Exercise Device Path Traces Visual Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Exercise devices with limited and controlled motion paths can become monotonous over time, failing to fully engage users and maximize the freedom of motion they offer.
Innovation Solution
An exercise device that provides a multitude of available paths and a greater degree of freedom of motion, featuring a frame with movable members that change paths in response to user-applied force, along with sensors and a feedback system that displays a visual representation of the user's chosen paths, allowing for a more diverse and engaging workout experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If exercise devices provide a limited and controlled path of motion, then the device structure is simpler and easier to control, but the exercising experience becomes monotonous and less engaging
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies feedback by providing visual representations (displays) that show users their actual paths of motion and compare them to target paths. This feedback mechanism engages users by allowing them to see their performance and make adjustments, transforming a monotonous controlled motion into an engaging interactive experience where users can optimize their form and diversity of motion.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a visual dimension to the exercise experience by displaying graphical representations of motion paths. This transforms the one-dimensional controlled path into a multi-dimensional experience where users can visualize their performance, compare multiple paths, and engage with the exercise in a more diverse and engaging way.
2Adaptability or versatility
If exercise devices provide a greater degree of freedom of motion, then the exercising experience becomes more diverse and engaging, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses copying by creating visual representations (displays) of the actual paths of motion. Instead of adding complex mechanical structures to control or measure motion, the system copies the motion data into visual form that users can see and interpret. This allows the device to provide diverse freedom of motion while keeping the physical structure relatively simple.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces complex mechanical control systems with a sensor-based detection and visual display system. Instead of using complex mechanical mechanisms to guide or control motion paths, the system uses sensors to detect user motion and displays visual representations, substituting mechanical complexity with electronic sensing and visual feedback.
3Loss of information
If visual feedback systems are added to display path representations, then user engagement and form correction are improved, but the device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by using a single visual display system to provide multiple functions: showing actual paths of motion, displaying target paths for comparison, providing form correction guidance, and enhancing user engagement. This multi-functional approach consolidates what could be multiple separate systems into one integrated display, reducing overall complexity while providing comprehensive path information feedback.
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AI summary
An apparatus and method concurrently present a plurality of visible tracings or a single continuous visible tracing that overlaps itself, each of the visible tracings being based upon movement taken by a member of an exercise device.