Immersive Physiological Tracking With Closed-Loop Exercise Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing remote exercise systems fail to immerse users in the same physiological experience as the trainer, as individuals' stress levels vary due to factors like age, weight, and prior training, despite synchronized workouts.

Innovation Solution

A system that tracks both the physical and mental states of a remote operator, using sensors to monitor parameters which are then used by an immersion controller to adjust a local user's exercise device to mirror the operator's experience, incorporating closed-loop control algorithms to synchronize physical and mental states.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If remote trainers manually adjust exercise equipment parameters to synchronize workouts, then users can participate in remote workouts with trainers, but users do not experience the same physiological stress as the trainer due to individual differences in age, weight, and training level

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveworkout synchronizationVSAvoidphysiological experience accuracy

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system creates a digital copy of the trainer's physiological state data (heart rate, power output, speed) and transmits it to the user's device. This copy allows the user's equipment to mirror the trainer's experience parameters, enabling synchronized workouts while accounting for individual physiological differences through automated adjustment based on the copied data.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements continuous feedback loops where the trainer's physiological sensors continuously monitor their state and automatically adjust the user's equipment parameters in real-time. This closed-loop feedback ensures the user experiences parameters that dynamically track the trainer's actual physiological state throughout the workout.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Ease of operation

If trainers monitor and adjust user equipment parameters remotely, then users receive customized workout regimens, but the system does not immerse users in the trainer's physiological experience

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveremote workout deliveryVSAvoidphysiological state information

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces physiological state data as an intermediary element between the trainer and user. Instead of direct manual control, the trainer's physiological parameters serve as the mediating information that automatically drives adjustments to the user's equipment, creating an immersive experience without requiring direct trainer intervention.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system replaces the manual mechanical adjustment process with automated electronic control. Sensors continuously monitor the trainer's physiological state and automatically adjust equipment parameters through electronic communication, eliminating the loss of physiological information that occurs with manual monitoring and adjustment.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Stability of the object's composition

If all users exercise on equipment set to the same speed and incline as the trainer, then workouts are synchronized, but the stress on each person's body differs due to individual physical conditions

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveworkout parameter consistencyVSAvoidindividual physiological adaptation

Core Design Contradiction:

Stability of the object's compositionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system transitions from static, pre-set workout parameters to dynamic, real-time parameter adjustment. Equipment settings continuously adapt during the workout based on the trainer's current physiological state, allowing consistent synchronization while automatically adjusting for individual user differences in age, weight, and fitness level.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system automatically modifies equipment parameters (speed, incline, resistance) in real-time based on the trainer's physiological data. This continuous parameter adjustment maintains workout synchronization while adapting the intensity and characteristics to match the trainer's actual experience, compensating for individual user differences.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS12420144B2Immersive physiological tracking using operator physical state and operator mental state

Publication Date: 2025.09.23 ELECTRO STANDARDS LAB

AI summary

Disclosed are sensors that measure various both biological conditions and mental conditions of the trainer and on the user and adds an immersion controller into the user's system that essentially uses the exercise devices as actuators that are adjusted in order to keep both the user's physiological state and mental state tracking the trainer's physiological state and mental state.