Dumbbell that can respond to exercise status and play music

• US 20060240959A1
• Filed: 04/22/2005
• Published: 10/26/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hsien-Ting Huang
• Original Assignee: Hsien-Ting Huang
• Inventors: Huang, Hsien-Ting
• Application Number:
  US11/111,815
• Publication Number:
  US 20060240959A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/108
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0625 Emitting sound, noise or music
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0726 Dumb bells, i.e. with a central bar to be held by a single hand, and with weights at the ends
• 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

Abstract

A dumbbell that can respond to exercise status and play music by which a user can clearly understand the exercise status with the dumbbell when using the dumbbell, includes a sensor unit for sensing a movement of the dumbbell, and a control circuit containing a micro processor, a display unit, a trumpet, and a plurality of press buttons. The micro processor receives a signal of exercising, performs calculation or summation to time duration, number of times, and energy consumption of a continuous exercise, and outputs the outcomes through the display unit, based on settings of the press buttons. Voice and music generation circuits, installed inside the micro processor, can also receive a signal of exercising including number of times and time duration of a continuous exercise, output a related voice or music in a rhythm through the trumpet based on the settings of the press buttons.

Claims

1. A dumbbell that can respond to exercise status and play music, wherein a rolling ball switch is installed in the dumbbell for sensing a movement of the dumbbell;

a control circuit installed in the dumbbell for receiving a signal of exercising, performing calculation and summation based on exercise status of the dumbbell, and displaying outcomes or outputting a voice or music associated with exercising.

2. The dumbbell that can respond to exercise status and play music according to claim 1, wherein the control circuit includes a micro processor for receiving a signal of exercising, calculating time duration, number of times and energy consumption for a continuous exercise based on settings of switches, and for controlling an output of voice, music, and a display unit;

a plurality of switches for setting up a mode and starting up, and for transmitting messages to the micro processor after setting up;

a sensor unit made of rolling ball switches for sensing exercise status and transmitting a signal to the micro processor;

a display unit for displaying the related data described above or the best record;

voice and music generation circuits contained in the micro processor for outputting a voice signal to a trumpet when the number of times of exercising calculated by the micro processor reaches a setting, and for continuously outputting music signal to a trumpet based on a signal of exercising which is continuously received by the micro processor;

the trumpet for playing music and reporting data such as the number of times of exercising.

3. The dumbbell that can respond to exercise status and play music according to claim 2, wherein the sensor unit is made of one or more than one rolling ball switch.

4. The dumbbell that can respond to exercise status and play music according to claim 1, wherein the output display is driven by the micro processor which receives a signal of exercising, performs calculating, comparing, and summation to the signal of exercising, and outputs the outcomes based on the settings of switches to a display unit made of an LCD.

5. The dumbbell that can respond to exercise status and play music according to claim 1, wherein the voice associated with exercising is a number of times of exercising reported by the micro processor which continuously receives the signal of exercising and outputs the voice signal to the trumpet based on the settings of switches.

6. The dumbbell that can respond to exercise status and play music according to claim 1, wherein the voice associated with exercising is a voice of a number of times of exercising more to break a record reported by the micro processor which continuously receives the signal of exercising, records the maximum number of times for comparing with a number of times in a next exercise with the dumbbell based on the settings of switches, and outputs the voice signal to the trumpet when the number of times in the next exercise is close to the record.

7. The dumbbell that can respond to exercise status and play music according to claim 1, wherein the voice associated with exercising is an encouraging voice for breaking a record reported by the micro processor which continuously receives a signal of exercising, records the maximum number of times for comparing with a number of times in a next exercise with the dumbbell based on the settings of switches, and outputs the voice signal to the trumpet when the number of times in the next exercise exceeds the record.

8. The dumbbell that can respond to exercise status and play music according to claim 1, wherein the voice associated with exercising is time duration of exercising reported by the micro processor which continuously receives the signal of exercising, and outputs the voice signal to the trumpet based on the settings of switches.

9. The dumbbell that can respond to exercise status and play music according to claim 1, wherein the voice associated with exercising is a voice of time duration of exercising more to break a record reported by the micro processor which continuously receives a signal of exercising, records the longest time duration for comparing with time duration in a next exercise with the dumbbell based on the settings of switches, and outputs the voice signal to the trumpet when the time duration in the next exercise is close to the record.

10. The dumbbell that can respond to exercise status and play music according to claim 1, wherein the voice associated with exercising is an encouraging voice for breaking a record reported by the micro processor which continuously receives a signal of exercising, records the longest time duration for comparing with time duration in a next exercise with the dumbbell based on the settings of switches, and outputs the voice signal to the trumpet when the time duration in the next exercise exceeds the record.

11. The dumbbell that can respond to exercise status and play music according to claim 1, wherein the voice associated with exercising is a voice or sound effect of encouraging, mocking, warning, alerting, or astonishing according to the number of times or time duration reported by the micro processor which continuously receives a signal of exercising, and outputs the voice signal to the trumpet based on the settings of switches and number of times or time duration.

12. The dumbbell that can respond to exercise status and play music according to claim 1, wherein the voice associated with exercising is an energy consumption reported by the micro processor which continuously receives a signal of exercising, computes an entire energy consumption in real time based on the settings of switches, and outputs the voice signal to the trumpet.

13. The dumbbell that can respond to exercise status and play music according to claim 1, wherein the music associated with exercising is music output to the trumpet by the micro processor which continuously receives a signal of exercising based on the settings of switches.