Method and apparatus for visual simulation of exercise

• US 9,375,629 B2
• Filed: 07/02/2012
• Issued: 06/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gusto Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Gusto Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Schieffer, Shane, Schieffer, Lucas, Hamilton, Andrew
• Primary Examiner(s): Thanh, Loan H
• Assistant Examiner(s): GANESAN, SUNDHARA M
• Application Number:
  US13/540,501
• Publication Number:
  US 20130210579A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,457 Days
• Field of Search: 482/1, 482/3, 482/8, 482/9, 482/902
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0638 Displaying moving images of recorded environment, e.g. virtual environment
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0644 with display speed of moving landscape controlled by the user's performance
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/0076 Rowing machines for conditioning the cardio-vascular system seats moving during exercise A63B22/0087; training appliances for rowing or sculling on boats A63B69/06
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/0605 performing a circular movement, e.g. ergometers
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/0664 performing an elliptic movement
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2210/50 Size reducing arrangements for stowing or transport
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/17 Counting, e.g. counting periodical movements, revolutions or cycles, or including further data processing to determine distances or speed
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/20 with means for remote communication, e.g. internet or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/50 Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/062 used as a control parameter for the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0622 Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising

Abstract

A method and apparatus to receive a measure of heart rate for a user while the user is exercising on a stationary exercise device, calculate a speed of the user based on the measure of heart rate, and display on a display device viewable by the user a location of where the user would be along a selected route based on the user'"'"'s speed.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving at a wireless heart rate sensor being worn by a user a measure of heart rate for the user while the user is exercising on a stationary exercise device;

transmitting the received measure of heart rate for the user to a receiver in, or coupled with, a computing device;

inputting the received measure of heart rate for the user from the receiver to the computing device;

deriving at the computing device a power exerted by the user from the received measure of heart rate;

deriving at the computing device a speed of the user based on the derived power;

and

displaying in a video playback of a pre-recorded video of a selected route on a display device integrated with, or coupled to, the computing device, and viewable by the user, a location of where the user would be along the selected route based on the user'"'"'s speed.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying in the video playback of the pre-recorded video of the selected route the location of where the user would be along the selected route based on the user'"'"'s speed is further based on a set of characteristics.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the set of characteristics is selected from a group consisting of the user'"'"'s weight, temperature, altitude, terrain, gradient, wind speed, wind direction, or a combination thereof.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein deriving the speed from the derived power comprises deriving the speed from the power according to Newton'"'"'s method.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying in the video playback of the pre-recorded video of the selected route the location of where the user would be along the selected route based on the user'"'"'s speed further comprises displaying a location of where the user would be on one of a map or an elevation profile of the selected route displayed on the display device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying in the video playback of the pre-recorded video of the selected route the location of where the user would be along the selected route based on the user'"'"'s speed comprises:

calculating the location of where the user would be in the video playback of the pre-recorded video of the selected route based on the user'"'"'s speed; and

adjusting a speed of the video playback to display the calculated location of where the user would be in the video playback in accordance with the user'"'"'s speed.

7. The method of claim 6,

wherein calculating the location of where the user would be in the video playback of the pre-recorded video of the selected route based on the user'"'"'s speed comprises comparing the user'"'"'s speed with a speed of a recording device that captured the pre-recorded video;

and

wherein adjusting the speed of the video playback to display the calculated location of where the user would be in the video playback in accordance with the user'"'"'s speed comprises adjusting a frame rate of the video playback to the extent the user'"'"'s speed differs from the speed of the recording device.

8. The method of claim 7,

wherein calculating the location of where the user would be in the video playback of the pre-recorded video of the selected route based on the user'"'"'s speed further comprises calculating a multiplier based on the difference between the user'"'"'s speed and the speed of the recording device, and

wherein adjusting the frame rate of the video playback to the extent the user'"'"'s speed differs from the speed of the recording device comprises applying the multiplier to adjust the frame rate of the video playback.

9. At least one machine readable non-transitory storage medium comprising a plurality of instructions that in response to being executed on a computing device, cause the computing device to:

receive from a wireless heart rate sensor being worn by a user a measure of heart rate for the user while the user is exercising on a stationary exercise device;

derive a power exerted by the user from the received measure of heart rate;

derive a speed of the user based on the derived power; and

display in a video playback of a pre-recorded video of a selected route on a display device integrated with, or coupled to, the computing device, and viewable by the user, a location of where the user would be along the selected route based on the user'"'"'s speed.

10. The at least one machine readable non-transitory storage medium of claim 9, wherein to display in the video playback of the pre-recorded video of the selected route the location of where the user would be along a selected route based on the user'"'"'s speed is further based on a set of characteristics, wherein the set of characteristics is selected from a group consisting of the user'"'"'s weight, temperature, altitude, terrain, gradient, wind speed, wind direction, or a combination thereof.

11. The at least one machine readable non-transitory storage medium of claim 9, wherein to display in the video playback of the pre-recorded video of the selected route the location of where the user would be along the selected route based on the user'"'"'s speed further comprises to display a location of where the user would be on one of a map or an elevation profile of the selected route displayed on the display device.

12. The at least one machine readable non-transitory storage medium of claim 11, wherein to display in the video playback of the pre-recorded video of the selected route the location of where the user would be along the selected route based on the user'"'"'s speed comprises:

calculating the location of where the user would be in the video playback of the pre-recorded video of the selected route based on the user'"'"'s speed; and

adjusting a speed of the video playback to display the calculated location of where the user would be in the video playback in accordance with the user'"'"'s speed.

13. An apparatus comprising:

a heart rate receiver to receive a measure of heart rate for a user while the user is exercising on a stationary exercise device;

a computer processing device coupled to the heart rate receiver to derive from the received measure of heart rate a power exerted by the user;

the computer processing device to derive a speed of the user based on the derived power; and

a memory store in which to a pre-recorded video of a selected route;

the computer processing device to retrieve the pre-recorded video from the memory store and transmit the pre-recorded video to an electronic display device integrated with, or coupled to, the computer processing device to display a video playback of the pre-recorded video of the selected route and further to display in the video playback of the pre-recorded video of the selected route a location of where the user would be along the selected route based on the user'"'"'s speed.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the electronic display device to display in the video playback of the pre-recorded video of the selected route the location of where the user would be along the selected route based on the user'"'"'s speed is further based on a set of characteristics, wherein the set of characteristics is selected from a group consisting of the user'"'"'s weight, temperature, altitude, terrain, gradient, wind speed, wind direction, or a combination thereof.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the display device to display in the video playback of the pre-recorded video of the selected route the location of where the user would be along a selected route based on the user'"'"'s speed further comprises the display device to display a location of where the user would be on one of a map or an elevation profile of the selected route displayed on the display device.