Wearable muscle strength training detector device

• US 9,687,694 B2
• Filed: 08/15/2014
• Issued: 06/27/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BION, Inc.
• Original Assignee: BION, Inc.
• Inventors: Chen, Yu-Yu
• Primary Examiner(s): GANESAN, SUNDHARA M
• Application Number:
  US14/460,497
• Publication Number:
  US 20150057576A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,047 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/08 Sensors provided with means for identification, e.g. barcodes or memory chips
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0024 for multiple sensor units attached to the patient, e.g. using a body or personal area network
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/224 Measuring muscular strength
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6824 Arm or wrist
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6828 Leg
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6829 Foot or ankle
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0062 Monitoring athletic performances, e.g. for determining the work of a user on an exercise apparatus, the completed jogging or cycling distance

Abstract

A wearable muscle strength training detector device includes a sensor, a sensitivity adjustor, a data storage device, an identification code recognition unit, a display device, and a data input/output port. The sensitivity adjustor allows for adjustment to a desired sensitivity according to a selected body portion of the user. A wireless transceiver makes instantaneous transmission of muscle strength training data to a display device or transmission of the dynamic exercise signal from a data storage device to a central monitor and control unit. A plurality of peripheral detector devices are further provided to work with different types of muscle strength training device and is wearable on corresponding portions of the user to be wirelessly connected to a wearable muscle strength training detector device and displayed.

Claims

1. A wearable muscle strength training detector device electrically connectable to a muscle strength training device, the wearable muscle strength training detector device being configurable for wear on a selected portion of a user'"'"'s body, the wearable muscle strength training detector device comprising:

a microcontroller;

at least one sensor connected to the microcontroller to instantaneously detect a dynamic exercise signal generated responsive to movement of the selected portion of the user'"'"'s body;

an identification code recognition unit connected to the microcontroller to recognize a type of the muscle strength training device used; and

at least one sensitivity adjustor connected to the sensor and the microcontroller, the sensitivity adjustor selectively setting a desired sensitivity according to the selected portion of the user'"'"'s body on which the sensor is worn and responsively adjusting the sensitivity according to the type of the muscle strength training device recognized by the identification code recognition unit.

2. The wearable muscle strength training detector device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a data storage device to store the dynamic exercise signal.

3. The wearable muscle strength training detector device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a display device to display the dynamic exercise signal.

4. The wearable muscle strength training detector device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the type of the muscle strength training device is one of a push type muscle strength training device, a pull type muscle strength training device, an arm swing type muscle strength training device, a foot press type muscle strength training device, a foot lifting type muscle strength training device, and other muscle strength training devices.

5. The wearable muscle strength training detector device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a data input/output port for input and output of the dynamic exercise signal.

6. The wearable muscle strength training detector device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the dynamic exercise signal is transmitted through a wireless transceiver to a central monitor and control unit in a wireless manner.

7. The wearable muscle strength training detector device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the dynamic exercise signal is transmitted through a wireless transceiver to a muscle strength training display device of the muscle strength training device in a wireless manner.

8. The wearable muscle strength training detector device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

at least one peripheral detector device worn and fixed on a selected peripheral portion of the user to instantaneously detect the dynamic exercise signal of the selected peripheral portion of the user, the peripheral detector device comprising;

a peripheral processor unit;

at least one peripheral sensor connected to the peripheral processor unit to instantaneously detect the dynamic exercise signal;

at least one sensitivity adjustor connected to the peripheral sensor and the peripheral processor unit to set a desired sensitivity according to the selected peripheral portion of the user on which the peripheral sensor is worn; and

a wireless transceiver connected to the peripheral processor unit to receive the dynamic exercise signal detected by the peripheral sensor of the peripheral detector device.

9. A wearable muscle strength training detector device electrically connectable to a muscle strength training device, the wearable muscle strength training detector device being configurable for wear on a selected portion of a user'"'"'s body, the wearable muscle strength training detector device comprising:

a microcontroller;

an identification code recognition unit connected to the microcontroller to recognize a type of the muscle strength training device used; and

at least one peripheral detector device worn and fixed on a selected peripheral portion of the user'"'"'s body to instantaneously detect a dynamic exercise signal generated responsive to movement of the selected peripheral portion of the user'"'"'s body, the peripheral detector device comprising;

a peripheral processor unit,

at least one peripheral sensor which connected to the peripheral processor unit to instantaneously detect the dynamic exercise signal generated responsive to movement of the selected portion of the user'"'"'s body,

at least one sensitivity adjustor connected to the peripheral sensor and the peripheral processor unit, the sensitivity adjustor selectively setting a desired sensitivity according to the selected peripheral portion of the user'"'"'s body on which the peripheral sensor is worn and responsively adjusting the sensitivity according to the type of the muscle strength training device recognized by the identification code recognition unit, and

a wireless transceiver, which is connected to the peripheral processor unit to receive the dynamic exercise signal detected by the peripheral sensor of the peripheral detector device.

10. The wearable muscle strength training detector device as claimed in claim 9 further comprising a data storage device to store the dynamic exercise signal.

11. The wearable muscle strength training detector device as claimed in claim 9 further comprising a display device to display the dynamic exercise signal.

12. The wearable muscle strength training detector device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the type of the muscle strength training device is one of a push type muscle strength training device, a pull type muscle strength training device, an arm swing type muscle strength training device, a foot press type muscle strength training device, a foot lifting type muscle strength training device, and other muscle strength training devices.

13. The wearable muscle strength training detector device as claimed in claim 9 further comprising a data input/output port for input and output of the dynamic exercise signal.

14. The wearable muscle strength training detector device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the dynamic exercise signal is transmitted through a wireless transceiver to a central monitor and control unit in a wireless manner.

15. The wearable muscle strength training detector device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the dynamic exercise signal is transmitted through a wireless transceiver to a muscle strength training display device of the muscle strength training device in a wireless manner.

16. The wearable muscle strength training detector device as claimed in claim 9 mounted in a muscle strength training display device of the muscle strength training device, each of the peripheral detector devices being worn and fixed on a selected peripheral portion of the user.

17. The wearable muscle strength training detector device as claimed in claim 9, comprising a plurality of the peripheral detector devices, wherein the peripheral processor unit of each of the peripheral detector devices includes an encoder for establishing a peripheral detector device identification code;

and, the microcontroller includes a decoder for processing the peripheral detector device identification code of each of the peripheral detector devices.