Repositionable Exercise Display for Compact Floor Exercise Viewing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing exercise apparatuses with image displays require large spaces for use, as users need to rotate the display to perform different exercises, leading to obstructed views and discomfort due to the need to look up or crane their heads, especially when performing floor exercises.
Innovation Solution
An exercise apparatus with a movably connected image display that can shift between positions, allowing the user to face forward and maintain a comfortable viewing angle, with adjustable height and pitch, ensuring unobstructed viewing of instructional images during both primary and secondary exercises.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the image display is rotated horizontally to allow users to perform floor exercises while viewing the display, then users can follow exercise instructions for different exercise types, but the total usage space increases and requires more indoor space for placement
Solution Approach 1:
The image display is made movable rather than fixed, allowing it to be dynamically repositioned between a first position (facing rearward for cycling exercise) and a second position (facing forward for floor exercise). This dynamic positioning capability enables the display to adapt to different exercise types without requiring permanent structural modifications or additional space allocation for each exercise mode.
Solution Approach 2:
The image display serves multiple functions by being repositionable to support both cycling exercise (first exercise type) and floor exercise (second exercise type). A single display unit performs the function of guiding users through different exercise routines, eliminating the need for separate displays or training areas for each exercise type, thus reducing total space requirements.
2Ease of operation
If the image display is positioned at a fixed location for cycling exercise, then the display can be easily accessed and operated, but the display obstructs the user's view when performing floor exercises
Solution Approach 1:
The image display is designed with movable connectivity, allowing it to be dynamically repositioned from a first position where it faces rearward (optimized for cycling exercise operation) to a second position where it faces forward (optimized for floor exercise visibility). This dynamic adjustment eliminates view obstruction during floor exercises while maintaining ease of operation during cycling exercise.
3Ease of operation
If the image display is positioned at a fixed height for cycling exercise, then the display is optimally positioned for cycling users, but users must look up or crane their heads to view the display during floor exercises
Solution Approach 1:
The image display is equipped with adjustable height and pitch capabilities, allowing it to be dynamically repositioned not only horizontally between first and second positions but also vertically and angularly. This multi-degree-of-freedom adjustability ensures that the display maintains optimal viewing angles for both cycling exercise (reducing neck strain) and floor exercise (eliminating the need to look up or crane the head), thereby adapting to different user positions and reducing overall user strain.
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AI summary
An exercise apparatus comprises an exercise apparatus body and an image display connected to a front portion of a frame of the exercise apparatus body. The image display can be moved between a first position and at least one second position via a connecting component. When the image display is located at the first position, a display surface of the image display basically faces substantially rearward, and the center point of the display surface is located in the region of the width in the transverse direction of the exercise apparatus body for a user viewing an image to perform a first exercise by using the exercise apparatus in a first exercise area; and when the image display device is located at the second position, the display surface faces substantially rearward, and the center point of the display surface is located outside the region of the width in the transverse direction of the exercise apparatus body for a user viewing the image to perform a second exercise in a second exercise area which is outside the first exercise area.