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Exercise apparatus

a technology of exercise equipment and exercise load, which is applied in the field of exercise equipment, can solve the problems of user's actual posture being often displaced from the appropriate posture, difficulty in effective and efficient exercise for users, and possible excessive or less exercise load applied to the user's body, so as to achieve effective and efficient exercise and effective and efficient exercise

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-07-29
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS LTD
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[0006]In view of the above, the present invention provides an exercising apparatus capable of allowing a user to perform an effective and efficient exercise.
[0014]According to such configuration, one message that is randomly selected among the messages corresponding to the user's postures to be taken is outputted as if an instructor guides, wherein the user's postures are determined with respect to the state of the movable unit detected by the state detector. Accordingly the exercising apparatus in accordance with the present invention allows users to hold such a feeling that the users, themselves, are guided by the instructor, thereby improving its attractiveness.
[0016]According to such configuration, since the output timing determination unit determines the output timing of the message at random as if an instructor is guiding and outputs the message, the exercising apparatus in accordance with the present invention allows users to hold such a feeling that the users, themselves, are guided by the instructor. Thus, attractiveness of the exercising apparatus can be improved.
[0020]According to the present invention, it is possible for a user to perform an effective and efficient exercise by outputting the messages in accordance with the pre-determined output order. Here, the output order may be, for example, determined based on the probability of occurrence of user's posture to be taken with regard to the state of the movable unit. Further, the output order may be determined as an order capable of guiding the user's posture to be appropriate effectively. According to the present invention, the exercising apparatus allows a user to perform an effective and efficient exercise.

Problems solved by technology

However, user's actual posture is often displaced from the appropriate posture.
Thus, when the user's actual posture is displaced from the appropriate posture, an exercise load applied to the user's body will possibly be excessive or less.
In this case, it becomes difficult for the user to perform effective and efficient exercise.

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[0044]A first embodiment of the exercising apparatus in accordance with the present invention will be described in the following. FIG. 1 is an outside perspective view showing the first embodiment of the exercising apparatus in accordance with the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side view of the exercising apparatus.

[0045]As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an exercising apparatus 1 includes a seat 2 having approximately a horseback or a saddle shape on which a user can straddle and sit down; a rocking mechanism 3 for rocking the seat 2; a lifting mechanism 4 for moving up and down the seat 2 between an upper position “U” and a lower position “D” by an electric motor and a rack pinion gear, to adjust a height of the seat 2; a pair of foot rests 6 suspended by a pair of hinge pins 5 which is provided on right and left sides of the seat 2, the foot rest being rotatable in the forward / backward direction and having a wheel part on which a user puts his or her toes at a lower end thereof; a ha...

second embodiment

[0081]The second embodiment is identical to the first embodiment in that these embodiments output a message pre-associated with a combination of the rocking speed detected by the rocking speed detector 40 and the inclination state detected by the inclination state detector 41. However, the second embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that the second embodiment pre-determines an output order of outputting each message such that a user can perform more effective exercises and outputs a message according to the output order, whereas the first embodiment randomly selects one message from a plurality of messages and outputs the message as if an instructor guides.

[0082]Note that only the difference from the first embodiment will be explained and an explanation about the other configurations same as those of the first embodiment will be omitted. Since the exercising apparatus in accordance with the present embodiment has the same structure as that shown in FIG. 1, the explanation...

third embodiment

[0099]The third embodiment is identical to the first and second embodiments in that these embodiments output a message corresponding to the combination of the rocking speed detected by the rocking speed detector 40 and the inclination state detected by the inclination state detector 41. However, the third embodiment is different from the first and second embodiments in that a time schedule for outputting messages is pre-determined and the messages are outputted according to the time schedule.

[0100]Note that only the difference from the first and second embodiments will be explained and an explanation about the other configurations same as those of the first and second embodiments will be omitted. Since an exercising apparatus in accordance with the present embodiment also has the same structure as that shown in FIG. 1, the explanation will be made by utilizing FIG. 1.

[0101]As shown in FIG. 14, in the present embodiment, a plurality of messages are prepared for each of combinations o...

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Abstract

An exercising apparatus includes a movable unit on which a user straddles and a driving unit for driving the movable unit. The driving unit changes a state of the movable unit to provide the user with an exercising load. A storage part stores corresponding relationships between the states of the movable unit and the messages, and a state detector detects the state of the movable unit at approximately the same timing as the output timing determined by an output timing determination part. A message output part outputs messages corresponding to the user's postures repeatedly during a period of providing the user with an exercising load. The message output part extracts the message corresponding to the state of the movable unit detected by the state detector from the storage part and outputs the extracted message at the output timing determined by the output timing determination part.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001]The present invention belongs to a technical field of an exercising apparatus for providing a user with an exercise load.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]In recent years, great attentions have been paid for an exercising apparatus providing a user with an exercise load similar to a horse riding by rocking a sheet on which the user straddles. The exercising apparatus is widely used among users of various generations from children to elderly persons and spread to general households as well as rehabilitation purpose medical facilities.[0003]This type of the exercising apparatus is, for example, disclosed in, e.g., Japanese Patent Laid-open Application No. 2007-260184 (Patent Document). The Patent Document discloses a technique for varying an inclination angle of an upper half body of a user who straddles on a seat by means of changing a position of the seat portion on which the user's hip portion is placed by expanding and contracting an airbag built in the...

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IPC IPC(8): A63H13/00
CPCA61H1/001A63B2220/62A61H2201/5069A61H2201/5084A61H2203/0425A63B23/0227A63B23/0233A63B23/0244A63B69/04A63B2069/0062A63B2071/063A63B2208/02A63B2220/18A63B2220/30A63B2220/40A61H2201/5046A63B69/0062
Inventor IMAI, BUNGONAKANO, TOSHIOTOHYAMA, NOZOMUIIJIMA, TAKEO
Owner MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS LTD