Exercise system and method

• US 10,022,590 B2
• Filed: 01/08/2018
• Issued: 07/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Peloton Interactive, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Peloton Interactive, Inc.
• Inventors: Foley, John Paul, Cortese, Thomas Philip, Feng, Yu, Sira, Christopher Brett, Woolley, Hans Schlichting
• Primary Examiner(s): RICHMAN, GLENN E
• Application Number:
  US15/865,206
• Publication Number:
  US 20180126223A1
• Time in Patent Office: 190 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2022/0658 for cycling with a group of people, e.g. spinning classes
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0065 Evaluating the fitness, e.g. fitness level or fitness index
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0068 Comparison to target or threshold, previous performance or not real time comparison to other individuals
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0081 Coaching or training aspects related to a group of users
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0096 using performance related parameters for controlling electronic or video games or avatars
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0658 Position or arrangement of display
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0051 using eddy currents induced in moved elements, e.g. by permanent magnets
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/015 including rotating or oscillating elements rubbing against fixed elements
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/225 with flywheels
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/06 with support elements performing a rotating cycling movement, i.e. a closed path movementsupport stands for bicycles A63B69/16; unicycles B62K1/00
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/0605 performing a circular movement, e.g. ergometers
• 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 2220/34 Angular speed
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/58 Measurement of force related parameters by electric or magnetic means
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/806 Video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/107 Resisting devices being of the same kind
• 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 2230/06 heartbeat rate only
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/40 respiratory characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/75 : calorie expenditure
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0075 : Means for generating exercise programs or schemes, e.g. computerized virtual trainer, e.g. using expert databases
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0084 : Exercising apparatus with means for competitions, e.g. virtual races
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0622 : Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/798 : for assessing skills or for ranking players, e.g. for generating a hall of fame computing the game score A63F13/46
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/10 : all student stations being capable of presenting the same information simultaneously G09B5/14 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/14 : with provision for individual teacher-student communication
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 : ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 : relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 : relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 : Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

A method for displaying live and archived cycling classes comprising displaying information about cycling classes that can be accessed by a first user using a first stationary bike via a digital communication network on a display screen at a first location, whereby the first user can select either a live cycling class or select among a plurality of archived cycling classes, outputting digital video and audio content comprising the selected cycling class, detecting performance parameters from the first stationary bike at a particular point in the selected class, displaying at least one of the performance parameters on the display screen, and displaying performance parameters from a second stationary bike at a second location on the display screen such that at least one of the performance parameters from the first stationary bike and at least one of the performance parameters from the second stationary bike at the same point in the class are presented for comparison.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a user interface operable to display live and archived cycling class content to a first user at a first location, the user interface comprising a display screen and a user input device operable to receive input from the first user;

a plurality of sensors operable to detect activity by the first user and generate first user performance parameters; and

a first local processing system communicably coupled to the user interface and the plurality of sensors, the first local processing system operable to perform operations comprising;

display, on the display screen, information identifying a plurality of cycling classes comprising available live and archived cycling classes accessible by the first local processing system through a digital communication network;

receive, from the user interface, an indication from the first user of a selected cycling class from one of the available live and archived cycling classes;

output to the display screen cycling class content associated with the selected cycling class, the cycling class content comprising digital video content and audio content;

track the first user performance parameters received from the plurality of sensors at a particular point in the selected cycling class;

display on the display screen at least one of the first user performance parameters; and

display on the display screen at least one of a plurality of second user performance parameters received via the digital communication network from a second local processing system at a second location, wherein at least one of first user performance parameters at the particular point in the selected cycling class and at least one of the second user performance parameters at the same point in the selected cycling class are presented for comparison on the display screen at the first location.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a first stationary cycle operable by the first user at the first location.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the first stationary cycle comprises:

a frame;

a flywheel rotatably mounted on the frame;

a pair of pedals rotatably mounted on the frame and operably coupled to drive the flywheel during rotation; and

a resistance adjustment apparatus operable to selectively increase and selectively decrease the resistance of the flywheel to rotation.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the display screen is mounted on the first stationary cycle.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface comprises a mobile device running a mobile application and the display screen comprises a mobile device touchscreen.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the cycling class content is cast to the display screen.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface comprises a graphical user interface with user selectable content for display during operation of the first stationary cycle by the first user.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the first user performance parameters and second user performance parameters are presented in a secondary window.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the first local processing system comprises at least one hardware processor and a memory storing instructions that are executable using the at least one hardware processor.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the first local processing system comprises communication components to facilitate access to the digital communication network.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the digital video content, first user performance parameters and second user performance parameters are output substantially in real-time.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of sensors is operable to measure at least one of pedal cadence, power output or a heartrate of the first user.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the first local processing system is further operable to perform operations comprising receiving video chat data from the second local processing system through the digital communication network for display to the first user on the display screen at the first location.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the first local processing system is further operable to perform operations comprising requesting the digital video content, audio content and class participant content associated with the selected cycling class from a server through the digital communications network.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the first local processing system is further operable to perform operations comprising:

generating a leaderboard from the class participant content and the plurality of first user performance parameters, the leaderboard representing performance parameters at the same point in the selected cycling class; and

displaying the leaderboard on the display screen at the first location.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the class participant content comprises live and archived class participant content.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the class participant content includes live class participant content;

and wherein the leaderboard is synchronized to the first user'"'"'s performance parameters allowing for comparative class participant content to be presented to the first user.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the cycling class content further comprises a start signal indicating a starting point of the cycling class, and wherein class participant content is synchronized to the start signal for data comparison.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein the first local processing system is further operable to transmit the plurality of first user performance parameters to a server through the digital communication network, wherein class participant content received by the second user includes the first user performance parameters.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein the first local processing system is further operable to receive video chat data from the server for display to the first user on the display screen at the first location.