Method And Apparatus For Controlling The Load Parameters Of Training Device

• US 20120004074A1
• Filed: 06/30/2011
• Published: 01/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nil Schelzig
• Original Assignee: Nil Schelzig
• Inventors: SCHELZIG, Nil
• Application Number:
  US13/173,729
• Publication Number:
  US 20120004074A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/4
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building A61B5/0017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0245 by using sensing means generating electric signals, i.e. ECG signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6831 Straps, bands or harnesses
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0093 the load of the exercise apparatus being controlled by performance parameters, e.g. distance or speed
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/50 Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/062 used as a control parameter for the apparatus
• 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 24/0087 Electric or electronic controls for exercising apparatus of groups A63B21/00 - A63B23/00, e.g. controlling load

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for controlling load parameters of an exercise machine (2) as a function of the heart rate of an exercising person, wherein the heart rate of the exercising person is captured by a heart rate sensor (8), a controller (4) modulates pulse signals corresponding to the heart rate on the basis of saved exercise programs, and wherein the exercise machine (2) follows a preprogrammed exercise program on the basis of modulated pulse signals (16), said program having been selected in advance by the exercising person using a control unit (6) of the exercise machine (2).

Claims

1. A method for controlling load parameters of an exercise machine as a function of the heart rate of an exercising person, wherein the heart rate of the exercising person is captured by a heart rate sensor, a controller modulates pulse signals corresponding to the heart rate on the basis of saved exercise programs, and wherein the exercise machine follows a preprogrammed exercise program on the basis of the received modulated pulse signals, said program having been selected in advance by the exercising person using a control unit of the exercise machine.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the pulse signals corresponding to the heart rate are transmitted in a first transmitting step from a transmitter connected to the heart rate sensor to the controller, and the modulated pulse signals are transmitted in a second transmitting step from the controller to a receiver of the exercise machine, or directly to the control unit of the exercise machine.

3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the controller receives the pulse signals corresponding to the heart rate directly from the heart rate sensor, and transmits the modulated pulse signals to a receiver of the exercise machine via a transmitter connected to the controller.

4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that the modulated pulse signals are transmitted from the transmitter of a chest strap on which the heart rate sensor is also provided.

5. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that a transmitter connected to the heart rate sensor transmits pulse signals corresponding to the heart rate via a receiver of the exercise machine to the controller connected to the receiver in a first transmitting step, and the controller transmits the modulated pulse signals to the control unit of the exercise machine in a second transmitting step.

6. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one transmitting step is performed wirelessly and in an analog manner.

7. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one transmitting step is performed wirelessly and in a digital manner, particularly using Bluetooth technology.

8. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one transmitting step takes place in encrypted form, particularly if two transmitting steps are performed in an analog manner, or two transmitting steps are performed in a digital manner.

9. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one transmitting step is performed by means of a connecting cable.

10. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the exercise programs are loaded into the controller via a physical interface and saved there.

11. A controller for controlling load parameters of an exercise machine as a function of the heart rate of an exercising person, characterized in that the controller

comprises a receiving unit implemented for receiving pulse signals corresponding to the heart rate,

comprises a modulation unit modulating the pulse signals corresponding to the heart rate on the basis of saved exercise programs, and

comprises a transmitting unit implemented for transmitting the modulated pulse signals.

12. The controller according to claim 11, characterized in that the controller comprises a hardware memory in order to save the exercise programs.

13. The controller according to claim 12, characterized in that the controller comprises a physical interface in order to save the exercise programs in the hardware memory of the controller.

14. The controller according to claim 11, characterized in that the controller comprises connectors for connecting cables in order to receive pulse signals corresponding to the heart rate and/or to transmit modulated pulse signals via connecting cables.

15. The controller according to claim 11, characterized in that the transmitting unit of the controller is implemented for wirelessly transmitting the modulated pulse signals in an analog or digital manner.

16. The controller according to claim 11, characterized in that the receiving unit of the controller is implemented for wirelessly receiving the pulse signals corresponding to the heart rate in an analog or digital manner.

17. The controller according to claim 11, characterized in that the controller comprise a display and/or an input device.

18. A chest strap having a heart rate sensor, a transmitter, and a controller according to claim 11.

19. The chest strap according to claim 18, characterized in that the controller is connected to the heart rate sensor on the input side and to the transmitter on the output side.

20. Exercise equipment for controlling load parameters of an exercise machine as a function of the heart rate of an exercising person, comprising an exercise machine and a heart rate sensor for capturing the heart rate of the exercising person, the exercise machine comprising a receiver for receiving pulse signals corresponding to the heart rate of an exercising person and a control unit connected thereto for controlling the load parameter as a function of an exercise program, characterized in that a controller according to claim 11 is provided.

21. Exercise equipment according to claim 20, characterized in that the exercise equipment comprises a transmitter connected to the heart rate sensor and particularly to the heart rate sensor in a chest strap according to claim 18.

22. Exercise equipment according to claim 20, characterized in that the controller is provided on the exercise machine and is connected to the control unit at the output side.

23. Exercise equipment according to claim 22, characterized in that the controller is connected to the receiver on the input side.