Remote exercise control system
US5645509A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 22, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jul 8, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 22, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S482/901
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An exercise system is comprised of an exercise machine, an external source of input signals, a control console and a display. The control console is associated with the exercise machine having an adjustment structure for a moveable member such as an endless belt on a powered treadmill or the pedals of an exercise cycle. Adjustment structures are connected to regulate the speed of the movable member as well as the resistance to movement. The control console has programs selectable and alterable from the external source at a remote location. A program supplies a variable input over selected time segments to regulate and control the adjustment structure such as the motor controller of the treadmill or a resistance strap associated with an inertia wheel of the exercise cycle. Input is received from a remote location over a telecommunications network such as from an external computer interconnected via a local computer network or via telephone lines to modify, to select or to supply the exercise programs of the control console for operation of the related exercise machine.
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