SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF INTERACTIVE EXERCISING

• US 20140288679A1
• Filed: 01/30/2014
• Published: 09/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kinomap
• Original Assignee: Outside Interactive Visual Solutions Corporation
• Inventors: McNamee, Gary
• Granted Patent: US 9,959,902 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/91
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/211 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers or gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/212 using sensors worn by the player, e.g. for measuring heart beat or leg activity
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/67 adaptively or by learning from player actions, e.g. skill level adjustment or by storing successful combat sequences for re-use
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/816 Athletics, e.g. track-and-field sports
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/005 Reproducing at a different information rate from the information rate of recording for television signals H04N5/783

Abstract

Methods and systems for receiving information descriptive of a pace at which a user is exercising; presenting video content depicting a race at a playback speed dependent on the pace; and displaying a dashboard including an indication of the pace.

Claims

1. A computer system comprising:

a memory;

at least one processor coupled to the memory; and

a user interface component executable by the at least one processor and configured to;

receive information descriptive of a pace at which a user is exercising;

present video content depicting a race at a playback speed dependent on the pace; and

display a dashboard including an indication of the pace.

2. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the playback speed approximately equals the pace.

3. The computer system of claim 2, wherein the user interface component is configured to receive the information descriptive of the pace from a sensor coupled to the user.

4. The computer system of claim 3, wherein the dashboard includes an indication of an incline associated with a path of the race being presented by the user interface.

5. The computer system of claim 4, further comprising an interface to an exercise machine upon which the user is exercising, the interface enabling communication between the computer system and the exercise machine.

6. The computer system of claim 5, wherein the computer system is configured to communicate one or more commands to the exercise machine, the one or more commands including at least one command to adjust a speed of the exercise machine.

7. The computer system of claim 6, wherein the one or more commands include at last one command to adjust a tilt of the exercise machine.

8. A method executed by a computer system including memory and at least one processor coupled to the memory, the method comprising:

receiving information descriptive of a pace at which a user is exercising;

presenting video content depicting a race at a playback speed dependent on the pace; and

displaying a dashboard including an indication of the pace.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein presenting the video content includes presenting video content depicting the race at a playback speed approximately equal to the pace.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein receiving the information descriptive of the pace includes receiving information from a sensor coupled to the user.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein displaying the dashboard includes displaying an indication of an incline associated with a path of the race being presented.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising communicating one or more commands to an exercise machine upon which the user is exercising, the one or more commands including at least one command to adjust a speed of the exercise machine.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising communicating at least one command to the exercise machine, the at least one command including at least one command to adjust a tilt of the exercise machine.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable sequences of instructions for simulating a race, the sequences of instructions including instructions configured to instruct at least one processor to:

receive information descriptive of a pace at which a user is exercising;

present video content depicting the race at a playback speed dependent on the pace; and

display a dashboard including an indication of the pace.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the instructions instruct the at least one processor to present the video content at least in part by presenting video content depicting the race at a playback speed approximately equal to the pace.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions instruct the at least one processor to receive the information descriptive of the pace at least in part by receiving information from a sensor coupled to the user.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the instructions instruct the at least one processor to display the dashboard at least in part by displaying an indication of an incline associated with a path of the race being presented.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the instructions further instruct the at to least one processor to implement an application program interface enabling communication between the computer system and an exercise machine upon which the user is exercising.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the instructions further instruct the at least one processor to communicate one or more commands to the exercise machine, the one or more commands including at least one command to adjust a speed of the exercise machine.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the instructions further instruct the at least one processor to communicate at least one command to the exercise machine, the at least one command including at least one command to adjust a tilt of the exercise machine.