EXCERCISE CLASS APPARATUS AND METHOD
First Claim
1. Exercise class apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of pieces of exercise equipment and/or a plurality of sensing systems adapted to be worn on people in the class, each piece of equipment or sensing system outputting plural exercise signals relating to exercise performance on the piece of equipment or of the person with the sensing system;
a computer system including;
at least one electronic storage device which stores the plural signals from the pieces of equipment or sensing system; and
at least one processor which generates an output signal containing an animation corresponding to at least two of the exercise signals from each of the pieces of equipment or sensing systems; and
at least one display device, visible from each of the pieces of equipment or people in the class, which receives the output signal and displays the animation.
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Abstract
Exercise class systems and methods may include a plurality of pieces of exercise equipment and/or a plurality of sensing systems adapted to be worn on people in the class, each piece of equipment or sensing system outputting plural exercise signals relating to exercise performance on the piece of equipment or of the person with the sensing system. A computer system may also be provided. The computer system may include at least one electronic storage device which stores the plural signals from the pieces of equipment or sensing system and at least one processor which generates an output signal containing an animation corresponding to at least two of the exercise signals from each of the pieces of equipment or sensing systems. At least one display device, visible from each of the pieces of equipment or people in the class, may receive the output signal and display the animation.
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84 Claims
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1. Exercise class apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of pieces of exercise equipment and/or a plurality of sensing systems adapted to be worn on people in the class, each piece of equipment or sensing system outputting plural exercise signals relating to exercise performance on the piece of equipment or of the person with the sensing system; a computer system including; at least one electronic storage device which stores the plural signals from the pieces of equipment or sensing system; and at least one processor which generates an output signal containing an animation corresponding to at least two of the exercise signals from each of the pieces of equipment or sensing systems; and at least one display device, visible from each of the pieces of equipment or people in the class, which receives the output signal and displays the animation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method of communicating the results of an exercise class in a graphic form comprising:
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a computer system receiving a plurality of exercise signals from each of a plurality of pieces of exercise equipment and/or sensing systems relating to exercise performance on each piece of equipment and/or person with the sensing system and storing the exercise signals in at least one electronic storage device included in the computer system; at least one processor included in the computer system generating an output signal containing an animation of at least two of the exercise signals from each of the pieces of equipment or sensing systems; and generating a display on at least one display device visible from each of the pieces of equipment or people in the class from the output signal including the animation. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80)
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81. Exercise class apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of pieces of exercise equipment and/or sensing systems, each piece of equipment and/or sensing system outputting plural exercise signals relating to exercise performance on the piece of equipment; a computer system including; at least one electronic storage device which stores the plural signals from the pieces of equipment and/or sensing systems; and at least one processor which generates an output signal containing an animation for each of at least two games, each animation corresponding to at least one of the exercise signals from the pieces of equipment and/or sensing system, wherein the animation for one of the at least two games illustrates either individual effort of each user, both the individual effort of each user and an effort of a group of users, or the effort of a group of users without illustrating individual effort, and the animation for the other of the at least two games illustrates a different one of individual effort of each user, both the individual effort of each user and an effort of a group of users, or the effort of a group of users without illustrating individual effort; and at least one display device, visible from each of the pieces of equipment, which receives the output signal and displays the animation.
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82. A method of communicating the results of an exercise class in a graphic form comprising:
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a computer system receiving a plurality of exercise signals from a plurality of pieces of exercise equipment and/or sensing systems relating to exercise performance on the piece of equipment; at least one processor generating an output signal containing an animation for each of at least two games, each animation corresponding to at least one of the exercise signals from the pieces of equipment and/or sensing system, wherein the animation for one of the at least two games illustrates either individual effort of each user, both the individual effort of each user and an effort of a group of users, or the effort of a group of users without illustrating individual effort, and the animation for the other of the at least two games illustrates a different one of individual effort of each user, both the individual effort of each user and an effort of a group of users, or the effort of a group of users without illustrating individual effort; and generating a display on at least one display device, which is visible from each of the pieces of equipment, including the animation.
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83. Exercise class apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of pieces of exercise equipment and/or sensing systems, each piece of equipment and/or sensing system outputting plural exercise signals relating to exercise performance on the piece of equipment or by a person in the class; a computer system including; at least one electronic storage device which stores the plural signals from the pieces of equipment and/or sensing systems; and at least one processor which receives a signal indicating a selected one of a plurality of fitness goals and generates an output signal containing an animation corresponding to at least one of the exercise signals from the pieces of equipment and/or sensing systems which motivates users toward the selected fitness goal; and at least one display device, visible from each of the pieces of equipment, which receives the output signal and displays the animation.
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84. A method of communicating the results of an exercise class in a graphic form comprising:
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a computer system receiving a plurality of exercise signals from each of a plurality of pieces of exercise equipment and/or sensing systems relating to exercise performance on the piece of equipment or by a person in the class; at least one processor included in the computer system receiving a signal indicating a selected one of a plurality of fitness goals and generates an output signal containing an animation corresponding to at least one of the exercise signals from the pieces of equipment and/or sensing systems which motivates users toward the selected fitness goal; and generating a display on at least one display device, visible from each of the pieces of equipment or persons in the class including the animation.
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Specification