Exercise Equipment Motion-Range Sensing for Automatic User Setup
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional exercise equipment requires manual user input for setting motion ranges, leading to inefficiencies and increased costs for systematic exercise management, particularly for users with little experience.
Innovation Solution
An exercise equipment device that automatically sets and optimizes user motion ranges using sensors to detect movement, processes user information, and adjusts ranges based on age, gender, height, weight, and exercise experience, with feedback through a display.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual user input is required for setting motion ranges, then users can control exercise parameters, but the operation becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects user motion ranges through sensors and processes this data to set exercise parameters without requiring manual user input. The processor analyzes detection results and autonomously determines appropriate motion ranges, allowing the system to serve itself rather than requiring continuous user configuration
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical input methods with automated sensor-based detection and electronic processing. Sensors capture motion data, and the processor electronically analyzes and sets parameters, substituting the manual mechanical interaction with an automated sensing and computing system
2Adaptability or versatility
If users with little exercise experience manually set motion ranges, then they can operate the equipment, but they may not set appropriate ranges for their characteristics
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously monitors user exercise information through sensors and provides feedback to the processor, which adjusts motion ranges based on detected performance. This closed-loop feedback mechanism allows the system to adapt to individual user characteristics and optimize motion ranges in real-time based on actual exercise execution
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically adapts to user characteristics by processing sensor data and autonomously determining appropriate motion ranges without requiring user knowledge or manual adjustment. The processor analyzes detection results and self-adjusts parameters to suit individual user capabilities
3Measurement precision
If trainers guide users to determine accurate exercise motion ranges, then exercise accuracy improves, but costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs the function of trainer guidance automatically through sensor detection and processor analysis. The device autonomously monitors exercise execution, compares it against target motion ranges, and provides real-time feedback, replacing the need for human trainer intervention while maintaining accurate exercise form
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces human trainer guidance with an automated sensing and processing system. Sensors detect motion, the processor analyzes accuracy against predetermined ranges, and the system provides electronic feedback, substituting the mechanical and human elements of trainer guidance with an automated technological system
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AI summary
An exercise equipment device includes an exercise device body including a load applying unit configured to add, reduce, or maintain a load according to a set exercise level, a user manipulation unit moving according to a movement of a user, and a load transmitting unit configured to transmit the load applied by the load applying unit to the user manipulation unit, a sensor configured to detect movement information of the user manipulation unit, a user input unit configured to input user information, and a processor configured to determine a first user motion range based on a detection result of the sensor and the user information, wherein the processor is further configured to determine the first user motion range based on the user information, an upper limit movement range and a lower limit movement range.