Interactive exercise device
First Claim
1. For use with an exercise device including a movable part and moved by exercise of an user input through an input means and retarded by an adjustable brake, and further including sensor means for detecting the rate of exercising on the exercise device by a user, the apparatus comprising:
- (a) means for receiving a specified exercise rate for a user;
(b) comparator means for comparing the specified exercise rate from said receiving means with the exercise rate sensed by the sensor means on the exercise device;
(c) a video monitor positioned to be viewed by the user;
(d) video player means adapted to be loaded with a storage medium having a video storage track and a separable storage track;
(e) means connecting a video signal output from said video player means to said video monitor to form a visual image for a user;
(f) signal forming means responsive to said storage medium wherein a signal is recorded on the separable storage track, said signal forming means forming signals from said storage track applied to said receiving means to set an instantaneous specified exercise rate for the user responsive to the signal of said storage track; and
(g) wherein said storage track signal varies said instantaneous specified exercise rate.
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Abstract
In the preferred and illustrated embodiments, an interactive exercise device is disclosed. One embodiment utilizes an exercise bicycle wherein wheel speed and force are monitored. An electromagnetic brake is adjusted by a control apparatus to relate the measured force to the required force. The electromagnetic brake controls the drag to implement a selected exercise program. The program paces the user through a specified load for a specified interval. The work load can be varied in any manner to achieve a desired exercise program. The interactive apparatus utilizes a video monitor to display an exercise program or race for the user. The race or exercise program is recorded on a video cassette. On playback, the cassette provides video for the monitor to be viewed by the user. The audio track is conveniently used to record instructions which are converted into a drive current for the brake, thereby modifying the drag and required velocity of the user. An alternative form is presenting exercise instructions on the video monitor via graphics or stored symbols. An alternative embodiment utilizes dead weight lifting equipment either with a linearly moved bar or a rotated shaft to provide an exercise program paced to the user.
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1. For use with an exercise device including a movable part and moved by exercise of an user input through an input means and retarded by an adjustable brake, and further including sensor means for detecting the rate of exercising on the exercise device by a user, the apparatus comprising:
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(a) means for receiving a specified exercise rate for a user; (b) comparator means for comparing the specified exercise rate from said receiving means with the exercise rate sensed by the sensor means on the exercise device; (c) a video monitor positioned to be viewed by the user; (d) video player means adapted to be loaded with a storage medium having a video storage track and a separable storage track; (e) means connecting a video signal output from said video player means to said video monitor to form a visual image for a user; (f) signal forming means responsive to said storage medium wherein a signal is recorded on the separable storage track, said signal forming means forming signals from said storage track applied to said receiving means to set an instantaneous specified exercise rate for the user responsive to the signal of said storage track; and (g) wherein said storage track signal varies said instantaneous specified exercise rate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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