Sensing applications for exercise machines
First Claim
1. A method of profiling an exercise session of an exercise machine, comprising:
- selecting at least one workout parameter;
operating the exercise machine in compliance with the at least one workout parameter;
reading output signal values from a sensor, wherein the output signals are generated by a user impact to the exercise machine during the exercise session;
processing the output signals, wherein processing the output signals includes determining peak or trough values of the output signals and detecting whether a first output signal comprises a first new peak or trough value and detecting whether a second output signal comprises a second new peak or trough value;
determining workout matrices to profile the exercise session using the processed output signals; and
providing feedback information based on the workout matrices.
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Abstract
Sensing applications for exercise machines are described. An example sensing application for profiling a workout session of an exercise machine comprises selecting at least one workout parameter or inputting at least one physical characteristic of a user and operating the exercise machine in compliance with the at least one workout parameter selected. The method further comprising reading output signal values from a sensor in which the output signals are generated by a user impact to the exercise machine during the exercise session and processing the output signals. The method further comprising determining workout matrices to profile the exercise session using the processed output signals and providing feedback information based on the workout matrices.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of profiling an exercise session of an exercise machine, comprising:
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selecting at least one workout parameter; operating the exercise machine in compliance with the at least one workout parameter; reading output signal values from a sensor, wherein the output signals are generated by a user impact to the exercise machine during the exercise session; processing the output signals, wherein processing the output signals includes determining peak or trough values of the output signals and detecting whether a first output signal comprises a first new peak or trough value and detecting whether a second output signal comprises a second new peak or trough value; determining workout matrices to profile the exercise session using the processed output signals; and providing feedback information based on the workout matrices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of profiling an exercise session of an exercise machine, comprising:
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operating the exercise machine in compliance with at least one workout parameter selected by a user or at least one physical characteristic to be provided by the user; reading output signal values generated by sensors disposed along a deck of the exercise machine, wherein the output signals are proportional to the magnitude of the forces imparted on the exercise machine by the user during the exercise session; and processing the output signals to determine workout matrices to profile the exercise session using the processed output signals, wherein processing the output signal comprises determining peak or trough values of the output signals and detecting whether a first output signal comprises a first new peak or trough value and detecting whether a second output signal comprises a second new peak or trough value. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A method of profiling an exercise session of a treadmill, the method comprising:
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operatively coupling at least one biopotential sensor to the treadmill to determine a heart rate value experienced by a user during the exercise session and operatively coupling at least one deflection sensor to the treadmill to profile the exercise session; reading output signals from the deflection sensor that are generated by the user impacting the exercise machine during the exercise session; and causing an arbitrator that receives candidate signals from the biopotential sensor to ignore the output signals of the deflection sensor and determining a heart rate value experienced by the user by comparing the candidate signals of the biopotential sensor and the output signals of the deflection sensor. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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