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Dynamic real time exercise video apparatus and method

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  • US 6,004,243 A
  • Filed: 10/04/1996
  • Issued: 12/21/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/11/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An exercise monitoring apparatus for use in conjunction with an exercise device operated by a user which has an exercise rate detector thereon producing a signal representative of an actual exercise rate by said user, said apparatus comprising in combination:

  • a video playing device having a central processing unit and a remote user input control pad connected thereto for receiving input from said user and transmitting said input to said central processing unit;

    a prerecorded video frame sequence encoded on a storage medium playable on said playing device;

    a video monitor connected to said playing device for displaying said prerecorded video frame sequence reproduced by said playing device; and

    a means operable in said playing device for varying the rate of display of sequential frames in said video frame sequence reproduced by said video playing device on said monitor in response to said signal from said rate detector of the actual rate of exercise by said user wherein each of said recorded frames includes a frame time stamp and said program includes a means for generating a variable time adjustment factor in proportion to said exercise rate signal and a means for applying said factor to said frame time stamp to determine a modified time at which the next video frame in said sequence is to be displayed.

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