User-programmable computerized console for exercise machines
US5512025A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 2, 1991 |
| Grant date | Apr 30, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 2, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S482/903
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A control console for exercise machines such as treadmills having a microprocessor to generate signals to control the exercise. The console is operable to control an exercise program comprising a series of time segments for which the difficulty levels are individually specified, and to provide a display of the program time segments. The console is further operable to display and store user-designed programs of the type described. Optionally, the console is operable to control two difficulty parameters of an exercise machine. The console may also include preset programs selectable by a user. The preset programs may include a fitness test comprising a series of exercise time segments of increasing difficulty, in which a user's fitness level is based on the user's inability to continue exercising beyond a particular time segment.
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