초록

A control console for exercise machines such as treadmills and stationary cycles having a microprocessor to generate signals to control the exercise and to regulate the heart rate of the user by varying the resistance to the exercise.

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In an exercise machine having resistance means for exerting resistance to exercise movements performed by an user thereon, resistance adjustment means for varying said resistance means between an easy and a hard configuration, resistance detection means for detecting said resistance and providing re

In an exercise machine having resistance means for exerting resistance to exercise movements performed by an user thereon, resistance adjustment means for varying said resistance means between an easy and a hard configuration, resistance detection means for detecting said resistance and providing resistance signals reflective thereof, movement detection means for detecting said exercise movement and providing movement signals reflective thereof, pulse detection means for detecting the pulse of said user and providing pulse signals reflective thereof, and a control console, said control console including an encoder for receiving said resistance signals, movement signals and pulse signals, timer means for providing time reference signals, input means operable by said user to select exercise parameters including desired pulse rate and duration of exercise and to provide input signals reflective thereof to said encoder, computation means for computing and generating operating signals and display signals in response to said resistance signals, pulse signals, movement signals and input signals from said encoder, and time signals from said timer means, memory means for storing preset programs selectable by operation of said input means to provide a sequence of program signals to said computation means which in turn generates said operating signals in accordance with said preset programs, wherein said user selecting a desired operating mode and one or more exercise parameters corresponding to said desired operating mode by operation of said input means, and said computation means generating said operating signals according to said selected operating mode, display means for receiving and providing a display representative of said display signals, and output means for supplying said operating signals to operate said exercise machine, the improvement wherein: said computation means compares said pulse signals to reference points specified by a preset program from said memory means and in response thereto supplies said operating signals via said output means to said resistance adjustment means for varying the resistance to achieve changes in said user\s pulse rate as prescribed by said preset program, and said memory means is further operable to receive and store an user-designed exercise program based on reference points and exercise parameters selected by said user via said input means, and wherein said input means is operable by said user to select said user-designed exercised program, said exercise parameters further including speed of the exercise movement and total simulated distance of the exercise movement, and said reference points including an upper limit pulse rate and desired pulse rates.