Exercise Bike Controller for Immersive VR Cycling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional exercise bicycles lack personalization and advanced features, failing to meet individual fitness needs and providing a limited cycling experience, especially for those who prefer outdoor biking but face environmental challenges.
Innovation Solution
An exercise equipment assembly that includes a main body, transmission, driving wheel, driven wheel, actuator, controller, and communication block, allowing for adjustable exercise intensity and simulation of various road conditions through electric motor control, combined with virtual reality technology to create immersive cycling experiences indoors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional exercise bicycles are used, then the basic cycling function is provided, but personalization and advanced features are lacking
Solution Approach 1:
The exercise bicycle integrates multiple functions including biometric collection (fingerprint/palmprint sensors), pressure measurement for body weight detection, virtual reality display, and adjustable resistance control. This multi-functional integration enables personalization for different users while maintaining a unified device structure, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically identifies users through biometric sensors and autonomously adjusts exercise parameters such as resistance and virtual environment based on collected data. This self-service capability provides personalized experiences without requiring manual configuration, enhancing adaptability while minimizing user burden despite system complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If virtual reality technology is added to create immersive experiences, then cycling experience is enhanced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines virtual reality display technology with the exercise bicycle system, integrating the VR display module with the existing frame structure. The controller synchronizes virtual environment changes with physical exercise parameters, creating an immersive experience while consolidating control functions to manage system complexity.
3Measurement precision
If biometric collection and pressure measurement are implemented, then personalized fitness solutions are provided, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The measurement system is divided into separate functional modules: biometric collection sensors (fingerprint/palmprint) positioned on the handlebar, and pressure measurement sensors integrated into the seat. This segmentation allows each sensor type to be optimized independently while sharing a common control and processing unit, improving measurement precision without proportionally increasing overall complexity.
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AI summary
An exercise equipment (01) has a main body (011), a transmission (015), a driving wheel (012) rotatably mounted on the main body (011), a driven wheel (013) rotatably mounted on the main body (011) and operatively coupled to the driving wheel (012) through the transmission (015), an actuator (014) configured to actuate a driving force applied to the driven wheel (013), and a controller (017). The controller (017) is configured to control the actuator (014) to actuate the driving force applied to the driven wheel (013) based on a control parameter. An exercise equipment assembly (0) and an apparatus (500) for simulating an exercise environment in an exercise equipment (01) are further disclosed.