Number:
  US12/700,366
• Publication Number:
  US 20110152033A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/8
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0003 Analysing the course of a movement or motion sequences during an exercise or trainings sequence, e.g. swing for golf or tennis
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0062 Monitoring athletic performances, e.g. for determining the work of a user on an exercise apparatus, the completed jogging or cycling distance
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0622 Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user

Abstract

A physical training system is provided combining biomechanics and neurophysiological measurement for providing users with instant advisory feedback about adjustment to body movements of a user or parameter setting of a gymnastic apparatus for a training objective, especially for specific muscle groups, without incurring sports injuries.

Claims

1. A physical training system comprising:

a gymnastic apparatus with at least one parameter to be adjusted;

an input device allowing a user to input a physical information and a training objective information;

a storage device configured for storing an operation information of said gymnastic apparatus;

an objective computing device configured for receiving said physical information, said training objective information and said operation information of said gymnastic apparatus and outputting a recommended parameter information;

a motion capture device disposed on the body of said user and configured for capturing the motion of said user and outputting a motion information;

a neural signal measuring device disposed on the body of said user and configured for measuring at least one neuromuscular signal of said user and outputting a muscle information;

a status computing device configured for receiving said physical information, said motion information and said muscle information and outputting a real-time status information, wherein said real-time status information comprises information about movement or force exerted on muscles and joints of said user;

a training advice generator configured for receiving said recommended parameter information from said objective computing device and said real-time status information from said status computing device and generating a training advice information for providing said user with a training advice focusing the training objective corresponding to said training objective information; and

a display device configured for displaying information selected from a group consisting of said parameter of said gymnastic apparatus, said physical information, said training objective information, said motion information, said muscle information, said recommended parameter information, said real-time status information, said training advice information, and combinations thereof.

2. The physical training system according to claim 1, wherein said storage device is further capable of storing said physical information and said training objective information from said input device.

3. The physical training system according to claim 1, further comprising a virtual scenario program corresponding to said operation information of said gymnastic apparatus.

4. The physical training system according to claim 3, wherein said virtual scenario program generates an image comprising an objective image based on said recommended parameter information received and a real-time image based on said real-time status information received, and outputs said image to said display device.

5. The physical training system according to claim 1, further comprising an injury risk computing device connected with said status computing device and said display device, wherein said injury risk computing device receives said real-time status information from said status computing device, computes a plurality of injury risks based on said real-time status information and a plurality of predetermined threshold force values that different kinds of muscles and joints may sustain without injury and outputs a warning information to said display device, wherein said predetermined threshold force values are stored in said injury risk computing device.

6. The physical training system according to claim 1, wherein said motion capture device is disposed on the body of said user noninvasively and configured for capturing the motion of said user and outputting said motion information in real time.

7. The physical training system according to claim 1, wherein said motion capture device comprises an accelerometer or a gyroscope.

8. The physical training system according to claim 1, wherein said motion capture device comprises a plurality of lightened balls or reflective balls collocating with a camera.

9. The physical training system according to claim 1, wherein said motion capture device is a device capable of capturing human motion.

10. The physical training system according to claim 1, wherein said neural signal measuring device is disposed on the body of said user noninvasively and configured for measuring at least one neuromuscular signal of said user and outputting said muscle information in real time.

11. The physical training system according to claim 1, further comprising an automatic control device connected between said gymnastic apparatus and said training advice generator, wherein said automatic control device is capable of adjusting said parameter of said gymnastic apparatus based on said training advice information from said training advice generator.

12. The physical training system according to claim 1, wherein said gymnastic apparatus comprises a treadmill, an exercise bike, an elliptical trainer, a rower or an apparatus operated with musculoskeletal system of human body.

13. The physical training system according to claim 1, wherein said objective computing device is configured for performing an optimized simulation of biomechanics of musculoskeletal system of human body according to said physical information, said training objective information and said operation information of said gymnastic apparatus, and outputting said recommended parameter information.

14. The training system according to claim 1, wherein said status computing device computes said real-time status information by performing an inverse dynamics operation of musculoskeletal and biomechanical system on said physical information, said motion information and said muscle information.

15. The physical training system according to claim 1, wherein said training advice generator generates said training advice information by comparing a projected status according to said recommended parameter information of said objective computing device and a real-time status based on said real-time status information of said status computing device.

16. The physical training system according to claim 1, wherein said training advice information is implemented in text, in images, in numbers or in combinations thereof displayed on said display device.