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Exercise assisting method, exercise appliance, and information processor

  • US 8,128,533 B2
  • Filed: 12/11/2006
  • Issued: 03/06/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A movement detecting apparatus configured to detect movement of an exercise machine including a first pedal on which one foot of a player is placed, and a second pedal on which the other foot is placed, the exercise machine being configured to make the player press down on the first pedal and the second pedal in a right-left alternate manner under a load, the movement detecting apparatus comprising:

  • an imaging unit configured to photograph the first pedal; and

    a determining unit configured to determine that the first pedal is pressed down in response to an image of the first pedal in a picture obtained by the imaging unit moving vertically downward, and determine that the second pedal is pressed down in response to the image of the first pedal moving vertically upward.

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