Exercise Recording Device and Exercise Recording System Thereof

• US 20150065302A1
• Filed: 03/03/2014
• Published: 03/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Original Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Inventors: Ou, Chao-Jen, Tan, Yun-Chi, Huang, Bor-Ru
• Application Number:
  US14/194,825
• Publication Number:
  US 20150065302A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/8
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/11 Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor, mobility of a limb for measuring pulse A61B5/02 ;A61B5/1038 takes precedence; motion detection to correct for motion artifacts in physiological signals A61B5/721
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/06 User-manipulated weights
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0628 for vertical array of weights
• 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 22/02 with movable endless bands , e.g. treadmills other training appliances for running on the spot A63B69/0028
• 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 2220/40 Acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/50 Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/54 Transponders, e.g. RFID
• 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

Abstract

An exercise recording device includes a communication unit for receiving an equipment information, a gravity sensor for generating a sensing signal, a processor coupled to the communication unit and the gravity sensor for generating an exercise record according to the equipment information and the sensing signal, and a display coupled to the processor for displaying the exercise record according to a display signal generated by the processor.

Claims

1. An exercise recording device, comprising:

a communication unit for receiving an equipment information;

a gravity sensor for generating a sensing signal;

a processor coupled to the communication unit and the gravity sensor for generating an exercise record according to the equipment information and the sensing signal; and

a display coupled to the processor for displaying the exercise record according to a display signal generated by the processor.

2. The exercise recording device of claim 1, wherein the exercise record corresponds to an exercise menu.

3. The exercise recording device of claim 2, further comprising:

a storing unit coupled to the processor and accessed by the processor to store the exercise menu and the exercise record.

4. The exercise recording device of claim 3, wherein the communication unit is used for receiving the exercise menu, such that the processor generates the display signal according to the exercise menu and the exercise record.

5. The exercise recording device of claim 3, wherein the exercise menu indicates a movement, a number of repetitions, a duration, a type of exercise, a machine code and a weight.

6. The exercise recording device of claim 1, wherein the equipment information indicates a type of exercise, a machine code and a weight.

7. The exercise recording device of claim 1, wherein the gravity sensor is used for sensing a vertical movement to generate the sensing signal, such that the processor accumulates a number of repetitions according to the sensing signal.

8. The exercise recording device of claim 1, further comprising a holder for holding the exercise recording device, such that the exercise recording device is able to be attached to or removed from the holder.

9. The exercise recording device of claim 8, wherein the exercise recording device is a wearable recording device and the recording device is a personal identification.

10. The exercise recording device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further used for timing a duration.

11. The exercise recording device of claim 1, wherein the processor generates the display signal according to the exercise record, such that the display displays an exercise progress and a connection status.

12. The exercise recording device of claim 1, wherein the communication unit performs wireless communication by Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID), Bluetooth, Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (Wimax), WiFi, ZigBee or infrared.

13. An exercise recording system, comprising:

an exercise recording device comprising;

a first communication unit for receiving an equipment information;

a gravity sensor for generating a sensing signal;

a first processor coupled to the communication unit and the gravity sensor for generating an exercise record according to the equipment information and the sensing signal; and

a display coupled to the processor for displaying the exercise record according to a display signal generated by the processor; and

at least one exercise equipment, wherein each of the at least one exercise equipment comprises a plurality of second communication units for transmitting the equipment information.

14. The exercise recording system of claim 13, wherein the exercise record corresponds to an exercise menu.

15. The exercise recording system of claim 14, wherein the exercise recording device further comprises:

a first storing unit coupled to the first processor and accessed by the first processor to store the exercise menu and the exercise record.

16. The exercise recording system of claim 14, further comprises an exercise database, and the exercise database comprises:

a second storing unit for storing the exercise menu and the exercise record;

a third communication unit for transmitting the exercise menu to the exercise recording device and receiving the exercise record from the exercise recording device by performing wireless communication with the first communication unit; and

a second processor coupled to the second storing unit and the third communication unit.

17. The exercise recording system of claim 14, wherein the exercise menu indicates a movement, a number of repetitions, a number of sets, a duration, a rest time, a type of exercise, a machine code and a weight.

18. The exercise recording system of claim 13, wherein the equipment information indicates a type of exercise, a machine code and a weight.

19. The exercise recording system of claim 13, wherein the gravity sensor is used for sensing a vertical movement to generate the sensing signal, such that the first processor accumulates a number of repetitions according to the sensing signal.

20. The exercise recording system of claim 13, wherein the exercise recording device further comprises a holder for holding the exercise recording device, such that the exercise recording device is able to be attached to or removed from the holder.

21. The exercise recording system of claim 20, wherein the holder is used for holding the exercise recording device, and the exercise recording device is a wearable recording device, and the exercise recording device is a personal identification.

22. The exercise recording system of claim 13, wherein the first processor is further used for timing a duration.

23. The exercise recording system of claim 13, wherein the first processor generates the display signal according to the exercise record to display an exercise progress and a connection status on the display.

24. The exercise recording system of claim 17, wherein the first communication unit, the plurality of second communication units and the third communication unit perform wireless communication with each other by Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID), Bluetooth, Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (Wimax), WiFi, ZigBee or infrared.