Exercise Machine Leaderboard Irregularity Flag Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Inaccurate leaderboard rankings in video workout programs for exercise machines due to users intentionally or unintentionally reporting incorrect performance data, leading to unfair competition and reduced user engagement.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a method to detect irregularities in user performance parameters during video workout programs, such as speed and incline changes, and displaying an irregularity flag on the leaderboard to indicate inaccurate reporting, using sensors like cameras and heart rate monitors to ensure fair ranking.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If leaderboard rankings are displayed based on user performance data, then user engagement and competition are enhanced, but ranking accuracy deteriorates due to intentional or unintentional incorrect performance reporting by users
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously monitors performance parameters during workouts and provides real-time feedback by displaying irregularity flags on the leaderboard when anomalies are detected. This feedback mechanism allows the system to maintain user engagement while correcting for inaccurate reporting, as users can see when their performance data appears suspicious without being explicitly accused of cheating.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary verification layer between raw performance data and leaderboard rankings. Instead of directly displaying user-reported performance data, the system uses performance parameter monitoring and irregularity detection algorithms as intermediaries to verify data authenticity before incorporating it into rankings, thus maintaining both engagement and accuracy.
2Measurement precision
If performance parameters are monitored to detect irregularities, then ranking accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases due to additional sensors and monitoring systems
Solution Approach 1:
The system makes existing exercise machine components serve multiple functions. The control system that already manages workout programs and displays information is extended to also monitor performance parameters for irregularity detection. This multi-functionality approach improves ranking accuracy without proportionally increasing device complexity, as the same hardware infrastructure is leveraged for dual purposes.
3Reliability
If irregularity detection is implemented, then fairness in competition is improved, but user frustration increases due to potential false flags on accurate performances
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies partial verification rather than complete disqualification when irregularities are detected. Instead of automatically removing users from leaderboards or penalizing them, the system displays irregularity flags that allow continued participation while marking suspicious entries. This partial action maintains fairness by highlighting potential issues without creating excessive user frustration through harsh penalties.
Data Source
AI summary
Leaderboard with irregularity flags in an exercise machine system. In one aspect of the disclosure, a method may include executing a video workout program on first and second exercise machines, monitoring first and second performance parameters of first and second users during the execution of the video workout program, displaying a leaderboard which displays and ranks first and second performance indicators of the first and second users based on the first and second performance parameters, detecting an irregularity in the first performance parameters of the first user, and updating the leaderboard to display an irregularity flag associated with the first performance indicator of the first user to indicate the irregularity in the performance of the first user during the workout.