Systems and methods for enabling two-way communication between one or more exercise devices and computer devices and for enabling users of the one or more exercise devices to competitively exercise
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
A63B-022/00
출원번호
US-0947193
(2001-09-05)
발명자
/ 주소
Watterson,Scott R.
Dalebout,William T.
Ashby,Darren C.
Ashby,Robert D.
출원인 / 주소
Icon IP, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Workman Nydegger
인용정보
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66인용 특허 :
151
초록▼
Systems and methods for providing two-way communication between an exercise device and a computer device. A computer device and an exercise device employ different protocol formats and communicate through a translator device, which includes a microcontroller specifically designed to translate data o
Systems and methods for providing two-way communication between an exercise device and a computer device. A computer device and an exercise device employ different protocol formats and communicate through a translator device, which includes a microcontroller specifically designed to translate data or signals deliverable by different communication protocols. The exercise device, the computer device, or a user at either the exercise or computer device may initiate the communication. The enabled communication allows for such features as the performance of an automatic diagnostic analysis on the exercise device, the programming of internal parameters of the exercise device upon identifying specific components, the monitoring of any measurable parameter of the user, the providing of instructional direction and/or encouragement relating to a particular exercise routine, the controlling of the amount of resistance experienced by the user of the exercise device, and other interactions facilitated by the translator device.
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What is claimed and desired to be secured by United States Letters Patent is: 1. An exercise system configured to enable a user to perform a physical exercise upon an exercise device, the exercise system comprising: a translator device disposed between a computer device and an exercise device, said
What is claimed and desired to be secured by United States Letters Patent is: 1. An exercise system configured to enable a user to perform a physical exercise upon an exercise device, the exercise system comprising: a translator device disposed between a computer device and an exercise device, said translator device comprising: means for receiving computer data from said computer device, the computer data including control signals configured to change at least one operating parameter of said exercise device, the computer data being transmitted to said means for receiving computer data from said computer device along a wired data connection between said computer device and said means for receiving computer data and using a computer communication protocol; means for generating exercise data based upon the received computer data and in accordance with an exercise communication protocol; and means for delivering the exercise data to the exercise device through a wired or wireless connection between said means for delivering and the exercise device. 2. An exercise device as recited in claim 1, wherein the means for generating comprises a microcontroller. 3. An exercise device as recited in claim 1, wherein the means for receiving comprises a communication interface. 4. An exercise device as recited in claim 1, wherein the translator device is integrally formed with the exercise device. 5. An exercise device as recited in claim 1, further comprising: means for sensing exercise data at the exercise device; means for generating computer data, based upon the exercise data, in accordance with the computer communication protocol; and means for delivering the computer data to the computer device. 6. An exercise device as recited in claim 1, wherein the means for receiving comprises an RS-232 port. 7. An exercise device as recited in claim 1, wherein the computer communication protocol is a RS-232 protocol. 8. An exercise system configured to enable a user to perform a physical exercise, the system comprising: an exercise device comprising a movable element configured to enable the performance of an exercise by a user, said exercise device receiving data using an exercise communication protocol; a computer device communicatively coupled to the exercise device, said computer device storing exercise data to be transmitted using a computer communication protocol; and a translator device communicatively disposed between said exercise device and said computer device, said translator device facilitating communication between said exercise device and said computer device by translating data transmitted over a wired connection from said computer device to said translator device using said computer communication protocol into data deliverable to said exercise device over a wired or wireless connection by said exercise communication protocol, and wherein said computer device delivers data including control signals to said translator device, the control signals being configured to change at least one operating parameter of said exercise device. 9. An exercise system as recited in claim 8, wherein the translator device includes a microcontroller that translates the data. 10. An exercise system as recited in claim 8, wherein the translator device is internal to one of the exercise device or the computer device. 11. An exercise system as recited in claim 8, wherein the exercise communication protocol is an I2C protocol. 12. An exercise system as recited in claim 8, wherein the computer communication protocol is an RS-232 protocol. 13. An exercise system as recited in claim 8, wherein the translator device includes a first interface configured to communicatively couple with the computer device via a first transmission medium and a second interface configured to communicatively couple with the exercise device via a second transmission medium. 14. An exercise system as recited in claim 13, wherein the first transmission medium and the second transmission medium comprise a transmission medium selected from the group consisting of wireless transmission, radio frequency transmission, fiber-optic transmission, and electrical signal transmission. 15. An exercise system as recited in claim 8, wherein the computer device is remote from the exercise device. 16. An exercise system as recited in claim 8, wherein the computer device is communicatively coupled to the translator device through a network. 17. An exercise system as recited in claim 8, wherein the at least one operating parameter of the exercise device controls said movable element. 18. An exercise system as recited in claim 8, wherein the computer device initiates a diagnostic process upon the exercise device. 19. An exercise system as recited in claim 8, wherein the exercise device delivers exercise data indicative of at least one measurable parameter of the exercise device. 20. An exercise system as recited in claim 8, wherein the exercise device delivers exercise data indicative of at least one measurable parameter of a user using the exercise device.
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