Athletic Recovery System Voice Input Ergonomics

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional athletic training systems fail to effectively combine cognitive tasks with physical training, leading to inadequate mental fatigue adaptation and compromised ergonomic input devices that hinder performance improvement, especially in sports requiring range of motion and eye-hand coordination.

Innovation Solution

An athletic training system incorporating a user input device and software that conducts cognitive training sessions, adapts cognitive task difficulty based on physical exertion, and provides real-time metrics, using ergonomic and portable input devices such as tactile, gesture, or voice-based interfaces to facilitate neuropsychological training during physical exercise.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If traditional keyboard or keypad input devices are used for cognitive tasks during exercise, then cognitive assessment can be conducted, but the athlete must assume unnatural positions that compromise range of motion and eye-hand coordination

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecognitive task inputVSAvoidrange of motion and eye-hand coordination

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces traditional mechanical keyboard input with voice recognition technology, allowing athletes to perform cognitive tasks during exercise without physical manipulation of input devices. The voice-activated system enables natural movement while maintaining cognitive assessment capabilities, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and adaptability to athletic movements.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces voice commands as an intermediary between the athlete's cognitive responses and the system's data processing. This intermediary allows athletes to interact with cognitive assessment tools during physical exercise without compromising their range of motion or eye-hand coordination, as voice input requires no manual dexterity or fixed positioning.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If cognitive tasks are combined with physical training, then mental fatigue adaptation is improved, but traditional systems lack ergonomic input devices that hinder performance improvement

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemental fatigue adaptationVSAvoidinput device ergonomics

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent substitutes mechanical keyboard input with voice recognition technology, enabling athletes to complete cognitive tasks during exercise without ergonomic compromises. This allows reliable mental fatigue adaptation training while maintaining natural athletic movements and positions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Device complexity

If fixed difficulty cognitive tasks are used, then assessment simplicity is maintained, but adaptation to individual athlete's physical exertion levels is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetask difficulty structureVSAvoidindividualized training adaptation

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic task difficulty adjustment based on real-time monitoring of athlete's physical exertion levels. The system automatically adapts cognitive task parameters such as complexity, duration, and intensity to match the athlete's current physiological state, enabling personalized training adaptation while maintaining manageable system complexity through automated algorithms.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent incorporates feedback mechanisms that continuously monitor physiological parameters and adjust cognitive task difficulty accordingly. This closed-loop system uses real-time data from wearables and sensors to dynamically modify task parameters, ensuring optimal challenge level that adapts to individual athlete's physical exertion without requiring complex manual programming.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11857861B2Athletic recovery system combining cognitive and physical assessments

Publication Date: 2024.01.02 WAHOO FITNESS LLC

AI summary

A method for cognitive brain training, psychological motivation, and recovery to be used in conjunction with physical exercise in order to reduce the effects of mental and physical fatigue and improve athletic performance. A plurality of input devices integrate ergonomically with different sports so as not to limit movement, eye-hand coordination or negatively impact physical training. Software, executable on a portable computing device is configured for a sport, enabling an athlete to perform physical and cognitive tasks at the same time. Metrics, formulas and algorithms combine the athlete's self-rated performance with real-time cognitive and physiological output metrics to provide reports of the athlete's performance for each workout and for all workouts overtime. Mental recovery and motivation protocols used to help athletes stay on task and recover from the physical training. Cognitive fatigue self-assessment tests used to help athletes determine their current level of mental fatigue and readiness to train.