Adaptive interactive exercise system
First Claim
1. An exercise monitor for monitoring the progress of a user in an exercise regime, said exercise monitor comprising:
- a monitor for measuring physical parameter data pertaining to the user during an exercise event;
a first memory device for storing preset physical parameter values;
a controller for receiving and comparing the preset physical parameter values with the measured physical parameter data;
an indicator connected to said controller for signifying to the user a required change in exercise intensity when the measured physical parameter data differs from the preset physical parameter values stored in said first memory device by an amount greater than a predetermined allowable tolerance; and
an input device connected to said controller for inputting data indicative of degree of difficulty experienced by the user while completing an exercise session within the allowable tolerance of the preset values, said controller altering the preset values in said first memory device in response to the data input entered by the user using said input device.
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Abstract
An improved user monitor 102 is a component of the illustrated monitoring system. This system includes a master data processor in the form of a computer 101 arranged to store physical parameter data for a plurality of users. Each user is provided with a user monitor 102 which is arranged to monitor at least one physical parameter of the user during exercise and store data relating to the physical parameter. This data can subsequently be transmitted to the master data processor by pulse transmission from the user monitor down a telephone line 103. The master data processor then compares the received data with the stored data for the user in order to enable monitoring of the progress of the user in an exercise regimen which has been preset for him.
At the end of each exercise, the exercise monitor screen shows an effort rating of "EFFORT 12".
The client can alter the number anywhere from 6 to 20 by using the keypad 14 on the face of the exercise monitor. The number entered relates to the client'"'"'s perception of the degree of difficulty experienced during the exercise, for example, 9 is very light, 11 is "fairly light", 14 is "somewhat hard", and 15 is "hard". If a certain undesirable pattern of Effort Rating is detected the monitor is programmed to automatically respond to the undesirable pattern and to slowly alter the prescription.
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1. An exercise monitor for monitoring the progress of a user in an exercise regime, said exercise monitor comprising:
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a monitor for measuring physical parameter data pertaining to the user during an exercise event; a first memory device for storing preset physical parameter values; a controller for receiving and comparing the preset physical parameter values with the measured physical parameter data; an indicator connected to said controller for signifying to the user a required change in exercise intensity when the measured physical parameter data differs from the preset physical parameter values stored in said first memory device by an amount greater than a predetermined allowable tolerance; and an input device connected to said controller for inputting data indicative of degree of difficulty experienced by the user while completing an exercise session within the allowable tolerance of the preset values, said controller altering the preset values in said first memory device in response to the data input entered by the user using said input device. - 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)
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