User interface on console for exercise machine
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing exercise machine consoles require specialized designs for various media devices and auxiliary devices, leading to increased costs and complexity, as well as limited flexibility in accommodating different user needs, such as adaptive technologies for disabilities.
Innovation Solution
A modular console design featuring a removably attached media rack with touch input elements that can control auxiliary devices, allowing for customization and easy adaptation to different media devices or assistive technologies, while maintaining a standard console base.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If specialized console designs are created for various media devices and auxiliary devices, then device functionality and control capability are improved, but production costs and device complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal remote control system where a single console design can control multiple different media devices and auxiliary devices through standardized communication protocols. The console includes a controller capable of sending control signals to various devices such as televisions, radios, and adaptive technologies, eliminating the need for specialized console designs for each device type.
Solution Approach 2:
The system separates the control functionality from the exercise machine console by introducing a distinct remote control device that can independently control auxiliary devices. This segmentation allows the console to maintain a standardized design while the remote control handles device-specific control protocols and signal processing.
2Adaptability or versatility
If specialized console designs are created for various media devices, then device compatibility is improved, but production costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The controller is designed with universal control capabilities that can interface with multiple types of media devices and auxiliary devices through standardized communication methods. This allows a single production line to manufacture consoles that are compatible with various devices without requiring separate specialized console designs for each device type, thereby reducing production costs while maintaining broad compatibility.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the entire console unit is replaced to accommodate different media devices, then device adaptability is improved, but loss of time and resource waste increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the control functionality into a separate, interchangeable remote control device that can be independently replaced or updated. Users can swap remote controls or update their control systems without replacing the entire console unit, significantly reducing replacement time and resource waste while maintaining adaptability to different media devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The control system is designed to be dynamically configurable, allowing users to program and reprogram the remote control for different devices as needed. This dynamic adaptability eliminates the need for physical replacement of console units when switching between different media devices or auxiliary technologies.
Data Source
AI summary
A console for an exercise machine has a console housing providing a user interface for controlling the exercise machine and a media rack removably attached to the console housing and having a shelf sized to support a media item. At least one touch input element is on the media rack and is operable to control an auxiliary device on the exercise machine.