Interactive Exercise Equipment with Real Road Simulation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing exercise equipment, such as treadmills and stationary bicycles, lack the ability to simulate real road grades and slopes in a way that is interactive with video content, failing to provide a genuine experience that links video playback with actual terrain data.
Innovation Solution
A video playback and interface system that gathers location, speed, and slope data during video recording and processes it to provide a simulated exercise experience, adjusting video playback speed and resistance on exercise equipment based on real-time data, allowing users to control the experience through mobile devices or controllers, and editing videos to maintain a constant target moving speed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If pre-programmed profiles are used to simulate natural terrains, then terrain simulation is provided, but the link between video content and exercise equipment is non-existent
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges video content with terrain simulation data by synchronizing video playback with GPS coordinates and elevation data. The system combines pre-programmed terrain profiles with video playback control, resistance adjustment, and speed regulation to create a unified interactive experience where video and terrain simulation are linked through real-time data exchange.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback loops where user speed and position data from the exercise equipment continuously update video playback speed and terrain simulation parameters. The video playback speed is dynamically adjusted based on user performance, creating a closed-loop system that maintains synchronization between video content and actual exercise intensity.
2Ease of operation
If video playback speed is adjusted based on user speed, then interactivity is improved, but synchronization accuracy becomes more difficult to maintain
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-processing video content into segments with associated GPS coordinates and elevation data before playback. Terrain profiles are pre-programmed with detailed geometric information, allowing the system to quickly retrieve and synchronize appropriate video segments with terrain data without real-time calculation delays.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts video playback speed and terrain simulation parameters in real-time based on user speed and position feedback. The synchronization mechanism continuously adapts to changing user performance, maintaining accurate alignment between video content and terrain simulation throughout the exercise session.
3Reliability
If real-time resistance adjustment is implemented to simulate road conditions, then simulation realism is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex mechanical resistance adjustment mechanisms with electronic control systems. Electromagnetic resistance devices and electronic speed controls substitute for mechanical systems, allowing precise real-time adjustment of resistance and speed through electronic signals based on terrain simulation data, thereby reducing mechanical complexity while maintaining simulation realism.
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AI summary
An intelligent interactive real road simulation training device that simulates the real road grade and slope change while playing video based on the geographic location of the road from the pre-processed video and the speed of the user. With the video playing, the user sees the road moving as the user moves, and the speed of the road moving by is based upon the user's speed on the exercise training equipment. The user also feels the grade and slope change as the road grade and slope changes on the video. The invention can be integrated into any exercise training equipment such as a bicycle trainer or treadmill.