Real time simulation using position sensing
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1. An interactive exercise system, comprising:
- a computer system;
an exercise machine having resistance setting means for setting the resistance experienced by a user while exercising, and further having speed sensing means for sensing the speed at which said user exercises;
a controller suitable for controllably setting said resistance setting means, and further suitable for collecting speed data from said speed sensing means;
video playback means for playing from previously recorded storage media of video data including captured natural video image sequences;
whereinsaid storage media further includes course data; and
said computer system operates said video playback means and communicates with said controller and processes said speed data from said exercise machine and said course data from said storage media and calculates and appropriately directs said controller to control said resistance setting means of said exercise machine, thereby providing simulation of varying degrees of difficulty when said user operates said exercise machine, as would be consistent with what would be experienced traveling through a real exercise course.
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Abstract
An interactive exercise system including exercise equipment having a resistance system, a speed sensor, a controller that varies the resistance setting of the exercise equipment, and a playback device for playing pre-recorded video and audio. The controller, operating in conjunction with speed information from the speed sensor and terrain information from media table files, dynamically varies the resistance setting of the exercise equipment in order to simulate varying degrees of difficulty while the playback device concurrently plays back the video and audio to create the simulation that the user is exercising in a natural setting such as a real-world exercise course.
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23 Claims
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1. An interactive exercise system, comprising:
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a computer system; an exercise machine having resistance setting means for setting the resistance experienced by a user while exercising, and further having speed sensing means for sensing the speed at which said user exercises; a controller suitable for controllably setting said resistance setting means, and further suitable for collecting speed data from said speed sensing means; video playback means for playing from previously recorded storage media of video data including captured natural video image sequences;
whereinsaid storage media further includes course data; and said computer system operates said video playback means and communicates with said controller and processes said speed data from said exercise machine and said course data from said storage media and calculates and appropriately directs said controller to control said resistance setting means of said exercise machine, thereby providing simulation of varying degrees of difficulty when said user operates said exercise machine, as would be consistent with what would be experienced traveling through a real exercise course. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A storage unit which is readable by a computer system able to dynamically control an exercise machine and a video playback means, the storage unit comprising:
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a storage media unit; course data including locational information and force information for points along a real exercise course stored on said storage media unit, thereby permitting the computer system reading an instance of the storage unit to dynamically control the exercise machine so that users experience a simulation of physical forces which would be encountered at specific locations along said real exercise course; and video data including captured natural video image sequences from said real exercise course stored on said storage media unit, thereby permitting the computer system to also control the video playback means so that said users experience a simulation of traveling through said real exercise course. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of making a storage media which is readable by a computer system to dynamically control an exercise machine and operate a video playback means, the method comprising:
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collecting locational information for points along a real exercise course; collecting terrain characteristic information for said points; creating course data by associating said locational information and said terrain characteristic information; collecting video data including captured natural video image sequences; and storing said course data and said video data in a computer readable media unit, thereby permitting the computer system reading an instance of said media unit to dynamically control the exercise machine so that users experience a simulation of terrain characteristics which would be encountered along said real exercise course and further permitting the computer system to play said video data on the video playback means so that said users also experience a simulation of traveling through said real exercise course. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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