Exercise machine including weight measurement system
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1. A treadmill comprising:
- a frame at least substantially housing a motor assembly operable to drive a belt disposed around rollers, wherein operation of the motor assembly causes the belt to move which facilitates exercise of a user and wherein said frame includes at least two frame arms, each of said two frame arms positioned substantially parallel to said belt when said belt is in use at at least a substantially non-inclined position;
an electronic display capable of displaying exercise-related information; and
a weight measurement system including a plurality of footpads, a plurality of load cells, and an electronic circuit, wherein each footpad is mechanically linked to a load cell within the respective frame arm to cause each footpad to float with respect to the frame arm, wherein each load cell converts deformation caused by the user standing on said mechanically linked footpad into an electrical signal indicative of a weight applied on a foot of said user, and wherein said electronic circuit combines said electrical signals from each load cell into an output signal, said electronic display being responsive to said output signal to determine a numerical value indicative of the user'"'"'s weight, wherein at least some of the exercise-related information displayed on the electronic display is calculated using said numerical value.
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Abstract
An exercise machine including a weight measurement system which provides a signal representative of a user'"'"'s weight. An embodiment of the weight measurement system includes at least one load cell outputting a signal used by a microprocessor to determine an accurate value of the users weight. An embodiment of the weight measurement system includes a plurality of load cells using a Wheatstone bridge configuration to output a signal representative of a user'"'"'s weight regardless of whether the weight is evenly distributed across each load cell. A calibration process calibrates the load cells for each exercise machine.
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1. A treadmill comprising:
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a frame at least substantially housing a motor assembly operable to drive a belt disposed around rollers, wherein operation of the motor assembly causes the belt to move which facilitates exercise of a user and wherein said frame includes at least two frame arms, each of said two frame arms positioned substantially parallel to said belt when said belt is in use at at least a substantially non-inclined position; an electronic display capable of displaying exercise-related information; and a weight measurement system including a plurality of footpads, a plurality of load cells, and an electronic circuit, wherein each footpad is mechanically linked to a load cell within the respective frame arm to cause each footpad to float with respect to the frame arm, wherein each load cell converts deformation caused by the user standing on said mechanically linked footpad into an electrical signal indicative of a weight applied on a foot of said user, and wherein said electronic circuit combines said electrical signals from each load cell into an output signal, said electronic display being responsive to said output signal to determine a numerical value indicative of the user'"'"'s weight, wherein at least some of the exercise-related information displayed on the electronic display is calculated using said numerical value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of determining an exercise parameter using an indication of an exerciser'"'"'s weight, the method comprising:
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acquiring a signal from a weight measurement system of a treadmill comprising a frame including frame arms, said weight measurement system including a plurality of footpads, a plurality of load cells, and an electronic circuit, wherein each footpad is mechanically linked to a load cell within the respective frame arm to cause each footpad to float with respect to the frame arm, wherein each load cell converts deformation caused by an exerciser standing on said mechanically linked footpad into an electrical signal indicative of a weight applied on a foot of said exerciser, and wherein said electronic circuit combines said electrical signals from each load cell into an output signal indicative of the exerciser'"'"'s weight after the exerciser has boarded the treadmill, said treadmill also comprising a motor operated belt, and an electronic display; calculating a representation of the exerciser'"'"'s weight using at least the output signal; and calculating a parameter using at least said representation. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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